N.D. Cent. Code § 4.1-40.1-01

4.1-40.1-01. Definitions

1. "Beneficial substance" means a substance or compound, which includes a plant

amendment, plant biostimulant, plant inoculant, soil amendment, soil inoculant, and

other chemical or biological materials benefiting the growing environment of plants

demonstrated by scientific research to be beneficial to one or more species of plants,

soils, or media. The term does not include a primary, secondary, or microplant nutrient

or pesticides.

2. "Brand" means a term, designation, trademark, product name, or other specific

designation under which an individual beneficial substance is offered for sale.

3. "Bulk" means products in nonpackaged form.

4. "Distribute" means to import, consign, manufacture, produce, compound, mix, or blend

beneficial substances, or offer for sale, sell, barter, or otherwise supply beneficial

substances in the state.

5. "Distributor" means a person that imports, consigns, manufactures, produces,

compounds, mixes, or blends beneficial substances, or offers for sale, sells, barters, or

otherwise supplies beneficial substances in the state.

6. "Label" means the display of all written, printed, or graphic matter upon the immediate

container or statement accompanying a beneficial substance.

7. "Labeling" means informational materials advertising the sale of a beneficial

substance, which includes a written, printed, graphic, or electronic communication.

8. "Official sample" means any sample of a beneficial substance taken by the

commissioner or the commissioner's agent and designated as official by the

commissioner.

9. "Person" means an individual or organization.

10. "Plant amendment" means a substance applied to a plant or seed intended to improve

growth, yield, product quality, reproduction, flavor, or other favorable characteristics of

plants. The term does not include fertilizers, soil amendments, agricultural liming

materials, animal and vegetable manure, pesticides, plant regulators, and other

materials which may be exempt by regulation.

11. "Plant biostimulant" means a substance or micro-organism that, when applied to

seeds, plants, the rhizosphere, soil, or other growth media, supports a plant's natural

nutrition processes independently of the biostimulant's nutrient content, which

ultimately improves nutrient availability, uptake, or use efficiency; tolerance to abiotic

stress; and consequent growth, development, quality, or yield.

12. "Plant inoculant" means a product consisting of micro-organisms applied to a plant or

soil to enhance the availability or uptake of plant nutrients through the root system.

13. "Registrant" means the person that registers the beneficial substance that bears the

person's company name on the label and is the guarantor.

14. "Soil amendment" means any substance or a mixture of substances which is intended

to improve the physical, chemical, biochemical, biological, or other characteristic of the

soil. The term does not include fertilizers, agricultural liming materials, unmanipulated

animal manures, unmanipulated vegetable manures, pesticides, and other materials

exempt by regulation.

15. "Soil inoculant" means a microbial product applied to colonize soil to benefit soil

chemistry, biology, or structure.