Source: http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/3715
Timestamp: 2019-04-24 22:13:51+00:00

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(1) "Person" means an individual, partnership, corporation, or association.
(6) "Label" means a display of written, printed, or graphic matter upon the immediate container, exclusive of package liners, of any article.
(8) "Advertisement" means all representations disseminated in any manner or by any means, other than by labeling, for the purpose of inducing, or that are likely to induce, directly or indirectly, the purchase of food, drugs, devices, or cosmetics.
(10) "Contaminated with filth" applies to any food, drug, device, or cosmetic that has not been protected as far as may be necessary by all reasonable means from dust, dirt, and all foreign or injurious substances.
(11) "Honey" means the nectar and saccharine exudation of plants that has been gathered, modified, and stored in a honeycomb by honeybees.
(12) "Finished dosage form" means the form of a drug that is, or is intended to be, dispensed or administered to humans or animals and requires no further manufacturing or processing other than packaging, reconstituting, or labeling.
(14) "Dangerous drug" has the same meaning as in section 4729.01 of the Revised Code.
(15) "Generically equivalent drug" means a drug that contains identical amounts of the identical active ingredients, but not necessarily containing the same inactive ingredients, that meets the identical compendial or other applicable standard of identity, strength, quality, and purity, including potency, and where applicable, content uniformity, disintegration times, or dissolution rates, as the prescribed brand name drug and the manufacturer or distributor holds, if applicable, either an approved new drug application or an approved abbreviated new drug application unless other approval by law or from the federal food and drug administration is required.
(16) "Licensed health professional authorized to prescribe drugs" and "prescriber" have the same meanings as in section 4729.01 of the Revised Code.
(17) "Home" means the primary residence occupied by the residence's owner, on the condition that the residence contains only one stove or oven used for cooking, which may be a double oven, designed for common residence usage and not for commercial usage, and that the stove or oven be operated in an ordinary kitchen within the residence.
(19) "Cottage food production operation" means a person who, in the person's home, produces food items that are not potentially hazardous foods, including bakery products, jams, jellies, candy, fruit butter, and similar products specified in rules adopted pursuant to section 3715.025 of the Revised Code.
(20) "Biological product" means, except as provided in section 3715.011 of the Revised Code, a drug that is a biological product, as defined on the effective date of this amendment in subsection (i) of section 351 of the "Public Health Service Act," 42 U.S.C. 262(i).
(b) A biological product that, prior to the effective date of this amendment, was determined by the United States food and drug administration to be therapeutically equivalent as set forth in its publication titled "Approved Drug Products with Therapeutic Equivalence Evaluations."
Amended by 131st General Assembly File No. TBD, HB 505, §1, eff. 3/20/2017.
3715.011 Effect of changes to federal law.
(1) An article is added to or removed from the definition of biological product in subsection (i) of section 351 of the "Public Health Service Act" 42 U.S.C. 262m.
(2) The United States food and drug administration determines that a biological product meets the standards for interchangeability set forth in section 351 of the "Public Health Service Act," 42 U.S.C. 262(k). and the product is licensed under that subsection.
(3) The United States food and drug administration determines that a biological product no longer meets the standards for interchangeability set forth in section 351 of the "Public Health Service Act," 42 U.S.C. 262(k). and the product's license under that subsection is suspended or revoked.
(B) The state board of pharmacy may adopt rules that exclude a biological product or interchangeable biological product that, pursuant to division (A) of this section, would otherwise be included under this chapter and Chapter 4729. of the Revised Code. The board's rules shall establish criteria to be used in determining whether a product is to be excluded.
All rules adopted under this division shall be adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code.
Added by 131st General Assembly File No. TBD, HB 505, §1, eff. 3/20/2017.
