§ 146-e. Stop sale orders. The commissioner may issue and enforce a written or printed "stop sale, use or removal" order to the owner or custodian of any lot of commercial fertilizer and to hold at a designated place when the commissioner finds said commercial fertilizer is being offered or exposed for sale in violation of any of the provisions of this act until the law has been complied with and said commercial fertilizer is released in writing by the commissioner, or said violation has been otherwise legally disposed of by written authority. The commissioner shall release the commercial fertilizer so withdrawn when the requirements of the provisions of this act have been complied with.

Terms Used In N.Y. Agriculture and Markets Law 146-E

  • commercial fertilizer: shall mean any substances containing one or more recognized plant nutrients which is used for its plant nutrient content, and which is designed for use or claimed to have value in promoting plant growth, except unmanipulated animal and vegetable manures, agricultural liming material, wood ashes, gypsum and other products exempted by regulation of the commissioner. See N.Y. Agriculture and Markets Law 143
  • commissioner: means the commissioner of agriculture and markets. See N.Y. Agriculture and Markets Law 143