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...ployed or designated by the director of agriculture and who tested a sample shall be admissible as evidence in a prosecution for a violation of a statute or rule, provided that the report or document contains a sworn statement, signed by the analyst, that the report or document accurately contains or represents the findings or conclusions of the analyst.

...e remedy at law exists, the director of agriculture may apply to the court of common pleas of a county in which a violation of this chapter or rules adopted under it occurs for a temporary or permanent injunction or other appropriate relief concerning the violation.

...(A)(1) The director of agriculture may deny, suspend, or revoke a license issued under this chapter for a violation of this chapter or the rules adopted under it. Except as provided in division (A)(2) of this section, the denial, suspension, or revocation of a license is not effective until the licensee is given written notice of the violation, a reasonable amount of time to correct the violation, and an opportunity ...

...e with rules adopted by the director of agriculture pursuant to section 917.02 of the Revised Code. (B) Manufacture milk stored in accordance with division (A)(1) of this section shall be used exclusively in the manufacture of cheese. (C) This section does not apply to raw milk that is delivered to a manufacture milk plant not later than two hours after completion of milking.

...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...

... service conducted by the department of agriculture. (C) "Establishment" 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 th...

...(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...

... 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 division (A) of this section, such adulterated or unwholesome animal, carcass, or meat product shall be disposed of in a manner prescribed by the director.

...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.

...ed 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 similar in character or import ...

...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.

...he 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 chapter and rules adopted under it, the director shall notify the owner of the establishment and, upon receipt of the requ...

...(A) Chapter 918. of the Revised Code does not apply to any of the following: (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 h...

...(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...

...r 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 food purposes other animals and if the es...

...d 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.

...ployee or official of the department of agriculture authorized by the director of agriculture to inspect poultry or poultry products under the authority of sections 918.21 to 918.31 of the Revised Code. (I) "Ohio inspected and approved" means that the poultry or poultry products so identified have been inspected and passed under sections 918.21 to 918.31 of the Revised Code and the rules pertaining thereto, and at t...

...(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.

...easonable 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 less than two years after the transaction.

...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...

...curing 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 contrary to any regulation or order of the director of agriculture...

...(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...