Iowa Code 200.16 – “Stop sale” orders
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Terms Used In Iowa Code 200.16
- commercial fertilizer: includes fertilizer and fertilizer materials and fertilizer-pesticide mixtures. See Iowa Code 200.3
- fertilizer: means any substance containing one or more recognized plant nutrient which is used for its plant nutrient content and which is designed for use and claimed to have value in promoting plant growth except unmanipulated animal and vegetable manures or calcium and magnesium carbonate materials used primarily for correcting soil acidity. See Iowa Code 200.3
- Owner: means the person holding record title to real estate, and includes both legal and equitable interest under recorded real estate contracts. See Iowa Code 200.3
- sale: includes exchange. See Iowa Code 200.3
- Secretary: means the secretary of agriculture. See Iowa Code 200.3
- soil conditioner: is a ny substance which when added to the soil or applied to plants will produce a favorable growth, yield or quality of crop or soil flora or fauna or other soil characteristics, other than a fertilizer, recognized pesticide, unmanipulated animal and vegetable manures or calcium and magnesium carbonate materials used primarily for correcting soil acidity. See Iowa Code 200.3
The secretary 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 or soil conditioner, if the secretary finds the commercial fertilizer or soil conditioner is being offered or exposed for sale in violation of any of the provisions of this chapter or any of the rules and regulations promulgated under this chapter. The secretary may hold the commercial fertilizer or soil conditioner at a designated place until the law has been complied with and the commercial fertilizer or soil conditioner is released in writing by the secretary, or the violation has been otherwise legally disposed of by written authority, and all costs and expenses incurred in connection with the withdrawal have been paid.