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...05.53 of the Revised Code, no person shall manufacture, sell, or distribute in this state liming material without a license to do so issued by the department of agriculture. (B) Each such license expires on the thirty-first day of December of each year and shall be renewed according to the standard renewal procedure of sections 4745.01 to 4745.03 of the Revised Code. (C) Each application for issuance or renewa...

...No person shall be required to obtain a license to sell or distribute liming material under section 905.52 of the Revised Code if the manufacturer of the liming material that the person distributes or sells is licensed under division (A) of section 905.52 of the Revised Code.

...No person shall sell or distribute any crushed or ground liming material in this state, except the oxide and hydrate forms, unless it is processed to meet the standard of fineness of one of the grades listed in this section and contains all the fines of fracture. (A) "Superfine liming materials" shall be of such degree of fineness that not less than eighty per cent of weight passes a number one hundred United States...

...(A) No person shall distribute or sell liming material in packages that do not bear a label in legibly written or printed form that includes the following: (1) Net weight of contents in pounds as determined by a sealed weighing device; (2) Product name and type of liming material, which shall include the grade as defined in section 905.54 of the Revised Code, for all except the oxide and hydrate forms; (3) Name an...

...No person shall willfully divulge any information secured while in the employ of the department of agriculture, with respect to the transactions, property, files, records, or papers of the department, or with respect to the business of any manufacturer, seller, or distributor of agricultural liming material to any person other than the director or the superior of such employee, or when called upon to testify in an ac...

...(A) The director of agriculture shall prepare an annual statement of liming material sales, by county and by grade, as defined in section 905.54 of the Revised Code, in a manner prescribed by the director. (B) The director shall publish an annual report of the director's analysis of liming material that the director has inspected.

... agriculture may inspect, sample, and analyze any liming material utilized within the state to such extent as the director considers necessary to determine whether the liming material is in compliance with sections 905.51 to 905.65 of the Revised Code, and the rules adopted under such sections. The director may enter into an agreement with a person that is not a department of agriculture employee that authorizes that...

...(A) No person shall sell or distribute mislabeled liming material. (B) A liming material is mislabeled if any false or misleading statement appears on its label or its pertinent invoice or delivery ticket, or if false or misleading statements appear in any advertising matter.

...usive, of the Revised Code. No person shall violate any rule or regulation adopted by the director pursuant to sections 905.51 to 905.65, inclusive, of the Revised Code.

...The director of agriculture may revoke any license, suspend any license, or refuse to license any applicant for a violation of sections 905.51 to 905.65, inclusive, of the Revised Code or any regulations promulgated under such sections.

...or custodian of any lot of liming material to hold it at a designated place when the director has found the liming material to have been offered or exposed for sale in violation of sections 905.51 to 905.65 of the Revised Code or any rule adopted thereunder. (B) Such liming material shall be held until the director releases it in writing. A release shall not be issued until sections 905.51 to 905.65 of the Revised C...

...Any lot of liming material not in compliance with sections 905.51 to 905.65 of the Revised Code, or any rules adopted under those sections, is subject to seizure on the complaint of the director of agriculture to a court of competent jurisdiction in the county in which the liming material is located. If the court finds that the liming material is in violation of sections 905.51 to 905.65 of the Revised Code or any ru...

...In addition to the remedies provided and irrespective of whether or not there exists any adequate remedy at law, the director of agriculture may apply to the court of common pleas in the county wherein sections 905.51 to 905.65, inclusive, of the Revised Code are being violated for a temporary or permanent injunction restraining any person from such violation.

...(A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, whoever violates this chapter or rules adopted under it is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree on a first offense, a misdemeanor of the second degree on a second offense, and a misdemeanor of the first degree on a third or subsequent offense. (B) A person who fails to comply with rules adopted under division (A)(2)(f) of section 905.322 of the Rev...

...anner or by any means. (B) "Agricultural seed" means the seed of grass, native grass, forage, cereal, field and fiber crops, any other kinds of seed commonly recognized in this state as agricultural or field seed, lawn seed, and mixtures or blends of such seed. (C) "Certifying agency" means an agency authorized by the laws of a state or a foreign country to certify officially seed, tubers for seeding purposes, or...

...The Ohio seed improvement association shall certify for Ohio agricultural, vegetable, or flower seed, tubers for seeding purposes, or plants for varietal identification or for other factors. (B) No person shall use, orally or in writing, alone or with other words, "certified," "registered," "foundation," or any other term that suggests that the seed, tubers for seeding purposes, or plants have been certified unless ...

...(A) Each container of agricultural, vegetable, or flower seed that is sold for sowing purposes shall bear on it or have attached to it in a conspicuous place a label plainly written or printed in the English language giving the following information: (1) For agricultural seed that is sold on a pure live seed basis or any other basis: (a) The commonly accepted name of the kind, or kind and variety, of each agricult...

...(A) Any person who holds a valid seed labeler permit issued under section 907.13 of the Revised Code and who sells agricultural, vegetable, or flower seed shall, for a period of eighteen months from the date of the final sale or other final disposition made, keep complete records of each lot of agricultural, vegetable, or flower seed that the person sells. If purchases are made from persons who keep records available...

...All of the seed of grass, forage, cereal, and fiber crops sold by variety name or as processed or tested is subject to the labelling and inspection fee requirements of sections 907.01 to 907.17 of the Revised Code.

...iculture or the state seed laboratory shall not be used in connection with the analysis or test of any seed on any seed label, price list, or literature or in any other way which gives the impression that the state guarantees the analysis or assumes responsibility for the quality of the seed.

...No person shall sell any agricultural, vegetable, or flower seed: (A) Unless the test used to determine the information concerning the seed's percentage of germination that is required by section 907.03 of the Revised Code to appear on the label of the seed has been completed within: (1) A twelve-month period prior to sale, exclusive of the calendar month in which the test was completed, if the seed is not in herme...

...No person shall do any of the following: (A) Detach, alter, deface, conceal, or destroy any label required by sections 907.01 to 907.17 of the Revised Code or the rules adopted under them, or alter or substitute seed in a manner that may defeat the purposes of those sections; (B) Disseminate, with the intention of inducing a sale, any false or misleading claim or advertisement concerning the vigor, vitality, growth...

...ates, with the intention of inducing a sale, any advertisement or makes any claim concerning the vigor, vitality, growth, yield capability, or any other quality or performance characteristic of any agricultural, vegetable, or flower seed shall maintain complete and accurate records of the tests used to determine the characteristic and of the results of the tests and shall submit the records to the director of agricu...

...d Code do not apply to: (1) Agricultural, vegetable, or flower seed not intended for sowing purposes; (2) Unprocessed agricultural, vegetable, or flower seed in storage or being transported to or consigned to a seed processing establishment, provided that the label accompanying a shipment of the seed shall bear the statement "seed for processing" and provided further that any label or other representation that is...

...The director of agriculture shall do all of the following: (A) Sample, inspect, analyze, and test agricultural, vegetable, and flower seed sold for sowing purposes, at such times and places and to such extent as the director regards necessary to determine whether the seed complies with sections 907.01 to 907.17 of the Revised Code and notify promptly the person who sold the seed of any violation; (B) Adopt rules in...