ORS § 616.695 — OR Code / Title 49 / Chapter 616 / Section 616.695
616.695 Definitions for ORS 616.695 to 616.755
Status: in_force

As used in ORS 616.695 (Definitions for ORS 616.695 to 616.755) to 616.755 (Securing information from health officers) , unless the context requires otherwise:

(1) “Department” means the State Department of Agriculture.

(2) “Dietary ingredient” means one or more of the following or a concentrate, constituent, extract or metabolite of one or more of the following:

(a) An amino acid;

(b) An herb or other botanical;

(c) A mineral;

(d) A dietary substance intended to supplement the human diet by increasing total dietary intake; or

(e) A vitamin.

(3) “Dietary supplement” means an article, not including any tobacco product, that:

(a) Is subject to dietary supplement labeling requirements under 21 C.F.R. 101.36;

(b) Is intended to supplement conventional food in the diet of humans and contains a dietary ingredient; and

(c) Intentionally left blank —Ed.

(A) Is intended for ingestion in tablet, capsule, powder, softgel, gelcap or liquid form; or

(B) Is not represented to be a conventional food or to be for use as the sole item of a meal or diet.

(4) “Food establishment” means:

(a) Any room, building, structure or place, used or intended for use, or operated for storing, preparing, compounding, manufacturing, processing, freezing, packaging, distributing, handling, salvaging or displaying food.

(b) The ground upon which such place or business is operated or used and so much ground adjacent thereto as is also used in carrying on the business of the establishment. The department may prescribe such additional area or places which, although they may not be contiguous or adjacent to the above area or establishment, may be included therein.

(c) Vehicles, machinery, equipment, utensils, tools, fixtures, implements, and all other articles or items, used in operating or carrying on the business of a food establishment.

(5) “Food” means any article used, or intended to be used, for food, ice, drink, confection, condiment or dietary supplement, whether simple or compound, or any part or ingredient thereof or in the preparation thereof, and for human consumption.

(6) “Salvaging” means the business of reconditioning, repacking, relabeling, cleaning or culling of foods that have been damaged or adulterated as a result of fire, storm, flood, water, smoke, chemicals or commercial transit accident. [1965 c.501 §1; 1975 c.389 §1; 1983 c.160 §3; 2017 c.42 §2]

Source: Section 616.695 — Definitions for ORS 616.695 to 616.755 , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors616.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 616.350 — OR Code / Title 49 / Chapter 616 / Section 616.350
616.350 Control of food additives
Status: in_force

The State Department of Agriculture, for the protection of the health and life of animals or the people of this state, may take measures to control, limit or prohibit the use or intended use, or the presence of food additives. It may promulgate rules relating thereto. Such rules may prescribe for any reason as set forth in this section, that any food additive is unsafe within the meaning of ORS 616.235 (When food deemed adulterated) (1)(b). In promulgating rules under the provisions of this section the authority of the department includes:

(1) Providing for an exemption from the operation of ORS 616.335 (Definition for ORS 616.205 and 616.335 to 616.385) to 616.385 (Public hearing required for rules) of the use or intended use of a specific food additive.

(2) Prescribing, with respect to one or more proposed uses of the food additive involved, the conditions under which such additive may be safely used including but not limited to, specifications as to the particular food or classes of food in or in which such additive may be used, the maximum quantity which may be used or permitted to remain in or on such food, the manner in which such additive may be added to or used in or on such food, and any directions or other labeling or packaging requirements for such additive deemed necessary to assure the safety of such use.

(3) Establishing and prescribing tolerances, if appropriate, to assure that the proposed use of a food additive will be safe. The department shall not:

(a) Fix such tolerance limitation at a level higher than it finds to be reasonably required to accomplish the physical or other technical effect for which such additive is intended.

(b) Establish a rule for such proposed use if it finds upon a fair evaluation of the data before it, that such data does not establish that such use would accomplish the intended physical or other technical effect.

(4) Prescribing for the exemption from the requirements of this section any food additive, and any food bearing or containing such additive, intended solely for investigational use by qualified experts when in the opinion of the department, such exemption is consistent with the public health. [1961 c.637 §8; 1973 c.227 §18]

Source: Section 616.350 — Control of food additives; rules , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors616.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 621.117 — OR Code / Title 49 / Chapter 621 / Section 621.117
621.117 Distributor or producer-distributor may sell only milk that is pasteurized or from disease-free goats or sheep
Status: in_force

A distributor, producer-distributor or dairy products plant licensee shall not sell or offer or expose for sale any dairy product or fluid milk for human consumption unless the milk used in the dairy product or fluid milk has been pasteurized or is goat or sheep’s milk that was produced by a disease-free herd, except that if not more than one reactor animal appears when the goat or sheep herd is tested for brucellosis, the milk, dairy products or fluid milk may still be sold if the animal is slaughtered and no additional reactor animals appear when the herd is retested, as provided in ORS chapter 596 and regulations promulgated thereunder. If one or more reactor animals appear when the herd is retested, no milk, dairy products or fluid milk from the herd may be sold until the herd regains a brucellosis-free status. [1955 c.714 §9(3); 1957 c.346 §3; 1969 c.152 §5; 1975 c.299 §1; 1999 c.197 §20; 1999 c.937 §4]

Source: Section 621.117 — Distributor or producer-distributor may sell only milk that is pasteurized or from disease-free goats or sheep , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors621.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 622.030 — OR Code / Title 49 / Chapter 622 / Section 622.030
622.030 Exemptions
Status: in_force

This chapter shall not affect the following:

(1) Retail stores selling to the ultimate consumer.

(2) Operations subject to ORS chapters 616, 619, 621, 625, ORS 624.010 (Definitions for ORS 624.010 to 624.121) to 624.121 (State Food Service Advisory Committee) , 632.275 (Filing trademark for containers, equipment and supplies for fruit and vegetables) to 632.290 (Acquiring of marked containers, supplies and equipment) , 632.450 (Definitions for ORS 632.450 to 632.485) to 632.490 (Labeling fruit or vegetables as Oregon grown or packed) and 632.900 (“Horticultural and agricultural products” defined) to 632.985 (Transporting of agricultural or horticultural products subject to inspection) and to the rules pursuant thereto.

(3) Out-of-state dealers operating under a state shellfish program indorsed by the United States Public Health Service. [1955 c.331 §6; 1957 c.66 §1; 1969 c.283 §2; 1973 c.508 §1a; 1983 c.160 §5; 1995 c.206 §2]

Source: Section 622.030 — Exemptions , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors622.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 618.506 — OR Code / Title 49 / Chapter 618 / Section 618.506
618.506 Enjoining security seal violations
Status: in_force

(1) A prosecuting attorney who has probable cause to believe that a person is committing or has committed a security seal violation may bring suit in the name of the State of Oregon in the appropriate court to restrain such person from committing the alleged violation.

(2) Before filing a suit under subsection (1) of this section, the prosecuting attorney shall in writing notify the person charged of the alleged security seal violation and the relief to be sought. Such notice shall be served in the manner set forth in ORS 618.526 (Method of serving investigative demand) for the service of investigative demands. The person charged thereupon shall have 10 days within which to execute and deliver to the prosecuting attorney an assurance of voluntary compliance. Such assurance shall set forth what actions, if any, the person charged intends to take with respect to the alleged violation. The assurance of voluntary compliance shall not be considered an admission of a violation for any purpose. If the prosecuting attorney is satisfied with the assurance of voluntary compliance, it may be submitted to an appropriate court for approval and if approved shall thereafter be filed with the clerk of the court. Violation of an assurance of voluntary compliance which has been approved by and filed with the court constitutes a contempt of court. The notice of the prosecuting attorney under this subsection is not a public record until the expiration of 10 days from the service of the notice.

(3) Notwithstanding subsection (2) of this section, if the prosecuting attorney alleges that the prosecuting attorney has reason to believe that the delay caused by complying with the provisions of subsection (2) of this section would cause immediate harm to the public health, safety or welfare, the prosecuting attorney may immediately institute a suit under subsection (1) of this section.

(4) A temporary restraining order may be granted without prior notice to the person if the court finds there is a threat of immediate harm to the public health, safety or welfare. Such a temporary restraining order shall expire by its terms within such time after entry, not to exceed 10 days, as the court fixes, unless within the time so fixed the order, for good cause shown, is extended for a like period or unless the person restrained consents that it may be extended for a longer period.

(5) The court may award reasonable attorney fees at trial and on appeal to the prevailing party in a suit brought under this section. If the defendant prevails in such a suit and the court finds that the defendant had in good faith submitted to the prosecuting attorney a satisfactory assurance of voluntary compliance prior to the institution of the suit or that the prosecuting attorney, in a suit brought under subsection (3) of this section, did not have reasonable grounds to proceed under that subsection, the court shall award reasonable attorney fees at trial and on appeal to the defendant. If the state prevails, the reasonable expenses of investigation, preparation and prosecution shall be taxed against the defendant, upon application of the prosecuting attorney, in the same manner as costs are taxed and shall be in addition thereto. [1973 c.294 §3; 1981 c.897 §70]

Source: Section 618.506 — Enjoining security seal violations; notice to defendant; voluntary compliance; temporary order; attorney fees and costs , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors618.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 616.225 — OR Code / Title 49 / Chapter 616 / Section 616.225
616.225 Disposal of adulterated, misbranded, unsound or unsafe food or consumer commodity
Status: in_force

(1) Whenever a duly authorized representative of the State Department of Agriculture finds, or has probable cause to believe, that any food or consumer commodity is adulterated, or so misbranded as to be dangerous or fraudulent, within the meaning of ORS 616.205 (Definitions for ORS 616.205 to 616.385) to 616.295 (Reports and information issuable by department) , the representative shall affix to such article a tag or other appropriate marking, giving notice that such article is, or is suspected of being adulterated or misbranded and has been detained, embargoed or seized, and warning all persons not to remove or dispose of such article by sale or otherwise until permission for removal or disposal is given by an authorized representative of the department. No person shall remove or dispose of such detained, embargoed or seized article by sale or otherwise without permission of the department.

(2) Whenever the department or any of its authorized representatives finds in any room, building, vehicle of transportation, or other structure, any meat, fluid milk, dairy product, seafood, poultry, vegetable, fruit or other perishable articles which are unsound, or contain any filthy, decomposed or putrid substance, or that may be poisonous or deleterious to health or otherwise unsafe, the same hereby being declared a nuisance, the department or its authorized representative forthwith shall condemn or destroy the same, or in any other manner render it unsalable as human food.

(3) The department shall carry out the provisions of this section as provided in ORS 561.605 (Detention, seizure or embargo of agricultural products) to 561.630 (Removing or defacing seizure or embargo notice unlawful) . [Amended by 1973 c.227 §4]

Source: Section 616.225 — Disposal of adulterated, misbranded, unsound or unsafe food or consumer commodity , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors616.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 625.040 — OR Code / Title 49 / Chapter 625 / Section 625.040
625.040 Grounds for denial of application
Status: in_force

The State Department of Agriculture shall refuse to grant any application for a bakery license if the department finds after proper investigation that any of the following has occurred:

(1) The applicant has made to the department any false statement of a material nature.

(2) The premises or equipment of the bakery sought to be licensed are not of a sanitary construction, design or condition. However, this section may not be applied to prevent licensing and operation of a bakery solely because the bakery is in an area that is part of and not separate from a domestic kitchen if the bakery is upon investigation by the department found to be constructed and maintained in a clean, healthful and sanitary condition.

(3) The applicant has failed to comply with ORS 625.010 (Definitions for ORS 625.010 to 625.270) to 625.270 (Unlawful sale prohibited) or any other applicable law of this state relative to bakeries or bakery products or any regulation in effect thereunder, except that if it is determined that an applicant has not so complied the applicant shall be allowed a reasonable time, not exceeding 30 days, within which to comply, and the refusal or neglect of the applicant to comply within that period is cause for denial of the application. [Amended by 1973 c.243 §1; 2005 c.22 §441]

Source: Section 625.040 — Grounds for denial of application , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors625.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 625.995 — OR Code / Title 49 / Chapter 625 / Section 625.995
625.995 Civil penalties
Status: in_force

(1) In addition to any penalty available under ORS 561.190 (Rules and regulations) or 625.990 (Penalties) , the State Department of Agriculture may impose a civil penalty for a violation of ORS 625.010 (Definitions for ORS 625.010 to 625.270) to 625.270 (Unlawful sale prohibited) or of rules or regulations adopted under ORS 625.010 (Definitions for ORS 625.010 to 625.270) to 625.270 (Unlawful sale prohibited) . For the purposes of this section, each day a violation continues after the period of time established for compliance shall be considered a separate violation unless the department finds that a different period of time is more appropriate to describe a specific violation event.

(2) The department may adopt rules establishing a schedule of civil penalties that may be imposed under this section. Civil penalties imposed under this section may not exceed $10,000 for each violation.

(3) When the department imposes a civil penalty under subsection (1) of this section, the department shall impose the penalty in the manner provided by ORS 183.745 (Civil penalty procedures) , except that the written application for a hearing must be received by the department no later than 10 days after the date of mailing or personal service of the notice of civil penalty.

(4) Moneys received by the department from civil penalties imposed under this section shall be deposited in the General Fund to the credit of the Department of Agriculture Account. [2009 c.175 §21]

Source: Section 625.995 — Civil penalties; rules; hearing; disposition of moneys , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors625.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 622.230 — OR Code / Title 49 / Chapter 622 / Section 622.230
622.230 Conversion of plantations to plats
Status: in_force

All plats, rights, claims and plantations, and leases lawfully held for such plats, rights, claims and plantations that exist upon the passage of this 1969 Act shall be converted to plats, shall be filed with the State Department of Agriculture by July 1, 1970, and shall:

(1) Include a legal description of the area applied for, specifying its acreage.

(2) Be accompanied by a map sufficient to permit the area applied for to be readily identified.

(3) Be accompanied by an application fee of $25 per plat. [Formerly 509.427; 2005 c.22 §437]

Note: Legislative Counsel made no substitution in 622.230 (Conversion of plantations to plats) for “the passage of this 1969 Act.”

Source: Section 622.230 — Conversion of plantations to plats; fees , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors622.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 619.026 — OR Code / Title 49 / Chapter 619 / Section 619.026
619.026 Meat preparation establishment sanitation requirements
Status: in_force

(1) Every establishment, including all equipment therein or thereon, shall be kept in a clean, healthful and sanitary condition.

(2) Unclean, unhealthful and insanitary conditions shall be deemed to exist if:

(a) All the equipment utilized is not thoroughly cleaned on a daily basis, or more often as required by the State Department of Agriculture.

(b) Meat and meat products being prepared, packed, stored, sold, distributed or transported are not securely protected from flies, dust, dirt and, as far as may be necessary, by all reasonable means from all other foreign or injurious contamination.

(c) The persons and clothing of all employees or other persons therein are unclean.

(d) The refuse, dirt and waste products, subject to decomposition or fermentation generated in the operation of the establishment, are not removed at least on a daily basis or as otherwise authorized by the department. [1973 c.174 §5]

Source: Section 619.026 — Meat preparation establishment sanitation requirements , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors619.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 634.410 — OR Code / Title 49 / Chapter 634 / Section 634.410
634.410 Study of effects of thiram on health and safety
Status: in_force

The Workers’ Compensation Board shall cause the Occupational Health Section to conduct a study or insure that a study is conducted, of the effects on occupational health and safety of the use in reforestation activities of tree seedlings treated with the pesticide thiram or any formulation containing the chemical tetramethylthiuram disulfide. The study shall include evaluation of alternative precautionary measures that may be taken to protect the health and safety of individuals involved in reforestation activities who handle tree seedlings treated with thiram. The board shall report its findings and recommendations to the State Department of Agriculture not later than December 1, 1976. [1975 c.777 §2]

Source: Section 634.410 — Study of effects of thiram on health and safety; evaluation; report , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors634.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 616.855 — OR Code / Title 49 / Chapter 616 / Section 616.855
616.855 Items exempt from unit pricing requirements
Status: in_force

ORS 616.850 (Definitions for ORS 616.850 to 616.890) to 616.890 (Short title) do not apply to:

(1) Fresh fruits and vegetables.

(2) Products sold in quantities of one avoirdupois ounce, or 28.35 grams or one fluid ounce, or less.

(3) Packaged consumer commodities that may be lawfully sold only upon the written or oral direction of a licensed practitioner. As used in this subsection, “practitioner” has the meaning for the term provided in ORS 689.005 (Definitions) .

(4) Alcoholic beverages that are subject to the Federal Alcohol Administration Act.

(5) Tobacco, cosmetics and personal care products, hardware and household equipment.

(6) Products sold in one size limit only, or in such manner that the State Department of Agriculture determines that no comparison is meaningful.

(7) Consumer commodities sold for immediate consumption on the premises.

(8) Patent or proprietary medicines.

(9) Products sold through coin-operated vending machines or products sold by manual distribution from mobile catering units to individual consumers. [1977 c.181 §4; 1979 c.777 §57; 1979 c.785 §6; 1979 c.827 §4; 2009 c.175 §7]

Source: Section 616.855 — Items exempt from unit pricing requirements , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors616.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 619.021 — OR Code / Title 49 / Chapter 619 / Section 619.021
619.021 Purpose
Status: in_force

The intent and purpose of ORS 576.024 (Department authorized to inspect records and businesses for economic study purposes) , 619.010 (Definitions for ORS 619.010 to 619.026 and 619.036 to 619.066) to 619.071 (Disposition of moneys received by department) , 619.370 (Labeling concerning addition of chemical preservative) and 619.993 (Criminal penalty for meat inspection law violations) is to give recognition to the Federal Meat Inspection Act presently being enforced in this state and at the same time recognize the responsibility of the State of Oregon to protect the public health of the citizens of this state. In furtherance of this responsibility the State Department of Agriculture is authorized to take all measures necessary and proper in its judgment to complement the enforcement of the Federal Meat Inspection Act, and to prevent and prohibit the sale and distribution of unwholesome meat and meat food products dangerous to the health, safety and welfare of Oregon consumers. In this respect the department shall exercise general sanitary and quality control, and establish supervision and safeguards over meat establishments and meat products under its jurisdiction. [1973 c.174 §3]

Source: Section 619.021 — Purpose , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors619.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 616.755 — OR Code / Title 49 / Chapter 616 / Section 616.755
616.755 Securing information from health officers
Status: in_force

The State Department of Agriculture may, for the purpose of enforcing the provisions of ORS 616.745 (Handling of food by diseased persons prohibited) and 616.750 (Procedure where food handler suspected of disease) , request information from any city, county or state health officer, bureau, board or commission within Oregon. Such officer, bureau, board or commission, when so requested, shall furnish the department any and all information which the officer, bureau, board or commission may have.

Source: Section 616.755 — Securing information from health officers , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors616.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 621.073 — OR Code / Title 49 / Chapter 621 / Section 621.073
621.073 Suspension of grade use privilege
Status: in_force

(1) In addition to the powers conferred on the State Department of Agriculture under ORS 621.018 (Entry and use of fluid milk produced outside state) , 621.060 (Establishing standards of quality and identity for fluid milk) , 621.072 (Issuance of license to use grade designation) , 621.076 (Container labeling) , 621.083 (Procedures and equipment for graders) and 621.226 (Condemnation of unlawful milk, cream, dairy product or fluid milk) , the department may suspend the privilege of any person to use a grade designation on containers of fluid milk produced or distributed by the person. The power of suspension may be exercised by the department for any violation of ORS 621.062 (Deviation from standard of identity prohibited) , 621.070 (License required to use grade designation) , 621.072 (Issuance of license to use grade designation) , 621.076 (Container labeling) , 621.084 (Weighing, sampling and testing fluid milk) , 621.088 (Sale or possession of milk or cream to which water has been added) , 621.117 (Distributor or producer-distributor may sell only milk that is pasteurized or from disease-free goats or sheep) , 621.122 (Prohibitions regarding sales, pasteurization, sampling, weighing, grading and containers) (7), 621.226 (Condemnation of unlawful milk, cream, dairy product or fluid milk) or 621.259 (Pasteurization equipment) , standards adopted under ORS 621.060 (Establishing standards of quality and identity for fluid milk) , 621.083 (Procedures and equipment for graders) or 621.224 (Bacterial standards) or any department rules.

