953.22 Licensing of rendering operations.

(A) No person shall engage in the business of disposing of, picking up, rendering, or collecting raw rendering material or transporting the material to a composting facility without a license to do so from the department of agriculture.

(B) This chapter does not apply to any of the following:

(1) Operations on any premises that are licensed in compliance with Chapter 918. of the Revised Code or are subject to federal meat inspection and render only raw rendering material that is produced on the premises;

(2) A farmer who slaughters his own animals, raised by him on his own farm, processes his own meat therefrom, and disposes of his raw rendering material only by delivery to a person licensed under section 953.23 of the Revised Code;

(3) A person whose only connection with raw rendering material is curing hides and skins;

(4) A person whose only connection with raw rendering material is operating a pet cemetery;

(5) A person who is conducting composting, as defined in section 1511.01 of the Revised Code, in accordance with section 1511.022 of the Revised Code.

Effective Date: 08-10-1994