Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-8-85.3

As used in the Soil Amendment Act:

1. “Active ingredient” or “soil amending ingredient” means:

a. the ingredient or ingredients that affect the

physical, chemical, or other characteristics of the

soil and improve soil condition, or

b. any natural or synthetic substance when applied to

plants or seeds that is intended to improve crop

production, germination, growth, yield, product

quality, reproduction, flavor or other desirable

characteristics of plants;

2. “Adulterated” means and shall apply to any soil amendment

if:

a. it contains any deleterious or harmful agent in

sufficient amount to render it injurious to beneficial

plants, animals, or aquatic life when applied in

accordance with the directions for use shown on the

label; or if adequate warning statements and

directions for use, necessary to protect plants,

animals, or aquatic life are not shown on the label,

b. its composition falls below purported labeling

requirements, or

c. it contains noxious weed seed;

3. “Bulk” means in nonpackaged form;

4. “Distribute” means to import, consign, manufacture, blend,

offer for sale, sell, barter, or to supply soil amendments to any

person in this state;

5. “Distributor” means any person who imports, consigns,

manufactures, blends, sells, offers for sale, barters or supplies

soil amendments in this state;

6. “Inert ingredient” or “other ingredient” means the

ingredients with no beneficial effect that are present in the

product;

7. “Label” means the display of written, printed, or graphic

matter upon the immediate container of a soil amendment;

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8. “Labeling” means all written, printed, or graphic matter

upon or accompanying any soil amendment, and all advertisements,

brochures, posters, television, or radio announcements used in

promoting the sale of a soil amendment;

9. “Manufacturer” means any person who produces, compounds,

mixes, or blends soil amendments;

10. “Misbranded” means and shall apply if:

a. any soil amendment bears a label that is false or

misleading in any particular,

b. any soil amendment is distributed under the name of

another soil amendment,

c. any material is represented as a soil amendment or is

represented as containing a soil amendment, unless the

soil amendment conforms to the definition of identity,

if any, prescribed by rules,

d. the active ingredient in any soil amendment is not

shown in the approved ingredient form, or

e. the labeling on any soil amendment is false or

misleading in any particular;

11. “Name” means the specific designation under which the

individual product is offered for sale;

12. “Percent” or “percentage” means the portion of each one

hundred (100) units of weight;

13. “Registrant” means any person who registers a soil

amendment under the provisions of the Soil Amendment Act; and

14. “Soil amendment” means any substance which is intended to

improve the physical, chemical, or other characteristics of the

soil, horticultural growing media, or any natural or synthetic

substance applied to plants or seeds that is intended to improve

crop production, germination, growth, yield, product quality,

reproduction, flavor or other desirable characteristics of plants

except the following: commercial fertilizers, agricultural liming

materials, agricultural gypsum, unmanipulated animal manures,

unmanipulated vegetable manures, and pesticides; provided that

commercial fertilizer shall be included if it is represented to

contain, as an active ingredient, a substance other than a

recognized plant food element or is represented as promoting plant

growth by other than supplying a recognized plant food element.