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...All bakery products and their ingredients shall be stored, handled, transported, and kept in such manner as to protect them from spoilage, vermin, contamination, disease, and unwholesomeness. No ingredient, or material, including water, shall be used therein which is spoiled or contaminated or which may render the product unwholesome, unfit for food, or injurious to health.

...iving, or handling of bakery products shall be placed and constructed beyond the reach of contamination from streets, alleys, sidewalks, and animals, and shall be kept sanitary by the dealer.

...All showcases, shelves, and other places where unwrapped bakery products are sold or exposed for sale shall be kept, by the dealer, well covered, properly ventilated, adequately protected from dust, flies, and other contaminating matter, and shall at all times be maintained in a sweet, clean, and wholesome condition.

...The floors, walls, and ceilings of each bakery, the equipment used in the handling or preparation of bakery products or their ingredients, and the boxes, baskets, and the interior of the vehicles and other receptacles in which bakery products are transported shall be kept, by the owner or operator of the bakery or the carrier or distributor of said products, in a sanitary condition and at all times free from dirt, du...

..., infectious, or other disease or physical ailment, which may render employment detrimental to the public health. All such examinations shall be made by a qualified physician licensed under section 4731.14 of the Revised Code, by a physician assistant, by a clinical nurse specialist, by a certified nurse practitioner, or by a certified nurse-midwife. Any written documentation of the examination shall be completed by ...

...No owner or operator of a bakery shall require or permit any person affected with any contagious, infectious, or other disease or physical ailment which may render employment detrimental to the public health, or any person who refuses to submit to the examination required in section 911.11 of the Revised Code, to work in such bakery.

...ts, every person engaged in such work shall wash his hands and arms, and, after using toilets or water closets or handling money, every such person shall wash his hands and arms thoroughly and then rinse in clean water. For this purpose the owner or operator of the bakery shall provide sufficient facilities.

...No person shall sit, lie, or lounge or be permitted to sit, lie, or lounge upon any of the tables, shelves, boxes, or other equipment or accessories used in connection with the production, preparation, packing, storing, display, or sale of bakery products. No animals or fowls shall be kept in or permitted to enter any bakery.

...Every bakery shall have a suitable room for the changing and hanging of the wearing apparel of the employees, which shall be separate and apart from the work, storage, and sales rooms, and shall be kept in a sanitary condition.

...f the Revised Code, notice in writing shall be given to the owner or manager, stating the delinquency, and fixing a reasonable time within which the same shall be remedied and providing for a hearing to any party in interest.

... handling of food or dangerous to the health of its employees, the state or city department making the inspection may order the bakery, or such part as may be found so unfit or so dangerous, closed. Any aggrieved person shall have the right to be heard before said department or board and shall also have a right of appeal before or after the execution of such order but within thirty days of its issuance, to the courts...

...Bread shall not be sold or offered or exposed for sale otherwise than by weight and shall be manufactured for sale and sold only in units of not less than twelve ounces. Loaves of bread weighing more than twelve ounces may only be manufactured for sale and sold in increments of two ounces, beginning with the twelve-ounce minimum weight. When multiple loaves are baked, each unit of the loaf shall conform to the weight...

...The director of agriculture shall prescribe such rules and regulations as are necessary to enforce section 911.18 of the Revised Code, including reasonable tolerances or variations within which all weights shall be kept. The tolerances or variations shall not exceed one ounce per pound under the standard unit for single loaves. The tolerance permitted in the weighing of twenty-five or more loaves shall not exceed one...

...No person shall violate any rule or regulation adopted under sections 911.01 to 911.20, inclusive, of the Revised Code.

...vised Code: (A) "Flour" includes and shall be limited to the foods commonly known in the milling and baking industries as: (1) White flour, also known as wheat flour or plain flour; (2) Bromated flour; (3) Self-rising flour, also known as self-rising white flour or self-rising wheat flour; (4) Phosphated flour, also known as phosphated white flour or phosphated wheat flour. "Flour" excludes whole wheat flour an...

...(A) No person shall manufacture, mix, compound, sell, or offer for sale, flour for human consumption in this state unless the following vitamins and minerals are contained in each pound of such flour: (1) Not less than two and not more than two and five-tenths milligrams of thiamine; (2) Not less than one and two-tenths and not more than one and five-tenths milligrams of riboflavin; (3) Not less than sixteen and n...

...No person shall manufacture, bake, sell, or offer for sale, for human consumption in this state, any white bread or rolls unless the following vitamins and minerals are contained in each pound of such bread or rolls: (A) Not less than one and one-tenth and not more than one and eight-tenths milligrams of thiamine; (B) Not less than seven-tenths and not more than one and six-tenths milligrams of riboflavin; (C) Not...

...(A) The director of agriculture shall enforce sections 911.31 to 911.35, inclusive, of the Revised Code, and shall make, amend, or rescind rules, regulations, and orders for the efficient enforcement of such sections. (B) Whenever the vitamin and mineral requirements of such sections no longer conform with the legally established standards governing the interstate shipment of enriched flour and enriched white bread...

...e were intended to promote the public health, safety, and welfare, and such sections shall be liberally construed to effectuate this purpose.

...(A) Whoever violates sections 911.01 to 911.20 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree. (B) Whoever violates sections 911.31 to 911.35 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.

...lding where fruits, vegetables, or specialty products are packed in hermetically sealed containers and thermally sterilized and the products of which are placed on the market for general consumption as human food, regardless of where the product is sold in commerce. (B) "Low-acid foods" means any foods, other than alcoholic beverages, with an equilibrium pH greater than 4.6 and a water activity greater than 0.85, ex...

...No person, firm, or corporation shall engage in the business of operating a cannery without obtaining a license for the operation of each cannery from the director of agriculture. In order to obtain a license, an application shall be made on a form prescribed by the director and shall be accompanied by a fee of two hundred dollars. The director shall thereupon cause an investigation to be made. If the applicant is s...

...All licenses issued under section 913.02 of the Revised Code shall be renewed annually by the last day of June pursuant to this section and the standard renewal procedure of sections 4745.01 to 4745.03, inclusive, of the Revised Code. The renewal fee for each license shall be paid by the applicant for such renewal to the treasurer of state.

...All vegetable, fruit, and specialty products canneries shall be under the supervision of and subject to the rules of the director of agriculture. At such times as the director considers proper, he shall cause to be inspected all canneries where fruits, vegetables, or specialty products are packed and preserved, and shall require the correction of any violation of sections 913.01 to 913.05 of the Revised Code or any r...

...(A) The director of agriculture shall adopt rules under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code which: (1) Require all canneries to comply with regulations adopted by the United States food and drug administration in 21 C.F.R. 117, as applicable; (2) Require all canneries thermally processing low-acid foods packed in hermetically sealed containers to comply with regulations adopted by the United States food and drug adm...