Fertilizers Regulations (C.R.C., c. 666)

19. (1) The main panel of the label of a product shall show at least the product name, the product weight and the name and address of the person who packaged the product.

(1.1) [Repealed, SOR/93-155, s. 2]

(1.2) All the information on a label shall be printed conspicuously, legibly and indelibly in English or French or in both English and French.

(2) A label referred to in subsection (1) shall not have printed thereon

• (a) any incorrect or misleading information or mark; or

• (b) a brand or name that would tend to deceive or mislead a purchaser with respect to the composition or utility of the product to which the label relates.

• (c) [Repealed, SOR/79-365, s. 15]

(3) The character, size, colour and placing of the printing on a label referred to in subsection (1) shall not emphasize or obscure any part of the name, analysis or other information required to be printed on the label.

19.1 (1) Where any reference, direct or indirect, is made in respect of the place of manufacture of a label or container and not the place of manufacture of a fertilizer or supplement, the reference shall be accompanied by an additional statement indicating that the place of manufacture refers only to the label or container.

(2) Where a prepackaged fertilizer or supplement that is manufactured or produced and labelled in a country other than Canada has applied to it a label that shows the identity and principal place of business of the person in Canada for whom the prepackaged product was manufactured or produced for resale, the identity and principal place of business of that person shall be preceded by the words "imported by" («importé par») or "imported for" («importé pour»), unless the geographic origin of the prepackaged product is stated on the label.

(3) [Repealed, SOR/93-155, s. 3]

20. (1) The name of a fertilizer or supplement having a composition set forth in Column I of Schedule II shall be the name therefor set out in Column II of that Schedule.

(2) The grade of a fertilizer referred to in subsection (1) shall form part of the name of that fertilizer.

(3) Where the composition of a fertilizer or supplement is not set out in Column I of Schedule II, that fertilizer or supplement shall be designated by a name acceptable to the Director.

21. (1) Subject to subsection (7), the names for mixed fertilizers that contain any major plant nutrient shall include the grade designation in the manner required by subsection (3).

(2) In addition to the requirements of subsection (1), the names for fertilizers that contain a pesticide shall include as a suffix the amount of the active ingredient of the pesticide in the fertilizer expressed as a percentage followed by the name of the pesticide.

(3) A grade designation shall be stated as a hyphenated numerical series and, in the case of mixed fertilizers other than customer-formula fertilizers, the numerals shall be in whole numbers only.

(4) When a grade designation is used on the label of any fertilizer, the numerals shall represent minimum guarantees expressed in per cent for total nitrogen, available phosphoric acid and soluble potash, listed in that order.

(5) A label showing the name of a tobacco fertilizer shall include the words

• (a) "flue-cured tobacco", where the fertilizer is intended for flue-cured tobacco production; or

• (b) "burley tobacco", where the fertilizer is intended for burley tobacco production.

(6) The name of a mixed fertilizer shall not include the names or designation of any type or types of soil.

(7) Specialty fertilizers represented for daily feeding and not represented for further dilution shall not be required to have the grade designation stated as part of the name.