(2) A suspension shall not exceed 10 days except that, before lifting the suspension, the department shall ensure that the violation causing the suspension has been corrected.

(3) The provisions of ORS 183.413 (Notice to parties before hearing of rights and procedure) to 183.470 (Orders in contested cases) do not apply to suspensions imposed under authority of this section, although appeal shall be in the manner provided by ORS 183.484 (Jurisdiction for review of orders other than contested cases) , 183.486 (Form and scope of decision of reviewing court) , 183.490 (Agency may be compelled to act) and 183.497 (Awarding costs and attorney fees when finding for petitioner) . This subsection shall not deprive a person of the right to present any defense to a criminal prosecution instituted for violation of ORS 621.062 (Deviation from standard of identity prohibited) , 621.070 (License required to use grade designation) , 621.072 (Issuance of license to use grade designation) , 621.076 (Container labeling) , 621.084 (Weighing, sampling and testing fluid milk) , 621.088 (Sale or possession of milk or cream to which water has been added) , 621.117 (Distributor or producer-distributor may sell only milk that is pasteurized or from disease-free goats or sheep) , 621.122 (Prohibitions regarding sales, pasteurization, sampling, weighing, grading and containers) (7), 621.226 (Condemnation of unlawful milk, cream, dairy product or fluid milk) or 621.259 (Pasteurization equipment) , nor shall it deprive a person of the right to a declaratory judgment. [Formerly 621.120; 2017 c.16 §2]

Source: Section 621.073 — Suspension of grade use privilege , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors621.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 622.243 — OR Code / Title 49 / Chapter 622 / Section 622.243
622.243 Water quality pilot project
Status: in_force

(1) The State Department of Agriculture shall conduct a pilot project for increasing the frequency of water quality monitoring and analysis related to the closure and opening of shellfish harvesting on state lands classified as suitable for oyster, clam or mussel cultivation under ORS 622.240 (Classifying lands for cultivation) .

(2) In conducting the pilot project required by this section, the State Department of Agriculture shall consult with appropriate local and state agencies, representatives of the commercial shellfish industry and nongovernmental organizations, as necessary, to:

(a) Prioritize increasing water quality monitoring and analysis in areas where efforts for enhancing opportunities for the commercial cultivation of oysters, clams or mussels are in the highest demand; and

(b) Identify cost-effective methods, which may include the sharing of resources or information, for increasing the frequency of water quality monitoring and analysis related to the closure and opening of shellfish harvesting. [2017 c.711 §3]

Note: 622.243 (Water quality pilot project) and 622.246 (Purpose of water quality monitoring and analysis) were enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but were not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 622 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.

Source: Section 622.243 — Water quality pilot project , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors622.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 633.487 — OR Code / Title 49 / Chapter 633 / Section 633.487
633.487 Definitions for ORS 633.487 to 633.491
Status: in_force

As used in ORS 633.487 (Definitions for ORS 633.487 to 633.491) to 633.491 (Anhydrous Ammonia Additive Review Committee) :

(1) “Anhydrous ammonia”:

(a) Means a liquid or gaseous inorganic compound that is formed by the chemical combination of nitrogen and hydrogen in the molar proportion of one part nitrogen to three parts hydrogen.

(b) Does not mean ammonium hydroxide.

(2) “Distributor” means a person that imports, consigns, sells, offers for sale, barters, exchanges or otherwise facilitates the supply of anhydrous ammonia to a user in this state.

(3) “Nontoxic dye” means a biodegradable, clear liquid product that causes staining when exposed to air.

(4) “Other additive” means a product other than a nontoxic dye that, when put in tanks containing anhydrous ammonia, renders the anhydrous ammonia nonreactive, unusable or undesirable for use as a precursor substance in the manufacture of methamphetamine.

(5) “User” means a person that applies anhydrous ammonia as a plant nutrient in the course of engaging in agricultural activity in this state. [Formerly 561.750]

Note: 633.487 (Definitions for ORS 633.487 to 633.491) to 633.491 (Anhydrous Ammonia Additive Review Committee) were enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but were not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 633 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.

Source: Section 633.487 — Definitions for ORS 633.487 to 633.491 , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors633.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 634.216 — OR Code / Title 49 / Chapter 634 / Section 634.216
634.216 Protected area as governmental subdivision upon completion of required filings
Status: in_force

If the Director of Agriculture declares a protected area under ORS 634.212 (Formation of protected areas) , the copy of the rule or order that the director files with the Secretary of State must be accompanied by a map of a scale of at least one inch per mile. The Secretary of State shall maintain a copy of the rule or order, and of the map, as a public record in the office of the Secretary of State. Upon such required filings, the protected area shall be deemed to be a governmental subdivision of the state and a public body corporate. [1973 c.341 §26; 2009 c.98 §28]

Source: Section 634.216 — Protected area as governmental subdivision upon completion of required filings , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors634.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 618.231 — OR Code / Title 49 / Chapter 618 / Section 618.231
618.231 “Weight” defined
Status: in_force

The word “weight” when referring to the quantity of any commodity means net weight. Whenever any commodity is sold on the basis of weight, the net weight of the commodity shall be employed, and all contracts concerning commodities shall be so construed. [1973 c.293 §26]

Source: Section 618.231 — “Weight” defined; construction of term in sales transactions , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors618.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 633.600 — OR Code / Title 49 / Chapter 633 / Section 633.600
633.600 Fees for seed tests
Status: in_force

(1) The dean may authorize the seed testing laboratory to make seed tests for certification purposes and commercial tests for the use of any person.

(2) The dean may fix and determine the fee or charge for seed testing work so as to cover the cost.

(3) The dean may make reasonable rules and regulations covering any phase of seed testing, require the payment of the fees and charges and refuse further seed testing to any person failing to pay promptly the charges for the seed testing. [Amended by 1955 c.379 §9]

Source: Section 633.600 — Fees for seed tests; rules and regulations , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors633.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 634.212 — OR Code / Title 49 / Chapter 634 / Section 634.212
634.212 Formation of protected areas
Status: in_force

(1) Upon receiving a petition of any 25 or more landowners, representing at least 70 percent of the acres of land, situated within the territory proposed to be a protected area, the State Department of Agriculture may establish a protected area, in accordance with the provisions of ORS 561.510 (Quarantines) to 561.590 (Violation of quarantine prohibited) governing the procedures for the declaration of quarantines.

(2) The petition, referred to in subsection (1) of this section, shall include the following:

(a) The proposed name of the protected area.

(b) The description, including proposed boundaries, of the territory proposed to be a protected area.

(c) A concise statement of the need for the establishment of the protected area proposed.

(d) A concise statement of the pesticides and the times, methods or rates of pesticide applications to be restricted or prohibited and the extent such are to be restricted or prohibited.

(e) A request that a public hearing be held by the department.

(f) The name of the person authorized to act as attorney in fact for the petitioners in all matters relating to the establishment of a proposed protected area.

(g) A concise statement of any desired limitations of the powers and duties of the governing body of the proposed protected area.

(3) If more than one petition, referred to in subsection (1) of this section, is received by the department describing parts of the same territory, the department may consolidate all or any of such petitions.

(4) Each petition, described in subsection (1) of this section, shall be accompanied by a filing fee of $125. Upon receipt of such petition and payment of such fee, the department shall prepare and submit to the petitioners an estimated budget of the costs of establishing such proposed protected area, including cost of preparation of the estimated budget, of the hearing and of the preparation of required documents. Within 15 days of the receipt of the estimated budget, the petitioners shall remit to the department the difference between the filing fee and total estimated budget. If the petitioners fail to remit such difference, the department shall retain the filing fee and terminate the procedure for establishment of a proposed protected area. If, upon completion of the procedure for establishment of a proposed protected area, there remains an unexpended and unencumbered balance of funds received by the department under this section, such balance shall be refunded to the petitioners through their designated attorney in fact.

(5) When determining whether to amend or revoke a rule or order declaring a protected area, the Director of Agriculture shall consider, among other factors, the following:

(a) The agricultural and horticultural crops, wildlife or forest industries to be affected and their locations.

(b) The topography and climate, including temperature, humidity and prevailing winds, of the territory in which the proposed protected area is situated.

(c) The characteristics and properties of pesticides used or applied and proposed to be restricted or prohibited. [1973 c.341 §25; 1999 c.59 §185; 2005 c.22 §446; 2007 c.71 §197; 2009 c.98 §27]

Source: Section 634.212 — Formation of protected areas; petition; filing fee; guidelines for determinations by director , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors634.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 633.620 — OR Code / Title 49 / Chapter 633 / Section 633.620
633.620 Certification of seeds, tubers and plants
Status: in_force

(1) The certification of varieties of agricultural, cereal grain, flower or vegetable seeds, or of tubers or horticultural plants, for planting purposes as certified seeds, tubers or plants shall be conducted in this state by the dean.

(2) The varieties eligible for certification, the rules and regulations and standards for such certification that will provide for seed of high quality and the official seals and tags shall be determined upon and adopted by the dean.

(3) The dean may establish field inspection fees and charges for inspection and certification in an amount sufficient to cover the cost of such work. The dean may also charge the approximate cost price for tags, ties and seals and make charges covering the cost of field, threshed-seed or bin inspections when such inspections are called for at such times and places as to involve a total expense in excess of the income from the established fees or charges. In all cases the fees and charges shall be fixed at a rate that will cover the approximate cost of the work.

(4) The dean may authorize the inspection and certification of tubers and agricultural, cereal grain, flower and vegetable seeds without the collection of fees when grown in areas not in excess of one acre by members of 4-H Clubs and of the Future Farmers of America.

(5) Intentionally left blank —Ed.

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the dean may enter into agreements with appropriate agricultural or educational agencies of the State of Idaho for the performance of seed certification, testing and analysis services for producers of hard seed in Malheur County.

(b) As used in this subsection “hard seed” means alfalfa, beans, clover, peas, soybean, trefoil, vetch, barley, oats, rye, triticale, wheat, buckwheat, lupine, rape, sunflower, sugar beets, vegetable seed, flower seed and corn.

(6) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, and in addition to the authority granted by subsection (5) of this section, the dean may enter into agreements with appropriate public or private agencies to assist the Oregon State University seed testing laboratory in the testing and analysis of seed samples. [Amended by 1955 c.379 §10; 1995 c.181 §1; 1997 c.354 §1; 2007 c.281 §8]

Source: Section 633.620 — Certification of seeds, tubers and plants; fees; rules , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors633.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 621.320 — OR Code / Title 49 / Chapter 621 / Section 621.320
621.320 Labeling requirements for frozen desserts
Status: in_force

(1) Frozen desserts sold in package form or final delivery containers shall be labeled as required by rule of the State Department of Agriculture. Except as provided under subsection (2) of this section, to the extent that the department considers practicable and applicable in this state, the labeling requirements adopted by rule of the department shall conform to the labeling requirements prescribed under 21 C.F.R. part 101. The department labeling requirements may be changed from time to time as the department considers desirable to conform with alterations or amendments to federal labeling requirements.

(2) Packages and final delivery containers of frozen desserts that are filled in the presence of the purchaser at retail are exempt from the labeling requirements of this section if a sign in boldfaced type not less than three-eighths of an inch high is displayed in plain view of the purchaser and contains all the information otherwise required to be on the label. [Amended by 1953 c.684 §12; 1961 c.360 §3; 1969 c.152 §2; 1979 c.320 §9; 1999 c.197 §45]

Source: Section 621.320 — Labeling requirements for frozen desserts; exemption , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors621.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 622.340 — OR Code / Title 49 / Chapter 622 / Section 622.340
622.340 Transfer by reference to filed plat
Status: in_force

(1) Sales, leases, assignments, conveyances, relinquishments and other transfers of oyster plantations and claims, or parts thereof, or of plats for the cultivation of oysters, clams or mussels may be made by reference to the plat filed as provided in ORS 622.210 (Department defined) to 622.300 (Use of fees and taxes) and 622.320 (Plats as private property) . The heirs, successors, assignees and lessees of those plats are entitled to continued possession of such plats by compliance with ORS 622.210 (Department defined) to 622.300 (Use of fees and taxes) and 622.320 (Plats as private property) .

(2) A person proposing to sell, lease, assign, convey, relinquish or otherwise transfer an oyster plantation claim or a plat for the cultivation of oysters, clams or mussels shall provide the State Department of Agriculture notice of such transaction within 30 days of the effective date of the transaction.

(3) The filing of such a notice, if other than a relinquishment, shall be accompanied by a claim or plat certificate reissuance fee of $100 for each affected claim or plat.

(4) The failure to provide the notice required by subsection (2) of this section shall result in the department holding the lessor of record of the claim or plat responsible for compliance with the provisions of ORS 622.210 (Department defined) to 622.360 (Cultivation does not affect ocean shore activities) and all provisions of the lease grant certificate. [Formerly 509.495; 1997 c.375 §9]

Source: Section 622.340 — Transfer by reference to filed plat; fee , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors622.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 624.490 — OR Code / Title 49 / Chapter 624 / Section 624.490
624.490 License fees
Status: in_force

(1) The Oregon Health Authority may charge the following fees for the issuance or renewal of licenses:

(a) $200 for a bed and breakfast facility.

(b) $335 for a limited service restaurant.

(c) For a restaurant in accordance with seating capacity, as follows:

(A) $530 for 0 to 15 seats;

(B) $600 for 16 to 50 seats;

(C) $700 for 51 to 150 seats; and

(D) $770 for more than 150 seats.

(d) For an intermittent temporary restaurant, $75.

(e) For a seasonal temporary restaurant, $75.

(f) For a single-event temporary restaurant, except as provided in ORS 624.106 (Issuance of single-event temporary restaurant license to benevolent organization) :

(A) $50 for an event lasting one day; and

(B) $75 for an event lasting two days or longer.

(g) $350 for a commissary.

(h) $180 for each warehouse.

(i) $255 for each mobile unit.

(j) For vending machines in accordance with the number of machines covered by the license as follows:

(A) $90 for 1 to 10 machines;

(B) $140 for 11 to 20 machines;

(C) $200 for 21 to 30 machines;

(D) $300 for 31 to 40 machines;

(E) $320 for 41 to 50 machines;

(F) $330 for 51 to 75 machines;

(G) $390 for 76 to 100 machines;

(H) $510 for 101 to 250 machines;

(I) $800 for 251 to 500 machines;

(J) $1,000 for 501 to 750 machines;

(K) $1,500 for 751 to 1,000 machines;

(L) $1,600 for 1,001 to 1,500 machines; and

(M) $1,700 for more than 1,500 machines.

(2) Except as provided in this subsection, to reinstate an expired license the operator must pay a reinstatement fee of $100 in addition to the license fee required under subsection (1) of this section. The reinstatement fee does not apply to the reinstatement of an expired intermittent temporary restaurant, seasonal temporary restaurant or single-event temporary restaurant license. If the operator reinstates the license more than 30 days after the expiration date, the reinstatement fee shall increase by $100 on the 31st day following the expiration date and on that day of the month in each succeeding month until the license is reinstated.

(3) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, the Oregon Health Authority or a local public health authority as provided under ORS 624.510 (Intergovernmental agreements with local public health authorities) may exempt or reduce the license fee for restaurants operated by benevolent organizations that provide food or beverages primarily to children, the elderly, the indigent or other needy populations if the persons receiving the food or beverages are not required to pay the full cost of the food or beverages. As used in this subsection, “benevolent organization” has the meaning given that term in ORS 624.101 (“Benevolent organization” defined) . [2003 c.309 §4; 2009 c.595 §1028; 2011 c.664 §13; 2019 c.510 §4]

Source: Section 624.490 — License fees; exemptions , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors624.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 618.021 — OR Code / Title 49 / Chapter 618 / Section 618.021
618.021 Duties of director
Status: in_force

The Director of Agriculture shall:

(1) Maintain custody of the state standards of weight and measure and of the other standards and equipment provided for by ORS 618.010 (Definitions) to 618.246 (Sale by weight required for certain food products) ;

(2) Keep accurate records of all standards and equipment;

(3) Exercise general supervision over the weights and measures sold or offered for sale or in use in this state; and

(4) Report to the Governor annually, and at such other times as the Governor may require, on all of the activities of the director in carrying out ORS 618.010 (Definitions) to 618.246 (Sale by weight required for certain food products) . [1973 c.293 §5; 2005 c.22 §415]

Source: Section 618.021 — Duties of director , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors618.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 619.041 — OR Code / Title 49 / Chapter 619 / Section 619.041
619.041 Prohibition on use of establishment or vehicle upon determination of insanitary conditions
Status: in_force

(1) Whenever the State Department of Agriculture determines that any part of an establishment where meat products destined for sale or distribution are prepared, packed, stored, sold or distributed for consumption outside such premises, or any vehicle used in the transportation of such products is kept in an unclean, unhealthy or insanitary condition, the department shall:

(a) Notify the owner or person in charge that such establishment or vehicle shall not be used for its intended purpose until it is put in a sanitary condition by making the changes ordered in the notice; and

(b) Post a notice upon such establishment or vehicle to the effect that it is condemned for further use on account of the unclean, unhealthful or insanitary condition.

(2) The notice shall not be removed without prior approval of the department. A continued use of such establishment or vehicle without making the changes ordered, or an unauthorized removal of the notice, is a violation of this section. [1973 c.174 §8]

Source: Section 619.041 — Prohibition on use of establishment or vehicle upon determination of insanitary conditions; posting notice; removal of notice prohibited , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors619.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 622.320 — OR Code / Title 49 / Chapter 622 / Section 622.320
622.320 Plats as private property
Status: in_force

Any plats of lands for the cultivation of oysters, clams or mussels held by citizens of this state, if distinctly marked out by means which do not obstruct navigation, and not exceeding the extent allowed by regulations, shall be deemed and protected as private property. Such plats, however, shall not restrict the rights of the public to the use of the waters of this state in a normal and customary manner. [Formerly 509.455; 1997 c.375 §8]

Source: Section 622.320 — Plats as private property; restriction of public use of waters prohibited , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors622.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 622.992 — OR Code / Title 49 / Chapter 622 / Section 622.992
622.992 Criminal penalty
Status: in_force

Violation of any provision of ORS 622.010 (Definitions) to 622.180 (Powers of department) or the rules of the division promulgated under ORS 622.180 (Powers of department) is a Class C misdemeanor. [1973 c.508 §13 (enacted in lieu of 622.990)]

Source: Section 622.992 — Criminal penalty , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors622.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 616.205 — OR Code / Title 49 / Chapter 616 / Section 616.205
616.205 Definitions for ORS 616.205 to 616.385
Status: in_force

As used in ORS 616.205 (Definitions for ORS 616.205 to 616.385) to 616.385 (Public hearing required for rules) , unless the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

(1) “Advertisement” includes all representations disseminated in any manner or by any means, other than by labeling, for the purpose of inducing, or which are likely to induce, directly or indirectly, the purchase of the food.

(2) “Color” includes black, white and intermediate grays.

(3) Intentionally left blank —Ed.

