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...A) As used in this section, "board of health," "retail food establishment," and "food service operation" have the same meanings as in section 3717.01 of the Revised Code. (B) The embargoing of a food may be performed by a board of health approved under section 3717.11 of the Revised Code to serve as the licensor of retail food establishments or food service operations, the director of health acting under section 371...

...The attorney general, prosecuting attorney, or city director of law to whom the director of agriculture or the state board of pharmacy reports any violation of sections 3715.01 and 3715.52 to 3715.72 of the Revised Code, shall cause appropriate proceedings to be instituted in the proper court without delay and to be prosecuted in the manner required by law. The director of agriculture, before reporting any violation...

...15.52 to 3715.72 of the Revised Code, shall be construed as requiring the director of agriculture or the state board of pharmacy to report minor violations for the institution of proceedings under sections 3715.01 and 3715.52 to 3715.72 of the Revised Code, whenever the director or board believes that the public interest will be adequately served in the circumstances by a suitable written notice or warning.

...tance that may render it injurious to health; but in case the substance is not an added substance, the food shall not be considered adulterated if the quantity of the substance in the food does not ordinarily render it injurious to health. (B) It bears or contains any added poisonous or added deleterious substance that is unsafe within the meaning of section 3715.62 of the Revised Code. (C) It consists in whole or ...

...evised Code, if: (A) Its labeling is false or misleading in any particular. (B) It is offered for sale under the name of another food. (C) Its container is so made, formed, or filled as to be misleading. (D) It is an imitation of another food, unless its label bears in type of uniform size and prominence, the word "imitation," and immediately thereafter the name of the food imitated. (E) When it is in packa...

...ocessing, or packing thereof in any locality, be injurious to health, and that such injurious nature cannot be adequately determined after such articles have entered commerce, and in such case only, the director shall adopt rules providing for the issuance, to manufacturers, processor, or packers of such class of food in such locality, of permits to which shall be attached such conditions governing the manufact...

...ided by good manufacturing practice, shall be unsafe for purposes of the application of division (B) of section 3715.59 of the Revised Code, but when such substance is so required or cannot be so avoided, the director of agriculture shall adopt rules limiting the quantity therein or thereon to such extent as the director finds necessary for the protection of public health, and any quantity exceeding the limits ...

... may have been rendered injurious to health. (3) It is a drug and its container is composed, in whole or in part, of any poisonous or deleterious substance that may render the contents injurious to health. (4) It is a drug and it bears or contains, for purposes of coloring only, a coal-tar color other than one from a batch certified under authority of the "Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act," 52 Stat. 1040 ...

...Revised Code, if: (1) Its labeling is false or misleading in any particular. (2) It is in package form and does not bear a label containing both of the following: (a) In clearly legible form, the name and place of business of the manufacturer, packer, or distributor; (b) An accurate statement of the quantity of the contents in terms of weight, measure, or numerical count; but reasonable variations shall be permit...

...(A) No person shall sell, deliver, offer for sale, hold for sale, or give away any new drug unless an application with respect to the drug has become effective under section 505 of the "Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act," 52 Stat. 1040 (1938), 21 U.S.C.A. 301, as amended. (B) This section does not apply to the following: (1) A drug intended solely for investigational use by experts qualified by scientific traini...

...ditions of use that are customary or usual, except that this provision does not apply to coal-tar hair dye if both of the following conditions are met: (a) The label bears the following legend conspicuously displayed thereon: "Caution-This product contains ingredients which may cause skin irritation on certain individuals and a preliminary test according to accompanying directions should first be made. This product ...

...Revised Code, if: (A) Its labeling is false or misleading in any particular. (B) It is in package form unless it bears a label containing: (1) The name and place of business of the manufacturer, packer, or distributor; (2) An accurate statement of the quantity of the contents in terms of weight, measure, or numerical count; provided, that reasonable variations shall be permitted, and exemptions as to small packag...

...of food, drug, device, or cosmetic is false if it is false or misleading in any particular. (B) For the purpose of sections 3715.01 and 3715.52 to 3715.72 of the Revised Code, the advertisement of a drug or device representing it to have any effect in albuminuria, appendicitis, arteriosclerosis, blood poison, bone disease, Bright's disease, cancer, carbuncles, cholecystitis, diabetes, diphtheria, dropsy, erys...

...ules adopted in so far as practicable shall conform with the regulations promulgated under the "Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act," 52 Stat. 1040 (1938), 21 U.S.C.A. 301, as amended.

...ulture or the state board of pharmacy shall have free access at all reasonable hours to any factory, warehouse, or establishment in which foods, drugs, devices, or cosmetics are manufactured, processed, packed, or held for introduction into commerce, or to enter any vehicle being used to transport or hold foods, drugs, devices, or cosmetics in commerce, for the following purposes: (1) To inspect the factory, warehou...

...d from time to time reports summarizing all judgments, decrees, and court orders that have been rendered under sections 3715.01 and 3715.52 to 3715.72 of the Revised Code, including the nature of the charge and the disposition thereof. The director or board may also cause to be disseminated any information regarding food, drugs, devices, and cosmetics that the director or board deems necessary in the interest of pub...

...15.71, inclusive, of the Revised Code shall be governed by and be administered in accordance with sections 119.01 to 119.13, inclusive, of the Revised Code. (B) Sections 3715.01 and 3715.52 to 3715.71, inclusive, and section 3715.99, of the Revised Code, do not apply when such sections are in conflict with sections 923.41 to 923.55, inclusive, and section 923.99 of the Revised Code. (C) Sections 3715.52 to 3715.71,...

...(A) All fines or forfeited bonds assessed and collected under prosecution by the director of agriculture or prosecution commenced by the director in enforcement of this chapter shall, within thirty days, be paid to the director and by the director paid into the state treasury. (B) All fines or forfeited bonds assessed and collected under prosecution by the state board of pharmacy or prosecution commenced by the boar...

...ness that offers consumer products for sale to the general public. (B)(1) Except as provided in division (C) of this section, if the governor has a reasonable basis to believe that one or more units of a consumer product have been adulterated and that further sale or use of the consumer product presents a threat to the public health and safety, the governor may declare an adulterated consumer product emergency and ...

...ment" has the meaning given in the federal "Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act," 108 Stat. 4327 (1994), 21 U.S.C.A. 321(ff), as amended.

...of this chapter, a dietary supplement shall be treated as a food. The director of agriculture shall administer and enforce sections 3715.80 to 3715.86 of the Revised Code and any rules adopted under those sections in accordance with Chapter 3717. of the Revised Code.

...Code. If rules are adopted, the rules shall be no more restrictive than the regulations promulgated under the federal "Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act," 52 Stat. 1040 (1938), 21 U.S.C.A. 301, et seq., as amended.

...ated under this section, the director shall proceed under the provisions of this chapter applicable to adulterated food. In any action taken under this section, the burden of proof shall be on the director.

...or dietary ingredient to a disease or health-related condition if all of the following conditions are met: (1) The statement does one of the following: (a) Claims a benefit related to a classical nutrient deficiency disease and discloses the prevalence of the disease in the United States; (b) Describes the role of a nutrient or dietary ingredient intended to affect the structure or function of the human body; (c)...

...ludes a book chapter, article, or official abstract of a peer-reviewed scientific article prepared by the article's author or the editors of the publication in which the article is published. (B) A publication used in connection with a sale to consumers of a dietary supplement is not considered part of the label of the dietary supplement if the publication meets all of the following criteria: (1) The publication is...