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...warehouse, is deemed by the director of agriculture to be in an unsanitary condition, the director shall cause such warehouse, or portion thereof, to be closed.

...Sections 915.01 to 915.12, inclusive, of the Revised Code, do not prohibit the shipping, consigning, or transporting of fresh food in properly refrigerated cars within this state to points of destination; nor do such sections prohibit such food when received from being held in a cooling room for a period of forty-eight hours; nor do they prohibit the keeping of fresh food in iceboxes or refrigerators in retail stores...

...The director of agriculture shall enforce sections 915.01 to 915.12, inclusive, of the Revised Code, and shall make all rules and regulations necessary for the enforcement of such sections.

...As used in sections 915.14 to 915.24 of the Revised Code, unless the context otherwise requires: (A) "Food" means: (1) Articles used for food or drink for humans or animals; (2) Chewing gum; (3) Articles used for components of any such articles. (B) "Establishment" means any business location or building of which any of the following facilities or operations are a part: a frozen food manufacturing facility...

...license therefor from the department of agriculture and has otherwise complied with sections 915.14 to 915.24 of the Revised Code. A separate license shall be secured for each establishment. The application for such license shall be in writing on forms prescribed and furnished by the department. Such application shall be accompanied by the required license fee.

...ll be in such form as the department of agriculture prescribes. Licenses shall be valid until the last day of November following initial issuance or renewal and shall become invalid on that date unless renewed. The original license or a certified copy thereof shall be conspicuously displayed by the operator in the establishment.

...Licenses issued under sections 915.14 to 915.24, inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall be renewed by the last day of November of each year pursuant to this section and the standard renewal procedure of sections 4745.01 to 4745.03, inclusive, of the Revised Code.

... by the required fee, the department of agriculture shall inspect the establishment to be licensed and if it finds that such establishment, its equipment, facilities, surrounding premises, and operations comply with sections 915.14 to 915.24 of the Revised Code and the applicable rules adopted thereunder, and that the establishment is being operated under proper sanitary conditions and in conformity with sanitary reg...

...xperimental purposes, the department of agriculture, upon application in writing, may authorize for a limited and prescribed period, the installation and use of refrigeration systems or methods which in the opinion of the department will result in improvement over present methods.

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Locker" means the individual section or compartment, provided with a lock, of a capacity not to exceed twenty-five cubic feet, in the locker room of an establishment, which is rented by a person, firm, or corporation for the purpose of storing frozen food for its use. (2) "Locker room" means any room in an establishment in which lockers are located and in which space may be provi...

...The department of agriculture may make and enforce reasonable rules and regulations necessary to carry out sections 915.14 to 915.24, inclusive, of the Revised Code.

...The department of agriculture, after notice and hearing, held in accordance with the provisions of sections 119.01 to 119.13, inclusive, of the Revised Code may refuse to issue or may revoke the license for any establishment, or the authority for any establishment to operate as such by virtue of holding a cold-storage warehouse license under sections 915.02 of the Revised Code, for failure to comply with sections 915...

...nes collected by or for the director of agriculture under Chapter 3717. of the Revised Code; (7) Fees collected under section 3715.04 of the Revised Code for the issuance of certificates of health and freesale; (8) Registration fees and other fees collected by the director of agriculture under section 3715.041 of the Revised Code; (9) Money received from contracts or cooperative agreements with any agency of th...

...Whoever violates sections 915.01 to 915.24 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree on the first offense; on each subsequent offense, such person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree.

...siness in this state if the director of agriculture finds the association has, in good faith, its entire activities under the control of its members and has been and is exercising full authority in the sale of milk or cream for its members. (C) "Market area" means any area that the director finds is a natural marketing area and designates as such. (D) "Dealer" or "milk dealer" means a person who purchases or receiv...

...(A) The director of agriculture may do any of the following: (1) Adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code regulating all of the following: (a) The sanitary production, storage, transportation, manufacturing, handling, processing, sampling, testing, examination, and sale of dairy products; (b) The suspension and revocation of licenses issued under section 917.09 of the Revised Code, provided ...

...ion board consisting of the director of agriculture or the director's authorized representative, the director of health or the director's authorized representative, and the following members to be appointed by the director of agriculture: (A) Two grade A milk producers; (B) One manufacture milk producer; (C) Three milk processors, one of whom shall be a grade A milk processor and one of whom shall be a manufacture...

...Advise and consult with the director of agriculture in the administration and enforcement of this chapter and rules adopted under it; (B) Make recommendations to the director regarding proposed rules; (C) Approve or disapprove agreements between the director and any public or private entity desiring to perform or performing any of the inspections or analyses required under this chapter and rules adopted under it. ...

...dessert manufacturing. The director of agriculture shall appoint members of the three standing subcommittees after consulting with statewide trade organizations representing grade A milk producers and processors, manufacture milk producers and manufacturers, and frozen dessert manufacturers, respectively. The director shall appoint at least one member of the milk sanitation board to serve on each standing subcommitt...

...e with rules adopted by the director of agriculture under section 917.02 of the Revised Code, all final delivery containers used for the sale of raw milk to ultimate consumers with the words "this product has not been pasteurized and may contain disease producing organisms."

...tandards established by the director of agriculture by rule; (C) Conduct a test to determine the identity, quality, strength, purity, grade, quantity, or price of a dairy product in a manner that is not in accordance with rules adopted by the director; (D) Alter or destroy the results of a test conducted to determine the identity, quality, strength, purity, grade, quantity, or price of a dairy product; (E) Manufac...

...(A) As used in this section, "political subdivision" means a county, township, or municipal corporation and any other body corporate and politic that is responsible for government activities in a geographic area smaller than that of the state. (B) All political subdivisions shall give full faith and credit to the inspections and acts performed and records created in the administration and enforcement of this chapter...

... division of dairy in the department of agriculture.

...The director of agriculture shall conduct examinations to test qualifications of applicants for a weigher, sampler, or tester license issued under section 917.09 of the Revised Code at such times and in such places as in the director's opinion will afford the applicants an opportunity to take the examination at reasonable expense. The director may designate or employ one or more persons to conduct the examinations.

...(A) The director of agriculture may issue the following types of licenses: (1) Producer; (2) Processor; (3) Milk dealer; (4) Raw milk retailer; (5) Weigher, sampler, or tester; (6) Milk hauler. (B) The director may adopt rules establishing categories for each type of license that are based on the grade or type of dairy product with which the licensee is involved. (C) Except as provided in section 917....