Laboratory Tests
What laboratory tests are required for my product?
The type of testing varies greatly depending on the product to be reviewed. For Crop Fertilizers or Soil Amendments and Crop Management Tools, testing for fecal coliform and Salmonella, Heavy Metals, and Nutrient levels may be required. OMRI now requires N-P-K test results for all Crop Fertilizer and Soil Amendments. Other specific categories such as acid stabilized liquid fish products require pH testing, processed manure products require moisture level tests and pesticide products that contain petroleum distillates as active ingredients require a 50% boiling point lab test result.
For information on which tests are required, see the applicable checklist in your application packet. If you need further clarification please call OMRI’s Application Specialist at (541) 343-7600 x:105. For help locating a lab to do the analysis, see the Partial List of Analytical Labs that OMRI has put together.
Lab analysis reports must be labeled in a way that is consistent with the product name, declare the methods and units used, and be less than a year old.