What UK Agriculture Act 1970 (c.40) Part IV: Fertilisers and Feeding Stuffs requires
Part IV of the Agriculture Act 1970 (c. 40, sections 66 to 87) regulates the sale of fertilisers and feeding stuffs in Great Britain to protect purchasers, principally farmers, against misdescription and harmful content, administered by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and enforced by local authorities through agricultural analysts. Section 68 imposes the duty of a seller to give a statutory statement, requiring that the sale of a material to be used as a fertiliser or feeding stuff be accompanied by a statement of prescribed particulars such as composition. Section 72 implies a warranty of the fitness of a feeding stuff for the purpose for which it is sold, and section 73 prohibits deleterious ingredients in feeding stuff, making it an offence to sell feeding stuff containing an ingredient that is deleterious to the animals to which it is to be given. Section 77 provides for the division of samples and analysis by an agricultural analyst, and section 78 provides for further analysis by the Government Chemist where a result is disputed. Section 80 governs the institution of prosecutions, section 81 provides that where an offence is due to the fault of another person that other person may be charged, and section 82 provides a defence of mistake, accident, or other reasonable cause. The Part is the foundational regime governing the quality and labelling of fertilisers and animal feed.
Pillar: Agriculture & Agritech · Authority: UK Parliament / Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) · Version: 1.0.0 · Last updated:
Primary source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1970/40/contents
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- Agriculture Act 1970, section 68 - duty of seller to give statutory statement.
- Agriculture Act 1970, section 72 - warranty of fitness of feeding stuff.
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