(a) “Color additive” means a material that:

(A) Is a dye, pigment, or other substance made by a process of synthesis or similar artifice, or extracted, isolated, or otherwise derived, with or without intermediate or final change of identity, from a vegetable, animal, mineral, or other source; or

(B) When added or applied to a food or to the human body or any part thereof, is capable, alone or through reaction with other substance, of imparting color thereto.

(b) “Color additive” does not include any material that has been exempted under the federal Act.

(c) Notwithstanding paragraph (a) of this subsection, “color additive” does not include any pesticide chemical, soil or plant nutrient, or other agricultural chemical solely because of its effect in aiding, retarding or otherwise affecting, directly or indirectly, the growth or other natural physiological process of produce of the soil and thereby affecting its color, whether before or after harvest.

(4) “Consumer commodity” means any food as defined by ORS 616.205 (Definitions for ORS 616.205 to 616.385) to 616.215 (Prohibited acts) , 616.225 (Disposal of adulterated, misbranded, unsound or unsafe food or consumer commodity) to 616.256 (Labeling exemption for foods to be repackaged) , 616.286 (Inspection and investigation powers of department) , 616.295 (Reports and information issuable by department) , 616.310 (Notice or warning of minor violations) , 616.315 (Jurisdiction of courts) , 616.325 (Consumer commodity labeling requirements) , 616.330 (Alcoholic beverage exemption) , 616.341 (Use of poisons, pesticides or food additives restricted) , 616.350 (Control of food additives) to 616.366 (Rules for use of poisons, pesticides, food or color additives) , 616.790 (Enforcement of ORS 616.775 to 616.790 by department) and 616.992 (General criminal penalty) or by the federal Act.

(5) “Contaminated with filth” means the condition of any food not securely protected from dust, dirt and, as far as may be necessary by all reasonable means, from all foreign or injurious substances.

(6) “Dietary ingredient” means one or more of the following or a concentrate, constituent, extract or metabolite of one or more of the following:

(a) An amino acid;

(b) An herb or other botanical;

(c) A mineral;

(d) A dietary substance intended to supplement the human diet by increasing total dietary intake; or

(e) A vitamin.

(7) “Dietary supplement” means an article, not including any tobacco product, that:

(a) Is subject to dietary supplement labeling requirements under 21 C.F.R. 101.36;

(b) Is intended to supplement conventional food in the diet of humans and contains a dietary ingredient; and

(c) Intentionally left blank —Ed.

(A) Is intended for ingestion in tablet, capsule, powder, softgel, gelcap or liquid form; or

(B) Is not represented to be a conventional food or to be for use as the sole item of a meal or diet.

(8) “Director” means the Director of Agriculture.

(9) “Federal Act” means the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, 21 U.S.C. 301 et seq., 52 Stat. 1040 et seq.

(10) “Food” means:

(a) Articles used for food or drink, including ice, for human consumption or food for dogs and cats;

(b) Chewing gum;

(c) Dietary supplements; and

(d) Articles used for components of any such article.

(11) “Food additive” means any substance the intended use of which results or may reasonably be expected to result, directly or indirectly, in its becoming a component or otherwise affecting the characteristics of any food, including any substance intended for use in producing, manufacturing, packing, processing, preparing, treating, packaging, transporting, or holding food, and including any source of radiation intended for any such use, if such substance is not generally recognized, among experts qualified by scientific training and experience to evaluate its safety, as having been adequately shown through scientific procedures or experience based on common use in food to be safe under the conditions of its intended use. “Food additive” does not include:

(a) A pesticide chemical in or on a raw agricultural commodity;

(b) A pesticide chemical to the extent that it is intended for use, or is used in the production, storage or transportation of any raw agricultural commodity; or

(c) A color additive.

(12) “Food establishment” means:

(a) Any room, building, structure or place, used or intended for use, or operated for storing, preparing, compounding, manufacturing, processing, freezing, packaging, distributing, handling or displaying food.

(b) The ground upon which such place or business is operated or used and so much ground adjacent thereto as is also used in carrying on the business of the establishment. The State Department of Agriculture may prescribe such additional area or places which, although they may not be contiguous or adjacent to the above area or establishment, may be included therein.

(c) Vehicles, machinery, equipment, utensils, tools, fixtures, implements and all other articles or items, used in operating or carrying on the business of a food establishment.

(13) “Immediate container” does not include package liners.

(14) “Label” means a display of written, printed or graphic matter upon the immediate container of any article. A requirement made under authority of ORS 616.205 (Definitions for ORS 616.205 to 616.385) to 616.215 (Prohibited acts) , 616.225 (Disposal of adulterated, misbranded, unsound or unsafe food or consumer commodity) to 616.256 (Labeling exemption for foods to be repackaged) , 616.286 (Inspection and investigation powers of department) , 616.295 (Reports and information issuable by department) , 616.310 (Notice or warning of minor violations) , 616.315 (Jurisdiction of courts) , 616.325 (Consumer commodity labeling requirements) , 616.330 (Alcoholic beverage exemption) , 616.341 (Use of poisons, pesticides or food additives restricted) , 616.350 (Control of food additives) to 616.366 (Rules for use of poisons, pesticides, food or color additives) , 616.790 (Enforcement of ORS 616.775 to 616.790 by department) and 616.992 (General criminal penalty) that any word, statement or other information appears on a label has not been obeyed unless such word, statement or other information also appears on the outside container or wrapper, if any there be, of the retail package of such article or unless such word, statement or information is easily legible through the outside container or wrapper.

(15) “Labeling” means all labels and other written, printed or graphic matters upon an article or any of its containers or wrappers, or accompanying such article.

(16) “Package” means any container or wrapping in which any consumer commodity is enclosed for use in the delivery or display of that consumer commodity to retail purchasers, but does not include:

(a) Shipping containers or wrappings used solely for the transportation of any consumer commodity in bulk or in quantity to manufacturers, packers or processors, or to wholesale or retail distributors thereof; or

(b) Shipping containers or outer wrappings used by retailers to ship or deliver any commodity to retail customers if such containers and wrappings bear no printed matter pertaining to any particular commodity.

(17) “Pesticide chemical” means any substance which, alone, in chemical combination or in formulation with one or more other substances is a “pesticide” as defined in ORS 634.006 (Definitions) .

(18) “Principal display panel” means that part of a label that is most likely to be displayed, presented, shown or examined under normal and customary conditions of display for retail sale.

(19) “Raw agricultural commodity” means any food in its raw or natural state, including all fruits that are washed, colored, or otherwise treated in their unpeeled natural form prior to marketing. [Amended by 1961 c.637 §1; 1973 c.227 §1; 1983 c.160 §2; 1983 c.740 §231; 1987 c.158 §120a; 2001 c.320 §2; 2003 c.14 §§363,364; 2017 c.42 §1]

Source: Section 616.205 — Definitions for ORS 616.205 to 616.385 , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors616.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 634.725 — OR Code / Title 49 / Chapter 634 / Section 634.725
634.725 Application of low-impact pesticide
Status: in_force

If a school has followed the integrated pest management plan and nonchemical pest control measures were ineffective, subject to ORS 634.730 (Reentry into sprayed area) the integrated pest management plan coordinator may authorize the application of a low-impact pesticide. The low-impact pesticide application must be made by a pesticide applicator, a noncommercial pesticide applicator or a public applicator. The use of a pesticide applicator, noncommercial pesticide applicator or public applicator to make an application does not cancel, alter or reassign any of the duties imposed under ORS 634.740 (Written notice requirements) or 634.750 (Pesticide application records) . [2009 c.501 §5; 2022 c.53 §10]

Source: Section 634.725 — Application of low-impact pesticide , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors634.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 618.071 — OR Code / Title 49 / Chapter 618 / Section 618.071
618.071 Inspection and investigation authority of department
Status: in_force

When necessary for the enforcement of ORS 618.010 (Definitions) to 618.246 (Sale by weight required for certain food products) , or rules promulgated pursuant thereto, the State Department of Agriculture is:

(1) Authorized to enter during normal business hours any premises, including buildings or mobile facilities, where commercial transactions are conducted, commodities are located, or weights and measures are employed. If such premises are not open to the public, a department representative shall first present the credentials of the representative and obtain consent before making entry thereto. If such entry is denied, the department may apply for a search warrant from any person authorized to issue search warrants.

(2) Empowered to stop any commercial vehicle and, after presentment of credentials, require the person in charge to move the vehicle to a designated place for inspection on probable cause that a violation of ORS 618.010 (Definitions) to 618.246 (Sale by weight required for certain food products) has occurred or is occurring.

(3) Authorized, in the public interest, to issue written notices or warnings to violators for minor infractions of ORS 618.010 (Definitions) to 618.246 (Sale by weight required for certain food products) in lieu of referring the matter to the district attorney. [1973 c.293 §13; 1999 c.59 §183; 2005 c.22 §421]

Source: Section 618.071 — Inspection and investigation authority of department; written notices for minor violations , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors618.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 633.690 — OR Code / Title 49 / Chapter 633 / Section 633.690
633.690 Quarantine of seed entering state
Status: in_force

(1) The director may place a quarantine on all agricultural, flower or vegetable seed entering this state from any outside source. However, seed labeled in accordance with ORS 633.520 (Labeling agricultural seed or bulk flower seed) , 633.531 (Labeling vegetable or flower seed weighing one pound or less) and 633.541 (Labeling vegetable seed weighing more than one pound) shipped into the state by any person holding an Oregon license in full force shall not necessarily be quarantined; and any such seeds in tight containers in transit directly through this state, to points outside this state, are not subject to quarantine. Any such seeds from outside this state, that are destined to points in this state for conditioning purposes, for later use in this state, or for shipment from this state, shall be held under quarantine until such seeds comply with ORS 633.511 (Definitions for ORS 633.511 to 633.750) to 633.750 (Disposition of fees and charges paid under ORS 633.511 to 633.750) .

(2) The director may draw necessary samples of such seed and hold such seed until the necessary tests are completed and arrangements for the disposition of the seed are consummated. If the seed is found to be in compliance with those sections it shall be immediately released. If the seed is found to be in violation of any part of those sections, the director shall so notify the shipper and, unless the director is instructed to return such seed within 30 days or unless such seed is put in condition to comply with the provisions of those sections and all costs covering such inspection and seizure are paid, the director shall cause the seed to be destroyed. [Amended by 1955 c.379 §18; 1981 c.196 §5; 2003 c.14 §386; 2007 c.281 §14]

Source: Section 633.690 — Quarantine of seed entering state; disposition of nonconforming seed , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors633.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 633.741 — OR Code / Title 49 / Chapter 633 / Section 633.741
633.741 Jackson County exemption from ORS 633.738
Status: in_force

ORS 633.738 (Prohibition of local laws to inhibit or prevent production or use of seeds or products of seeds) does not apply to any local measure that was:

(1) Proposed by initiative petition and, on or before January 31, 2013, qualified for placement on the ballot in a county; and

(2) Approved by the electors of the county at an election held on May 20, 2014. [2013 s.s. c.4 §4]

Note: 633.741 (Jackson County exemption from ORS 633.738) was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 633 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.

Source: Section 633.741 — Jackson County exemption from ORS 633.738 , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors633.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 616.726 — OR Code / Title 49 / Chapter 616 / Section 616.726
616.726 City regulation of food and food establishments authorized
Status: in_force

(1) The provisions of ORS 616.695 (Definitions for ORS 616.695 to 616.755) to 616.755 (Securing information from health officers) do not prohibit any city from enacting and enforcing any ordinance establishing a system, program, inspection services and licensing thereunder, within the corporate limits or boundaries thereof, which carries out the purposes and intent of ORS 616.695 (Definitions for ORS 616.695 to 616.755) to 616.755 (Securing information from health officers) , if the same is at least equal to the provisions of ORS 616.695 (Definitions for ORS 616.695 to 616.755) to 616.755 (Securing information from health officers) and regulations promulgated thereunder. A copy of each such ordinance, including any amendment thereof, shall be forwarded by the city to the State Department of Agriculture.

(2) Not less than once each two years the department shall investigate the ordinance and determine if it meets the requirements and standards of subsection (1) of this section and if such system, program and inspections thereunder are being properly carried out and enforced. If the department finds such program, system and inspections do not meet these requirements and standards, it shall give written notice of such finding to the chief administrative officer of the city.

(3) If the department thereafter finds, not less than 30 days after the date of giving notice, that such system, program and inspections continue to fail to be enforced properly or are not carrying out the intent and purposes of ORS 616.695 (Definitions for ORS 616.695 to 616.755) to 616.755 (Securing information from health officers) , the department shall make a finding to that effect and thereupon the provisions of ORS 616.695 (Definitions for ORS 616.695 to 616.755) to 616.755 (Securing information from health officers) shall become applicable to all persons and food establishments within the corporate limits of such city. [1965 c.501 §7; 1975 c.389 §7]

Source: Section 616.726 — City regulation of food and food establishments authorized; department to examine city regulation for adequacy , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors616.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 619.421 — OR Code / Title 49 / Chapter 619 / Section 619.421
619.421 Misrepresentation regarding grower, state of origin or fresh condition
Status: in_force

No person, by means of any representation, either verbal, printed or written, or by improper use of labels, shall willfully represent or pretend that lamb:

(1) Was grown by any person, or in any state or country other than by the person and in the state or country where the lamb was in fact grown.

(2) Is fresh, if, at anytime after slaughter, it has ever been frozen. [1989 c.616 §4]

Source: Section 619.421 — Misrepresentation regarding grower, state of origin or fresh condition , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors619.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 633.364 — OR Code / Title 49 / Chapter 633 / Section 633.364
633.364 Confidentiality of certain information supplied in application for registration
Status: in_force

(1) Information required under ORS 633.362 (Registration of fertilizer, agricultural amendment, agricultural mineral and lime products) (2)(f) and (g) and (6) is exempt from disclosure under ORS 192.311 (Definitions for ORS 192.311 to 192.478) to 192.478 (Exemption for Judicial Department) . The State Department of Agriculture may not divulge any information provided to the department in accordance with ORS 633.362 (Registration of fertilizer, agricultural amendment, agricultural mineral and lime products) (2)(f) and (g) and (6).

(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, the department may use the information required under ORS 633.311 (Definitions for ORS 633.311 to 633.479) to 633.479 (Fertilizer Research Committee) for any administrative or enforcement action the department deems necessary. In addition, the department may:

(a) Accumulate and publish statistics from semiannual tonnage reports required by ORS 633.462 (Tonnage reports) in a manner that does not divulge the business operations of the person submitting a report;

(b) Consult with the Department of Environmental Quality or other state or federal agencies in regard to information provided under ORS 633.362 (Registration of fertilizer, agricultural amendment, agricultural mineral and lime products) (2)(f) and (g) to ensure compliance with applicable regulations; and

(c) Disclose data required under ORS 633.362 (Registration of fertilizer, agricultural amendment, agricultural mineral and lime products) (6) to experts for the purpose of evaluating product data submitted in support of registration. [2001 c.914 §23; 2009 c.97 §8; 2015 c.514 §9]

Source: Section 633.364 — Confidentiality of certain information supplied in application for registration; permissible use of information , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors633.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 619.016 — OR Code / Title 49 / Chapter 619 / Section 619.016
619.016 Short title
Status: in_force

ORS 619.010 (Definitions for ORS 619.010 to 619.026 and 619.036 to 619.066) to 619.026 (Meat preparation establishment sanitation requirements) and 619.036 (Sanitation and record inspections) to 619.066 (Labeling of meat products to conform to ORS chapters 616 and 618) shall be known as the State Meat Inspection Act. [1973 c.174 §2]

Source: Section 619.016 — Short title , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors619.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 632.705 — OR Code / Title 49 / Chapter 632 / Section 632.705
632.705 Definitions for ORS 632.705 to 632.815
Status: in_force

As used in ORS 632.705 (Definitions for ORS 632.705 to 632.815) to 632.815 (Disposition of fees) :

(1) “Adulterated” has the meaning given that term in ORS 616.235 (When food deemed adulterated) .

(2) “At retail” means a sale or transaction between a retailer and a consumer.

(3) “Bulk sale” means the sale of eggs in containers other than consumer containers.

(4) “Candling” means the examination of the interior of eggs by the use of transmitted light used in a partially dark room or place.

(5) “Consumer” means any person who purchases eggs at retail or any restaurant, hotel, boarding house, bakery, or institution or concern that purchases eggs for serving to guests or patrons thereof, or for its own use in cooking or baking.

(6) “Consumer container” means a container in which eggs are packed for sale to consumers.

(7) “Container” means any box, case, basket, carton, sack, bag or other receptacle.

(8) “Department” means the State Department of Agriculture.

(9) “Egg handler” means any person who contracts for or obtains possession or control of any eggs for:

(a) Sale to another egg handler or a retailer; or

(b) Processing and sale to another egg handler, a retailer or a consumer.

(10) “Egg products” means the white, yolk, or any part of eggs, in liquid, frozen, dried, or any other form, used, intended or held for use, in the preparation of, or to be a part of or mixed with, food or food products, for human consumption, excepting products that contain eggs only in a relatively small proportion or historically have not been in the judgment of the department considered by consumers as products of the egg industry.

(11) “Eggs” or “shell eggs” means eggs in the shell from chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese or any other species of fowl.

(12) “Federal Act” means the federal Egg Products Inspection Act, 21 U.S.C. 1031 et seq., 84 Stat. 1620 et seq.

(13) “Labeling” has the meaning given that term in ORS 616.205 (Definitions for ORS 616.205 to 616.385) .

(14) “Lot” means an identifiable and certain quantity, group or shipment of one grade or size of eggs of a particular producer, egg handler or retailer. Such identification and certainty may be determined by the department by container labeling of codes, numbers or dates, or invoices containing such data.

(15) “Misbranded” has the meaning given that term in ORS 616.250 (When food deemed misbranded) .

(16) “Pasteurize” means the subjecting of each particle of egg products to heat or other treatments to destroy harmful viable microorganisms, by such processes as may be prescribed by the department.

(17) “Processing” means manufacturing egg products, including breaking eggs or filtering, mixing, blending, pasteurizing, stabilizing, cooling, freezing, drying or packaging egg products.

(18) “Retailer” means any person who sells eggs to a consumer.

(19) “Sell” or “sale” means to sell, offer for sale, expose for sale, or have in possession for sale. [1965 c.582 §1; 1975 c.748 §1; 2003 c.14 §378; 2005 c.22 §445; 2017 c.42 §3]

Source: Section 632.705 — Definitions for ORS 632.705 to 632.815 , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors632.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 632.211 — OR Code / Title 49 / Chapter 632 / Section 632.211
632.211 Establishment of grades and standards
Status: in_force

(1) The State Department of Agriculture shall, in accordance with the applicable provisions of ORS 632.900 (“Horticultural and agricultural products” defined) to 632.935 (Adoption of United States standards) , establish grades and standards for onions which shall conform, in so far as practicable, to the official grades and standards prescribed by the United States Department of Agriculture.

(2) The department may fix and collect a fee for grading and inspecting of onions in accordance with ORS 632.940 (Inspection and classification of horticultural and agricultural products by department) . [1955 c.363 §8; 2019 c.108 §3]

REGISTRATION AND USE OF TRADEMARK FOR CONTAINERS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES

Source: Section 632.211 — Establishment of grades and standards; grading and inspection fee , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors632.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 634.236 — OR Code / Title 49 / Chapter 634 / Section 634.236
634.236 Increasing or decreasing size of protected area
Status: in_force

(1) Upon receiving a petition of any 25 or more landowners, representing at least 70 percent of the acres of land, situated within a protected area, the State Department of Agriculture may include additional adjacent territory in a protected area or withdraw territory from a protected area. The procedures to be followed by the department in considering such petition shall be those set forth in ORS 561.510 (Quarantines) to 561.590 (Violation of quarantine prohibited) governing the procedures for the declaration of quarantines.

