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...(A) With respect to cooling and storage of manufacture milk, a manufacture milk producer shall do one of the following: (1) In the case of manufacture milk that is stored in cans on the manufacture milk producer's farm, cool the milk to and store it at a temperature of sixty degrees fahrenheit, sixteen degrees celsius, or lower within two hours after completion of the milking; (2) In the case of all other manufactu...

...On receipt of a notice pursuant to section 3123.43 of the Revised Code, the director of agriculture shall comply with sections 3123.41 to 3123.50 of the Revised Code and any applicable rules adopted under section 3123.63 of the Revised Code with respect to a license issued pursuant to this chapter.

...(A) Whoever violates division (C) of section 917.09 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree on a first offense and a misdemeanor of the first degree on each subsequent offense. (B) Whoever violates section 917.13 or 917.14 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree on a first offense, a felony of the fifth degree on a second offense, and a felony of the fourth degr...

..." means all premises in the state where animals are slaughtered or otherwise prepared for food purposes, meat canneries, sausage factories, smoking or curing operations, and similar places. (D) "Animals" means cattle, calves, sheep, swine, horses, mules, other equines, goats, and other animals specified under division (A) of section 918.12 of the Revised Code. (E) "Carcass" means all parts, including viscera, of sl...

... 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 shall be retained or permanently and conspicuously identified with a...

...(A) If any animal, carcass, or meat product is found to be in an adulterated condition or is affected by an unwholesome condition, that can be satisfactorily removed by methods approved by the director of agriculture, the same may be so reconditioned under the direction of any inspector. (B) If an animal, carcass, or meat product found in an adulterated or unwholesome condition cannot be reconditioned as provided in...

...The director of agriculture shall, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, adopt and enforce rules that are necessary to administer sections 918.01 to 918.11 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 director of agriculture may require an employee of an establishment to submit to a health examination by a physician at any time. No individual having any communicable disease, including any communicable skin disease, and no person with infected wounds and no person who is a carrier of a communicable disease shall be employed in any capacity in an establishment.

...(A) No person except authorized representatives of the department of agriculture shall possess, use, or keep an inspection mark, stamp, or brand provided or used under Chapter 918. of the Revised Code for stamping, marking, branding, or otherwise identifying carcasses or meat products intended for human food; or possess, use, or keep any stamp, mark, or brand having thereon a device, words, or insignia the same or si...

...Meat or meat products produced for human food in accordance with Chapter 918. of the Revised Code shall be afforded movement for sale and may be sold throughout Ohio without restriction except as provided in Chapter 918. of the Revised Code.

...(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 ...

...(1) A person who slaughters or prepares animals on his farm, or has animals slaughtered or prepared for his personal or family use and sells no meat products of such animals; (2) A retail dealer or retail butcher who sells only meat or meat products that have been inspected in compliance with Chapter 918. of the Revised Code, directly to household consumers in retail stores; (3) Any establishment that is subject to...

...(A) No carcass, parts thereof, or meat products shall be stamped or otherwise identified with an official mark unless the carcass, parts, or products have been so identified at an establishment licensed under division (A) of section 918.08 of the Revised Code. (B) No person shall offer for sale or sell meat or meat products that have not been inspected in compliance with sections 918.01 to 918.11 of the Revised Code...

... 1531.01 of the Revised Code, or other animals determined by the director of agriculture by rule for human food purposes may receive voluntary state inspection, as defined in division (B) of section 918.01 of the Revised Code, if the establishment complies with sections 918.01 to 918.11 of the Revised Code and the rules adopted under those sections for establishments that slaughter or otherwise prepare for foo...

...There is hereby created in the state treasury the poultry and meat products fund to be administered by the director of agriculture. All moneys collected under sections 918.01 to 918.99 of the Revised Code shall be deposited into the fund and shall be used by the director to administer and enforce those sections.

...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...

...(A) The director of agriculture shall provide inspection and supervision of all processing operations at establishments licensed under section 918.28 of the Revised Code and make ante-mortem inspections of poultry to the extent the director considers necessary to assure a wholesome product. Whenever processing operations are being conducted, the director shall make post-mortem inspection of the carcass of each bird...

...Each establishment licensed under section 918.28 of the Revised Code shall provide such premises, facilities, and equipment and be operated in accordance with such sanitary practices as are required by regulations adopted under section 918.25 of the Revised Code.

...Each establishment licensed under section 918.28 of the Revised Code shall maintain records showing the receipt, delivery, sale, movement, or disposition of poultry products and shall, at reasonable times, permit the director of agriculture or his authorized representative to have access to and copy such records. Any record required to be maintained for the purpose of this section shall be held for a period of not le...

...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) Division (A) of section 918.26 of the Revised Code does not apply to any of the following: (1) A person who processes poultry on his own premises, or has poultry processed only for his personal or family use and does not sell that poultry or products of that poultry; (2) A retail dealer or retail butcher who sells only poultry or poultry products that have been inspected in compliance with sections 918.21 to 91...

...(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 ...

...An establishment licensed under section 918.28 of the Revised Code is exempt from ordinances, rules, or regulations of a political subdivision pertaining to the inspection of poultry or poultry products.

...(A) Each shipping container of any poultry inspected under the authority of section 918.22 of the Revised Code and found to be wholesome in accordance with regulations adopted under section 918.25 of the Revised Code, shall, at the time such product leaves the establishment, bear in distinctly legible form the official inspection mark and the plant number of the establishment in which the contents were processed and ...