Terms Used In South Carolina Code > Title 46 > Chapter 25 > Article 5 - Labels, Tags, and Permit

• Brand: means a term, design, or trademark used in connection with one or several grades of commercial fertilizer. See South Carolina Code 46-25-20
• 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
• Grade: means the percentage of nitrogen, available phosphorus or phosphoric acid, and soluble potassium or soluble potash stated in whole numbers in the same terms, order, and percentages as in the guaranteed analysis. 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
• Label: means the display of all written, printed, or graphic matter upon the immediate container or statement accompanying a commercial fertilizer. See South Carolina Code 46-25-20
• Registrant: means the person who registers commercial fertilizer under this chapter. See South Carolina Code 46-25-20