(2) Intentionally left blank —Ed.

(a) Upon receiving a petition of any 25 or more landowners, representing at least 70 percent of the acres of land, situated within two or more adjacent protected areas, the department may consolidate such adjacent protected areas. The procedures shall be the same as described in subsection (1) of this section.

(b) In the event of consolidation of protected areas, the corporate existence and terms of office of the area committee members of the preexisting protected areas shall terminate upon the filing of the order described in ORS 634.216 (Protected area as governmental subdivision upon completion of required filings) . ORS 634.216 (Protected area as governmental subdivision upon completion of required filings) applies to the newly consolidated protected area, and all rights, powers, assets and duties of the several preexisting protected areas shall be vested in, and assumed by the newly consolidated protected area.

(c) The establishment, organization, duties and authority of the area committee of the consolidated protected area shall be in accordance with ORS 634.226 (Protected area governing committee) . [1973 c.341 §29; 2009 c.98 §30]

Source: Section 634.236 — Increasing or decreasing size of protected area; consolidation of areas , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors634.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 616.295 — OR Code / Title 49 / Chapter 616 / Section 616.295
616.295 Reports and information issuable by department
Status: in_force

(1) The State Department of Agriculture may cause to be published from time to time reports summarizing all judgments and court orders which have been rendered under ORS 616.205 (Definitions for ORS 616.205 to 616.385) to 616.295 (Reports and information issuable by department) , 616.305 (District attorney to prosecute violations) to 616.315 (Jurisdiction of courts) , and 616.992 (General criminal penalty) , including the nature of the charge and the disposition thereof.

(2) The department also may cause to be disseminated such information regarding food as the department deems necessary in the interest of public health and the protection of the consumer against fraud.

(3) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the department from collecting, reporting and illustrating the results of its investigations. [Amended by 1973 c.227 §13; 2003 c.576 §525]

Source: Section 616.295 — Reports and information issuable by department , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors616.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 618.226 — OR Code / Title 49 / Chapter 618 / Section 618.226
618.226 Commodity price and quantity advertising requirements
Status: in_force

(1) Whenever a commodity in package form is advertised in any manner and the retail price of the package is stated in the advertisement, there shall be closely and conspicuously associated with such statement of price a declaration of the quantity of contents of the package as is required to appear on the package.

(2) If the applicable law requires a dual declaration of net quantity to appear on the package, only the declaration that sets forth the quantity in terms of the smaller unit of weight or measure need appear in the advertisement.

(3) There shall not be included as part of the declaration required under this section such qualifying terms as “when packed,” “minimum,” “not less than” or any other terms of similar import, nor any term qualifying a unit of weight, measure or count such as “jumbo,” “giant” or “full” that tends to exaggerate the amount of commodity in the package. [1973 c.293 §25]

Source: Section 618.226 — Commodity price and quantity advertising requirements; restriction on use of certain advertising terms , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors618.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 634.900 — OR Code / Title 49 / Chapter 634 / Section 634.900
634.900 Penalty for certain violations
Status: in_force

(1) In addition to any other liability or penalty provided by law, the Director of Agriculture may impose a civil penalty on a person for violation of any of the provisions of this chapter relating to pesticide application, sale or labeling. The civil penalty for a first violation shall be not more than $2,000. For a subsequent violation, the director may impose a civil penalty of not more than $4,000.

(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, if the violation of a provision relating to pesticide application, sale or labeling results from gross negligence or willful misconduct, the civil penalty for a first or subsequent violation may not exceed $10,000.

(3) A civil penalty may not be imposed under this section for violations other than those involving pesticide application, sale or labeling violation under this chapter.

(4) Notwithstanding subsections (1) to (3) of this section, the director may impose a civil penalty on a person for violation of any of the provisions of this chapter related to restricted-use pesticides or for violation of any rule adopted pursuant to this chapter related to restricted-use pesticides. [1989 c.943 §2; 2007 c.592 §1; 2015 c.833 §11; 2021 c.177 §4]

Source: Section 634.900 — Penalty for certain violations; amount , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors634.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 625.810 — OR Code / Title 49 / Chapter 625 / Section 625.810
625.810 Application of laws regarding adulterated and misbranded food
Status: in_force

The provisions of ORS 616.215 (Prohibited acts) , 616.235 (When food deemed adulterated) and 616.250 (When food deemed misbranded) relating to prohibited acts and adulterated and misbranded foods are applicable to this chapter. [1975 c.265 §7]

Source: Section 625.810 — Application of laws regarding adulterated and misbranded food , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors625.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 619.411 — OR Code / Title 49 / Chapter 619 / Section 619.411
619.411 Definitions for ORS 619.411 to 619.426
Status: in_force

As used in ORS 619.411 (Definitions for ORS 619.411 to 619.426) to 619.426 (Enjoining violations) :

(1) “Commission” means the Oregon Sheep Commission.

(2) “Lamb” means animals defined as lamb by the United States Department of Agriculture grading standards.

(3) “Immediate container” means the box, carton, bag or wrapper or other receptacle used by any person in transporting lamb, or in which lamb is offered for sale. “Immediate container” does not include package liners.

(4) “Label” means the information required by ORS 619.411 (Definitions for ORS 619.411 to 619.426) to 619.426 (Enjoining violations) to be placed on the lamb or on the immediate container by means of a stamp, stencil or printing by machine or by attaching to the immediate container, by means of glue or paste, a machine-printed label. [1989 c.616 §2]

Source: Section 619.411 — Definitions for ORS 619.411 to 619.426 , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors619.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 633.344 — OR Code / Title 49 / Chapter 633 / Section 633.344
633.344 Label guarantees of additional plant nutrients
Status: in_force

In addition to the guarantees of plant nutrients required by ORS 633.321 (Label requirements for fertilizer, agricultural amendment, agricultural mineral and lime products) , label guarantees of other plant nutrients may be made from a list approved by the State Department of Agriculture. [2001 c.914 §8]

Source: Section 633.344 — Label guarantees of additional plant nutrients , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors633.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 628.230 — OR Code / Title 49 / Chapter 628 / Section 628.230
628.230 Application for and issuance of license
Status: in_force

Application for the license required by ORS 628.220 (License required for locker plant business) shall be made to the State Department of Agriculture in writing containing such information and in such form as may be prescribed by the department. The license is not transferable and does not authorize the conduct of any refrigerated locker business at any address other than that stated in the application. Licenses shall be issued for the fiscal year commencing on July 1 and ending on June 30 next following or for such period as may be specified by department rule. [Amended by 2007 c.768 §33]

Source: Section 628.230 — Application for and issuance of license; rules , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors628.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 634.146 — OR Code / Title 49 / Chapter 634 / Section 634.146
634.146 Records required of operators
Status: in_force

(1) Pesticide operators shall prepare and maintain records on forms approved by the State Department of Agriculture. Such records shall include:

(a) The name of the person for whom the pesticide was applied.

(b) The approximate location of the land or property on which the pesticide was applied.

(c) The date and approximate time of application.

(d) The person who supplied the pesticides.

(e) The trade name and the strength of such pesticides.

(f) The amount or concentration (pounds or gallons per acre of active ingredient or concentration per approximately 100 gallons).

(g) The specific property, crop or crops to which the pesticide was applied.

(h) The summary information of equipment, device or apparatus used and, if applied by aircraft, the Federal Aviation Administration number.

(i) The names of the pesticide applicator or pesticide trainees who did the actual application or spraying.

(2) The records, which shall be kept for a period of at least three years from the date of application of pesticides, shall be available during business hours for review and inspection by the department.

(3) Upon receiving a request from any owner of field crops on which pesticides were applied, the pesticide operator within 40 days after making such application shall give or forward to the owner a written statement setting forth the information described in subsection (1)(a), (b), (c), (e), (f) and (g) of this section. [1973 c.341 §21; 2001 c.104 §248]

Source: Section 634.146 — Records required of operators; retention period; report to owner of treated field crops , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors634.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 616.366 — OR Code / Title 49 / Chapter 616 / Section 616.366
616.366 Rules for use of poisons, pesticides, food or color additives
Status: in_force

(1) The State Department of Agriculture, whenever public health or other considerations in this state so require, is authorized to adopt, amend or repeal rules whether or not in accordance with rules promulgated under the federal Act, prescribing therein tolerances for:

(a) Any added, poisonous or deleterious substances;

(b) Food additives;

(c) Pesticide chemicals in or on raw agricultural commodities; or

(d) Color additives.

(2) Such authority includes but is not limited to:

(a) Zero tolerances, and exemptions from tolerances in the case of pesticide chemicals in or on raw agricultural commodities;

(b) Prescribing the conditions under which a food additive or a color additive may be safely used; and

(c) Exemptions where such food additive or color additive is to be used solely for investigational or experimental purposes.

(3) Such rules may be promulgated upon the department’s own motion or upon the petition of any interested party requesting that such rules be promulgated. It is incumbent upon a petitioner to establish by data submitted to the department that a necessity exists for such rule, and that its effect will not be detrimental to the public health. If the data furnished by the petitioner is not sufficient to allow the department to determine whether such rule should be promulgated, the department may require additional data be submitted and failure to comply with the request shall be sufficient grounds to deny the request.

(4) In adopting, amending or repealing such rules the department shall consider, among other relevant factors, the following which the petitioner, if any, shall furnish:

(a) The name and all pertinent information concerning such substance, including where available, its chemical identity and composition;

(b) A statement of the conditions of the proposed use including directions, recommendations and suggestions;

(c) Specimens of proposed labeling;

(d) All relevant data bearing on the physical or other technical effect and the quantity required to produce such effect;

(e) The probable composition of any substance formed in or on a food resulting from the use of such substance;

(f) The probable consumption of such substance in the diet of humans and animals taking into account any chemically or pharmacologically related substance in such diet;

(g) The safety factors which, in the opinion of experts qualified by scientific training and experience to evaluate the safety of such substances for the use or uses for which they are proposed to be used, are generally recognized as appropriate for the use of animal experimentation data;

(h) The availability of any needed practicable methods of analysis for determining the identity and quantity of such substance in or on an article, any substance formed in or on such article because of the use of such substance, and the pure substance and all intermediates and impurities; and

(i) Facts supporting a contention that the proposed use of such substance will be a useful one. [1973 c.227 §22 (enacted in lieu of 616.365)]

Source: Section 616.366 — Rules for use of poisons, pesticides, food or color additives; matters to be considered , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors616.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 633.445 — OR Code / Title 49 / Chapter 633 / Section 633.445
633.445 Orders preventing sale or other disposition of product
Status: in_force

(1) When the State Department of Agriculture has reasonable cause to believe any quantity or lot of fertilizer, agricultural amendment, agricultural mineral or lime product is stored, used or distributed in violation of ORS 633.311 (Definitions for ORS 633.311 to 633.479) to 633.479 (Fertilizer Research Committee) or rules adopted under ORS 633.311 (Definitions for ORS 633.311 to 633.479) to 633.479 (Fertilizer Research Committee) , the department may, in accordance with ORS 561.605 (Detention, seizure or embargo of agricultural products) to 561.620 (Procedure when products disposed of) , issue and enforce a stop sale, use or removal order prohibiting the disposal, distribution, use or removal of the quantity or lot of product in any manner. The distributor must immediately remove from locations readily visible or accessible to the public any product in packaged form that the department places under a stop sale, use or removal order. The department may enforce the order until all actions against the order, including any contested case, are resolved or until the department gives written permission releasing the product for disposal, distribution, use or removal. The department shall give written permission releasing the product when ORS 633.311 (Definitions for ORS 633.311 to 633.479) to 633.479 (Fertilizer Research Committee) and the rules adopted under ORS 633.311 (Definitions for ORS 633.311 to 633.479) to 633.479 (Fertilizer Research Committee) are complied with.

(2) In accordance with ORS 561.605 (Detention, seizure or embargo of agricultural products) to 561.620 (Procedure when products disposed of) , the department may seize any quantity or lot of product that the department determines does not comply with ORS 633.311 (Definitions for ORS 633.311 to 633.479) to 633.479 (Fertilizer Research Committee) . [2001 c.914 §14; 2009 c.97 §12]

Source: Section 633.445 — Orders preventing sale or other disposition of product; seizure , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors633.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 616.310 — OR Code / Title 49 / Chapter 616 / Section 616.310
616.310 Notice or warning of minor violations
Status: in_force

Nothing in ORS 616.205 (Definitions for ORS 616.205 to 616.385) to 616.295 (Reports and information issuable by department) , 616.305 (District attorney to prosecute violations) to 616.315 (Jurisdiction of courts) and 616.992 (General criminal penalty) shall be construed as requiring the State Department of Agriculture to report for the institution of proceedings under those sections minor violations of those sections whenever the department believes that the public interest will be served adequately in the circumstances by a suitable written notice or warning. [Amended by 1973 c.227 §14]

Source: Section 616.310 — Notice or warning of minor violations , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors616.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 632.516 — OR Code / Title 49 / Chapter 632 / Section 632.516
632.516 Establishment of grades and standards
Status: in_force

The State Department of Agriculture shall, in accordance with the applicable provisions of ORS 632.905 (Grades and standards for horticultural and agricultural products and containers) to 632.980 (Improper grading and incorrect certificates prohibited) , establish standards and grades for walnuts and filberts by rules or regulations enacted pursuant to ORS chapter 183. The grades shall conform, as far as practicable or applicable in this state, to the official grades and standards prescribed by the United States Department of Agriculture. The grades may be changed from time to time as may be necessary. [1955 c.239 §2; 1971 c.734 §28]

Source: Section 632.516 — Establishment of grades and standards; rules , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors632.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 634.992 — OR Code / Title 49 / Chapter 634 / Section 634.992
634.992 Criminal penalties
Status: in_force

Violation of any of the provisions of this chapter, or any rules adopted by the State Department of Agriculture related to restricted-use pesticides, is a Class A misdemeanor. [1973 c.341 §36; 2011 c.597 §256; 2021 c.177 §5]

Source: Section 634.992 — Criminal penalties , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors634.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 624.086 — OR Code / Title 49 / Chapter 624 / Section 624.086
624.086 Single-event temporary restaurants
Status: in_force

(1) A person may not operate a single-event temporary restaurant without first procuring a license to do so from the Oregon Health Authority. The single-event temporary restaurant license shall be posted in a conspicuous place on the premises of the licensee.

(2) Application for a single-event temporary restaurant license shall be in writing in the form prescribed by the authority and shall contain the name and address of the applicant, the specific location of the single-event temporary restaurant and any other information the authority may require.

(3) All single-event temporary restaurant licenses shall terminate 30 days after issuance unless within the 30 days the single-event temporary restaurant is discontinued or is moved from the specific location for which the license was issued. If within 30 days after issuance the single-event temporary restaurant is discontinued or moved from the specific location for which the license was issued, the license shall terminate upon the discontinuance or the removal.

(4) Except as provided in ORS 624.106 (Issuance of single-event temporary restaurant license to benevolent organization) , every applicant for a single-event temporary restaurant license or renewal of a single-event temporary restaurant license shall pay to the authority the appropriate license fee under ORS 624.490 (License fees) .

(5) The Director of the Oregon Health Authority may suspend, deny or revoke any single-event temporary restaurant license if it appears, after a reasonable time has been given for correction of a sanitation violation, that the applicant does not meet applicable minimum sanitation standards as outlined in ORS 624.010 (Definitions for ORS 624.010 to 624.121) to 624.121 (State Food Service Advisory Committee) or any rule adopted thereunder. Any suspension, denial or revocation action shall be taken in accordance with ORS chapter 183. [Formerly 624.025; 2009 c.595 §1010; 2011 c.664 §8]

Source: Section 624.086 — Single-event temporary restaurants , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors624.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 618.221 — OR Code / Title 49 / Chapter 618 / Section 618.221
618.221 Restriction on manner of packaging commodities
Status: in_force

No commodity in package form shall be so wrapped, nor shall it be in a container so made, formed or filled as to mislead the purchaser as to the quantity of the contents of the package, and the contents of a container shall not fall below such reasonable standard of fill as may be prescribed for the commodity by the State Department of Agriculture. [1973 c.293 §24]

Source: Section 618.221 — Restriction on manner of packaging commodities; fill of container requirements , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors618.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 632.786 — OR Code / Title 49 / Chapter 632 / Section 632.786
632.786 Prohibited acts
Status: in_force

No person shall:

(1) Sell eggs for human consumption in previously used consumer containers bearing the brand, trademark or officially designated number of another egg handler, unless the same is removed or defaced;

(2) Fail to pay the fees or obtain the permit required by ORS 632.741 (Additional fee) ;

(3) Fail to furnish the invoices required by ORS 632.745 (When invoices required) ;

(4) As an egg handler, use any egg container unless it is labeled as required by ORS 632.771 (Information on container label) ;

(5) As a retailer, sell eggs from a bulk display without the displaying of the placard required by ORS 632.771 (Information on container label) (3);

(6) Deliver or sell eggs for human consumption that have been incubated or have been in either an artificial or natural incubator;

(7) Deliver or sell for human consumption ova from slaughtered birds of any species;

(8) Sell any eggs or egg products that are adulterated or misbranded;

(9) Sell any eggs as fresh eggs unless they are of the quality or grade prescribed for fresh eggs by the State Department of Agriculture or the federal Act;

(10) Sell egg products for human consumption unless they have been pasteurized, nor as a food processor purchase egg products that have not been pasteurized;

(11) Advertise eggs or egg products in violation of the standards or requirements prescribed by the department;

(12) Otherwise violate any of the provisions of ORS 632.705 (Definitions for ORS 632.705 to 632.815) to 632.815 (Disposition of fees) ; or

(13) Use containers in the bulk sale of eggs that bear the trademark of another egg handler without the consent of the registrant of such trademark. The provisions of ORS 632.275 (Filing trademark for containers, equipment and supplies for fruit and vegetables) to 632.290 (Acquiring of marked containers, supplies and equipment) shall apply to bulk sale containers of eggs in the same manner as they apply to containers for canning tree fruits, vegetables and small fruits. [1975 c.748 §15 (enacted in lieu of 632.785); 2003 c.14 §379]

Source: Section 632.786 — Prohibited acts , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors632.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 634.600 — OR Code / Title 49 / Chapter 634 / Section 634.600
634.600 Committee members
Status: in_force

(1) There is created the Minor Crops Advisory Committee in the State Department of Agriculture consisting of six members appointed by the Director of Agriculture and the coordinator of the Interregional Project Number 4 program at Oregon State University who shall be a permanent member.

(2) The director, as far as practicable, shall make appointments to the advisory committee so that the committee is representative of all segments of agriculture.

(3) Each appointed member shall serve a term of three years beginning July 1 of the year of appointment. A member shall continue to serve until a successor is appointed. Vacancies in office shall be filled by appointment for the unexpired term.

(4) The committee shall meet at the call of the chairperson or the Director of Agriculture. A majority of the members present at any meeting shall constitute a quorum, and a majority vote of the quorum at any meeting shall constitute an official act of the committee.

(5) At the first meeting after July 1 of each year, the committee shall select a chairperson. The Dean of the College of Agricultural Sciences of Oregon State University and the Director of Agriculture, or their representatives, shall be ex officio members without the right to vote.

(6) Members of the committee shall be eligible for compensation and expenses as provided in ORS 292.495 (Compensation and expenses of members of state boards and commissions) .

