N.Y. Agriculture & Markets Law § 144: Guaranteed analysis

§ 144. Guaranteed analysis. Guaranteed analysis shall contain a

statement of chemical composition in the following form:

a. A statement of the minimum percentage of claimed plant nutrients

shall be expressed in whole numbers or as decimal fractions for

specialty fertilizers and in whole numbers for all other commercial

fertilizers, as follows:

Total nitrogen (N)..........................percent

Available phosphoric acid (P2O5) or available

phosphate P2O5..............................percent

Soluble potash (K2O)........................percent

b. For unacidulated mineral phosphatic materials and basic slag, bone,

tankage and other organic phosphate materials, the total phosphoric acid

and/or degree of fineness may also be guaranteed if expressed in whole

numbers.

c. Guarantees for plant nutrients except phosphoric acid and potash

shall be expressed in the form of the element in a manner prescribed by

the commissioner. The sources of such other nutrients (oxides, salt,

chelates, etc.) may be included as a parenthetical statement on the

label. Other beneficial substances or compounds, determinable by

laboratory methods, also may be guaranteed if approved in regulations

promulgated by the commissioner.

d. A statement of the potential basicity or acidity expressed in terms

of calcium carbonate equivalent in multiples of one hundred pounds per

ton, if required by regulation of the commissioner.