(A) As used in this section, "food processing establishment" means a premises or part of a premises where food is processed, packaged, manufactured, or otherwise held or handled for distribution to another location or for sale at wholesale. "Food processing establishment" includes the activities of a bakery, confectionery, cannery, bottler, warehouse, or distributor, and the activities of an entity that receives or salvages distressed food for sale or use as food. A "food processing establishment" does not include a cottage food production operation; a processor of maple syrup who boils sap when a minimum of seventy-five per cent of the sap used to produce the syrup is collected directly from trees by that processor; a processor of sorghum who processes sorghum juice when a minimum of seventy-five per cent of the sorghum juice used to produce the sorghum is extracted directly from sorghum plants by that processor; a beekeeper who jars honey when a minimum of seventy-five per cent of the honey is from that beekeeper's own hives; or a processor of apple syrup or apple butter who directly harvests from trees a minimum of seventy-five per cent of the apples used to produce the apple syrup or apple butter.
(B) The director of agriculture shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code that establish, when otherwise not established by the Revised Code, standards and good manufacturing practices for food processing establishments, including the facilities of food processing establishments and their sanitation. The rules shall conform with or be equivalent to the standards for foods established by the United States food and drug administration in Title 21 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
A business or that portion of a business that is regulated by the department of agriculture under Chapter 917. or 918. of the Revised Code is not subject to regulation under this section as a food processing establishment.
(A) All food products, including those produced and packaged by a cottage food production operation, and all packaged maple syrup, sorghum, and honey, are subject to food sampling conducted by the director of agriculture, or a representative the director authorizes, to determine if a food product is misbranded or adulterated. A component of the food sampling conducted under this section may include the performance of sample analyses in accordance with section 3715.02 of the Revised Code.
(A) A maple syrup or sorghum processor and beekeeper described in division (A) of section 3715.021 of the Revised Code may request that the director of agriculture conduct a voluntary inspection of the processor's or beekeeper's facilities. After the inspection is completed, if the inspector determines that the facilities comply with the rules adopted by the director pursuant to division (B) of this section, the processor or beekeeper may place on the label required under section 3715.023 of the Revised Code a seal of conformity and inspection of the department of agriculture.
(A) A cottage food production operation shall not process acidified foods, low acid canned foods, or potentially hazardous foods.
(B) The director of agriculture shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code specifying the food items a cottage food production operation may produce that are in addition to the food items identified by name in division (A)(19) of section 3715.01 of the Revised Code. The director shall not adopt rules that permit a cottage food production operation to produce any food that is a potentially hazardous food.
The director of agriculture, in performing duties under this chapter, may enter a creamery, factory, store salesroom, pharmacy, laboratory, or other place where the director believes or has reason to believe drugs, food, or drink is made, prepared, dispensed, sold, or offered for sale; examine the books therein; and open a cask, tub, jar, bottle, or other package containing or supposed to contain a drug or an article of food or drink and examine the contents or cause them to be examined and analyzed.
(1) "Certificate of health and freesale" means a document issued by the director of agriculture that certifies to states and countries receiving products that the products have been produced and warehoused in this state under sanitary conditions at a food processing establishment or at a place of business of a manufacturer of over-the-counter drugs or cosmetics, as applicable, that has been inspected by the department of agriculture. Other names of documents that are synonymous with "certificate of health and freesale" include, but are not limited to, "sanitary certificate of health and freesale"; "certificate of origin"; "certificate of freesale"; "certificate of health and origin"; "certificate of freesale, sanitary and purity"; and "certificate of freesale, health and origin."
(2) "Food processing establishment" has the same meaning as in section 3715.021 of the Revised Code.
(B) Upon the request of a food processing establishment, manufacturer of over-the-counter drugs, or manufacturer of cosmetics, the director may issue a certificate of health and freesale after determining that conditions at the establishment or place of business of the manufacturer, as applicable, have been found to be sanitary through an inspection conducted pursuant to this chapter. For each certificate issued, the director shall charge the establishment or manufacturer a fee in the amount of twenty dollars. The director shall deposit all fees collected under this section to the credit of the food safety fund created in section 915.24 of the Revised Code.
(1) As used in this section, "food processing establishment" has the same meaning as in section 3715.021 of the Revised Code.
(2) A person that operates a food processing establishment shall register the establishment annually with the director of agriculture. The person shall submit an application for registration or renewal on a form prescribed and provided by the director. Except as provided in division (G) of this section, an application for registration or renewal shall be accompanied by a registration fee in an amount established in rules adopted under this section. If a person files an application for registration on or after the first day of August of any year, the fee shall be one-half of the annual registration fee.