(7) The committee shall:

(a) Advise the department in the administration of ORS 634.016 (Registration of pesticides and application devices) to 634.042 (Unsafe use of certain pesticides on raw agricultural commodities) as relates to minor crop use registrations;

(b) Cooperate with the United States Department of Agriculture’s Interregional Project Number 4 and the United States Environmental Protection Agency in obtaining federal registrations of pesticides for minor crop uses; and

(c) Maintain close contact between the department and agricultural producers regarding the need for research to support registration of pesticides for minor crops. [1989 c.709 §2]

Source: Section 634.600 — Committee members; appointment; compensation and expenses; duties , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors634.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 633.006 — OR Code / Title 49 / Chapter 633 / Section 633.006
633.006 Definitions for ORS 633.006 to 633.089
Status: in_force

As used in ORS 633.006 (Definitions for ORS 633.006 to 633.089) to 633.089 (Disposition of moneys received by department) , unless the context requires otherwise:

(1) “Animal feed manufacturing plant” means:

(a) Any business, establishment, building, plant or place where commercial feed for animals is manufactured, mixed, processed or packed.

(b) Vehicles used in transporting commercial feed or feed ingredients, machinery, equipment, utensils, implements, or other items, articles or materials used in the business or operation.

(c) The ground upon which the operation or business is carried out and other ground not adjacent thereto that is a part of the business or operation under the same entity or ownership.

(2) “Brand” means any word, name, symbol or device or any combination thereof identifying and distinguishing the commercial feed of a distributor from the feed of other distributors.

(3) “Bulk” is the sale, offering or exposing for sale or delivery of commercial feeds, in:

(a) Open containers, closed or open tote boxes, closed or open tanks, closed or open trailers, all of which may be further described or defined by the State Department of Agriculture; or

(b) Other types of containers, vehicles or conveyances defined or recognized by the department.

(4) “Commercial feed”:

(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this subsection, means any material that is distributed for use as feed, or as a feed ingredient for mixing in feed for animals, or any feed additive concentrate, feed additive supplement, feed additive premix, or premix.

(b) Except as used in ORS 633.045 (Adulterated commercial feeds prohibited) , 633.055 (Misbranding commercial feed prohibited) , 633.065 (Department to test commercial feeds) , 633.067 (Commercial feed law administration and enforcement) , 633.077 (Testing and analysis of bulk commercial feed and custom mixed feed) and 633.088 (Withdrawal from distribution of feeds sold or distributed in violation of law) , does not include:

(A) Unmixed seeds, whole or processed, that are made directly from the entire seed and are not used to manufacture wild bird feed.

(B) Hay, straw, stover, cobs, husks, screenings and hulls, when unground or unmixed with other materials.

(C) Feed for dogs, cats, birds or fish maintained as household pets.

(D) Silage, or materials containing at least 60 percent water.

(E) Individual chemical compounds not mixed with other materials. This exemption, however, does not cover or extend to phosphate, urea or ammonium compounds that are recommended for animal feeding purposes.

(5) “Contract feeder” means an independent contractor or other person who feeds commercial feed to another person’s animals pursuant to an oral or written agreement whereby the commercial feed is distributed to the contractor or other person by any distributor and whereby the contractor or other person’s remuneration is determined all or in part by feed consumption, mortality, profits or amount or quality of animals produced. “Contract feeder” does not include a bona fide employee of a manufacturer or distributor of commercial feed.

(6) “Custom mixed feed” means any commercial feed, each lot of which is mixed according to the specific instructions of, or prescribed for the specific use of, the final consumer.

(7) “Department” means the State Department of Agriculture.

(8) “Distribute” means to offer for sale, sell or barter commercial feed or to supply, furnish or otherwise provide commercial feed to a contract feeder.

(9) “Distributor” means a person who distributes commercial feed.

(10) “Drug” means any substance:

(a) Intended or represented for the cure, mitigation, treatment or prevention of disease of animals;

(b) Intended to affect the structure of any function of the body of an animal; or

(c) So defined by rule of the department.

(11) “Feed” means raw materials, ingredients and final products:

(a) Consumed by, or intended for consumption by, animals but not by humans; and

(b) Contributing to nutrition, affecting aroma or taste or having a technical effect on the consumed material.

(12) “Feed ingredient” means each of the constituent materials making up a commercial feed.

(13) “Final consumer” means a person that feeds animals that are under the control or ownership of that person.

(14) “Ground” means a condition resulting from crushing, rolling, chopping or grinding.

(15) “Label” means a display of written, printed or graphic matter placed on or affixed to the container in which a commercial feed is distributed, or on the invoice or delivery slip with which a commercial feed is distributed.

(16) “Manufacture” means to grind, chop, crush, roll, cube, flake, extrude, cook, pelletize, mix or otherwise process feed ingredients.

(17) “Mineral feed” means a substance or mixture of substances designed or intended to supply primarily mineral elements or inorganic nutrients.

(18) “Official sample” means any sample of feed taken by the department and designated as “official” by the department.

(19) “Percent” or “percentage” means percentage by weight.

(20) “Sell” or “sale” includes exchange.

(21) “Wild bird feed” means a commercial feed marketed for noncaptive undomesticated avians. [1967 c.591 §2 (enacted in lieu of 633.005); 1973 c.342 §2; 1979 c.116 §1; 1995 c.79 §322; 2001 c.137 §4; 2007 c.282 §1; 2017 c.303 §2]

Source: Section 633.006 — Definitions for ORS 633.006 to 633.089 , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors633.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 616.830 — OR Code / Title 49 / Chapter 616 / Section 616.830
616.830 Altering labels or using nonconforming labels prohibited
Status: in_force

No person shall:

(1) Alter, deface or remove the open date from any perishable food retail or shipping package carton, container or wrapper.

(2) Label any perishable food retail or shipping package carton, container or wrapper in a manner that does not conform to the rules promulgated pursuant to ORS 616.835 (Rulemaking authority) . [1973 c.173 §7]

Source: Section 616.830 — Altering labels or using nonconforming labels prohibited , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors616.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 619.066 — OR Code / Title 49 / Chapter 619 / Section 619.066
619.066 Labeling of meat products to conform to ORS chapters 616 and 618
Status: in_force

The labeling requirements for meat or meat products shall be those prescribed in ORS chapter 616 and the labeling requirements as to weight or measure of meat or meat products shall be those prescribed in ORS chapter 618. [1973 c.174 §11; 1975 c.304 §18]

Source: Section 619.066 — Labeling of meat products to conform to ORS chapters 616 and 618 , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors619.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 621.062 — OR Code / Title 49 / Chapter 621 / Section 621.062
621.062 Deviation from standard of identity prohibited
Status: in_force

A person shall not process, distribute, sell or offer or expose for sale fluid milk that does not conform to a standard of identity established by the State Department of Agriculture. [1959 c.346 §3; 1999 c.197 §9]

Source: Section 621.062 — Deviation from standard of identity prohibited , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors621.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 632.615 — OR Code / Title 49 / Chapter 632 / Section 632.615
632.615 Enforcement
Status: in_force

(1) The State Department of Agriculture shall enforce the provisions of ORS 632.516 (Establishment of grades and standards) to 632.625 (Violation of walnut and filbert law prohibited) , and may make rules and regulations necessary or convenient for such enforcement. It may employ such inspectors, agents and representatives as it finds necessary and enter into agreements with the United States Department of Agriculture, its authorized agents, officers and representatives as it deems necessary to carry out such sections, not contrary to the laws of this state.

(2) Upon complaint, properly filed, that unshelled walnuts or unshelled filberts are offered for sale or shipment in violation of ORS 632.516 (Establishment of grades and standards) to 632.625 (Violation of walnut and filbert law prohibited) , the State Department of Agriculture shall make the necessary investigation. If the complaint is found true, the department shall report the facts to the district attorney of the county in which the violation occurred and the district attorney shall prosecute such offender.

(3) Certificates of inspection of unshelled walnuts and unshelled filberts issued by the department shall be prima facie evidence of the facts contained therein.

Source: Section 632.615 — Enforcement; inspection certificate as evidence; rules , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors632.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 618.501 — OR Code / Title 49 / Chapter 618 / Section 618.501
618.501 Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in ORS 618.501 (Definitions) to 618.551 (Remedies supplementary to existing statutory or common law remedies) and 618.995 (Civil penalties) , unless the context requires otherwise:

(1) “Appropriate court” means the circuit court of a county:

(a) Where one or more of the defendants reside;

(b) Where one or more of the defendants maintain a principal place of business;

(c) Where one or more of the defendants are alleged to have committed a security seal violation; or

(d) With the defendant’s consent, where the prosecuting officer maintains an office.

(2) “Prosecuting attorney” means the Attorney General or the district attorney of any county in which a security seal violation is alleged to have been committed.

(3) “Security seal” means a lead-and-wire seal or similar nonreusable closure, attached to a weighing or measuring instrument or device for protection against undetectable access, removal, adjustment or unauthorized use.

(4) “Security seal violation” means the use, in violation of this chapter or any rule promulgated pursuant thereto, of any liquid or gaseous metering instrument or device to which a security seal is required to be affixed, when the security seal has been broken or removed.

(5) A “willful violation” occurs when the person committing the violation knew or should have known that the conduct of the person was a violation. [1973 c.294 §2; 2003 c.14 §370; 2005 c.22 §435]

Source: Section 618.501 — Definitions , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors618.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 628.360 — OR Code / Title 49 / Chapter 628 / Section 628.360
628.360 Owners and operators of locker plants not warehousemen
Status: in_force

Persons who own or operate refrigerated locker plants shall not be deemed to be warehousemen, nor shall receipts or other instruments issued by such persons in the ordinary conduct of their business be deemed to be negotiable warehouse receipts.

Source: Section 628.360 — Owners and operators of locker plants not warehousemen , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors628.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 635.045 — OR Code / Title 49 / Chapter 635 / Section 635.045
635.045 Rulemaking authority of department relating to nonalcoholic beverage business
Status: in_force

After public hearing and under the provisions of ORS chapter 183, in connection with and covering all of the operations and the business of a nonalcoholic beverage manufacturer, and the beverage and drink products covered by ORS 635.015 (Definitions) to 635.030 (License application) and 635.045 (Rulemaking authority of department relating to nonalcoholic beverage business) to 635.991 (Criminal penalties) , the State Department of Agriculture is authorized to promulgate rules relating to:

(1) Definitions, standards of identity, marking, labeling, advertising, branding or tagging of such drink and beverage products.

(2) The subject matters set forth in ORS 616.700 (Department to enforce sanitation requirements for food and food establishments) (1).

(3) Storage, handling and use of ingredients which will be or are a part of the drink and beverage products.

(4) Other subject matters set forth in ORS chapter 616, ORS 632.275 (Filing trademark for containers, equipment and supplies for fruit and vegetables) to 632.290 (Acquiring of marked containers, supplies and equipment) , 632.450 (Definitions for ORS 632.450 to 632.485) to 632.490 (Labeling fruit or vegetables as Oregon grown or packed) and 632.900 (“Horticultural and agricultural products” defined) to 632.985 (Transporting of agricultural or horticultural products subject to inspection) and other provisions reasonably necessary to insure that the products are sanitary and healthful. [1967 c.154 §5; 1983 c.740 §237]

Source: Section 635.045 — Rulemaking authority of department relating to nonalcoholic beverage business , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors635.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 618.036 — OR Code / Title 49 / Chapter 618 / Section 618.036
618.036 Establishing weights and measures system
Status: in_force

The State Department of Agriculture may utilize, for all commercial purposes in this state, either that system of weights and measures customarily used in the United States or the metric system of weights and measures. In prescribing the basic units of weight and measure, tables of weight and measure, weight and measure equivalents, specifications, tolerances and other technical requirements for commercial weighing and measuring devices, the department shall recognize those published by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, and they shall be applicable to weighing and measuring equipment and transactions in this state. [1973 c.293 §15; 2003 c.14 §367]

Source: Section 618.036 — Establishing weights and measures system; use of federal system , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors618.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 618.511 — OR Code / Title 49 / Chapter 618 / Section 618.511
618.511 Remedial power of court
Status: in_force

The court may make such additional orders or judgments as may be necessary to restore to any person in interest any moneys or property, real or personal, of which the person was deprived by means of a security seal violation, or as may be necessary to insure cessation of such violations, pursuant to ORS 618.506 (Enjoining security seal violations) . [1973 c.294 §4]

Source: Section 618.511 — Remedial power of court , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors618.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 634.705 — OR Code / Title 49 / Chapter 634 / Section 634.705
634.705 Adoption of integrated pest management plan and related provisions
Status: in_force

(1) The governing body responsible for a school shall adopt an integrated pest management plan for use on the campuses of the school. The governing body shall also adopt provisions for:

(a) Designating an integrated pest management plan coordinator;

(b) Identifying plan coordinator responsibilities;

(c) Giving notices under ORS 634.740 (Written notice requirements) ;

(d) Retaining pesticide application records under ORS 634.750 (Pesticide application records) ;

(e) Providing a process for responding to inquiries and complaints about noncompliance with the integrated pest management plan; and

(f) Conducting outreach to the school community about the school’s integrated pest management plan.

(2) If a governing body has control over only part of a building, a structure or property where a campus is located, the governing body may limit an integrated pest management plan to those parts of the building, structure or property over which the governing body exerts substantial control.

(3) A governing body is not required to adopt an integrated pest management plan for off-campus buildings, structures or property, notwithstanding any incidental use for instruction.

(4) Unless a governing body expressly provides otherwise, the application of a germicide, disinfectant, sanitizer, deodorizer, antimicrobial agent or insecticidal soap at a campus is not subject to the requirements for a pesticide application under an integrated pest management plan. However, this subsection does not permit the application at a campus of a germicide, disinfectant, sanitizer, deodorizer, antimicrobial agent or insecticidal soap that is a pesticide in a manner that is inconsistent with the goal of the integrated pest management plan.

(5) A governing body shall adopt a list of low-impact pesticides for use with the integrated pest management plan. The governing body may include any product on the list except products that:

(a) Contain a pesticide product or active ingredient that has the signal words “warning” or “danger” on the label;

(b) Contain a pesticide product classified as a human carcinogen or probable human carcinogen under the United States Environmental Protection Agency 1986 Guidelines for Carcinogen Risk Assessment; or

(c) Contain a pesticide product classified as carcinogenic to humans or likely to be carcinogenic to humans under the United States Environmental Protection Agency 2003 Draft Final Guidelines for Carcinogen Risk Assessment. [2009 c.501 §3]

Source: Section 634.705 — Adoption of integrated pest management plan and related provisions; exceptions; low-impact pesticide list , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors634.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 616.230 — OR Code / Title 49 / Chapter 616 / Section 616.230
616.230 Definitions and standards
Status: in_force

(1) The State Department of Agriculture, by rule, shall establish definitions and standards of identity, quality and fill of container for the State of Oregon. In carrying out the provisions of this subsection, the department shall take into consideration definitions and standards established in other states and definitions and standards established pursuant to the federal Act.

(2) Whenever in the judgment of the department such action will promote honesty and fair dealing in the interest of consumers, the department shall promulgate rules establishing definitions and standards of identity, quality and fill of container for foods for which no such definitions or standards have been established under the federal Act. In addition, the department may promulgate rules supplementing or amending any rule under the federal Act which sets definitions and standards of identity, quality and fill of container for foods.

(3) Temporary permits for interstate shipment of experimental packs of food varying from the requirements of definitions and standards of identity under the federal Act are effective in this state under the conditions stated in such permits. In addition, the department may issue additional permits when such permits are determined by the department to be necessary to the completion or conclusiveness of an otherwise adequate investigation and when the interests of consumers are safeguarded. Such permits shall be subject to any terms and conditions the department may prescribe. [Amended by 1973 c.227 §5; 1975 c.304 §5]

Source: Section 616.230 — Definitions and standards; conformity to federal regulations; rules , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors616.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 634.728 — OR Code / Title 49 / Chapter 634 / Section 634.728
634.728 Pesticides used at community colleges for research or instruction
Status: in_force

ORS 634.700 (Definitions for ORS 634.700 to 634.750) to 634.750 (Pesticide application records) do not limit or prohibit the use of pesticides at a community college for purposes of scientific research or academic instruction. [2013 c.241 §2]

Source: Section 634.728 — Pesticides used at community colleges for research or instruction , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors634.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 616.745 — OR Code / Title 49 / Chapter 616 / Section 616.745
616.745 Handling of food by diseased persons prohibited
Status: in_force

(1) The Oregon Health Authority may, by rule, define certain communicable diseases which may be spread to the public through the handling of food in food establishments.

(2) No owner or employer shall require, permit or suffer any person to work, nor shall any person work, in a food establishment who is affected with a disease described in subsection (1) of this section. [Amended by 1973 c.829 §55; 1975 c.389 §11; 2009 c.595 §997]

Source: Section 616.745 — Handling of food by diseased persons prohibited; rules , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors616.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 616.800 — OR Code / Title 49 / Chapter 616 / Section 616.800
616.800 Short title
Status: in_force

ORS 616.800 (Short title) to 616.835 (Rulemaking authority) and 616.994 (Criminal penalty for open date labeling law violations) may be cited as the Open Date Labeling Law. [1973 c.173 §2]

Source: Section 616.800 — Short title , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors616.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 621.368 — OR Code / Title 49 / Chapter 621 / Section 621.368
621.368 Revocation of licenses
Status: in_force

The State Department of Agriculture may revoke a license issued pursuant to ORS 621.335 (Licenses to make and sell frozen desserts at wholesale) for a violation of ORS 621.340 (Selling frozen dessert with excessive bacteria count prohibited) or 621.345 (Sale or offering for sale of nonconforming product prohibited) by the licensee. [1953 c.684 §12; 1999 c.197 §48]

Source: Section 621.368 — Revocation of licenses , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors621.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 618.041 — OR Code / Title 49 / Chapter 618 / Section 618.041
618.041 Standards for weights and measures system
Status: in_force

(1) Standards of weight and measure that are traceable to the United States prototype standards and that are supplied by the federal government or that are otherwise approved as being satisfactory by the National Institute of Standards and Technology shall be the state’s primary standards of weight and measure.

(2) The state primary standards shall be kept in a safe and suitable place in the metrology laboratory of the office of weights and measures, and shall not be removed from the laboratory except for repairs or for calibration as may be prescribed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology. [1973 c.293 §16; 2003 c.14 §368]

Source: Section 618.041 — Standards for weights and measures system; security of state primary standard , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors618.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 618.201 — OR Code / Title 49 / Chapter 618 / Section 618.201
618.201 Sampling of packages and commodities
Status: in_force

(1) The State Department of Agriculture, as often as necessary to provide adequate protection, shall weigh or measure and inspect packages or amounts of commodities sold, offered or exposed for sale, or in the process of delivery, to determine whether they contain the amounts represented and whether they are sold, offered or exposed for sale in accordance with ORS 618.010 (Definitions) to 618.246 (Sale by weight required for certain food products) . If such packages or amounts of commodities are found not to contain the amounts represented, or are found to be sold, offered or exposed for sale in violation of ORS 618.010 (Definitions) to 618.246 (Sale by weight required for certain food products) , the department may order them withheld from sale and may so mark or tag them.

(2) In carrying out the provisions of this section, the department may employ recognized sampling procedures under which the compliance of a given lot of packages will be determined on the basis of the result obtained on a sample selected from and representative of such lot.

