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...(A) As used in this section, "cider" means the unfermented juice, obtained by mechanically expressing the juice from sound, mature, non-citrus fruit, from which is removed excess pulp and seeds, other than embryonic seeds and small fragments of seeds that cannot be separated by good manufacturing practice. The cider may contain natural or artificial citric acid, preservatives authorized by rules adopted under section...

...Vinegar shall be made wholly from the fruit or grain from which it purports, or is represented, to be made and shall not contain a foreign substance or less than four per cent, by weight, of absolute acetic acid.

...Vinegar manufactured, offered or exposed for sale, sold, or delivered, or in the possession of a person with intent to sell or deliver, under the name of wine vinegar or grape vinegar, shall be the product made by the alcoholic and subsequent acetous fermentations of the juice of grapes, and shall contain, in one hundred cubic centimeters, at a temperature of twenty degrees centigrade, not less than four grams of ace...

...Vinegar manufactured, offered or exposed for sale, sold, or delivered, or in the possession of a person with intent to sell or deliver, under the name of malt vinegar shall be the product made by the alcoholic and subsequent acetous fermentations, without distillation, of an infusion of barley malt or cereals whose starch has been converted by malt, is dextrorotatory, and shall contain in one hundred cubic centimeter...

...Vinegar manufactured, offered or exposed for sale, sold, or delivered, or in the possession of a person with intent to sell or deliver, under the name of distilled vinegar, shall be the product made wholly or in part by the acetous fermentation of dilute distilled alcohol and shall contain in one hundred cubic centimeters, at a temperature of twenty degrees centigrade, not less than four grams of acetic acid, a...

...Vinegar made by fermentation and oxidation without the intervention of distillation shall be branded "fermented vinegar" with the name of the fruit or substance from which it is made. Fermented vinegar, not otherwise provided for in sections 3715.28 to 3715.34 of the Revised Code, and not being distilled vinegar as defined in section 3715.32 of the Revised Code, shall contain not less than two per cent by weight, upo...

...No person shall manufacture for sale, sell, deliver, or offer or expose for sale, or have in the person's possession with intent to sell or deliver, vinegar not made in compliance with sections 3715.28 to 3715.33 of the Revised Code. No person shall violate sections 3715.28 to 3715.34 of the Revised Code. Whoever violates this section shall pay all necessary costs and expenses incurred in inspecting and analyzing...

...No person shall sell, offer, or expose for sale any product that is: (A) In the semblance of honey and labeled, advertised, or otherwise represented to be honey if it is not honey; (B) In the semblance of honey and contains a label that applies the word "imitation" to the product, regardless of whether it contains any honey; (C) In the semblance of honey and is a blend of honey and other ingredients that contains ...

...In addition to the remedies provided and irrespective of whether or not there exists an adequate remedy at law, the director of agriculture or the state board of pharmacy is hereby authorized to apply to the court of common pleas in the county wherein any of the provisions of section 3715.52 of the Revised Code are being violated for a temporary or permanent injunction restraining any person from committing the viola...

...(A) No person shall be subject to the penalties prescribed in section 3715.99 of the Revised Code for violating division (A)(1) or (3) of section 3715.52 of the Revised Code if the person established a guaranty or undertaking signed by, and containing the name and address of, the person residing in this state from whom the person received in good faith the article, to the effect that the article is not adulterated or...

...(A) As used in this section, "board of health," "retail food establishment," and "food service operation" have the same meanings as in section 3717.01 of the Revised Code. (B) The embargoing of a food may be performed by a board of health approved under section 3717.11 of the Revised Code to serve as the licensor of retail food establishments or food service operations, the director of health acting under section 37...

...The attorney general, prosecuting attorney, or city director of law to whom the director of agriculture or the state board of pharmacy reports any violation of sections 3715.01 and 3715.52 to 3715.72 of the Revised Code, shall cause appropriate proceedings to be instituted in the proper court without delay and to be prosecuted in the manner required by law. The director of agriculture, before reporting any violation...

