# COMAR Title 15 — Maryland Department of Agriculture

## Subtitle 22 — Organically Produced Commodities

### Chapter 02 — Organic Product Standards

#### Regulation .10 Fertility Testing and Monitoring.

*COMAR 15.22.02.10*

A. The Department may conduct soil and tissue tests at the producer's expense to determine fertility or to evaluate a producer's soil management methods.

B. At the producer's expense, the Department may test for heavy metals or other suspected contaminants in the soil and subsoil of any field that receives substantial amounts of manure from off-farm sources.