(1) The director shall inspect the food processing establishment for which an application for initial registration has been submitted. If, upon inspection, the director finds that the establishment is in compliance with this chapter and Chapter 911., 913., 915., or 925. of the Revised Code, as applicable, or applicable rules adopted under those chapters, the director shall issue a certificate of registration to the food processing establishment. A food processing establishment registration expires on the thirty-first day of January and is valid until that date unless it is suspended or revoked under this section.
(2) A person that is operating a food processing establishment shall apply to the director for a certificate of registration not later than a date specified by the director in rules adopted under this section. If an application is not filed with the director or postmarked on or before that date, the director shall assess a late fee in an amount established in rules adopted under this section.
(1) A food processing establishment registration may be renewed by the director. A person seeking registration renewal shall submit an application for renewal to the director not later than the thirty-first day of January. The director shall issue a renewed certificate of registration on receipt of a complete renewal application except as provided in division (C)(2) of this section.
(2) If a renewal application is not filed with the director or postmarked on or before the thirty-first day of January, the director shall assess a late fee in an amount established in rules adopted under this section. The director shall not renew the registration until the applicant pays the late fee.
(D) A copy of the food processing establishment registration certificate shall be conspicuously displayed in an area of the establishment to which customers of the establishment have access.
(1) The director or the director's designee may issue an order suspending or revoking a food processing establishment registration upon determining that the registration holder is in violation of this chapter or Chapter 911., 913., 915., or 925. of the Revised Code, as applicable, or applicable rules adopted under those chapters. Except as provided in division (E)(2) of this section, a registration shall not be suspended or revoked until the registration holder is provided an opportunity to appeal the suspension or revocation in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code.
(2) If the director determines that a food processing establishment presents an immediate danger to the public health, the director may issue an order immediately suspending the establishment's registration without affording the registration holder an opportunity for a hearing. The director then shall afford the registration holder a hearing in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code not later than ten days after the date of suspension.
(c) If, within five years of the issuance of the letter of warning to the person, the director has previously assessed two or more civil penalties against the person under this section, in an amount not exceeding five thousand dollars.
(5) Any other procedures and requirements that are necessary to administer and enforce this section.
(6) Persons that are engaged in egg production and that maintain annually five hundred or fewer laying hens.
(H) All money that is collected under this section shall be credited to the food safety fund created in section 915.24 of the Revised Code.
3715.05 Sale of pseudoephedrine or ephedrine product.
(8) "Proof of age" means a driver's license, a commercial driver's license, a military identification card, a passport, or an identification card issued under sections 4507.50 to 4507.52 of the Revised Code that shows a person is eighteen years of age or older.
(9) "Pseudoephedrine" means any material, compound, mixture, or preparation that contains any quantity of pseudoephedrine, any of its salts, optical isomers, or salts of optical isomers.
(10) "Pseudoephedrine product" means a consumer product that contains pseudoephedrine .
(11) "Retailer" means a place of business that offers consumer products for sale to the general public.
(12) "Single-ingredient preparation" means a compound, mixture, preparation, or substance that contains a single active ingredient.
(13) "Stop-sale alert" means a notification sent from the national precursor log exchange to a retailer or terminal distributor of dangerous drugs indicating that the completion of a sale of a pseudoephedrine product or ephedrine product would result in a violation of division (A)(1) of section 2925.56 of the Revised Code or federal law.
Prescriptions, orders, and records maintained pursuant to this section and stocks of pseudoephedrine products and ephedrine products shall be open for inspection to federal, state, county, and municipal officers, and employees of the state board of pharmacy whose duty it is to enforce the laws of this state or of the United States relating to controlled substances. Such prescriptions, orders, records, and stocks shall be open for inspection by the state medical board and its employees for purposes of enforcing Chapter 4731. of the Revised Code.
Amended by 129th General AssemblyFile No.189, HB 334, §1, eff. 3/20/2013.
