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...Each producer and processor shall keep records of the date of processing of the shell eggs distributed, sold, or offered for sale by him. Each producer and processor shall maintain such records for not less than six months after the shell eggs are packaged and shall make the records available to the director of agriculture or his designee upon request.

...The director of agriculture shall enforce sections 925.01 to 925.13 of the Revised Code. Certificates of inspection issued by licensed inspectors of the grading service of the United States government are prima facie evidence in any court of facts contained therein.

...he director of agriculture may adopt, amend, and rescind rules as he considers necessary to administer and enforce sections 925.01 to 925.13 of the Revised Code.

... for sale as is necessary to determine compliance with sections 925.02 to 925.13 and applicable rules adopted under section 925.06 of the Revised Code.

... of violation constitutes a separate offense.

...ion for an order restraining a person from violating section 925.08 of the Revised Code.

...g directly to hatcheries are exempted from sections 925.01 to 925.13 of the Revised Code.

...Fifty per cent of all fines collected under sections 925.01 to 925.13 of the Revised Code shall be paid into the state treasury to the credit of the general revenue fund; the remaining fifty per cent shall be credited to the general fund of the political subdivision where the case is prosecuted.

...ess an appeal on questions of law has been properly begun and prosecuted. In case the judgment is sustained, the fine shall be paid within thirty days after such judgment or affirmance and by the director paid into the state treasury to the credit of the general revenue fund.

...he Revised Code, and after demand has been made therefor, the director of agriculture shall add ten per cent thereto and certify such claim and penalty to the attorney general, who shall proceed as provided in section 131.02 of the Revised Code.

...packed in a larger container marked in compliance with sections 925.21 to 925.32, inclusive, of the Revised Code. (C) "Person" includes any individual, company, partnership, corporation, or association or any combination of individuals of whatever form and character, also any employee, agent, or officer thereof.

... grade marked, or other mark required from any design or other statement on the label by a space equal to or larger than the largest letter on the label. (D) Any person may completely obliterate an erroneous grade, and place the correct grade marking on the label of a container in a plain and legible manner. (E) Any person who re-grades the contents of a container of any fruit or vegetable which fails to meet the m...

...or sale, either privately or upon the open market, fresh fruits or vegetables packed in containers unless such containers are marked in accordance with sections 925.21 to 925.32, inclusive, of the Revised Code.

...Whenever fresh fruits or vegetables are packed, re-packed, sold, or offered for sale in containers previously used by another person or which were manufactured and labeled for any person other than the grower, packer, or repacker any inaccurate markings pertaining to the previous contents of such containers shall be first obliterated, and new markings placed thereon, which markings shall be plain, distinguishable, an...

... for sale, either privately or on the open market, consign, deliver, receive, or distribute any container covered under sections 925.21 to 925.32, inclusive, of the Revised Code, if the face or exposed surface gives a false representation of the contents. It is a false representation if such face is not reasonably representative, in size, color, quality, and varietal characteristics, of the remaining portion of the c...

... with reference to the quantity, grade, price, variety, minimum size, or state of origin of any fruit or vegetable held or offered for sale.

...is given by the director or a court of competent jurisdiction. (B) No person shall remove or dispose of any container of fruits or vegetables described in a notice of detention given by the director.

... and such other employees of the department of agriculture as he designates, police officers, sheriffs, and deputy sheriffs shall enforce such sections. Certificates of inspection issued by authorized inspectors of the department or a sample of a container, label, invoice, bill of lading, or any other written matter pertaining to a specific container of any fruit or vegetable which does not comply with sections 925....

...Fifty per cent of all fines assessed under sections 925.21 to 925.32, inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall be paid into the general revenue fund. The remaining fifty per cent shall be credited to the general revenue fund of the county or municipality where the case is prosecuted.

... (C) "Person" includes any individual, company, partnership, corporation, or association or any combination of individuals of whatever form and character, and any employee, agent, or officer thereof. (D) "Advertisement" includes all representations disseminated in any manner or by any means, other than by a label on the commodity, for the purpose of inducing, or which are likely to induce, directly or indirectly, th...

..., or business establishment where said commodities are being exposed or offered for sale if said containers are misbranded. A container of fresh fruits and vegetables prepackaged at retail store level is misbranded if: (A) Its labeling is false or misleading in any particular. (B) Its contents have been falsely advertised as to grade, size, quantity, variety, or state of origin. (C) It does not bear a label marke...

..., inclusive, of the Revised Code, may promulgate additional grades and regulations for the sale of fresh fruits and vegetables.

..., or business establishment where said commodities are being exposed or offered for sale in containers in which the face or exposed surface gives a false representation of the contents of such package. It shall be considered a false representation if said face is not reasonably representative in size, color, quality, and varietal characteristics of the remaining portion of such package.

...is necessary to determine whether said commodities are being properly packaged and labeled.

...Whenever the director of agriculture finds or has cause to believe that any fresh fruit or vegetable is misbranded within the meaning of sections 925.51 to 925.60, inclusive, of the Revised Code, he shall affix to such article a tag or other appropriate marking, giving notice that such article is, or is suspected of being, misbranded and has been detained or embargoed, and warning all persons not to remove or dispose...