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...(A) The director of agriculture shall monitor the conduct of the Ohio grape industries committee to ensure that: (1) The committee is operating within the requirements of sections 924.51 to 924.55 of the Revised Code; (2) The committee's program is self-supporting; (3) The committee keeps all records that are required by agencies of the state. (B) The director may, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised C...

...(A) All moneys collected by the treasurer of state under sections 4301.43 and 4301.432 of the Revised Code shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the Ohio grape industries fund, which is hereby created. Moneys in the fund shall be disbursed to carry out the purposes of sections 924.51 to 924.55 of the Revised Code pursuant to vouchers approved by the director of agriculture. (B) The Ohio grape ind...

...The department of agriculture shall be reimbursed for actual administrative and overhead costs incurred in the administration of sections 924.51 to 924.55 of the Revised Code in an amount not to exceed ten per cent per year of the amount received in that year in the Ohio grape industries fund created under section 924.54 of the Revised Code.

...Whoever violates division (A) of section 924.16 or of section 924.30 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.

...As used in sections 925.01 to 925.13 of the Revised Code: (A) "Food processor" means any person, other than an egg breaker, who utilizes broken eggs to produce a food product. (B) "Processor" means any person engaged in the operation of assembling, receiving, grading, or packing shell eggs for commercial sale or distribution. (C) "Producer" means any person engaged in the operation of egg production who maintains ...

...(A) No person shall sell, offer for sale, or expose for sale shell eggs in a container which is not labeled with: (1) The name and address of the packer or distributor; (2) An accurate statement of the quantity of the contents in terms of numerical count; (3) The date the shell eggs were processed; (4) The correct grade and size or weight class of the contents thereof in accordance with the standards adopted by t...

...No person shall sell, offer for sale, or expose for sale shell eggs from a bulk lot which is not plainly marked with a placard having letters no less than one-half inch high designating the correct grade and size or weight class of the bulk lot in accordance with the standards adopted by this state, provided that a bulk lot of shell eggs which has not been graded for quality or which fails to meet the requirements of...

...(A) No person shall advertise shell eggs in any manner or by any means for the purpose of inducing, or which is likely to induce, directly or indirectly, the purchase of shell eggs unless such advertisement includes the correct grade and size or weight class of the shell eggs so advertised in accordance with the standards adopted by this state, provided that such advertisement of shell eggs which have not been graded...

...No person shall sell, offer for sale, or advertise for sale shell eggs as "No. 1," "specials," "fancy," "direct from farm," "quality eggs," "hennery eggs," "fresh eggs," "new laid eggs," or "strictly fresh eggs," or any other name of similar import that do not meet the minimum requirements for United States consumer grade A.

...No person shall advertise, sell, offer for sale, or expose for sale shell eggs as federally graded or under any other terms that imply that they have been graded by an agency of the United States government, unless such shell eggs have been officially graded by an agency of the United States government and cases, cartons, or any other containers properly labeled or sealed under the supervision of the grading service ...

...(A) Each producer and processor shall maintain shell eggs in refrigeration at an ambient temperature that does not exceed forty-five degrees Fahrenheit. (B) Each food processor, distributor, and owner or operator of a food service establishment, retail food store, or other food establishment shall maintain any shell eggs intended for sale or distribution in refrigeration at an ambient temperature that does not excee...

...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.

...The 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.

...In the administration of sections 925.01 to 925.13 of the Revised Code, the director of agriculture or his designee, on any business day and during normal business hours, may enter and inspect any premises where shell eggs are produced, processed, stored, or sold, offered for sale, or exposed for sale as is necessary to determine compliance with sections 925.02 to 925.13 and applicable rules adopted under secti...

...No person shall fail to comply with sections 925.01 to 925.13 of the Revised Code or an applicable rule adopted under section 925.06 of the Revised Code. Each day of violation constitutes a separate offense.

...In addition to the remedies available and irrespective of whether there exists an adequate remedy at law, the attorney general, upon the request of the director of agriculture, may bring an action for an order restraining a person from violating section 925.08 of the Revised Code.

...Producers selling only shell eggs of their own hens' production on the premises where produced or selling 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.

...All fines, fees, and costs collected under prosecutions begun, or caused to be begun, by the director of agriculture, shall be paid by the court to the director within thirty days after collection, unless 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 ...

...If the court fails to pay a fine within the time specified in section 925.12 of the 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.

...As used in sections 925.22 to 925.32, inclusive, of the Revised Code: (A) "Fruit or vegetable" means any fresh unprocessed fruit or vegetable which is intended for human consumption. (B) "Container" means any device used to hold or enclose a quantity of fruits or vegetables, except one with a capacity of one dry quart or less which is packed in a larger container marked in compliance with sections 925.21 to 925.3...

...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...

...No person shall make a false or misleading statement, written or oral, with reference to the quantity, grade, price, variety, minimum size, or state of origin of any fruit or vegetable held or offered for sale.

...(A) Whenever the director of agriculture finds or has cause to believe that any container of any fruit or vegetable is not marked in accordance with sections 925.21 to 925.32, inclusive, of the Revised Code, he shall affix to such container a tag or other appropriate marking: (1) Giving notice that such container is or is suspected of not being properly marked and has been detained; (2) Warning all persons not to ...