"Ohio law prohibits the over-the-counter purchase of a consumer product containing a total amount of base pseudoephedrine or base ephedrine that exceeds either three and six tenths grams in a single day or nine grams within any period of thirty consecutive days. If, without a valid prescription, you purchase a consumer product containing pseudoephedrine or ephedrine, you are required to sign a log book that may be accessible to law enforcement officers and provide a government-issued identification card to verify your identity. Except in limited circumstances, the purchase of more than the permissible amount of a consumer product containing pseudoephedrine or ephedrine, and the purchase by any individual under eighteen years of age of a consumer product containing pseudoephedrine or ephedrine, are subject to criminal prosecution or delinquency proceedings in accordance with Ohio law. Also, the provision of false information concerning an individual's name, age, or other identification for the purpose of acquiring a consumer product containing pseudoephedrine or ephedrine is subject to criminal prosecution or delinquency proceedings in accordance with Ohio law."
Added by 129th General AssemblyFile No.189, HB 334, §1, eff. 3/20/2013.
The duty to comply with this section is subject to the conditions specified in section 3715.053 of the Revised Code.
(1) Except as provided in division (B)(2) of this section, a retailer or terminal distributor of dangerous drugs shall not complete a sale if the exchange generates a stop-sale alert after the information is submitted under division (A)(1) of this section.
A retailer or terminal distributor of dangerous drugs is not liable in damages in a civil action for injury, death, or loss to person or property resulting from any act or omission in carrying out the duties specified in sections 3715.05, 3715.051, and 3715.052 of the Revised Code regarding the sale of a pseudoephedrine product or ephedrine product, unless the act or omission is negligent or reckless or constitutes willful or wanton misconduct.
(2) Law enforcement authorities. If the incident is a theft and the theft constitutes a felony, the retailer, terminal distributor of dangerous drugs, pharmacy, prescriber, or wholesaler shall report the theft to the law enforcement authorities in accordance with section 2921.22 of the Revised Code.
(B) Within thirty days after making a report by telephone to the state board of pharmacy pursuant to division (A)(1) of this section, a retailer, terminal distributor of dangerous drugs, pharmacy, prescriber, or wholesaler shall send a written report to the state board of pharmacy.
(C) The reports required under this section shall identify the product that was stolen or lost, the amount of the product stolen or lost, and the date and time of discovery of the theft or loss.
(A) Almond extract is the flavoring extract prepared from oil of bitter almonds, free from hydrocyanic acid, and shall contain not less than one per cent by volume of oil of bitter almonds.
(B) Anise extract is the flavoring extract prepared from oil of anise, and shall contain not less than three per cent by volume of oil of anise.
(C) Celery seed extract is the flavoring extract prepared from celery seed or the oil of celery seed, or both, and shall contain not less than three-tenths per cent by volume of oil of celery seed.
(D) Cassia extract is the flavoring extract prepared from oil of cassia, and shall contain not less than two per cent by volume of oil of cassia.
(E) Cinnamon extract is the flavoring extract prepared from oil of cinnamon, and shall contain not less than two per cent by volume of oil of cinnamon.
(F) Clove extract is the flavoring extract prepared from oil of cloves, and shall contain not less than two percent by volume of oil of cloves.
(G) Ginger extract is the flavoring extract prepared from ginger, and shall contain in each one hundred cubic centimeters the alcohol-soluble matters from not less than twenty grams of ginger.
(H) Lemon extract is the flavoring extract prepared from oil of lemon or from lemon peel, or both, and shall contain not less than five per cent by volume of oil of lemon.
(I) Terpeneless extract of lemon is the flavoring extract prepared by shaking oil of lemon with dilute alcohol, or by dissolving terpeneless oil of lemon in dilute alcohol, and shall contain not less than two-tenths per cent by weight of citral derived from oil of lemon.
(J) Nutmeg extract is the flavoring extract prepared from oil of nutmeg, and shall contain not less than two per cent by volume of oil of nutmeg.
(K) Orange extract is the flavoring extract prepared from oil of orange or from orange peel, or both, and shall contain not less than five per cent by volume of oil of orange.
(L) Terpeneless extract of orange is the flavoring extract prepared by shaking oil of orange with dilute alcohol, or by dissolving terpeneless oil of orange in dilute alcohol and shall correspond in flavoring strength to orange extract.
