FERTILIZER

REGISTRATION

LABELING REQUIREMENTS

A. GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS
1. All information contained in the label must be written legibly, in English and/or Filipino.
All information must be printed in a font size that would be legible from a normal distance
without the aid of the magnifying glass.


2. A total of three (3) proposed labels must be submitted. Its approval will be simultaneous
with the approval of the Experimental Use Permit (EUP).

3. Label must have violet-purple border band with a minimum of 1/8 in. wide for container
smaller than 250 mL or 300 g net weight and 1/4 in. wide for bigger container up to 4 L
or 5 kg.

4. For products packed in boxes or plastic bags weighing 1-5 kg, product information and
direction for use should be printed directly in the container with violet-purple band.

5. For product sold in containers smaller than 50 mL only, the product information are
required to be printed on the label at the space specified. The direction for use should be
printed in a separate leaflet or flyer.

6. Brand name must not deceive or mislead the purchaser with respect to the composition
or utility of the product.

7. Label Claims:
There are claims that are not allowed on a product label, or must be substantiated before
appearing on product; examples are:

a. undefined acronyms


b. unsubstantiated claims:

• specific claims such as 20% more yield;

• claims for unidentified active ingredients
• claims that discredit competing companies
• claims such as certified or approved 
without mentioning the certifying or
approving agency/organization and without supplying a copy of the certificate or
approval
• the word professional is unacceptable unless sold only through distributors to the
end-user, and the main panel of the label must also bear the following statement:
For Professional Use Only
• graphics that imply the use of pattern that has not been approved (e.g. food crop
pictures when food use has not been approved); or unsubstantiated environmental
benefits.

Product label should only contain the recommendations for crops in a particular group in
which the product has been found to be effective. For label expansion, one efficacy test
should be conducted on the representative crop in the desired crop grouping (Table 2.8).
Other crops belonging to the same crop grouping do not need any additional efficacy test.
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B. SPECIFICS

1. Bottles and boxes (Please see Annex 2.7a)

a. MIDDLE PANEL (1)

• Trade Name, Descriptive Statement
Artwork (only crops registered)
Registered by the Fertilizer and Pesticide Authority
• FPA Registration No.
Date of Formulation__Batch/Lot No.___
Expiry
Date: good until _____
Net Weight/Volume of Content
• Caution:
“KEEP OUT OF REACH OF CHILDREN”
b. MIDDLE PANEL(2)
• Direction for use, Crops, Dosage, Frequency
• Other instructions/information
c. LEFT PANEL
• Guaranteed Analysis: Total N (%)
• Ammoniacal nitrogen (%) Nitrate nitrogen (%)
• Total P2O5 (%)
Available P2O5 (%)
• Total K2O (%)
Water-soluble K2O (%)
• Trace elements and secondary elements if desired (ppm for each element, if
any)
• Manufacturer/distributor, Name and address

d. RIGHT PANEL

• Package storage and disposal Compatibility
Warranty

• Color Band – 1⁄4” violet-purple (4- Panel Label)

2. Bags of Solid Fertilizer (see Annex 2.7b and Annex 2.7c )

a. FRONT

• Brand Name (with logo) Guaranteed Analysis
For Inorganic Fertilizers (Annex 2.7b):
• Total N (%)
Ammoniacal nitrogen (%)
• Nitrate nitrogen (%)
• Total P2O5 (%) Available P2O5 (%)
• Total K2O (%) Water-soluble K2O (%)
• Trace elements and secondary elements if desired (ppm for each element, if any)
• Name and Address of Local and / or Foreign Manufacturer/ Importer/Distributor
FPA
Product Registration No. Country Source

For Organic Fertilizers (Annex 2.7c):

Total NPK (%) Moisture Content (%) Organic Matter (%) C: N Ratio if available

b. BACK

• Brand Name with logo (optional) Net Content: __ kg

• In addition, for Foliar Fertilizer- for tanks and containers (Annex 2.7d and Annex
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2.7e):
Batch number and code

• Manufacture or importation:
• month and year
Expiry date: good until ___
Net Content (net mass or volume
• in kg/mL or L or gal)
• Brochure should contain additional information

Table 2.8 Crop Groupings and Representative Crops

Crops Group Representative Crops

Group Sub- Group

ROOT CROPS
Carrots, potato, radish Garlic, leek, onion
1 a Root and tubers

b Bulb Vegetables

FRUITING & LEAFY

a VEGETABLES

Leafy Vegetables
Lettuce, spinach
Eggplant, tomato
Sweet basil, b
2 b Fruiting Vegetables Baguio), pechay

Herbs and Spices

c
d Brassica (coles)

LEGUMES
a Legume Vegetables (Succulent
or dried) Mungbean, string bean
3 b
Foliage of legumes Mungbean, soybean leaves, Cantaloupe, cucumbe
c
Cucurbit vegetables

a MANGO & OTHER

FRUITS


Citrus

b Pome Calamondin, pomelo Apple, chico, pear
Cherry,
4
nut, pili nut
Stone
c
Small fruit

d Tree nuts
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CORN & OTHER UPLAND

5 CEREALS Corn, sorghum, wheat

RICE
6

FORAGE FODDER &

STRAW OR CEREAL
GRAINS

7 a
Forage Corn, rice
Napier grass, cogon Ipil-ipil, stylo
b
Grass foliage
c
Non-grass animal feeds

8 SUGARCANE

9
TURF

10 ORNAMENTALS

A
Cut flowers Orchids

B Foliage Bamboo, lady palm, maidenhair fern

C
Indoor plants Aglaonema, Poinsettia

11
PLANTATION CROPS Banana, coconut, coffee, cacao, pineapple

12 INDUSTRIAL CROPS Cassava, rubber trees, palm oil trees

13 TOBACCO

14 Others