Fertilizers Regulations 2017

A fertilizer, other than a blood and bone fertilizer, is an organic fertilizer if 95% or more of the weight of each of the amounts of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium in the fertilizer is derived from plant material or animal material.

A fertilizer, other than a blood and bone fertilizer, is an organically based fertilizer if 65% or more of the weight of each of the amounts of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium in the fertilizer is derived from plant material or animal material.

A fertilizer, other than a blood and bone fertilizer, is a fertilizer containing organic material if 10% or more of the weight of each of the amounts of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium in the fertilizer is derived from plant material or animal material.

An unpelleted organic fertilizer or unpelleted organically based fertilizer must be of a consistency such that – 100% of the fertilizer is capable of passing through a 2.36 millimetre sieve; and 50% or more of the fertilizer is capable of passing through a 0.5 millimetre sieve.

The label, invoice or delivery docket in relation to an organic fertilizer or organically based fertilizer is to state the weight of organic material in the fertilizer as a percentage of total weight of the fertilizer.

The label, invoice or delivery docket in relation to an organic fertilizer or organically based fertilizer to which a non-organically based constituent has been added is to state the concentration of the non-organically based constituent.

In this regulation – plant material means any part of a plant.