Section 6-116 – Injunctions
The Secretary may petition the court to grant a temporary or permanent injunction restraining any person from violating or continuing to violate any provision of this subtitle or any rule or regulation adopted under it, notwithstanding the existence of any other remedy at law. The injunction shall be issued without bond.
Section 6-214 – Disposition of Fertilizer or Soil Conditioner Found in Violation of Subtitle
(a) The Secretary may issue and enforce a written stop-sale order to the registrant, owner, custodian, or distributor of any fertilizer or soil conditioner that the Secretary finds is in violation of any provision of this subtitle or regulation under this subtitle, or has been found by federal or State authorities to cause unreasonable adverse effects […]
Section 6-117 – Short Title
This subtitle may be cited as the “Maryland Commercial Feed Law”.
Section 6-201 – Definitions
(a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated. (b) A commercial fertilizer is “adulterated” if: (1) Any poisonous, deleterious, or nonnutritive ingredient is added in sufficient amount to render it injurious to the health of plants, humans, or animal life or injurious to the environment; (2) A valuable constituent is omitted or abstracted wholly or partially […]
Section 6-202 – Administration
This subtitle shall be administered by the State Chemist subject to the supervision of the Secretary.
Section 6-203 – Enforcement; Rules and Regulations
The Secretary shall enforce this subtitle. After notice and public hearing he may adopt reasonable rules and regulations necessary to secure the efficient administration of this subtitle.
Section 6-205 – Publication of Information Concerning Fertilizers and Soil Conditioners
The Secretary shall publish at least annually, in any form he deems proper, (1) information concerning the distribution of commercial fertilizers and soil conditioners; (2) data on their production and use as he considers advisable; and (3) a report of the results of the analysis of official samples of these products distributed in the State […]
Section 6-206 – Inspection, Sampling, Testing, and Analyses of Commercial Fertilizer
(a) The Secretary shall sample, inspect, test, and make analyses of any commercial fertilizer and soil conditioner distributed in the State at any time and place and to an extent the Secretary considers necessary to assure compliance with the provisions of this subtitle. (b) The Secretary shall adopt the methods of sampling and analysis from sources, such […]
Section 6-207 – Registration
(a) Except as provided in subsection (d) of this section, a distributor shall register each brand and grade of commercial fertilizer and each product name of soil conditioner before distributing it in the State and shall pay the registration fee. (b) The registration application shall be accompanied by a label or other printed matter describing the product, […]
Section 6-208 – Registration and Inspection Fees
(a) For each brand and grade of commercial fertilizer and for each soil conditioner distributed in the State, the annual registration fee is $15 and the annual inspection fee is 25 cents per ton except: (1) For each brand and grade of commercial fertilizer and each soil conditioner distributed in packages of 10 pounds or less, the […]