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...re collected by either the director of agriculture or the attorney general in consequence of any violation of those chapters or rules adopted under them. The director shall use money in the fund to administer and enforce those chapters and rules adopted under them. The director shall keep accurate records of all receipts into and disbursements from the fund and shall prepare, and provide upon request, an ann...

...on (B) of this section, the director of agriculture may suspend, prior to a hearing, for not longer than ten days, and after the opportunity for a hearing may deny, suspend, revoke, refuse to renew, or modify any provision of any license, permit, or registration issued pursuant to this chapter if the director finds that the applicant or the holder of a license, permit, or registration is no longer qualified, has viol...

...restrictions imposed by the director of agriculture; (B) Act as a commercial applicator without being licensed to do so; (C) Use any restricted use pesticide, unless the person is licensed to do so, is a trained serviceperson acting under the direct supervision of a commercial applicator, or is an immediate family member or a subordinate employee of a private applicator under the direct supervision of that privat...

...(A)(1) Whenever the director of agriculture has cause to believe that any person has violated, or is violating, this chapter or any rule or order adopted or issued under it, the director may conduct a hearing in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to determine whether a violation has occurred. Except as otherwise provided in division (A)(3) of this section, the director shall assess a civil penalty ...

..., upon request, permits the director of agriculture to copy all records showing the transactions in the movement of the pesticides or devices; (2) Public officials of this state and the federal government, other than commercial applicators employed by the federal government, the state, or a political subdivision, while engaged in the performance of their official duties in administering state or federal pesticide l...

...(A) If the director of agriculture has reasonable cause to believe that a pesticide or device is being distributed, stored, transported, or used in violation of this chapter or of any rules, it shall be subject to seizure on complaint of the director to a court of competent jurisdiction in the locality in which the pesticide or device is located. (B) If the article is condemned, it shall, after entry or decre...

...pplication shall notify the director of agriculture and the pesticide applicator by submitting an oral or written statement of alleged damages. The statement shall contain all of the following: (A) The name of the person responsible for the application of the pesticide; (B) The name of the owner or operator of the land on which the crop is grown and for which damages are claimed; (C) The date on which the alleged ...

...udgment or an order of the director of agriculture with the county in which the real and personal property is located. The real and personal property of the person shall be liable to execution for the fines, penalties, costs, and damages by the attorney general, who shall deposit any proceeds from an execution upon the property in the pesticide, fertilizer, and lime program fund created in section 921.22 of t...

...be construed to require the director of agriculture to report any findings to the appropriate prosecuting authority for proceedings in prosecution of, or issue any order or institute any enforcement procedure for, a violation of this chapter or a rule adopted under it whenever the director believes that the public interest will be best served by a suitable written notice of warning. A person who receives a written no...

...43 of the Revised 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, registration, or permit issued pursuant to this chapter.

...(A) Whoever violates this chapter or rules adopted under it, except division (G) or (P) of section 921.24 of the Revised Code, is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree on a first offense and a misdemeanor of the first degree on a subsequent offense. (B) Whoever violates division (G) or (P) of section 921.24 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree on a first offense and a felon...

...ommercial feed taken by the director of agriculture or the director's agent in accordance with section 923.47 of the Revised Code and rules adopted under that section. (K) "Ton" means a net weight of two thousand pounds avoirdupois. (L) "Per cent" or "percentage" means the percentage by weight. (M) "Manufacture" means to grind, mix, blend, or further process a commercial feed for distribution. "Manufacturer" me...

...The director of agriculture may adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to exempt both of the following from sections 923.41 to 923.55 of the Revised Code: (A) Agricultural commodities, including hay, straw, stover, silage, cobs, husks, and hulls, when those commodities are not mixed with other materials; (B) Individual chemical compounds or substances when those compounds or substance...

... he is registered with the director of agriculture on a form provided by the director that identifies the manufacturer's or distributor's name, place of business, and location of each manufacturing facility in this state. (B) The director shall assign to each manufacturer or distributor registered under division (A) of this section a permanent registration number. (C) The director may revoke or suspend a registrat...

...ed stated in terms that the director of agriculture, by rule, determines are required to advise the user of the composition of the feed or to support claims made in the labeling. In all cases, the substances or elements shall be determinable by laboratory methods published by the association of official analytical chemists. (5) Common name of each ingredient used in the manufacture of the feed. The director, by rule...

...mercial feed shall pay the director of agriculture a semiannual inspection fee at the rate of twenty-five cents per ton, with a minimum payment of twenty-five dollars, on all commercial feeds distributed by the first distributor in this state. (2) The semiannual inspection fee required under division (A)(1) of this section shall not be paid by the first distributor of a commercial feed if the distribution is ...

...The director of agriculture may publish annually in such form as the director considers proper: (A) Information concerning the sale of commercial feed, including any production and use data the director considers advisable, provided that the data does not disclose the operation of any manufacturer or distributor; (B) A comparison of the analyses of official samples of commercial feeds distributed in this state with...

...The commercial feed and seed fund is hereby created in the state treasury. The fund shall consist of money credited to it under this chapter and Chapter 907. of the Revised Code. The director shall keep accurate records of all receipts into and disbursements from the fund and shall prepare, and provide upon request, an annual report classifying the receipts and disbursements that pertain to commercial feed or...

...d under those sections, the director of agriculture, or his agent, to the extent he considers necessary, upon presenting credentials and a written inspection notice to the person in charge, may enter, during regular business hours, any factory, warehouse, or establishment where commercial feeds are manufactured, processed, packed, or held for distribution or any vehicle used to transport or hold feeds in order to ins...

...(A) A commercial feed, or an agricultural commodity such as whole seed, hay, straw, stover, silage, cobs, husks, or hulls, is adulterated if any of the following occur: (1) It bears or contains any poisonous or deleterious substance that may render it injurious to animal or human health, except that when the substance is not an added substance, the feed or agricultural commodity is not adulterated if the quantity o...

...A commercial feed is misbranded if any of the following occur: (A) The labeling is false or misleading in any particular; (B) It is distributed under the product or brand name of another commercial feed; (C) It does not meet the label requirements of section 923.43 of the Revised Code or any rule adopted under that section; (D) It purports to be or is represented as a commercial feed or it purports to contain or ...

...(A) The director of agriculture shall adopt, and may amend or rescind, rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code as necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter. (B) The director, by reference, may adopt: (1) The official definitions of feed ingredients and official feed terms adopted and published by the association of American feed control officials; (2) Rules promulgated pursuant to...

...ge, or reveal except to the director of agriculture or the director's agent or to the courts when relevant in any judicial proceeding under sections 923.41 to 923.55 of the Revised Code or any rules adopted under those sections, any information acquired under the authority of those sections of the Revised Code or rules adopted under those sections that as a trade secret is entitled to protection; (G) Fail or refuse...

...The director of agriculture may issue and enforce a written withdrawal from distribution order to the manufacturer or distributor of any lot of commercial feed requiring it to be held at a designated place when the director has reasonable cause to believe that the commercial feed is offered or exposed for distribution or distributed in violation of any of the provisions of sections 923.41 to 923.55 of the Revis...

...seizure on complaint of the director of agriculture to a court of competent jurisdiction in the county in which the commercial feed is located. The court, upon a finding that the commercial feed is in violation of sections 923.41 to 923.55 of the Revised Code or any rule adopted under those sections, shall order the condemnation of the commercial feed and it shall be disposed of in a manner consistent with the qualit...