(M) Peppermint extract is the flavoring extract prepared from oil of peppermint or from peppermint, or both, and shall contain not less than three per cent by volume of oil of peppermint.
(N) Rose extract is the flavoring extract prepared from otto of roses, with or without rose petals, and shall contain not less than four-tenths per cent by volume of otto of roses.
(O) Savory extract is the flavoring extract prepared from oil of savory or from savory, or both, and shall contain not less than thirty-five hundredths per cent by volume of oil of savory.
(P) Spearmint extract is the flavoring extract prepared from oil of spearmint or from spearmint, or both, and shall contain not less than three per cent by volume of oil of spearmint.
(Q) Star anise extract is the flavoring extract prepared from oil of star anise, and shall contain not less than three per cent by volume of oil of star anise.
(R) Sweet basil extract is the flavoring extract prepared from oil of sweet basil or from sweet basil, or both, and shall contain not less than one-tenth per cent by volume of oil of sweet basil.
(S) Sweet marjoram extract or marjoram extract is the flavoring extract prepared from the oil of marjoram or from marjoram, or both, and shall contain not less than one per cent by volume of oil of marjoram.
(T) Thyme extract is the flavoring extract prepared from oil of thyme or from thyme, or both, and shall contain not less than two-tenths per cent by volume of oil of thyme.
(U) Tonka extract is the flavoring extract prepared from tonka bean, with or without sugar or glycerine, and shall contain not less than one-tenth per cent by weight of coumarin extracted from the tonka bean, together with a corresponding proportion of the other soluble matters thereof.
(V) Vanilla extract is the flavoring extract prepared from vanilla bean, with or without sugar or glycerine, and shall contain in one hundred cubic centimeters the soluble matters from not less than ten grams of the vanilla bean.
(W) Wintergreen extract is the flavoring extract prepared from oil of wintergreen, and shall contain not less than three per cent by volume of oil of wintergreen.
All of said flavoring extracts shall be a solution in ethyl alcohol of proper strength of the sapid and odorous principles derived from an aromatic plant, or parts of the plant, and shall conform in name to the plant used in its preparation.
Renumbered as § 3719.064 by 132nd General Assembly File No. TBD, SB 119, §1, eff. 3/20/2019.
No person shall sell any diphtheria antitoxin produced and distributed by the department of health.
No dealer in preserved or canned fruits, vegetables, or other articles of food, shall offer them for sale unless they bear a mark to indicate the grade or quality, and the name and address of the person, firm, or corporation packing or dealing therein, except such as are brought from foreign countries.
No packer or manufacturer of preserved or canned fruits, vegetables, or other articles of food, shall offer them for sale unless they bear a mark to indicate the grade or quality, and the name and address of the person, firm, or corporation packing or dealing therein, except such as are brought from foreign countries.
No person shall falsely stamp or label cans or jars containing preserved fruit, vegetables, or other articles of food or knowingly permit such false stamping or labeling.
No person shall sell or offer to sell cans or jars containing preserved fruit, vegetables, or other articles of food, which are falsely stamped or labeled.
"Quality assurance period" means the period of time following the completion of normal manufacturing, processing, and packaging procedures during which a food product subjected to normal conditions of exposure will maintain conformity with all of the characteristics normally associated with the food product and will provide the benefits for which the food product is normally purchased. Food product characteristics include, but are not limited to, taste, texture, smell, nutritional value, and reaction value with other food products if used as an ingredient with other food products.
"Sale date" means the date by which the manufacturer, processor, or packager of a packaged food product recommends that the food product be sold for consumption based on the food product's quality assurance period.
(A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, no person shall knowingly sell or offer to sell in this state any packaged perishable food product that has a quality assurance period of thirty days or less, unless the package is clearly marked by the packager with its sale date. The sale date shall be legible and understandable to the consumer. The director of agriculture shall make rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code establishing the manner in which the sale date shall be affixed to food products.
The director is authorized to investigate complaints, to determine whether the sale date for food products, as determined by the manufacturer, processor, or packager, is false or misleading to consumers. If the director finds, upon reasonable cause, that the sale date as determined by the manufacturer, processor, or packager, is false or misleading to the consumer, the director after reasonable notice and hearing, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, shall establish the sale date for said product.
