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...In addition to the remedies provided and irrespective of whether or not there exists an adequate remedy at law, the director of agriculture or the state board of pharmacy is hereby authorized to apply to the court of common pleas in the county wherein any of the provisions of section 3715.52 of the Revised Code are being violated for a temporary or permanent injunction restraining any person from committing the viola...

...(A) No person shall be subject to the penalties prescribed in section 3715.99 of the Revised Code for violating division (A)(1) or (3) of section 3715.52 of the Revised Code if the person established a guaranty or undertaking signed by, and containing the name and address of, the person residing in this state from whom the person received in good faith the article, to the effect that the article is not adulterated or...

...(A) As used in this section, "expired" means: (1) In the case of a drug, that the expiration date required by 21 C.F.R. 211.137 has passed; (2) In the case of infant formula, the "use by" date required by 21 C.F.R. 107.20 has passed; (3) In the case of baby food, that any expiration date, "use by" date, or sale date established by state or federal law or marked on the container by the manufacturer, processor,...

...The director of agriculture shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code specifying the conditions under which a food may be embargoed under this section and the procedures that must be followed when that action is taken.

...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...

...Nothing in sections 3715.01 and 3715.52 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 wr...

...Food is adulterated within the meaning of sections 3715.01, 3715.02, 3715.022, and 3715.52 to 3715.72 of the Revised Code, if any of the following apply: (A) It bears or contains any poisonous or deleterious substance 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 ordinaril...

... small packages shall be established by rules adopted by the director of agriculture; (3) In the case of food subject to section 3715.023 of the Revised Code, the information specified in that section. (F) Any word, statement, or other information required by or under authority of sections 3715.01, 3715.02, and 3715.52 to 3715.72 of the Revised Code, to appear on the label or labeling is not prominently placed...

...uch 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 manufacture, processing, or packing of such class food, for such temporary period of time, as may be necessary to protect the public health; and after the effective date of such regulations, a...

...he 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 so fixed shall also be deemed to be unsafe for purposes of the application of division (B) of section 3715.59 of the Revised Code. While such a regulation is in effect limiting the quantity of any such sub...

...(A) A drug or device is adulterated within the meaning of sections 3715.01 and 3715.52 to 3715.72 of the Revised Code, if any of the following apply: (1) It consists, in whole or in part, of any filthy, putrid, or decomposed substance. (2) It has been produced, processed, prepared, packed, or held under unsanitary conditions whereby it may have been contaminated with filth, or whereby it may have been rendere...

... packages shall apply as established by rules adopted by the director of agriculture or state board of pharmacy. (3) It is a dangerous drug and does not bear a label containing in clearly legible form the name and place of business of the manufacturer of the finished dosage form and, if different, the packer or distributor. (4) It is a dangerous drug in finished solid oral dosage form and it does not have clearly a...

...ining and experience to investigate the safety of drugs, provided that the drug is plainly labeled "For investigational use only"; (2) A drug sold in this state at any time prior to the enactment of sections 3715.01 and 3715.52 to 3715.72 of the Revised Code, or introduced into interstate commerce at any time prior to the enactment of the "Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act"; (3) Any drug that is licensed under t...

...(A) A cosmetic is adulterated within the meaning of sections 3715.01 and 3715.52 to 3715.72 of the Revised Code, if: (1) It bears or contains any poisonous or deleterious substance that may render it injurious to users under the conditions of use prescribed in the labeling or advertisement of the cosmetic, or under conditions of use that are customary or usual, except that this provision does not apply to coal-tar h...

...A cosmetic is misbranded within the meaning of sections 3715.01 and 3715.52 to 3715.72, inclusive, of the 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 n...

... named above, the director shall adopt rules authorizing the advertisement of drugs having curative or therapeutic effect for such disease, subject to such conditions and restrictions as the director may deem necessary in the interests of public health; provided, that this division shall not be construed as indicating that self-medication for diseases other than those named in this section is safe or efficacio...

...The authority to adopt rules for the enforcement of section 3715.02, divisions (E), (G), (H), and (I) of section 3715.60, division (A)(2) of section 3715.64, and section 3715.67 of the Revised Code is vested in the director of agriculture. The authority to adopt rules for the enforcement of sections 3715.01 and 3715.52 to 3715.72 of the Revised Code, excluding divisions (E), (G), (H), and (I) of section 3715.60, divi...

...(A) The director of agriculture 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 ins...

...The director of agriculture or the state board of pharmacy may cause to be published 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, devic...

...(A) Sections 3715.01 and 3715.52 to 3715.71, 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 C...

...(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...

...sents a threat to the public health and safety, the governor may declare an adulterated consumer product emergency and make any of the following executive adulterated consumer product emergency orders: (a) That all units of the consumer product be removed from public display by all retailers; (b) That no units of the consumer product be sold or offered for sale during the adulterated consumer product emergency; ...

...As used in sections 3715.80 to 3715.86 of the Revised Code, "dietary supplement" 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.

... to 3715.86 of the Revised Code and any rules adopted under those sections in accordance with Chapter 3717. of the Revised Code.

...The director of agriculture may adopt rules, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, to administer and enforce sections 3715.80 to 3715.86 of the Revised 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.