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...A milk, manufacture milk, raw milk for sale to the ultimate consumer, or equipment used in the handling of any such milk, on the milk producer's or raw milk retailer's premises has contracted or been diagnosed with a dangerous, contagious, or infectious disease, the milk producer or raw milk retailer immediately shall notify the director of agriculture and the health commissioner of the city health district or genera...

...The following items shall be subject to inspection by a person designated by the director of agriculture: (A) Milk plant facilities and equipment; (B) Milk transport vehicles; (C) Dairy farms, including dairy animals, stables, milk parlors, milk houses, and milk vessels of milk producers. The inspector, while in the normal, lawful, and peaceful pursuit of inspection duties, may enter upon, cross over, and remain ...

...est report or document prepared by an analyst who is employed or designated by the director of agriculture and who tested a sample shall be admissible as evidence in a prosecution for a violation of a statute or rule, provided that the report or document contains a sworn statement, signed by the analyst, that the report or document accurately contains or represents the findings or conclusions of the analyst.

...In addition to other remedies provided by law and irrespective of whether an adequate remedy at law exists, the director of agriculture may apply to the court of common pleas of a county in which a violation of this chapter or rules adopted under it occurs for a temporary or permanent injunction or other appropriate relief concerning the violation.

...ivision (A)(2) of this section, the denial, suspension, or revocation of a license is not effective until the licensee is given written notice of the violation, a reasonable amount of time to correct the violation, and an opportunity for a hearing. (2) If the director determines that a dairy product constitutes adulterated food as described in section 3715.59 of the Revised Code or exceeds bacterial or chemical stan...

...ure milk, a manufacture milk producer shall do one of the following: (1) In the case of manufacture milk that is stored in cans on the manufacture milk producer's farm, cool the milk to and store it at a temperature of sixty degrees fahrenheit, sixteen degrees celsius, or lower within two hours after completion of the milking; (2) In the case of all other manufacture milk that is stored on the manufacture milk prod...

...sed Code, the director of agriculture shall comply with sections 3123.41 to 3123.50 of the Revised Code and any applicable rules adopted under section 3123.63 of the Revised Code with respect to a license issued pursuant to this chapter.

... divisions (A) to (D) of this section shall order that not less than fifty per cent of the fine be disbursed to the treasurer of state for deposit into the dairy industry fund created in section 917.07 of the Revised Code. Subject to that minimum percentage, the court's order shall specify the percentage of the fine that the clerk of the court shall disburse to the treasurer of state. The clerk of the court shall dis...

...Federal Meat Inspection Act," 34 Stat. 1260 (1907), 21 U.S.C.A. 71, as amended by the "Wholesome Meat Act," 81 Stat. 584 (1967), 21 U.S.C.A. 601, and any subsequent amendments thereto. (B) "State inspection" means the meat inspection service conducted by the department of agriculture. (C) "Establishment" means all premises in the state where animals are slaughtered or otherwise prepared for food purposes, meat cann...

...iculture, or the director's designee, shall provide ante-mortem inspections of all animals slaughtered at establishments licensed under division (A) of section 918.08 of the Revised Code where and to the extent the director considers it necessary. If, upon inspection, symptoms of disease or other abnormal conditions that would render the animals unfit for human food are found, those animals shall be retained or perm...

...(A) If any animal, carcass, or meat product is found to be in an adulterated condition or is affected by an unwholesome condition, that can be satisfactorily removed by methods approved by the director of agriculture, the same may be so reconditioned under the direction of any inspector. (B) If an animal, carcass, or meat product found in an adulterated or unwholesome condition cannot be reconditioned as provided in...

...The director of agriculture shall, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, adopt and enforce rules that are necessary to administer sections 918.01 to 918.11 of the Revised Code. The rules shall meet or exceed the federal standards for meat inspection established in Title 9 of the Code of Federal Regulations.

...ee of an establishment to submit to a health examination by a physician at any time. No individual having any communicable disease, including any communicable skin disease, and no person with infected wounds and no person who is a carrier of a communicable disease shall be employed in any capacity in an establishment.

...ives of the department of agriculture shall possess, use, or keep an inspection mark, stamp, or brand provided or used under Chapter 918. of the Revised Code for stamping, marking, branding, or otherwise identifying carcasses or meat products intended for human food; or possess, use, or keep any stamp, mark, or brand having thereon a device, words, or insignia the same or similar in character or import to stamps, mar...

...with Chapter 918. of the Revised Code shall be afforded movement for sale and may be sold throughout Ohio without restriction except as provided in Chapter 918. of the Revised Code.

...ision (F) of this section, no person shall operate an establishment without first licensing the establishment with the department of agriculture. The owner of an establishment desiring a license with the department may make application therefor on forms provided by the department. If after inspection the director of agriculture finds that an establishment is in compliance with this chapter and rules adopted un...

...A person who slaughters or prepares animals on his farm, or has animals slaughtered or prepared for his personal or family use and sells no meat products of such animals; (2) A retail dealer or retail butcher who sells only meat or meat products that have been inspected in compliance with Chapter 918. of the Revised Code, directly to household consumers in retail stores; (3) Any establishment that is subject to fed...

...cass, parts thereof, or meat products shall be stamped or otherwise identified with an official mark unless the carcass, parts, or products have been so identified at an establishment licensed under division (A) of section 918.08 of the Revised Code. (B) No person shall offer for sale or sell meat or meat products that have not been inspected in compliance with sections 918.01 to 918.11 of the Revised Code. (C) No ...

...1.01 of the Revised Code, or other animals determined by the director of agriculture by rule for human food purposes may receive voluntary state inspection, as defined in division (B) of section 918.01 of the Revised Code, if the establishment complies with sections 918.01 to 918.11 of the Revised Code and the rules adopted under those sections for establishments that slaughter or otherwise prepare for food pu...

...istered by the director of agriculture. All moneys collected under sections 918.01 to 918.99 of the Revised Code shall be deposited into the fund and shall be used by the director to administer and enforce those sections.

...ness of manufacturing or processing animal food derived wholly or in part from carcasses, or parts or products of the carcasses of poultry. (B) "Carcass" means all parts, including viscera, of slaughtered poultry that are capable of being used for human food. (C) "Capable of use as human food" as applied to poultry or poultry products means poultry or a poultry product that is not denatured or otherwise identified ...

...(A) The director of agriculture shall provide inspection and supervision of all processing operations at establishments licensed under section 918.28 of the Revised Code and make ante-mortem inspections of poultry to the extent the director considers necessary to assure a wholesome product. Whenever processing operations are being conducted, the director shall make post-mortem inspection of the carcass of each bird...

...er section 918.28 of the Revised Code shall provide such premises, facilities, and equipment and be operated in accordance with such sanitary practices as are required by regulations adopted under section 918.25 of the Revised Code.

...er section 918.28 of the Revised Code shall maintain records showing the receipt, delivery, sale, movement, or disposition of poultry products and shall, at reasonable times, permit the director of agriculture or his authorized representative to have access to and copy such records. Any record required to be maintained for the purpose of this section shall be held for a period of not less than two years after the tra...

...The director of agriculture shall, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, adopt and enforce rules as necessary for the implementation, administration, and enforcement of sections 918.21 to 918.31 of the Revised Code. The rules shall meet or exceed the federal standards for meat inspection established in Title 9 of the Code of Federal Regulations. The rules adopted under this section shall provide for...