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...(A) Each container of legume inoculant culture which is distributed in this state shall bear thereon or have attached thereto in a conspicuous place on the outside thereof a plainly written or printed label in the English language the following information: (1) The name and address of the person responsible for the distribution of the legume inoculant; (2) The name of the group or groups of plants for which the bra...

...Any person who submits an application for the registration of a brand of legume inoculant shall pay annually, prior to the first day of January, a registration and inspection fee in the amount of fifty dollars per brand. The registration shall be renewed according to the standard renewal procedure established in Chapter 4745. of the Revised Code. All money collected under this section shall be credited to th...

...The director of agriculture may: (A) Refuse to register a brand of legume inoculant or the director may cancel a registration that previously has been approved when, in the director's opinion, the brand of legume inoculant is distributed under false or misleading claims; (B) Issue a stop sale order on any legume inoculant or pre-inoculated seed that is not registered, that is improperly or insufficiently labele...

...The director of agriculture, subject to sections 119.01 to 119.13, inclusive, of the Revised Code, may promulgate, adopt, and enforce regulations to carry into effect sections 907.27 to 907.35, inclusive, of the Revised Code.

...No person shall violate sections 907.27 to 907.35, inclusive, of the Revised Code, or any rule, regulation, or order of the director of agriculture promulgated under such sections in accordance with sections 119.01 to 119.13, inclusive, of the Revised Code.

...When the director of agriculture finds that any person has violated sections 907.27 to 907.35 of the Revised Code, or any rules adopted thereunder, he may file with the attorney general, the prosecuting attorney, or city director of law in the jurisdiction where the violation occurred, or where the person lives, with view of prosecution, the necessary evidence. The attorney general, the prosecuting attorney, or city ...

...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...

...No person shall sell, distribute, or have in the person's possession for sale, a poisonous seed treatment material in the state unless the material meets the color standards or specifications that are established by the director of agriculture pursuant to section 907.43 of the Revised Code. Products sold and distributed as seed treatments shall conform to directions for use on labels accepted for registration unde...

...The director of agriculture, subject to sections 119.01 to 119.13, inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall promulgate rules and regulations establishing standards or specifications or both for the coloring or dyeing of grain, and seed treatment materials, and adopt and enforce such other rules or regulations as he may deem necessary to carry into effect sections 907.41 to 907.47, inclusive, of the Revised Code.

...ects, fungi, or other forms of plant or animal life present in the grain, and which bears no residue of a poisonous material for which a tolerance has not been established, or which bears no residue in excess of a tolerance recognized in regulations adopted under authority of sections 907.41 to 907.47, inclusive, of the Revised Code, and in accordance with sections 119.01 to 119.13, inclusive, of the Revised Code, ar...

...No person shall sell, offer for sale, barter, or exchange any seed or grain which has been treated with a poisonous material, or which has been admixed with other seed or grain so treated unless: (A) The container thereof, or invoice in case of bulk shipments, carries a label or statement in not less than eight-point type the words, "warning--poison treated--do not use for food, feed or oil purposes"; (B) It bears ...

...No person shall sell or offer for sale, in this state, seed represented by labeling, advertising, or distinctive coloration, to have been treated, unless the seed actually has been so treated in such amount as to be effective for the purpose claimed.

...The director of agriculture may: (A) Inspect, take samples, analyze, and test any seed treatment material, seed, or grain offered for sale in this state to determine whether such seed, grain, or seed treatment materials are in compliance with sections 907.41 to 907.47, inclusive, of the Revised Code; (B) Establish, maintain, or make provisions for testing facilities, employ qualified persons, and incur such expense...

...Whoever violates sections 907.01 to 907.17, 907.27 to 907.35, or 907.41 to 907.47 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree on a first offense; on each subsequent offense such person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.

...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, omissio...

...Any person owning or possessing bees shall on or before the first day of June of each year, or thereafter within ten days after coming into ownership or possession of bees, or upon moving bees into this state from outside the state, file with the director of agriculture an application for registration setting forth the exact location of his apiaries and the number of colonies of bees in each apiary, together with suc...

...The director of agriculture may make and enforce such rules and orders as in his judgment are necessary to control, eradicate, or prevent the introduction, spread, or dissemination of any bee diseases or Africanized honey bees. No person shall fail to comply with the rules adopted under this section. In the control or eradication of serious bee diseases, the director or his authorized representative shall diagnose t...

...Under sections 909.01 to 909.18 of the Revised Code, the director of agriculture may establish and maintain quarantine orders prohibiting the shipment into or within the state, or any subdivision thereof, of any bees, queen bees, used hives or any part thereof, used equipment, or any material capable of transmitting any bee diseases, or Africanized honey bees for such periods and under such conditions as he considers...

...To enforce sections 909.01 to 909.18 of the Revised Code, the director of agriculture or his authorized representatives, during daylight hours, shall have access to and egress from any apiary or to any premises, buildings, or any other place, public or private, in which he has reason to believe that bees, including Africanized honey bees, honey, wax, used hives, or used equipment is kept. During the inspection, the d...

...The director of agriculture shall appoint a competent entomologist as state apiarist and such number of deputy state apiarists as are necessary to carry out sections 909.01 to 909.18, inclusive, of the Revised Code. Said state apiarist and deputy state apiarists shall be vested with the powers of police officers in the enforcement of such sections, and shall be furnished with official badges or other insignia of auth...

...The board of county commissioners may appropriate such funds as it deems sufficient for the inspection of apiaries in its county. It may appoint a deputy apiarist with the consent and concurrence of the director of agriculture, said deputy to serve during the pleasure of said board except as specified in this section. Such deputy shall be paid such salary as the county commissioners determine for each day, or for eac...

...Each person within the state engaged in the rearing of queen bees for sale or gift, before the first day of April of each year, shall file with the director of agriculture a request for the inspection of his apiaries where queen bees are reared. The director shall require all queen rearing apiaries to be inspected at least once each year. If the inspection results in the diagnosis of any serious bee disease or indica...

...No person shall sell, offer for sale, give, offer to give, barter, or offer to barter any bees, honeycombs, or used beekeeping equipment without a permit from the director of agriculture. The permit, or a copy of it, shall accompany any such transfer of ownership. The director may refuse to issue the permit until he finds by inspection that any africanized honey bees are eradicated from and any serious bee diseases a...

...(A) No person shall ship or move bee colonies or any used beekeeping equipment into this state from any other state or country without an inspection certificate issued by an authorized inspector from the state or country wherein shipment or movement originated. The certificate shall identify all pathogens and parasites diagnosed and any controls that were implemented. In the absence of inspection facilities in anoth...

...(A) The removal of any bees, honeycombs, honey, or used beekeeping equipment from any apiary in the state wherein a serious bee disease is known to exist is prohibited until such disease is controlled or eradicated. The removal of any bees, honeycombs, honey, or used beekeeping equipment may be made from any such apiary, under a special permit signed by the state apiarist, when properly safeguarded to prevent dissemi...