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...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...

...No person, firm, or corporation, except one licensed under sections 918.01 to 918.11 of the Revised Code, shall operate an establishment unless such person has secured a 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 fo...

...ulture 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.

...Upon receipt of the application for a license accompanied 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 prope...

...nd shall be of adequate capacity to provide under extreme conditions of outside temperatures and under peak load conditions in the normal operations of the establishment, the following temperatures: (1) In the chill room temperatures within two degrees of Fahrenheit plus or minus of thirty-eight degrees above zero Fahrenheit with a tolerance of ten degrees Fahrenheit for a reasonable time after fresh food is put in...

... 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 provided for the storage...

...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...

...(A) There is hereby created in the state treasury the food safety fund. All of the following moneys shall be credited to the fund: (1) Bakery registration fees and fines received under sections 911.02 to 911.20 of the Revised Code; (2) Cannery license fees and renewal fees received under sections 913.01 to 913.05 of the Revised Code; (3) Moneys received under sections 913.22 to 913.28 of the Revised Code; (...

...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.

... "Adulterated" shall apply to any pesticide if its strength or purity is less than or greater than the professed standard or quality as expressed on its labeling or under which it is sold, if any substance has been substituted wholly or in part for the pesticide, or if any valuable constituent of the pesticide has been wholly or in part abstracted. (C) "Agricultural commodity" means any plant or part thereof or anim...

...(A) No person shall distribute a pesticide within this state unless the pesticide is registered with the director of agriculture under this chapter. Registrations shall be issued for a period of time established by rule and shall be renewed in accordance with deadlines established by rule. Registration is not required if a pesticide is shipped from one plant or warehouse to another plant or warehouse operated ...

...Provided the state is authorized by the administrator of the United States environmental protection agency to issue experimental use permits, the director of agriculture may: (A) Issue an experimental use permit to any applicant if he determines that such a permit is necessary in order to accumulate information necessary to register a pesticide; (B) Refuse to issue an experimental permit if he determines that the p...

...shall not make public privileged or confidential information which in his judgment contains or relates to trade secrets or commercial or financial information obtained from a person, except that, when necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter, information relating to formulae of products acquired by authorization of this chapter may be revealed to any state or federal agency consulted. (C) If the directo...

...tor of agriculture that: (1) The pesticide does not warrant the proposed claims for it or if the pesticide and its labeling and other material required to be submitted do not comply with this chapter or rules adopted thereunder, he shall notify the applicant of the manner in which the pesticide, labeling, or other material required to be submitted fails to comply with this chapter so as to afford the applicant an op...

...(A)(1) No individual shall do any of the following without having a commercial applicator license issued by the director of agriculture: (a) Apply pesticides for a pesticide business without direct supervision; (b) Apply pesticides as part of the individual's duties while acting as an employee of the United States government, a state, county, township, or municipal corporation, or a park district, port authorit...

...No person shall own or operate a pesticide business without obtaining a license from the director of agriculture. Licenses shall be issued for a period of time established by rule and shall be renewed in accordance with deadlines established by rule. (2) A person applying for a pesticide business license shall register each location that is owned by the person and used for the purpose of engaging in the pesti...

... of agriculture shall not issue a pesticide business license until the applicant has submitted to the director an effective liability insurance policy or such other evidence of financial responsibility as the director determines necessary. The director shall establish by rule, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, the amount and condition of such liability insurance or other evidence of financial resp...

...(A)(1) No individual shall apply restricted use pesticides unless the individual is one of the following: (a) Licensed under section 921.06 of the Revised Code; (b) Licensed under division (B) of this section; (c) A trained serviceperson who is acting under the direct supervision of a commercial applicator; (d) An immediate family member or a subordinate employee of a private applicator who is acting under th...

...use, handling, and application of pesticides and, if the applicant is applying for a license under section 921.06 of the Revised Code, in the conducting of diagnostic inspections in the pesticide-use categories for which the applicant has applied. (B) Each application for renewal of a license provided for in section 921.06 of the Revised Code shall be filed prior to the deadline established by rule. If filed after ...

...o is acting in the capacity of a pesticide dealer or who advertises or assumes to act as a pesticide dealer at any time shall obtain a pesticide dealer license from the director of agriculture. Licenses shall be issued for a period of time established by rule and shall be renewed in accordance with deadlines established by rule. A license is required for each location or outlet within this state from which the...

....16 of the Revised Code; (2) All pesticide applications made by the applicator and by any trained serviceperson acting under the applicator's direct supervision as required by rules adopted under division (C) of section 921.16 of the Revised Code. Each commercial applicator shall submit copies of the records required under division (A) of this section to the pesticide business, other business, state agency, or pol...