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...If the director of agriculture or any of his inspectors or agents, is of the opinion that a place named in section 913.41 of the Revised Code is being operated in violation of such section he shall notify the proprietor, owner, or manager thereof, in writing, to place it in a clean and sanitary condition within a reasonable time to be stated in such notice, which time shall not be less than ten days. The director or...

...(A) Whoever violates sections 913.01 to 913.05 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree. (B) Whoever violates sections 913.22 to 913.28 of the Revised Code shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars for a first offense; for a subsequent offense such person shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than ninety days, or both; for a third offense such person...

...es used for food or drink for humans or animals; (2) Chewing gum; (3) Articles used for components of any such articles. (D) "Container" means any bag, barrel, basket, bottle, box, caddy can, canister, carton, crate, firkin, hogshead, jar, jug, keg, stopper, vessel, wrapper, frozen bulk, or any similar or analogous utensil, receptacle, band, or wrapper in which food may be kept, stored, sold, or offered for sal...

...No person, firm, or corporation shall operate a cold-storage warehouse, for hire, without a license issued by the director of agriculture. A license shall be issued only on written application stating the location of the warehouse. Upon receipt of the application the director shall cause an examination to be made into the sanitary conditions of the warehouse. If it is found to be in a sanitary condition and properl...

...All licenses issued under section 915.02 of the Revised Code shall be renewed by the last day of March of each year pursuant to this section and the standard renewal procedure of sections 4745.01 to 4745.03, inclusive, of the Revised Code.

...Each person, firm, or corporation licensed to operate a cold-storage warehouse shall keep an accurate record of the receipts and withdrawals of food therefrom. The agents of the director of agriculture shall have free access to such records at all times.

...l place in cold storage any slaughtered animals or parts thereof unless the entrails and other offensive parts have first been properly removed.

...Whenever any licensed warehouse, or any portion of such warehouse, is deemed by the director of agriculture to be in an unsanitary condition, the director shall cause such warehouse, or portion thereof, to be closed.

...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.

...es 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, chill room, sharp freezing room and facilities, or sharp freezing cabinet. (C) "Chill room" means a room or space in an estab...

...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...

...The license fee for an establishment is fifty dollars. Any operator operating in connection with a cold-storage warehouse holding a license under section 915.02 of the Revised Code is not required to secure an additional license under section 915.15 of the Revised Code so long as the operator continues to be licensed as a cold-storage warehouse; but the operator shall comply with sections 915.14 to 915.24 of the Re...

...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...

...(A) The refrigeration system for an establishment shall be equipped with accurate and reliable controls for the automatic maintenance of uniform temperatures as required in the various refrigerated rooms and 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 chi...

...(A) As used in this 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 provi...

...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.

...re healthy cows, goats, sheep, or other animals and intended for either of the following purposes: (1) To be sold for human consumption or for use in dairy products; (2) To be used for human consumption or for use in dairy products on the premises of a governmental agency or institution. "Milk" does not include a blend of the lacteal secretions of different species. (G) "Grade A milk" means milk produced by a per...

...(A) The director of agriculture may do any of the following: (1) Adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code regulating all of the following: (a) The sanitary production, storage, transportation, manufacturing, handling, processing, sampling, testing, examination, and sale of dairy products; (b) The suspension and revocation of licenses issued under section 917.09 of the Revised Code, provided ...

...There is hereby created a milk sanitation board consisting of the director of agriculture or the director's authorized representative, the director of health or the director's authorized representative, and the following members to be appointed by the director of agriculture: (A) Two grade A milk producers; (B) One manufacture milk producer; (C) Three milk processors, one of whom shall be a grade A milk processor ...

...The milk sanitation board may do all of the following: (A) Advise and consult with the director of agriculture in the administration and enforcement of this chapter and rules adopted under it; (B) Make recommendations to the director regarding proposed rules; (C) Approve or disapprove agreements between the director and any public or private entity desiring to perform or performing any of the inspections or analys...