§ 147-a. Definition. Soil or plant inoculants shall include any carrier or culture of a specific micro-organism or mixture of micro-organisms represented to improve the soil or the growth, quality, or yield of plants, and shall also include any seed or fertilizer represented to be inoculated with such a culture.
§ 147-b. License. No person shall sell, offer or expose for sale in this state any soil or plant inoculant unless licensed as provided in this section. Application for a license shall be made upon a form prescribed by the commissioner and shall include a statement as to whether the inoculant is represented as effective […]
§ 147-c. Label requirements. Each soil or plant inoculant, when sold or offered or exposed for sale within this state, shall be clearly and plainly labeled to show whether the inoculant is represented as effective for inoculating legumes or for some other purpose, and if represented as effective for the inoculation of legumes, for which […]
§ 147-d. Misrepresentations prohibited. No person shall sell or offer for sale or advertise for sale any soil or plant inoculant if the package containing it, or the label or tag attached thereto, or any advertising relative to it, shall bear any statement or device regarding such soil or plant inoculant which is false or […]
§ 147-e. Inspection and examination. The commissioner shall, as frequently as he deems necessary, transmit to the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station for analysis, examination and testing samples taken from the different brands of inoculants which are or may be sold or offered or exposed for sale in this state. The director of said […]
§ 147-f. Revocation of license. The commissioner may revoke a license when he is satisfied that the application for the license was false or misleading in any particular, or that any representation made by the licensee, either upon the label or in advertising or otherwise, is false or misleading.
§ 147-g. Review. The action of the commissioner in refusing to grant a license, or in revoking a license, shall be subject to review in the manner provided by article seventy-eight of the civil practice law and rules.
§ 147-h. Application. This article shall not apply to inoculants distributed by state or federal agencies.
§ 147-i. Rules and regulations. The commissioner shall adopt and promulgate such rules and regulations to supplement and give full effect to the provisions of this article as he may deem necessary. Such rules and regulations shall be filed and open for public inspection at the principal office of the department, and shall have the […]
