All nursery stock and collected plants sold or trafficked in the state shall be securely and correctly labeled either as to common or botanical names based on a current and recognized industry reference.
History: 1953 Comp., § 45-8-31, enacted by Laws 1959, ch. 195, § 10; 1967, ch. 53, § 9; 1973, ch. 97, § 8; 2013, ch. 15, § 6.
ANNOTATIONSThe 2013 amendment, effective June 14, 2013, generalized the source that may be used for common or botanical names; and after "botanical names", deleted "as recognized by 'Standardized Plant Names' prepared by the American joint committee on horticultural nomenclature or the 'Manual of Cultivated Plants' by L. H. Bailey", and added "based on a current and recognized industry reference".
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 3 Am. Jur. 2d Agriculture § 55.
3 C.J.S. Agriculture § 90.