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...f conveyance from which a reactor has been removed shall be thoroughly cleaned and disinfected by the owner of such premises or means of conveyance with a disinfectant approved by the department of agriculture, in accordance with regulations which the department may adopt.

... agriculture may apply to any court of competent jurisdiction for the issuance of a temporary or permanent injunction prohibiting violation of or compelling compliance with any provision of this chapter or any order issued by the director under this chapter.

...r of the fourth degree. For each subsequent violation, such person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree. (B) Whoever violates division (A), (C), or (D) of section 941.041 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree. (C) Whoever violates division (B) of section 941.041 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree on a first offense. On each subsequent violation...

...ther refuse of any character that has been associated with such waste material resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking, or consumption of food. (B) "Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, association, society, company, firm, or other legal entity. (C) "Raw rendering material" has the same meaning as in section 953.21 of the Revised Code. (D) "Treated garbage" means any edible garbage ...

...ring into this state a swine that has been fed garbage or treated garbage.

...resentative may enter at all reasonable times on any premises where swine are kept or harbored for the purpose of determining compliance with section 942.02 of the Revised Code. If the director or the director's authorized representative is denied access to the premises and suspects that section 942.02 of the Revised Code is not being complied with, the director may apply for a search warrant authorizing access from ...

... director may issue an order requiring compliance with section 942.02 of the Revised Code and assess the civil penalty. The order and assessment of the civil penalty may be appealed in accordance with section 119.12 of the Revised Code. (C) The director may assess a civil penalty for a violation of section 942.02 of the Revised Code in the following amounts: (1) For a first violation, not more than five hundred d...

...les, or dairy products to swine; (B) Rendered products. As used in this division, "rendered product" means raw rendering material that has been ground and heated to a minimum temperature of two hundred thirty degrees Fahrenheit to make products such as animal, poultry, or fish protein, grease, or tallow.

... sells livestock that has been raised from birth on the premises of the person; (4) Any person who buys or receives animals for grazing or feeding purposes at a premises owned or controlled by the person and sells or disposes of the animals after the minimum grazing or feeding period of thirty days; (5) Any person who places livestock in facilities other than the person's own pursuant to a written agreement fo...

...ealer, or broker without first being licensed. No person shall be an employee of more than one small dealer, dealer, or broker. Except as provided in division (B) of this section, no person holding a license as a small dealer, dealer, or broker shall be an employee. No employee shall act for any small dealer, dealer, or broker unless the small dealer, dealer, or broker is licensed, and has designated the employee to ...

...lowing forms: (a) A bond of a surety company authorized to do business in this state in the form prescribed by and to the satisfaction of the department, conditioned for the payment of a judgment against the applicant furnishing the bond and arising out of the failure of such dealer or broker to pay for the livestock purchased for the dealer's or broker's own or for the accounts of others or to pay when due to the ...

...(A) Application for a license as a small dealer shall be made in writing to the department of agriculture. The application shall state the nature of the business, the municipal corporation or township, county, and post-office address of the location where the business is to be conducted, the name of any employee who is authorized to act in the small dealer's behalf, and any additional information that the department ...

... sale, or exchange shall be counted in computing the amount of the fee to be paid for each place operated by the dealer or broker. Shipment between yards owned or operated by the dealer or broker shall be exempt. A late fee of one hundred dollars shall be paid for each dealer or broker license renewal application that is received after the thirty-first day of March each year. (C)(1) A fee of fifty dollars shall b...

... broker's license suspended two or more times in the previous five years. (2) The director shall not refuse to grant a small dealer's, dealer's, or broker's license because of an applicant's criminal conviction unless the refusal is in accordance with section 9.79 of the Revised Code. (B) When the director refuses to grant or suspends a small dealer's, dealer's, or broker's license, the director or the director's...

...ery small dealer, dealer, and broker licensed under section 943.03 or 943.031 of the Revised Code, as applicable, and carrying on or conducting business under that license, shall post in a conspicuous place in or at the place of business of the licensee a copy of the license furnished by the department of agriculture, to be kept so posted and exposed for inspection by any person.

... and vehicles and shall thoroughly and completely disinfect all such yards, pens, premises, and vehicles under the direction of the veterinary inspector and as prescribed by the department. The cost of the inspection and disinfection shall be borne by the small dealer, dealer, or broker. The department shall not require such veterinary inspection of yards, pens, premises, or other facilities where veterinary ...

...ection does not prevent such weighers from performing other duties not inconsistent with this section. (B) Any person maintaining and operating a weighing facility used for the purposes set forth in this section may operate unapproved scales if he meets all of the following conditions: (1) Signs and files with the director of agriculture an affidavit stating that any unapproved scales will not be used in connection...

... a violation of such section shall be promptly revoked. A weigher's license, unless revoked, shall expire on the thirty-first day of March of each year and shall be renewed according to the standard renewal procedure of sections 4745.01 to 4745.03, inclusive, of the Revised Code. (B) The director of agriculture shall issue a weigher's license in accordance with Chapter 4796. of the Revised Code to an individual if ...

...921," 42 Stat. 159, 7 U.S.C.A. 181 as amended, shall be maintained and operated in accordance with rules of the United States department of agriculture; and all other such weighing facilities shall be maintained and operated in accordance with rules of the state department of agriculture. All such weighing facilities not regularly inspected and tested as required by the United States department of agriculture under t...

...ty, and no person shall wrongfully influence or interfere, or attempt to so influence or interfere, with any such weigher in the performance of his duty or attempt to do so.

...Any authorized representative of the department of agriculture may enter any stockyard livestock market, auction market, concentration yards, packing plant, conveyance, or place for assembling livestock for the purpose of inspecting the facilities, livestock, records, or scales, and may weigh or reweigh any livestock.

...es of all animals sold or transferred from pens, yards, premises, or vehicles by small dealers, dealers, or brokers except when such animals are immediately delivered to a slaughtering establishment. The inspection, tests, and treatments shall be made by a veterinary inspector approved by the department and shall be made and reported as prescribed by the department. The fees for that service shall be paid by t...

...of the name and address of the person from whom the animal was acquired and to whom disposed. The record also shall show the individual identification of each animal at the time of acquisition or disposal. These records shall be maintained for a period of sixty months or longer from the date of acquisition or disposal. (C) The individual identification in division (B) of this section shall be in a manner or form app...

...sed Code. (B) No person shall fail to comply with any rule adopted under division (A) of this section.

...All fines imposed and collected under section 943.99 of the Revised Code shall be credited to the animal and consumer protection fund created in section 943.26 of the Revised Code.