(3) No person shall:

(a) Sell, offer or expose for sale, in intrastate commerce, any package or amount of commodity that has been ordered withheld from sale and marked or tagged as provided in this section until such package or amount of commodity has been brought into full compliance with all the requirements of ORS 618.010 (Definitions) to 618.246 (Sale by weight required for certain food products) ; or

(b) Otherwise dispose of any package or amount of the commodity that has been ordered withheld from sale and marked or tagged as provided in this section and that has not been brought into compliance with the requirements of ORS 618.010 (Definitions) to 618.246 (Sale by weight required for certain food products) , in any manner, except with the specific approval of the department. [1973 c.293 §10; 2005 c.22 §430]

Source: Section 618.201 — Sampling of packages and commodities; ordering packages and commodities withheld from sale; disposition after order , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors618.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 618.275 — OR Code / Title 49 / Chapter 618 / Section 618.275
618.275 Testing and inspection of scales
Status: in_force

(1) All railroad track scales within this state used to weigh cars, commodities or freight offered for shipment shall be under the jurisdiction of the Director of Agriculture and subject to inspection by the State Department of Agriculture. The department may also test other track scales.

(2) The department shall, from time to time, test and inspect all such scales. No track scale shall be used in determining weights for the purpose of determining freight charges without first obtaining a seal from the department approving such use.

(3) The department shall approve a suitable sealing device, and cause all track scales inspected under this section to be officially sealed with such device, when such scales are found, or made to be in compliance with the department’s rules.

(4) The department may procure or otherwise secure the use of the car, apparatus or facilities used for tests and inspections as the department may require for the purposes of this section. Such car, apparatus or facilities may be used jointly with another state or states to test track scales and for that purpose may be taken beyond the limits of the state under such terms and conditions agreed upon with such other states. The car and apparatus needed to test track scales shall be transported free by every railroad in this state. [1989 c.405 §2]

Source: Section 618.275 — Testing and inspection of scales; use without seal prohibited; sealing device; tests and inspection of cars; interstate cooperation , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors618.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 618.091 — OR Code / Title 49 / Chapter 618 / Section 618.091
618.091 Security seal to be attached to weights and measures devices
Status: in_force

A security seal shall be affixed to any adjustment mechanism, readout compensator, primary indicator, or retainer to prevent removal of a measurement element, in such manner as the State Department of Agriculture by rule may prescribe, on all commercial weights and measures. [1973 c.293 §19]

Source: Section 618.091 — Security seal to be attached to weights and measures devices , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors618.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 633.331 — OR Code / Title 49 / Chapter 633 / Section 633.331
633.331 Additional label requirements for lime products
Status: in_force

In addition to the label requirements under ORS 633.321 (Label requirements for fertilizer, agricultural amendment, agricultural mineral and lime products) , the label for a lime product must include the following:

(1) The name of the particular form of lime. Forms of lime may include, but are not limited to, burnt lime, dolomite, ground limestone, lime sludge, shells, sugar lime and waste lime.

(2) The guaranteed analysis, stating the following:

(a) The percentage of calcium oxide (CaO) or calcium carbonate (CaCO3).

(b) The percentage of magnesium oxide (MgO) or magnesium carbonate (MgCO3).

(c) The total neutralizing capacity expressed in terms of calcium carbonate equivalent (CCE).

(d) The percentage of product that will pass, respectively, a 100-mesh, 40-mesh, 20-mesh and 10-mesh sieve. The mesh size declaration may include a declaration of the percentage of product that will pass additional mesh sizes, but the mesh sizes specified in this paragraph must be included in the mesh size declaration.

(e) The lime score.

(f) The maximum moisture content if the moisture content is more than two percent, expressed in whole numbers as follows: “Moisture content does not exceed _____ percent.” [2001 c.914 §5; 2009 c.97 §3; 2015 c.514 §6]

Source: Section 633.331 — Additional label requirements for lime products , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors633.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 616.994 — OR Code / Title 49 / Chapter 616 / Section 616.994
616.994 Criminal penalty for open date labeling law violations
Status: in_force

Violation of any provision of ORS 616.800 (Short title) to 616.835 (Rulemaking authority) or of any rule promulgated pursuant thereto is a Class B misdemeanor. [1973 c.173 §10]

Source: Section 616.994 — Criminal penalty for open date labeling law violations , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors616.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 622.090 — OR Code / Title 49 / Chapter 622 / Section 622.090
622.090 Disposition of fees
Status: in_force

The moneys received under ORS 622.050 (Application for certificate) shall be paid into the State Treasury and placed to the credit of the Department of Agriculture Service Fund. Such moneys hereby are appropriated continuously and shall be used only for the administration and enforcement of ORS 622.010 (Definitions) to 622.180 (Powers of department) . ORS 291.238 (Expenditures without allotment prohibited) does not apply to the expenditure of such moneys. [1955 c.331 §7(1); 1973 c.427 §12; 1993 c.720 §5]

Source: Section 622.090 — Disposition of fees , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors622.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 622.210 — OR Code / Title 49 / Chapter 622 / Section 622.210
622.210 Department defined
Status: in_force

As used in ORS 622.210 (Department defined) to 622.360 (Cultivation does not affect ocean shore activities) , “department” means the State Department of Agriculture. [1981 c.638 §2; 1997 c.375 §1]

Source: Section 622.210 — Department defined , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors622.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 616.335 — OR Code / Title 49 / Chapter 616 / Section 616.335
616.335 Definition for ORS 616.205 and 616.335 to 616.385
Status: in_force

As used in ORS 616.205 (Definitions for ORS 616.205 to 616.385) and 616.335 (Definition for ORS 616.205 and 616.335 to 616.385) to 616.385 (Public hearing required for rules) , “experts qualified by scientific training and experience to evaluate the safety of food additives” or similar phrases mean individuals with sufficient training and experience in biology, medicine, pharmacology, physiology, toxicology, veterinary medicine or other appropriate sciences to recognize and properly evaluate the behavior and effects of chemical substances upon the body of humans or animals when such substances are taken into the body as food additives. [1961 c.637 §14]

Source: Section 616.335 — Definition for ORS 616.205 and 616.335 to 616.385 , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors616.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 616.333 — OR Code / Title 49 / Chapter 616 / Section 616.333
616.333 Diethylstilbestrol use in food
Status: in_force

(1) A retail or wholesale food distributor shall place a warning label on food containing diethylstilbestrol.

(2) The label shall state:

WARNING: This product contains diethylstilbestrol (DES), a synthetic hormone. Studies associate consumption of DES with vaginal cancer and male genital abnormalities.

(3) As used in this section, “food” means fruits, vegetables, meats, poultry, eggs, dairy products and other natural and processed products offered for sale for human or animal consumption. [1979 c.268 §4]

Source: Section 616.333 — Diethylstilbestrol use in food; label , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors616.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 633.089 — OR Code / Title 49 / Chapter 633 / Section 633.089
633.089 Disposition of moneys received by department
Status: in_force

The State Department of Agriculture shall deposit all fees paid to it under the provisions of ORS 633.006 (Definitions for ORS 633.006 to 633.089) to 633.089 (Disposition of moneys received by department) in the Department of Agriculture Service Fund. Such fees are continuously appropriated to the department for the purpose of administering and enforcing such sections. [1967 c.591 §7; 1979 c.499 §30]

FERTILIZERS AND OTHER SOIL-ENHANCING PRODUCTS

Source: Section 633.089 — Disposition of moneys received by department , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors633.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 632.285 — OR Code / Title 49 / Chapter 632 / Section 632.285
632.285 Security for return not a sale
Status: in_force

If the owner of containers marked or branded pursuant to ORS 632.275 (Filing trademark for containers, equipment and supplies for fruit and vegetables) , or of equipment or supplies used in the business so marked or otherwise impressed, or others lawfully entitled to use the containers, equipment or supplies, requires the taking or accepting of money as a deposit for security for the safekeeping and return of the articles, it shall not constitute a sale of such property, either optional or otherwise, in any proceedings under ORS 632.275 (Filing trademark for containers, equipment and supplies for fruit and vegetables) to 632.290 (Acquiring of marked containers, supplies and equipment) . [Formerly 616.615]

Source: Section 632.285 — Security for return not a sale , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors632.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 635.055 — OR Code / Title 49 / Chapter 635 / Section 635.055
635.055 Standards for rules of department
Status: in_force

In carrying out the intent and purpose of ORS 635.045 (Rulemaking authority of department relating to nonalcoholic beverage business) , the State Department of Agriculture, in addition to taking into consideration the desires and needs of the nonalcoholic beverage manufacturing industry and the evidence and testimony received at a public hearing, shall take into consideration the laws and rules of this state, other states and the federal government. Unless there is substantial evidence and testimony to the contrary, the department shall, as far as is reasonable and practical, make its rules conform to, and not be more restrictive than, the rules of the federal Food and Drug Administration or other federal enforcement agency. [1967 c.154 §6; 1999 c.59 §187]

Source: Section 635.055 — Standards for rules of department; conformity with federal rules , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors635.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 624.400 — OR Code / Title 49 / Chapter 624 / Section 624.400
624.400 Rating surveys
Status: in_force

The Oregon Health Authority shall make such surveys as are necessary to obtain uniform enforcement of ORS 624.310 (Definitions for ORS 624.310 to 624.430) to 624.430 (Fee payment) throughout the state and shall prepare and disseminate information and shall cooperate with and assist local health departments in educational programs for the purpose of encouraging compliance with ORS 624.310 (Definitions for ORS 624.310 to 624.430) to 624.430 (Fee payment) on the part of operators and employees of vending machines and mobile units. [1963 c.575 §12; 1973 c.825 §20; 2009 c.595 §1025]

Source: Section 624.400 — Rating surveys; preparing and disseminating information; cooperation with local health departments in educational programs , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors624.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 628.270 — OR Code / Title 49 / Chapter 628 / Section 628.270
628.270 Prohibition against employees with communicable disease in plant
Status: in_force

(1) The Oregon Health Authority may, by rule, define certain communicable diseases which may be spread to the public through the handling of food in refrigerated locker plants.

(2) A person who has a communicable or infectious disease described in subsection (1) of this section may not be permitted to work in or about any refrigerated locker plant or to handle any food in connection with the operation of such plant.

(3) In the discretion of the State Department of Agriculture, an employee of a locker plant may be required to furnish a certificate of health from a physician, naturopathic physician, physician assistant or nurse practitioner duly accredited by the authority for the purpose of issuing such certificates. If such certificate is required under municipal ordinance upon examination deemed adequate by the authority, a certificate issued in compliance with such ordinance is sufficient under this section.

(4) Any health certificate required by this section shall be revoked by the authority at any time that the holder thereof is found, upon physical examination of such holder, to have any communicable or infectious disease. Refusal of any person employed in such locker plant to submit to proper and reasonable physical examination, upon written demand by the authority or the department, is cause for revocation of the employee’s health certificate and also is sufficient reason for revocation of the locker plant’s license unless the employee immediately is removed from any work or operation in or about such locker plant involving the handling of food. [Amended by 1973 c.829 §56; 1989 c.224 §122; 2009 c.595 §1039; 2014 c.45 §71; 2017 c.356 §81]

Source: Section 628.270 — Prohibition against employees with communicable disease in plant; health certificate; rules , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors628.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 618.115 — OR Code / Title 49 / Chapter 618 / Section 618.115
618.115 Voluntary inspection of weighing or measuring instruments
Status: in_force

In addition to the authority otherwise granted to the State Department of Agriculture to inspect and test weighing or measuring instruments or devices, the department may, at the request of an owner or user thereof, inspect and test weighing or measuring instruments or devices to ascertain if they are correct. As authorized by ORS 618.031 (Rulemaking authority) (2)(e), the department may establish fees for performing the services and the person requesting the services shall pay the established fees to the department. [1977 c.132 §2]

Note: 618.115 (Voluntary inspection of weighing or measuring instruments) was added to and made a part of ORS chapter 618 by legislative action but was not added to any smaller series therein. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.

Source: Section 618.115 — Voluntary inspection of weighing or measuring instruments; fees , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors618.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 632.495 — OR Code / Title 49 / Chapter 632 / Section 632.495
632.495 Labeling of exported horticultural commodities and commodity packs
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this section:

(a) “Commodity”:

(A) Means a distinctive class, type, variety or utilization of a product in a natural or unprocessed state.

(B) Does not mean canned, bottled, frozen, dried, candied or brined products.

(b) “Commodity pack” means a packaged or wrapped unit of horticultural commodity transported inside a shipping container.

(c) “Shipping container” means a closed receptacle used for bulk transport of horticultural commodities or commodity packages.

(d) “United States” means a state, territory or insular possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

(2) A horticultural commodity or commodity pack is exempt from labeling requirements imposed under ORS 632.450 (Definitions for ORS 632.450 to 632.485) to 632.490 (Labeling fruit or vegetables as Oregon grown or packed) , 632.516 (Establishment of grades and standards) to 632.625 (Violation of walnut and filbert law prohibited) or 632.900 (“Horticultural and agricultural products” defined) to 632.940 (Inspection and classification of horticultural and agricultural products by department) or ORS chapter 616 if:

(a) The commodity is being exported from the United States; and

(b) The commodity or commodity pack is transported in a shipping container that bears a label stating the commodity is for export only and bears any other labeling, information or markings the State Department of Agriculture determines by rule to be necessary for avoiding confusion, misrepresentation or deception regarding the commodity.

(3) A horticultural commodity or commodity pack that temporarily leaves the United States while in transit to a destination in the United States does not qualify for a labeling exemption under this section.

(4) If the exportation of a horticultural commodity is canceled, the commodity owner shall:

(a) Ensure that the commodity or commodity pack is relabeled in accordance with any applicable provisions of ORS 632.450 (Definitions for ORS 632.450 to 632.485) to 632.490 (Labeling fruit or vegetables as Oregon grown or packed) , 632.516 (Establishment of grades and standards) to 632.625 (Violation of walnut and filbert law prohibited) or 632.900 (“Horticultural and agricultural products” defined) to 632.940 (Inspection and classification of horticultural and agricultural products by department) or ORS chapter 616; or

(b) Dispose of the commodity or commodity pack in a manner approved by the department. [2017 c.12 §1; 2019 c.108 §4]

Source: Section 632.495 — Labeling of exported horticultural commodities and commodity packs; rules , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors632.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 622.170 — OR Code / Title 49 / Chapter 622 / Section 622.170
622.170 Records of amount and source of shellfish
Status: in_force

Any dealer who gathers or receives shellfish from any source other than that designated in the certificate or certificates of shellfish sanitation shall keep accurate records of the amount and source of such shellfish, which records shall be retained for at least 90 days. The State Department of Agriculture shall have access to these records for inspection. [1955 c.331 §5; 1973 c.508 §10]

Source: Section 622.170 — Records of amount and source of shellfish , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors622.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 619.426 — OR Code / Title 49 / Chapter 619 / Section 619.426
619.426 Enjoining violations
Status: in_force

Circuit courts hereby are authorized, upon petition of the Oregon Sheep Commission, to enjoin by temporary or permanent injunction any violations of the provisions of ORS 619.411 (Definitions for ORS 619.411 to 619.426) to 619.426 (Enjoining violations) . [1989 c.616 §5]

Source: Section 619.426 — Enjoining violations , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors619.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 616.385 — OR Code / Title 49 / Chapter 616 / Section 616.385
616.385 Public hearing required for rules
Status: in_force

All rules promulgated under ORS 616.335 (Definition for ORS 616.205 and 616.335 to 616.385) to 616.385 (Public hearing required for rules) shall only be promulgated after public hearing and shall be in accordance with the applicable provisions of ORS chapter 183. [1961 c.637 §15; 2007 c.71 §184]

Source: Section 616.385 — Public hearing required for rules , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors616.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 633.026 — OR Code / Title 49 / Chapter 633 / Section 633.026
633.026 Labeling requirements for commercial feed
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, commercial feed must have a label bearing the following information:

(a) The product name and the brand name, if any, under which the feed is distributed.

(b) The guaranteed analysis stated in such terms as the State Department 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. The substances or elements of the feed must be determinable by laboratory methods approved by department rule. In approving laboratory methods, the department may consider methods listed in publications of AOAC International, formerly the Association of Official Analytical Chemists.

(c) The common or usual name of each ingredient used in the manufacture of the feed. The department, by rule, may permit the use of a collective term for a group of ingredients that perform a similar function. The department, by rule, may exempt a commercial feed or any group of feeds from the ingredient statement requirement if the department determines that a statement is not required to protect the interests of consumers.

(d) Adequate directions for use if the feed contains drugs or if the department, by rule, determines that directions are necessary for safe and effective use.

(e) Precautionary statements that the department, by rule, determines to be necessary for safe and effective use of the feed.

(f) The name and principal mailing address of the manufacturer or the distributor.

(g) A quantity statement.

(2) A person that distributes commercial feed in bags or other containers shall ensure that the label required by this section is placed on or affixed to the container. If the feed is distributed in bulk, the distributor shall ensure that the label accompanies the delivery and is furnished to the purchaser upon delivery.

(3) Subsections (1) and (2) of this section do not apply to:

(a) Custom mixed feed.

(b) Wild bird feed consisting of unmixed seeds.

(c) A commercial feed that does not contain a drug and is distributed by filling, in the presence of the purchaser, from retail bins or other retail bulk display containers that are labeled as required under this section. [2001 c.137 §2; 2007 c.282 §3]

Source: Section 633.026 — Labeling requirements for commercial feed; exemptions; rules , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors633.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 632.845 — OR Code / Title 49 / Chapter 632 / Section 632.845
632.845 Prohibition against improper confinement of egg-laying hen
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, a commercial farm owner or operator may not confine an egg-laying hen in an enclosure that fails to comply with the rules adopted by the State Department of Agriculture under ORS 632.840 (Manner of confining egg-laying hen) .

(2) Subsection (1) of this section does not apply to the confinement of an egg-laying hen:

(a) During medical research;

(b) During an examination, a test, an individual treatment or an operation conducted for veterinary purposes;

(c) During transportation or depopulation operations, if the confinement does not exceed seven days in any 18-month period;

(d) As part of a rodeo exhibition, state or county fair exhibition, 4-H program exhibition or similar exhibition;

(e) During the slaughter of the egg-laying hen in accordance with applicable laws and rules; or

(f) On a temporary basis for animal husbandry purposes, if the confinement does not exceed six hours in any 24-hour period or exceed 24 hours in any 30-day period. [2011 c.436 §2; 2019 c.686 §8]

Source: Section 632.845 — Prohibition against improper confinement of egg-laying hen , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors632.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 624.530 — OR Code / Title 49 / Chapter 624 / Section 624.530
624.530 Agreement to ensure only one agency inspects facilities
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any provision of ORS 624.010 (Definitions for ORS 624.010 to 624.121) to 624.121 (State Food Service Advisory Committee) or 624.310 (Definitions for ORS 624.310 to 624.430) to 624.430 (Fee payment) or statutes administered by the State Department of Agriculture, the Director of the Oregon Health Authority and the Director of Agriculture jointly shall adopt rules and enter into interagency agreements necessary to ensure that only one of the agencies inspects and licenses any facility that is subject to regulation by both agencies. [1981 c.112 §1; 2003 c.14 §376; 2003 c.309 §16; 2009 c.595 §1031]

Source: Section 624.530 — Agreement to ensure only one agency inspects facilities; rules , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors624.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 621.345 — OR Code / Title 49 / Chapter 621 / Section 621.345
621.345 Sale or offering for sale of nonconforming product prohibited
Status: in_force

A person shall not sell or offer for sale any product that the person represents to be a frozen dessert or that simulates or imitates the taste, texture or general composition of a frozen dessert unless the product conforms to the standard of identity for that frozen dessert established by rule of the State Department of Agriculture pursuant to ORS 621.311 (Definitions and standards of identity for frozen desserts) . [Amended by 1953 c.684 §12; 1999 c.197 §47]

Source: Section 621.345 — Sale or offering for sale of nonconforming product prohibited , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors621.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 634.720 — OR Code / Title 49 / Chapter 634 / Section 634.720
634.720 Plan coordinators
Status: in_force

(1) The governing body shall provide for the designation of one or more persons as integrated pest management plan coordinators for the governed schools. A plan coordinator must be an employee of the governed district, unit, school or entity, unless the governing body delegates pest management duties to an independent contractor. Each school shall have the services of at least one integrated pest management plan coordinator. A plan coordinator may serve more than one school. The responsibilities of the plan coordinator shall include, but need not be limited to:

(a) Giving notice and posting warnings under ORS 634.740 (Written notice requirements) ;

(b) Overseeing pest prevention efforts;

(c) Providing for the identification and evaluation of pest situations;

(d) Determining the means of appropriately managing pest damage that will cause the least possible hazard to people, property and the environment;

(e) Ensuring the proper and lawful performance of pesticide applications;

(f) Evaluating pest management results; and

(g) Keeping records as required by ORS 634.750 (Pesticide application records) .

