Terms Used In South Carolina Code 46-25-1120

  • Commercial fertilizer: means a substance containing one or more recognized plant nutrients used for plant nutrient content and designed for use or claimed to have value in promoting plant growth, except unmanipulated animal and vegetable manures, marl, lime, limestone, wood ashes, and other products exempted by regulation of the commission. See South Carolina Code 46-25-20
  • Commission: means the State Crop Pest Commission or an officer or employee of the commission to whom it delegates its authority. See South Carolina Code 46-25-20
  • Guaranteed analysis: means the minimum percentage of plant nutrients claimed in accordance with § 46-25-30. See South Carolina Code 46-25-20
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
If there be judgment in favor of this State, as plaintiff, in an action brought under § 46-25-1100 and the commercial fertilizers be ordered sold under execution to satisfy such judgment, an inspector shall, under direction of the commission, prior to the sale, draw proper samples from such commercial fertilizer, and cause them to be analyzed by the University, and shall affix to the package thereof a statement of the result of such analysis on each package as required by this chapter, so that the purchaser at the sheriff’s or constable’s sale may purchase such commercial fertilizer under a full guaranteed analysis as provided by law.