(B) The provisions of this section do not apply to fresh fruits and vegetables or to meat, including poultry, whether packaged or unpackaged, nor do they apply to packaged perishable food products when sold or offered for sale at any place of business where less than one hundred thousand dollars of all products were sold during the preceding year.
(C) To ensure that a uniform system of determining the useful product life of perishable food products for sale within the state is established, persons complying with this section and the rules established pursuant thereto are exempt from any local ordinances or rules pertaining to the quality assurance period of food products or the manner in which the quality assurance period and perishability of food products are to be disclosed.
No manufacturer or packer shall manufacture, sell, or offer to sell "soaked" goods put up from products dried before canning, without plainly marking them with an adhesive label having on its face the word "soaked," in letters not less in size than two line pica of solid and legible type.
No vendor shall sell or offer to sell "soaked" goods put up from products dried before canning, without plainly marking them with an adhesive label having on its face the word "soaked," in letters not less in size than two line pica of solid and legible type.
The board of health of a city health district or of a general health district shall prosecute a person, firm, or corporation which it has reason to believe has violated sections 3715.14 to 3715.19, inclusive, of the Revised Code; and, after deducting the costs of trial, retain the residue of fines recovered for the use of such board.
No dealer, slaughterer, or processor of meat or meat products for human consumption shall kill or have in his possession for the purpose of killing, a calf less than four weeks old or have in his possession the carcass of a calf not sufficiently mature to be fit for human consumption. The carcass of such calf may be confiscated by an authorized agent of the United States department of agriculture, the department of agriculture of Ohio, or by an authorized agent of the department of health of this state or any of its political subdivisions.
No person shall manufacture for sale, sell, or offer for sale, candy with an admixture of terra alba, barytes, talc, or other mineral substance, or with poisonous colors or flavors or other ingredients deleterious or detrimental to health.
No manufacturer of or dealer in candy, shall refuse, upon demand and a tender of payment therefor, to furnish a sample thereof for analysis.
Whoever violates this section shall pay all expenses incurred in inspecting and analyzing such adulterated candy. All candy manufactured for sale, sold, or offered for sale in violation of this section shall be forfeited and destroyed under the direction of the court.
(1) "Grade" means standards for grades of maple syrup adopted by the United States department of agriculture and accepted by the director of agriculture or grades as defined in rules adopted by the director.
(2) "Maple products" means maple syrup, maple sugar, maple cream, or any other product in which the sugar content is entirely derived from pure maple sap and to which no other sweetener has been added.
(3) "Maple sap" means the unprocessed liquid derived from the maple tree of the acer species.
(4) "Maple sugar" or "maple concrete" means the solid, crystalline products derived from pure maple sap.
(5) "Maple syrup" means the unadulterated liquid food derived by concentration and heat treatment of pure maple sap or by reconstituting maple sugar or maple concrete with water to a density of not less than sixty-six degrees on the brix scale at sixty-eight degrees fahrenheit and any permitted optional ingredients.
(6) "Package" means a container, equal to or less than five gallons in volume, intended to be sold to individuals or commercial businesses for use without further processing or repackaging of the contents.
(B) The director of agriculture shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code that establish voluntary grades, authorized optional ingredients, standards for fill of containers, and standards of weight for the sale of maple products in this state and that specify the analytical tests to be used for determining compliance with those voluntary grade requirements.
(C) The director shall develop and maintain laboratory facilities, equipment, and procedures sufficient to determine whether maple syrup complies with the requirements relative to standards and grades in this chapter and the rules adopted under it.
(A) No person shall manufacture, offer for sale, possess with intent to sell, sell, or deliver a maple product that is adulterated as described in section 3715.59 of the Revised Code or is misbranded as described in section 3715.60 of the Revised Code.
(B) No person shall offer for sale, possess with intent to sell, sell, or deliver an adulteration of a maple product in a package having the word "maple" or a compound thereof, as the name or part of the name of the contents of the package, or in a package bearing a device or illustration suggestive of a maple product or the manufacture of a maple product.
