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...No person shall do any of the following: (A) Detach, alter, deface, conceal, or destroy any label required by sections 907.01 to 907.17 of the Revised Code or the rules adopted under them, or alter or substitute seed in a manner that may defeat the purposes of those sections; (B) Disseminate, with the intention of inducing a sale, any false or misleading claim or advertisement concerning the vigor, vitality, growth...

...The director of agriculture shall do all of the following: (A) Sample, inspect, analyze, and test agricultural, vegetable, and flower seed sold for sowing purposes, at such times and places and to such extent as the director regards necessary to determine whether the seed complies with sections 907.01 to 907.17 of the Revised Code and notify promptly the person who sold the seed of any violation; (B) Adopt rules in...

...(A) A person who holds a valid seed labeler permit issued under section 907.13 of the Revised Code shall report to the director of agriculture concerning the amount of seed that the person sells in this state. The report shall be made annually on a form that the director prescribes and provides. The report shall be filed with the director prior to the first day of February of each year with respect to all sales that ...

...As used in sections 907.27 to 907.35, inclusive, of the Revised Code: (A) "Person" includes any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, company, society, or association. (B) "Distribute" means to offer for sale, hold for sale, sell, barter, or otherwise supply legume inoculants or pre-inoculated seed. (C) "Legume inoculant" means a pure or mixed culture of bacteria of the genus rhizobium capable of effec...

...As used in sections 907.41 to 907.47, inclusive, of the Revised Code: (A) "Grain" means whole seeds or entire grains or any altered form thereof of wheat, corn, oats, rye, barley, and sorghum or any other large seeded cereal, field peas, field beans, soybeans, or any other large seeded legume. (B) "Treat" means to apply a substance designed to control or repel plant disease organisms, insects, or other pests of suc...

...As used in sections 909.01 to 909.18 of the Revised Code: (A) "Person" includes corporations, companies, societies, associations, partnerships, any individual or combination of individuals, or any institution, park, or other public agency administered by the state or by any district, county, municipal corporation, or other governmental subdivision thereof. When construing or enforcing such sections, the act, omissi...

...(A) The director of agriculture shall adopt rules under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code which: (1) Require all canneries to comply with regulations adopted by the United States food and drug administration in 21 C.F.R. 117, as applicable; (2) Require all canneries thermally processing low-acid foods packed in hermetically sealed containers to comply with regulations adopted by the United States food and drug adm...

...As used in sections 913.22 to 913.28, inclusive, of the Revised Code: (A) "Soft drink" means any nonalcoholic flavored carbonated beverage, soda, soda water, or fruitade, any nonalcoholic flavored still beverage, artificial waters whether carbonated or not, and bottled table waters, seltzer, or club soda. (B) "Soft drink flavors" means any type of soda water flavor, or beverage base, syrup, extract, concentra...

...(A) The director of agriculture may issue licenses as required by sections 913.22 to 913.28 of the Revised Code, may make the inspections and registrations required by those sections, and may prescribe the form of application to be filed under this section. (B) No person shall manufacture or bottle for sale within this state any soft drink in closed containers unless the person has a license issued by the director....

...(A) All nonalcoholic flavored carbonated beverages or soda waters shall be prepared from a sweetening ingredient or nonnutritive sweetener, flavoring, potable carbonated water, with or without harmless color, and with or without acidulation by the use of harmless organic acids, or pure phosphoric acid; all nonalcoholic flavored still beverages and fruitades shall be prepared from a sweetening ingredient or nonnutriti...

...(A) Whenever synthetic flavors are used as a substitute for natural flavors in soft drinks or soft drink flavors prepared for sale, sold, or offered for sale, such products shall be labeled "artificially flavored" or with an equivalent designation approved by the director of agriculture. (B) Any word, statement, or other information required by sections 913.22 to 913.28, inclusive, of the Revised Code, to app...

...As used in section 915.01 to 915.12, inclusive, of the Revised Code: (A) "Cold storage" means the storage of food, at or below a temperature of forty degrees Fahrenheit, in a cold-storage warehouse. (B) "Cold-storage warehouse" means a place artificially cooled by the employment of refrigerating machinery or ice or other means, in which articles of food are stored for thirty days or more at a temperature of forty...

...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...

...As used in this chapter: (A) "Person" means any individual, government agency, political subdivision, partnership, corporation, association, co-operative association, or other business unit. (B) "Co-operative association" or "agricultural cooperative association" means any agricultural cooperative organized under Chapter 1729. of the Revised Code and qualified to do business in this state if the director of agricul...

...(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 ...

...No person shall do any of the following or cause any of the following to be done: (A) Represent an imitation to be a dairy product; (B) Use a measure, test, or equipment, for the purpose of determining the identity, quality, strength, purity, grade, quantity, or price of a dairy product, that does not comply with standards established by the director of agriculture by rule; (C) Conduct a test to determine the iden...

...(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....

...As used in sections 918.01 to 918.11 of the Revised Code: (A) "Federal inspection" means an inspection pursuant to the "Federal Meat Inspection Act," 34 Stat. 1260 (1907), 21 U.S.C.A. 71, as amended by the "Wholesome Meat Act," 81 Stat. 584 (1967), 21 U.S.C.A. 601, and any subsequent amendments thereto. (B) "State inspection" means the meat inspection service conducted by the department of agriculture. (C) "Establ...

...(A) The director of agriculture, or the director's designee, shall provide ante-mortem inspections of all animals slaughtered at establishments licensed under division (A) of section 918.08 of the Revised Code where and to the extent the director considers it necessary. If, upon inspection, symptoms of disease or other abnormal conditions that would render the animals unfit for human food are found, those animals sh...

...(A) Except as provided in division (F) of this section, no person shall operate an establishment without first licensing the establishment with the department of agriculture. The owner of an establishment desiring a license with the department may make application therefor on forms provided by the department. If after inspection the director of agriculture finds that an establishment is in compliance with this ...

...As used in sections 918.21 to 918.31 of the Revised Code: (A) "Poultry by-product manufacturer" means any person engaged in the business of manufacturing or processing animal food derived wholly or in part from carcasses, or parts or products of the carcasses of poultry. (B) "Carcass" means all parts, including viscera, of slaughtered poultry that are capable of being used for human food. (C) "Capable of use as hu...

...The director of agriculture shall, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, adopt and enforce rules as necessary for the implementation, administration, and enforcement of sections 918.21 to 918.31 of the Revised Code. The rules shall meet or exceed the federal standards for meat inspection established in Title 9 of the Code of Federal Regulations. The rules adopted under this section shall provide for...

...No person shall: (A) Operate an establishment without first securing a license from the department of agriculture, unless exempted under section 918.27 of the Revised Code; (B) Deny access to any authorized inspector at any reasonable time for the purposes of enforcing sections 918.21 to 918.31, inclusive, of the Revised Code, upon the presentation of proper identification; (C) Operate a licensed establishment con...

...(A) Except as provided in division (F) of section 918.08 of the Revised Code, application for a license to operate an establishment shall be made to the director of agriculture on forms provided by the department of agriculture. The director shall inspect the establishment and if, upon inspection, the establishment is found to be in compliance with this chapter and rules adopted under it, the director shall so ...

...If the director of agriculture decides to establish a state acceptance service, he shall adopt and enforce and may amend and rescind rules, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code necessary for the implementation, administration, and enforcement of this section and sections 918.41 and 918.43 of the Revised Code. The rules shall provide for the efficient operation of the state acceptance service and may in...