(2) A plan coordinator shall complete not less than six hours of training each year. The training shall include at least a general review of integrated pest management principles and the requirements of ORS 634.700 (Definitions for ORS 634.700 to 634.750) to 634.750 (Pesticide application records) . [2009 c.501 §4]

Source: Section 634.720 — Plan coordinators , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors634.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 622.110 — OR Code / Title 49 / Chapter 622 / Section 622.110
622.110 Display of certificates
Status: in_force

Every dealer shall display the certificate of the dealer or certificates of shellfish sanitation in accordance with the rules made under this chapter. [1955 c.331 §7(5); 1973 c.508 §8]

Source: Section 622.110 — Display of certificates , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors622.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 621.124 — OR Code / Title 49 / Chapter 621 / Section 621.124
621.124 Milk not to be sold if from diseased animals or from animals that have not been tested or retested for brucellosis
Status: in_force

(1) A person shall not sell or offer or expose for sale any fluid milk with knowledge that the milk has been produced from a herd of cows, sheep or goats, one or more of which were infected with brucellosis at the time the milk was produced, or with knowledge that not all the animals in the herd have been tested or retested for brucellosis in a manner approved by the State Department of Agriculture.

(2) The tests described by this section shall be performed only by state veterinarians, assistant state veterinarians or deputy state veterinarians employed or appointed by the department, or by veterinarians employed by the United States Department of Agriculture. [1957 c.346 §5 (enacted in lieu of 621.125); 1999 c.197 §23]

Source: Section 621.124 — Milk not to be sold if from diseased animals or from animals that have not been tested or retested for brucellosis , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors621.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 633.476 — OR Code / Title 49 / Chapter 633 / Section 633.476
633.476 Record keeping for custom mix products
Status: in_force

(1) A person mixing or distributing a custom mix of fertilizer, agricultural amendment, agricultural mineral or lime products shall keep for a period of at least three years after mixing a record showing:

(a) The name and address of the purchaser;

(b) The date of mixing;

(c) A unique identifier for each mixture;

(d) The guarantees and information required under ORS 633.321 (Label requirements for fertilizer, agricultural amendment, agricultural mineral and lime products) to 633.341 (Additional label requirements for agricultural mineral) ; and

(e) Any other information required by the State Department of Agriculture.

(2) Undistributed parts of a custom mixture or batch shall at all times be identified with the purchaser’s unique identifier.

(3) The person mixing or distributing the custom mix shall make the records required by this section available for inspection during normal business hours by the purchaser or the department. [2001 c.914 §21; 2009 c.97 §15]

Source: Section 633.476 — Record keeping for custom mix products; product identification; records inspection , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors633.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 634.206 — OR Code / Title 49 / Chapter 634 / Section 634.206
634.206 Continuation of protected and restricted areas created by former law
Status: in_force

There hereby is created a protected area or restricted area territorially identical respectively with each protected area or restricted area existing as of October 5, 1973, or a restricted area established pursuant to ORS 573.537 and in effect June 1, 1973, if such existing protected area or restricted area was established or succeeded pursuant to the provisions of ORS chapter 573. Each protected area or restricted area hereby created shall bear the name of the formerly designated protected area or restricted area with which it is territorially identical. It shall succeed to the duties, obligations, property, rights and privileges of such formerly designated protected area or restricted area and shall function as authorized by the provisions of this chapter. [1973 c.341 §24]

Source: Section 634.206 — Continuation of protected and restricted areas created by former law , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors634.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 619.993 — OR Code / Title 49 / Chapter 619 / Section 619.993
619.993 Criminal penalty for meat inspection law violations
Status: in_force

Violation of any of the provisions of ORS 619.010 (Definitions for ORS 619.010 to 619.026 and 619.036 to 619.066) to 619.071 (Disposition of moneys received by department) and 619.370 (Labeling concerning addition of chemical preservative) , or rules adopted under ORS 619.010 (Definitions for ORS 619.010 to 619.026 and 619.036 to 619.066) to 619.071 (Disposition of moneys received by department) or for the enforcement of ORS 619.370 (Labeling concerning addition of chemical preservative) is a Class A misdemeanor. [1973 c.174 §16; 1975 c.304 §8; 2009 c.175 §3]

Source: Section 619.993 — Criminal penalty for meat inspection law violations , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors619.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 622.260 — OR Code / Title 49 / Chapter 622 / Section 622.260
622.260 Copies of laws to be available
Status: in_force

The State Department of Agriculture shall cause copies of the provisions of ORS 622.230 (Conversion of plantations to plats) and 622.250 (Application for new plats) to be made available at the courthouse of each county in which an applicant’s approved plat, or part thereof, is located. [Formerly 509.433]

Source: Section 622.260 — Copies of laws to be available , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors622.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 621.405 — OR Code / Title 49 / Chapter 621 / Section 621.405
621.405 Definitions and standards for condensed or evaporated milk
Status: in_force

(1) A person shall not manufacture for sale, possess with the intent to sell, offer or expose for sale or sell any condensed or evaporated milk unless it conforms to the definitions and standards established by the State Department of Agriculture pursuant to subsection (2) of this section.

(2) The department shall establish definitions and standards of identity, quality and fill of container for condensed and evaporated milk. In establishing the definitions and standards the department shall take into consideration:

(a) Definitions and standards established in other states; and

(b) Definitions and standards established by the federal government under the authority of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, 21 U.S.C. 301, et seq., as amended. [Amended by 1975 c.304 §6; 1999 c.197 §50]

Source: Section 621.405 — Definitions and standards for condensed or evaporated milk , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors621.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 634.016 — OR Code / Title 49 / Chapter 634 / Section 634.016
634.016 Registration of pesticides and application devices
Status: in_force

(1) Every pesticide, including each formula or formulation, manufactured, compounded, delivered, distributed, sold, offered or exposed for sale in this state shall be registered each year with the State Department of Agriculture.

(2) Every device manufactured, delivered, distributed, sold, offered or exposed for sale in this state shall be registered each year with the department.

(3) The registration shall be made by the manufacturer or a distributor of the pesticide.

(4) The application for registration shall include:

(a) The name and address of the registrant.

(b) The name and address of the manufacturer if different than the registrant.

(c) The brand name or trademark of the pesticide.

(d) A specimen or facsimile of the label of each pesticide, and each formula or formulation, for which registration is sought, except for annual renewals of the registration when the label remains unchanged.

(e) The correct name and total percentage of each active ingredient.

(f) The total percentage of inert ingredients.

(5) The application for registration shall be accompanied by a registration fee to be established by the department for each pesticide and each formula or formulation. The registration fee may not exceed $400 for each such pesticide, or each formula or formulation.

(6) The department, at the time of application for registration of any pesticide or after a declaration of a ground water management area under ORS 468B.180 (Declaration of ground water management area) may:

(a) Restrict or limit the manufacture, delivery, distribution, sale or use of any pesticide in this state.

(b) Refuse to register any pesticide that is highly toxic for which there is no effective antidote under the conditions of use for which such pesticide is intended or recommended.

(c) Refuse to register any pesticide for use on a crop for which no finite tolerances for residues of such pesticide have been established by either the department or the federal government.

(d) In restricting the purposes for which pesticides may be manufactured, delivered, distributed, sold or used, or in refusing to register any pesticide, give consideration to:

(A) The damage to health or life of humans or animals, or detriment to the environment, that might result from the distribution and use of such pesticide.

(B) Authoritative findings and recommendations of agencies of the federal government and of any advisory committee or group established under ORS 634.306 (General duties and powers of department) (10).

(C) The existence of an effective antidote under known conditions of use for which the material is intended or recommended.

(D) Residual or delayed toxicity of the material.

(E) The extent to which a pesticide or its carrying agent simulates by appearance and may be mistaken for human food or animal feed.

(7) The provisions of this section shall not, except as provided herein, apply to:

(a) The use and purchase of pesticides by the federal government or its agencies.

(b) The sale or exchange of pesticides between manufacturers and distributors.

(c) Drugs, chemicals or other preparations sold or intended for medicinal or toilet purposes or for use in the arts or sciences.

(d) Common carriers, contract carriers or public warehousemen delivering or storing pesticides, except as provided in ORS 634.322 (Enforcement powers of department) . [1973 c.341 §7; 1975 c.304 §9; 1989 c.709 §3; 1989 c.833 §66; 2007 c.162 §1; 2015 c.833 §18]

Source: Section 634.016 — Registration of pesticides and application devices; fee; contents of application; restriction on pesticide distribution and use; exemptions , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors634.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 616.580 — OR Code / Title 49 / Chapter 616 / Section 616.580
616.580 Inspections
Status: in_force

(1) The Oregon Health Authority may inspect chain restaurants for compliance with ORS 616.560 (Determination of menu item typical values) , 616.565 (Calorie content information for combination or multiserving items) and 616.570 (Menus, menu boards and food tags) and authority rules adopted under ORS 616.575 (Rules) . The person operating the chain restaurant shall, upon request of the authority, permit access to all parts of the restaurant and any records in the possession of the restaurant regarding nutritional values or menu items and provide menu item samples for nutritional value testing by the authority.

(2) If a chain restaurant violates a provision of ORS 616.560 (Determination of menu item typical values) , 616.565 (Calorie content information for combination or multiserving items) or 616.570 (Menus, menu boards and food tags) or a rule adopted under ORS 616.575 (Rules) , the authority shall provide the restaurant with written notice informing the restaurant of the violation and stating that the restaurant may avoid a civil penalty for the violation by curing the violation within 60 days. If the chain restaurant fails to cure the violation within 60 days, the authority may impose a civil penalty of not less than $250 and not more than $1,000 for the violation. For a continuing violation, each 30-day period that the violation continues after the preceding imposition of a civil penalty is a separate offense subject to a separate civil penalty. The authority is not required to provide the chain restaurant with an opportunity to cure the continuing violation before imposing a civil penalty for the continuing violation. [2009 c.314 §5; 2011 c.720 §212]

Note: See note under 616.555 (Definitions for ORS 616.555 to 616.585) .

Source: Section 616.580 — Inspections; notice and opportunity to cure violation; penalties , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors616.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 632.720 — OR Code / Title 49 / Chapter 632 / Section 632.720
632.720 Fee
Status: in_force

An applicant for an egg handler’s license shall pay an annual license fee to the State Department of Agriculture with each application. The department may adopt rules establishing a license fee for an egg handler. Except as provided in this section, the department may not adopt a rule under this section to establish a license fee that is more than three percent higher than the fee charged during the preceding year. When adopting a rule establishing a license fee, notwithstanding the three percent limit, the department may round the fee amount to the next higher whole dollar amount. The department may not change the amount of the egg handler’s license fee more frequently than once each year. [1965 c.582 §3; 1975 c.748 §3; 1991 c.632 §8; 2012 c.64 §15]

Note: The amendments to 632.720 (Fee) by section 43, chapter 64, Oregon Laws 2012, become operative July 1, 2026. See section 45, chapter 64, Oregon Laws 2012, as amended by section 10, chapter 386, Oregon Laws 2019. The text that is operative on and after July 1, 2026, including amendments by section 8, chapter 386, Oregon Laws 2019, is set forth for the user’s convenience.

632.720 (Fee) . An applicant for an egg handler’s license shall pay an annual license fee to the State Department of Agriculture with each application. The department may adopt rules establishing a license fee for an egg handler. The department may not adopt or enforce a rule under this section establishing an egg handler license fee that is higher than the egg handler license fee charged for the license year that began July 1, 2025. The department may not change the amount of the egg handler’s license fee more frequently than once each year.

Source: Section 632.720 — Fee; rules , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors632.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 624.990 — OR Code / Title 49 / Chapter 624 / Section 624.990
624.990 Criminal penalties
Status: in_force

(1) Violation of any provision of ORS 624.010 (Definitions for ORS 624.010 to 624.121) to 624.121 (State Food Service Advisory Committee) or rules of the Oregon Health Authority promulgated under ORS 624.010 (Definitions for ORS 624.010 to 624.121) to 624.121 (State Food Service Advisory Committee) is a Class C misdemeanor.

(2) Violation of any provision of ORS 624.310 (Definitions for ORS 624.310 to 624.430) to 624.430 (Fee payment) or rules of the authority promulgated under ORS 624.310 (Definitions for ORS 624.310 to 624.430) to 624.430 (Fee payment) is a Class B misdemeanor. [Subsection (2) enacted as 1963 c.575 §16; 1973 c.825 §22; 2003 c.14 §377; 2009 c.595 §1037]

Source: Section 624.990 — Criminal penalties , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors624.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 618.531 — OR Code / Title 49 / Chapter 618 / Section 618.531
618.531 Effect of failure to obey investigative demand
Status: in_force

(1) If any person after being served with an investigative demand under ORS 618.526 (Method of serving investigative demand) , fails to obey an investigative demand issued by the prosecuting attorney, the prosecuting attorney may, after notice, apply to an appropriate court and, after hearing thereon, request an order:

(a) Granting injunctive relief to restrain the person from engaging in the conduct of any activity that is involved in the alleged or suspected violation; or

(b) Granting such other relief as may be required, until the person obeys the investigative demand.

(2) Any disobedience of any final order of a court under this section shall be punished as a contempt of court. [1973 c.294 §8]

Source: Section 618.531 — Effect of failure to obey investigative demand , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors618.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 635.015 — OR Code / Title 49 / Chapter 635 / Section 635.015
635.015 Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter:

(1) “Department” means the State Department of Agriculture.

(2) “Nonalcoholic beverage manufacturing business” or the “business of a nonalcoholic beverage manufacturer” means the operations and business of and the owner or operator thereof, who manufactures, makes, bottles, handles, distributes, holds for sale, or sells soda or soda waters, mineral waters, carbonated beverages and other nonalcoholic drinks or beverages otherwise known as soft drinks, except those that are exempt as not covered as provided in ORS 635.027 (License required for manufacture of nonalcoholic beverage) or those exempted by the department. [1967 c.154 §1]

Source: Section 635.015 — Definitions , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors635.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 633.610 — OR Code / Title 49 / Chapter 633 / Section 633.610
633.610 Seed testing fund
Status: in_force

All moneys collected as fees or charges for seed testing work shall be deposited in a special fund to be known as the seed testing fund. The fund shall be maintained by the dean, who may expend such funds, in the manner usually employed by the experiment station in disbursement of receipts, for:

(1) Salaries, wages and necessary expenses of employees while on official duty.

(2) The purchase of necessary equipment, materials and supplies.

(3) Other expenses necessary to the carrying out of seed testing work.

Source: Section 633.610 — Seed testing fund , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors633.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 632.475 — OR Code / Title 49 / Chapter 632 / Section 632.475
632.475 Possession of unlabeled, falsely labeled or deceptively packed products
Status: in_force

(1) No person shall have in possession for sale or transportation any horticultural products not labeled as required in ORS 632.450 (Definitions for ORS 632.450 to 632.485) to 632.485 (Enforcement) , or falsely marked or labeled, or deceptively packed contrary to the provisions of ORS 632.450 (Definitions for ORS 632.450 to 632.485) to 632.485 (Enforcement) .

(2) The possession for sale or transportation by such person of any such horticultural products so falsely marked, labeled or packed is prima facie evidence that such person has so falsely marked, labeled or packed such horticultural products.

(3) The provisions of ORS 632.450 (Definitions for ORS 632.450 to 632.485) to 632.485 (Enforcement) do not apply to the transportation of horticultural products by common carrier, except when the common carrier is issued a written notice by the State Department of Agriculture that the lot of horticultural products offered for shipments has been seized by the department for not meeting the requirements of ORS 632.450 (Definitions for ORS 632.450 to 632.485) to 632.485 (Enforcement) and the notice is accompanied with a copy of the seizure notice. [Formerly 616.530]

Source: Section 632.475 — Possession of unlabeled, falsely labeled or deceptively packed products , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors632.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 616.890 — OR Code / Title 49 / Chapter 616 / Section 616.890
616.890 Short title
Status: in_force

ORS 616.850 (Definitions for ORS 616.850 to 616.890) to 616.890 (Short title) may be cited as the Unit Pricing Law. [1977 c.181 §2; 2009 c.175 §10]

Source: Section 616.890 — Short title , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors616.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 632.960 — OR Code / Title 49 / Chapter 632 / Section 632.960
632.960 Appeal to department for classification
Status: in_force

Whenever any quantity of any horticultural or agricultural product has been inspected under ORS 632.940 (Inspection and classification of horticultural and agricultural products by department) and 632.955 (Investigation of complaint of purchaser’s misrepresentation of product) to 632.980 (Improper grading and incorrect certificates prohibited) and a question arises as to whether the certificate issued therefor shows the true grade, classification, quality or condition of such product, any interested person, subject to such regulations as the State Department of Agriculture may prescribe, may appeal the question to the department. The department is authorized to cause such investigation to be made and such tests to be applied as it may deem necessary and to determine and issue a finding as to the true grade or classification of the product or the quality or condition thereof. Whenever any appeal is taken to the department under this section it shall charge and assess and collect, or cause to be collected, a reasonable fee, to be fixed by it, which shall be refunded if the appeal is sustained. [Formerly 616.455]

Source: Section 632.960 — Appeal to department for classification; fee , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors632.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 616.775 — OR Code / Title 49 / Chapter 616 / Section 616.775
616.775 Definitions for ORS 616.775 to 616.790
Status: in_force

As used in ORS 616.775 (Definitions for ORS 616.775 to 616.790) to 616.790 (Enforcement of ORS 616.775 to 616.790 by department) unless the context requires otherwise:

(1) “Bread,” “rolls” and “buns” have the same meaning as they have in ORS 625.212 (Definitions for ORS 625.215) .

(2) “Flour,” “white flour,” “wheat flour,” “plain flour,” “bromated flour,” “self-rising flour,” “self-rising white flour,” “self-rising wheat flour,” “phosphated flour,” “phosphated white flour” and “phosphated wheat flour” have the same meaning as they have in the definitions and standards promulgated by the State Department of Agriculture pursuant to ORS 616.780 (Standards of identity or quality for flours, macaroni and noodle products) and 625.160 (Powers of department) .

(3) “Macaroni products,” “vegetable macaroni products,” “macaroni products made with nonfat milk,” “noodle products” and “vegetable noodle products” have the same meaning as they have in the definitions and standards promulgated by the State Department of Agriculture pursuant to ORS 616.780 (Standards of identity or quality for flours, macaroni and noodle products) .

