- A. The Secretary may sample without charge any commercial fertilizer or soil conditioner to determine if it complies with the requirements of the Maryland Commercial Fertilizer Law, Agriculture Article, §§6-201—6-221, Annotated Code of Maryland.
B. A sample of not less than 1 pound of a commercial fertilizer or soil conditioner shall be taken by the Secretary from containers, as follows:
- (1) For a lot of five to ten containers a sample shall be taken from all containers;
- (2) For a lot of more than ten containers a sample shall be taken from only ten containers.
- C. Ten core samples shall be taken by the Secretary from each bulk lot.
- D. Each sample shall be taken from original unbroken bags or containers when the contents have not been damaged by exposure, water, or other conditions.
- E. A homogeneous sample, as determined by the Secretary, may be taken from a liquid or fluid lot of commercial fertilizer.
Authority: Agriculture Article, §6-203, Annotated Code of Maryland; Chs. 484 and 485, §8, Acts of 2011
Effective date: August 1, 1994 (21:15 Md. R. 1307)
Regulation .01B amended effective December 16, 2019 (46:25 Md. R. 1131)
Regulation .06D adopted effective July 21, 2014 (41:14 Md. R. 799)