...Nothing in sections 3715.01 and 3715.52 to 3715.72 of the Revised Code, shall be construed as requiring the director of agriculture or the state board of pharmacy to report minor violations for the institution of proceedings under sections 3715.01 and 3715.52 to 3715.72 of the Revised Code, whenever the director or board believes that the public interest will be adequately served in the circumstances by a suitable wr...

...Food is misbranded within the meaning of sections 3715.01, 3715.02, 3715.022, and 3715.52 to 3715.72 of the Revised Code, if: (A) Its labeling is false or misleading in any particular. (B) It is offered for sale under the name of another food. (C) Its container is so made, formed, or filled as to be misleading. (D) It is an imitation of another food, unless its label bears in type of uniform size and promine...

...(A) Whenever the director of agriculture finds after investigation that the distribution in this state of any class of food may, by reason of contamination with microorganisms during manufacture, processing, or packing thereof in any locality, be injurious to health, and that such injurious nature cannot be adequately determined after such articles have entered commerce, and in such case only, the director shal...

...Any poisonous or deleterious substance added to any food, except where such substance is required in the production thereof or cannot be avoided by good manufacturing practice, shall be unsafe for purposes of the application of division (B) of section 3715.59 of the Revised Code, but when such substance is so required or cannot be so avoided, the director of agriculture shall adopt rules limiting the quantity t...

...A cosmetic is misbranded within the meaning of sections 3715.01 and 3715.52 to 3715.72, inclusive, of the Revised Code, if: (A) Its labeling is false or misleading in any particular. (B) It is in package form unless it bears a label containing: (1) The name and place of business of the manufacturer, packer, or distributor; (2) An accurate statement of the quantity of the contents in terms of weight, measure, or n...

...(A) All fines or forfeited bonds assessed and collected under prosecution by the director of agriculture or prosecution commenced by the director in enforcement of this chapter shall, within thirty days, be paid to the director and by the director paid into the state treasury. (B) All fines or forfeited bonds assessed and collected under prosecution by the state board of pharmacy or prosecution commenced by the boar...

...For purposes of this chapter, a dietary supplement shall be treated as a food. The director of agriculture shall administer and enforce sections 3715.80 to 3715.86 of the Revised Code and any rules adopted under those sections in accordance with Chapter 3717. of the Revised Code.

...In addition to the conditions specified in section 3715.59 of the Revised Code, a dietary supplement is adulterated if it presents a significant or unreasonable risk of illness or injury under the conditions of use recommended or suggested in its labeling or, if there are no recommended or suggested conditions of use, under the ordinary conditions of use. If the director of agriculture finds or has cause to believe ...

...(A) As used in this section, "publication" includes a book chapter, article, or official abstract of a peer-reviewed scientific article prepared by the article's author or the editors of the publication in which the article is published. (B) A publication used in connection with a sale to consumers of a dietary supplement is not considered part of the label of the dietary supplement if the publication meets all of t...

...There shall be a state board of pharmacy, consisting of nine members, eight of whom shall be pharmacists licensed under this chapter, representing to the extent practicable various phases of the practice of pharmacy, and one of whom shall be a public member at least sixty years of age. Members shall be appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate. Terms of office shall be for four years, commen...

...The state board of pharmacy shall license and register home medical equipment services providers under Chapter 4752. of the Revised Code and shall administer and enforce that chapter.

...The state board of pharmacy shall organize by electing a president and a vice-president who are members of the board. The president shall preside over the meetings of the board, but shall not vote upon matters determined by the board, except in the event of a tie vote, in which case the president shall vote. The board shall also employ an executive director. The person employed shall not be a member of the board. Eac...

...All of the following apply with respect to the executive director of the state board of pharmacy : (A) The executive director is the chief administrative officer of the board. (B) The executive director is an appointing authority, as defined in section 124.01 of the Revised Code, and may appoint employees necessary to carry out the board's functions. (C) The executive director, with the board's approval, may p...