(a) A custom blend is a pesticide-fertilizer, pesticide-pesticide,
or a pesticide-animal feed mixture that is produced on special request
for a specific customer. Custom blends shall only be distributed or
prepared according to the following criteria:
(1) the custom blend is prepared to the order of the
customer and is not held in inventory by the blender;
(2) the custom blend is to be used on the customer's
property (including leased or rented property);
(3) the pesticide(s) used in the custom blend bears
end-use labeling directions which do not prohibit use of the product
in such a custom blend;
(4) the custom blend is prepared with registered pesticides;
(5) the custom blend is delivered or distributed to
the customer along with a copy of the end-use labeling of each pesticide
used in the blend and a statement specifying the composition of the
mixture; and
(6) no other pesticide production activity is performed
at the establishment.
(b) If a restricted-use or state-limited-use pesticide
or regulated herbicide is used in the custom blend, the establishment
must be licensed as a pesticide dealer in accordance with the Act,
Chapter 76, Subchapter D (relating to Licensing of Dealers), and §7.20
of this chapter (relating to Application).
(c) Any pesticide containers used in preparing a custom
blend, in which a partial amount(s) is still contained within the
container, must be prominently identified as a pesticide to be used
by that establishment only in a custom blend or in a commercial application
made by that establishment.
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