(4) “Enriched” as applied to any of the flours, macaroni products and noodle products defined in subsections (2) and (3) of this section means the addition of the vitamins, minerals and other nutrients necessary to make that food conform to the definition and standards for enriched flour, enriched macaroni products and enriched noodle products promulgated by the State Department of Agriculture pursuant to ORS 616.780 (Standards of identity or quality for flours, macaroni and noodle products) and 625.160 (Powers of department) . [1971 c.176 §5; 1975 c.265 §3]

Source: Section 616.775 — Definitions for ORS 616.775 to 616.790 , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors616.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 616.711 — OR Code / Title 49 / Chapter 616 / Section 616.711
616.711 Where licenses not required
Status: in_force

(1) No license or duplicate of a license, as prescribed in ORS 616.706 (Licenses) , is necessary for food establishments where the principal activity is the receiving, storage, sorting, cleaning and packing of fresh fruits and vegetables.

(2) All provisions of ORS 616.695 (Definitions for ORS 616.695 to 616.755) to 616.755 (Securing information from health officers) other than licensing apply to food establishments set forth in subsection (1) of this section.

(3) The provisions of ORS 616.695 (Definitions for ORS 616.695 to 616.755) to 616.755 (Securing information from health officers) do not apply to:

(a) Restaurants, bed and breakfast facilities, intermittent temporary restaurants, seasonal temporary restaurants, single-event temporary restaurants, commissaries, vending machines and mobile food and beverage units licensed under ORS 624.010 (Definitions for ORS 624.010 to 624.121) to 624.121 (State Food Service Advisory Committee) , 624.310 (Definitions for ORS 624.310 to 624.430) to 624.430 (Fee payment) or those that are exempted under ORS 624.330 (Exemption of certain commissaries, mobile units and vending machines from licensing requirements) .

(b) Food service facilities not preparing food for distribution to the public or to institutional facilities licensed and regulated by the Department of Human Services or the Oregon Health Authority.

(c) Shellfish operations licensed under ORS chapter 622.

(d) A person processing, manufacturing or packaging food for family use or consumption.

(e) Commercial transit salvage operations not involving sale of food to the general public. [1965 c.501 §4; 1973 c.423 §1; 1975 c.389 §4; 1982 s.s.1 c.4 §5; 1983 c.160 §4; 1987 c.226 §9; 2009 c.595 §996; 2011 c.664 §17]

Source: Section 616.711 — Where licenses not required; when ORS 616.695 to 616.755 not applicable , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors616.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 624.111 — OR Code / Title 49 / Chapter 624 / Section 624.111
624.111 Inspection of event facilities and operation under license of benevolent organization
Status: in_force

(1) At any time during the operation of a single-event temporary restaurant licensed under ORS 624.106 (Issuance of single-event temporary restaurant license to benevolent organization) , the Director of the Oregon Health Authority may inspect the facilities and operation.

(2) The benevolent organization or service provider operating the single-event temporary restaurant shall, upon request of the director, permit access to all parts of the establishment. [Formerly 624.067; 2009 c.595 §1014; 2011 c.664 §12]

Source: Section 624.111 — Inspection of event facilities and operation under license of benevolent organization , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors624.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 618.406 — OR Code / Title 49 / Chapter 618 / Section 618.406
618.406 Definitions
Status: in_force

(1) As used in this section:

(a) “Deputy state sealer” means the person appointed by the Director of Agriculture to supervise the weights and measures section.

(b) “Inspector” means a state employee designated by the director as a supervisor or inspector of weights and measures.

(2) In enforcing violations subject to penalty under ORS 618.991 (Penalties) , the director has authority to issue and serve citations to any person violating such laws.

(3) The director may delegate the powers referred to in subsection (2) of this section to the deputy state sealer and to inspectors. The deputy state sealer and inspectors with authority to serve citations under this section shall issue those citations in the manner provided by ORS chapter 153.

(4) Upon issuance of a citation for a violation subject to penalty under ORS 618.991 (Penalties) , the deputy state sealer or inspector issuing the citation shall retain a record copy for the State Department of Agriculture. [1973 c.374 §5; 1999 c.1051 §109; 2005 c.22 §434]

Source: Section 618.406 — Definitions; citations for certain violations; delegation of authority; service of citations; recording , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors618.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 633.083 — OR Code / Title 49 / Chapter 633 / Section 633.083
633.083 Cooperation with governmental units
Status: in_force

The State Department of Agriculture may cooperate with and enter into contracts and agreements with governmental agencies of this state, other states, the federal government, county governments of this state or municipalities in this state, in connection with the administration of ORS 633.006 (Definitions for ORS 633.006 to 633.089) to 633.089 (Disposition of moneys received by department) and 633.992 (Criminal penalties) and of the provisions of federal laws or regulations relating to the operation of animal feed manufacturing plants in Oregon. [1971 c.489 §8]

Source: Section 633.083 — Cooperation with governmental units , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors633.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 616.992 — OR Code / Title 49 / Chapter 616 / Section 616.992
616.992 General criminal penalty
Status: in_force

The violation of any provisions of this chapter or of any rule adopted under this chapter is a Class B misdemeanor for a first offense, and a Class A misdemeanor for a second or subsequent offense. [1973 c.227 §28; 2009 c.11 §79; 2009 c.175 §1]

Source: Section 616.992 — General criminal penalty , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors616.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 632.600 — OR Code / Title 49 / Chapter 632 / Section 632.600
632.600 Inspection districts
Status: in_force

(1) The State Department of Agriculture may designate certain areas as inspection districts and certain cities as inspection points, as necessary for the enforcement of ORS 632.516 (Establishment of grades and standards) to 632.625 (Violation of walnut and filbert law prohibited) and the rules and regulations of the department.

(2) All unshelled walnuts and unshelled filberts shipped out of or into or received in such inspection districts or inspection points in lots of 250 pounds or more shall be inspected by the department in accordance with its rules and regulations. However, no inspection shall be required for such nuts in transit to a processing plant. Not more than one inspection shall be made by the department for any car or lot of unshelled walnuts, or unshelled filberts unless the buyer or seller of the car or lot applies for reinspection and advances the charges for it as provided by the department. Any shipper of unshelled walnuts or unshelled filberts who feels that the grade established on any lot of nuts by any inspector, agent or representative of the department is not a true grade of such lot of unshelled walnuts or unshelled filberts may appeal to the department for a reinspection. However, the department may inspect any lot of less than 250 pounds, if at any time it deems it necessary.

(3) The department may fix, assess and collect or cause to be collected fees for all inspections of unshelled walnuts and unshelled filberts, on a uniform basis, in an amount determined to be reasonable and to cover the cost of its inspections and the enforcement of ORS 632.516 (Establishment of grades and standards) to 632.625 (Violation of walnut and filbert law prohibited) . [Amended by 1955 c.239 §7]

Source: Section 632.600 — Inspection districts; inspection, reinspection and fees , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors632.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 622.240 — OR Code / Title 49 / Chapter 622 / Section 622.240
622.240 Classifying lands for cultivation
Status: in_force

The State Department of Agriculture shall investigate and classify those state lands that are suitable for oyster, clam or mussel cultivation. The department shall consult with appropriate local, state and federal agencies to determine whether lands proposed by an applicant for oyster, clam and mussel cultivation are suitable for such shellfish cultivation. [Formerly 509.429; 1997 c.375 §3]

Source: Section 622.240 — Classifying lands for cultivation , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors622.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 621.340 — OR Code / Title 49 / Chapter 621 / Section 621.340
621.340 Selling frozen dessert with excessive bacteria count prohibited
Status: in_force

A frozen dessert wholesaler shall not sell, offer for sale or possess with intent to sell a frozen dessert or frozen dessert mix that has an excessive bacteria count as established by rule of the State Department of Agriculture. Frozen desserts in which cultured milk is an ingredient shall not be required to meet any bacteria count standards. [Amended by 1953 c.684 §12; 1969 c.152 §3; 1999 c.197 §46]

Source: Section 621.340 — Selling frozen dessert with excessive bacteria count prohibited , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors621.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 616.286 — OR Code / Title 49 / Chapter 616 / Section 616.286
616.286 Inspection and investigation powers of department
Status: in_force

(1) For purposes of enforcement of ORS 616.205 (Definitions for ORS 616.205 to 616.385) to 616.385 (Public hearing required for rules) , the State Department of Agriculture or any of its authorized representatives are authorized upon presentation of appropriate credentials to the owner, operator or agent in charge:

(a) To enter at reasonable times any food establishment or warehouse in which food is being held for introduction into commerce or vehicle being used to transport, hold or introduce such food in commerce.

(b) To inspect at reasonable times and within reasonable limits such food establishment, warehouse or vehicle and all pertinent equipment, finished and unfinished materials, containers and labeling therein, and to obtain samples necessary to the enforcement of ORS 616.205 (Definitions for ORS 616.205 to 616.385) to 616.385 (Public hearing required for rules) .

(c) To have access to and to copy all records of carriers in commerce showing the movement in commerce of any food or the holding thereof during or after such movement, and the quantity, shipper and consignee thereof. Evidence obtained under the authority of this paragraph may not be used in a criminal prosecution of the person from whom obtained and carriers are not subject to other provisions of ORS 616.205 (Definitions for ORS 616.205 to 616.385) to 616.385 (Public hearing required for rules) by reason of their receipt, carriage, holding or delivery of food in the usual course of business as carriers.

(d) To enter at reasonable times any retail food establishment holding a valid liquor license to insure that the retail establishment properly posts the sign required by ORS 471.551 (Warning signs required) .

(2) Upon completion of any inspection of a food establishment, warehouse or vehicle, and prior to leaving the premises, the authorized representative of the department making the inspection shall furnish to the owner, operator or agent in charge a written report setting forth any conditions or practices observed by such representatives which in the judgment of the representative indicate that any food in such establishment, warehouse or vehicle:

(a) Consists in whole or in part of any filthy, putrid or decomposed substance; or

(b) Has been prepared, packed or held, in whole or in part, under insanitary conditions whereby it may have become contaminated with filth or whereby it may have been rendered injurious to health.

(3) If the authorized representative of the department making any inspection of a food establishment, warehouse or vehicle has obtained samples in the course of such inspection, upon completion of the inspection and prior to leaving the premises, the representative shall furnish to the owner, operator or agent in charge a receipt describing the samples obtained, and shall tender or offer payment therefor.

(4) If samples are obtained as provided in subsection (3) of this section, and analyses are made of such samples for the purpose of ascertaining whether such food consists in whole or in part of any filthy, putrid or decomposed substance or is otherwise unfit for food, a copy of the results of such analyses shall be furnished by the department to the owner, operator or agent in charge. [1973 c.227 §12 (enacted in lieu of 616.285); 1991 c.324 §7; 2001 c.320 §6]

Source: Section 616.286 — Inspection and investigation powers of department , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors616.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 624.077 — OR Code / Title 49 / Chapter 624 / Section 624.077
624.077 Rating surveys
Status: in_force

The Oregon Health Authority shall make such rating surveys as are necessary to obtain uniform enforcement of ORS 624.010 (Definitions for ORS 624.010 to 624.121) to 624.121 (State Food Service Advisory Committee) throughout the state, and shall prepare and disseminate information pertaining to educational programs for the purpose of encouraging compliance with ORS 624.010 (Definitions for ORS 624.010 to 624.121) to 624.121 (State Food Service Advisory Committee) on the part of owners, managers and employees of eating and drinking establishments. [Formerly 624.110; 2009 c.595 §1008]

Source: Section 624.077 — Rating surveys; preparing and disseminating information for educational programs , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors624.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 633.015 — OR Code / Title 49 / Chapter 633 / Section 633.015
633.015 Registration of commercial feed required
Status: in_force

(1) A person may not distribute a nonregistered commercial feed. Except as provided in subsections (2), (5) and (6) of this section, every brand, and each formula or formulation thereof, of commercial feeds manufactured, compounded, delivered or distributed in this state must be registered with the State Department of Agriculture. The distributor must submit an application for registration on forms furnished by the department. If the department so requests, the distributor must submit the label or a facsimile of the label and other printed matter describing the product. Upon approval by the department, a certificate of registration shall be furnished to the distributor. All registrations expire on December 31 of each year or on such date as may be specified by department rule. The application must include the information required by ORS 633.026 (Labeling requirements for commercial feed) (1)(a) to (f) and such other information as the department may require.

(2) A distributor is not required to register any brand of commercial feed that has been registered under ORS 633.006 (Definitions for ORS 633.006 to 633.089) to 633.089 (Disposition of moneys received by department) by another person.

(3) Changes in the guarantee of either chemical or ingredient composition of a registered commercial feed may be permitted, if there is satisfactory evidence that such changes would not result in a lowering of the feeding value of the product for the purpose for which designed.

(4) The department may refuse registration of any commercial feed if the application is not in compliance with the provisions of ORS 633.006 (Definitions for ORS 633.006 to 633.089) to 633.089 (Disposition of moneys received by department) . The department may cancel any registration subsequently found not to be in compliance with any provision of ORS 633.006 (Definitions for ORS 633.006 to 633.089) to 633.089 (Disposition of moneys received by department) . The department shall give the registrant reasonable opportunity to be heard before the department and to amend the application in order to comply with the requirements of ORS 633.006 (Definitions for ORS 633.006 to 633.089) to 633.089 (Disposition of moneys received by department) .

(5) Custom mixed feeds are exempt from registration.

(6) Wild bird feed consisting of unmixed seeds is exempt from registration.

(7) Each application for registration must be accompanied by a fee to be established by the department not to exceed $60 for each formula or formulation of commercial feed under each brand. [1961 c.314 §2; 1967 c.591 §3; 1971 c.489 §1; 2001 c.137 §5; 2007 c.71 §192; 2007 c.282 §2; 2007 c.768 §36; 2021 c.565 §1]

Source: Section 633.015 — Registration of commercial feed required; rules; exemption; fee , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors633.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 616.686 — OR Code / Title 49 / Chapter 616 / Section 616.686
616.686 Farm direct marketing rules
Status: in_force

(1) The State Department of Agriculture may adopt rules for the administration and enforcement of ORS 616.683 (Regulatory exemption for sales location and farm direct marketer of certain agricultural products) .

(2) The State Department of Agriculture may not adopt rules to decrease an acidified food sales limit previously established by the department by rule. [2011 c.288 §3; 2019 c.57 §30; 2023 c.181 §4]

Note: See note under 616.680 (Definitions for ORS 616.680, 616.683 and 616.686) .

Source: Section 616.686 — Farm direct marketing rules , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors616.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 632.730 — OR Code / Title 49 / Chapter 632 / Section 632.730
632.730 Commercial egg breaker’s permit
Status: in_force

No person shall engage in the commercial breaking of eggs for the purpose of recovering therefrom, for human food, the whites, yolks or whole egg meats, or any part thereof, for resale as such, without first obtaining from the State Department of Agriculture a permit to do so. Such permit shall be issued to any person making written application for it and a proper showing of ability and intent to comply with the sanitary requirement specified by ORS 632.705 (Definitions for ORS 632.705 to 632.815) to 632.815 (Disposition of fees) , and payment to the department of an annual permit fee of $75. Such permit shall expire on June 30 next following its date of issuance or on such date as may be specified by department rule. Such permits may be renewed from year to year upon written application and payment of the annual permit fee.

[Formerly 632.040; 1975 c.748 §4; 1982 s.s.1 c.4 §13; 2007 c.768 §35]

Source: Section 632.730 — Commercial egg breaker’s permit; fee , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors632.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 616.360 — OR Code / Title 49 / Chapter 616 / Section 616.360
616.360 Standards for rules
Status: in_force

In the promulgation of rules under ORS 616.341 (Use of poisons, pesticides or food additives restricted) , 616.345 (Rules governing use of pesticide chemicals) , 616.350 (Control of food additives) , 616.366 (Rules for use of poisons, pesticides, food or color additives) and 616.380 (Enforcement procedure for control of food additives) , the State Department of Agriculture shall give appropriate consideration to:

(1) Measures and procedures required to protect the health and life of animals and the people of this state.

(2) The laws of other states.

(3) The laws of the United States. The department’s rules shall conform in so far as practicable with, but shall not be more restrictive than, the laws and rules of the federal Food and Drug Administration.

(4) The opinions of recognized experts and governmental agencies in the field of food additives. [1961 c.637 §9; 1973 c.227 §20]

Source: Section 616.360 — Standards for rules , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors616.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 616.265 — OR Code / Title 49 / Chapter 616 / Section 616.265
616.265 When advertisement deemed false
Status: in_force

An advertisement of a food shall be deemed to be false if it is false or misleading in any particular.

Source: Section 616.265 — When advertisement deemed false , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors616.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 621.259 — OR Code / Title 49 / Chapter 621 / Section 621.259
621.259 Pasteurization equipment
Status: in_force

If pasteurization equipment is used by a distributor or producer-distributor or at a dairy products plant, the distributor, producer-distributor or dairy products plant licensee shall ensure that the pasteurization process is under the direct supervision of a pasteurizer operator licensed under ORS 621.266 (Pasteurizer operator license) . [Formerly 621.118]

Source: Section 621.259 — Pasteurization equipment; supervision by licensed pasteurizer operator , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors621.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 633.028 — OR Code / Title 49 / Chapter 633 / Section 633.028
633.028 Information required to accompany custom mixed feed
Status: in_force

(1) A custom mixed feed delivered to a final consumer must be accompanied by at least one label, invoice, delivery slip or other shipping document that bears all of the following information:

(a) The name and principal mailing address of the manufacturer.

(b) The name and address of the final consumer.

(c) The date of delivery.

(d) The quantity delivered.

(e) Adequate directions for use if the custom mixed feed contains drugs or if the State Department of Agriculture, by rule, determines that directions are necessary for safe and effective use of the feed.

(2) If the custom mixed feed contains drugs, the label, invoice, delivery slip or other shipping document referred to in subsection (1) of this section must bear the following information in addition to the information required under subsection (1) of this section:

(a) A statement of the claimed purpose of the drugs;

(b) The established name of each active drug ingredient; and

(c) The level of each drug used in the final mixture.

(3) If a custom mixed feed is delivered to a final consumer in bags or other containers, each container must be labeled with the name of the final consumer or with the order number. If a custom mixed feed is delivered in bulk, the name of the final consumer or the order number must be printed on each delivery ticket or on a label attached to each delivery ticket.

(4) A person that distributes a custom mixed feed to a final consumer shall ensure that all labels, invoices, delivery tickets or other shipping documents required by this section accompany the custom mixed feed.

(5) Upon request, a distributor shall provide a final consumer with the information required by this section, including but not limited to the name and number of pounds of each ingredient or commercial feed used in the custom mixed feed. A seller shall maintain records adequate to derive the information required by this subsection for two years from the date of sale. The department may inspect records required under this subsection and any unsold quantities of custom mixed feed during the seller’s regular business hours. [2001 c.137 §3]

Source: Section 633.028 — Information required to accompany custom mixed feed; rules; records , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors633.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).
ORS § 633.037 — OR Code / Title 49 / Chapter 633 / Section 633.037
633.037 Records required of licensees
Status: in_force

A person or contract feeder who manufactures, mixes or processes feeds in which drugs have been used so that the person or contract feeder is not exempt from the provisions of ORS 633.029 (License required for animal feed manufacturers and distributors) , shall maintain an accurate record for at least one year from the date the drugs were so used showing the name or identity of each drug so used and its level of usage. The State Department of Agriculture is authorized to inspect the records of such persons to insure compliance with ORS 633.029 (License required for animal feed manufacturers and distributors) and this section. [1967 c.591 §6a; 1973 c.342 §1]

Source: Section 633.037 — Records required of licensees; records inspection by department , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors633.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).