(C) No person shall sell, deliver, offer for sale, or possess with intent to sell a packaged maple product without a label that complies with rules adopted under section 3715.02 of the Revised Code.
(D) No person shall represent an imitation maple product, as defined in rules adopted under section 3715.02 of the Revised Code, as a maple product.
(A) As used in this section, "cider" means the unfermented juice, obtained by mechanically expressing the juice from sound, mature, non-citrus fruit, from which is removed excess pulp and seeds, other than embryonic seeds and small fragments of seeds that cannot be separated by good manufacturing practice. The cider may contain natural or artificial citric acid, preservatives authorized by rules adopted under section 3715.02 of the Revised Code, or a combination thereof.
(B) For the manufacture of apple cider, a mechanical washing and scrubbing device shall be used to remove orchard soil and dirt from the fruit prior to crushing. This device shall be equipped with automatic scrubbing brushes and a means to chlorinate the water used as the washing liquid.
(C) A complete label that complies with rules adopted under section 3715.02 of the Revised Code shall be placed on each package of cider designed for sale to the ultimate consumer.
(D) No person shall fail to comply with division (B) or (C) of this section.
Vinegar shall be made wholly from the fruit or grain from which it purports, or is represented, to be made and shall not contain a foreign substance or less than four per cent, by weight, of absolute acetic acid.
Vinegar manufactured, offered or exposed for sale, sold, or delivered, or in the possession of a person with intent to sell or deliver, under the name of cider vinegar, apple vinegar, or any compounding of the word "cider" or "apple" as the name or part of the name of vinegar, shall be the product made by the alcoholic and subsequent acetous fermentations of the juice of apples, and shall not contain any foreign substance, drugs, or acids, and is laevorotatory. It shall contain not less than four grams of acetic acid, not less than one and six-tenths grams of apple solids of which not more than fifty per cent are reducing sugars, and not less than twenty-five hundredths grams of apple ash in one hundred cubic centimeters at a temperature of twenty degrees centigrade. The water-soluble ash from one hundred cubic centimeters, at a temperature of twenty degrees centigrade, of the vinegar shall contain not less than ten milligrams of phosphoric acid (P2 O5) which shall require not less than thirty cubic centimeters of decinormal acid to neutralize its alkalinity.
Vinegar manufactured, offered or exposed for sale, sold, or delivered, or in the possession of a person with intent to sell or deliver, under the name of wine vinegar or grape vinegar, shall be the product made by the alcoholic and subsequent acetous fermentations of the juice of grapes, and shall contain, in one hundred cubic centimeters, at a temperature of twenty degrees centigrade, not less than four grams of acetic acid, not less than one gram of grape solids, and not less than thirteen-hundredths grams of grape ash.
Vinegar manufactured, offered or exposed for sale, sold, or delivered, or in the possession of a person with intent to sell or deliver, under the name of malt vinegar shall be the product made by the alcoholic and subsequent acetous fermentations, without distillation, of an infusion of barley malt or cereals whose starch has been converted by malt, is dextrorotatory, and shall contain in one hundred cubic centimeters, at a temperature of twenty degrees centigrade, not less than four grams of acetic acid, not less than two grams of solids, and not less than two-tenths grams of ash. The water-soluble ash from one hundred cubic centimeters, at a temperature of twenty degrees centigrade, of the vinegar shall contain not less than nine milligrams of phosphoric acid (P2 O5) which shall require not less than four cubic centimeters of decinormal acid to neutralize its alkalinity.
Vinegar manufactured, offered or exposed for sale, sold, or delivered, or in the possession of a person with intent to sell or deliver, under the name of distilled vinegar, shall be the product made wholly or in part by the acetous fermentation of dilute distilled alcohol and shall contain in one hundred cubic centimeters, at a temperature of twenty degrees centigrade, not less than four grams of acetic acid, and shall be free from coloring matter added during or after distillation and from coloring other than that imparted to it by distillation. Vinegar made wholly or in part from distilled liquor shall be branded "distilled vinegar," and free from coloring matter added during or after distillation and from color other than that imparted to it by distillation.
Vinegar made by fermentation and oxidation without the intervention of distillation shall be branded "fermented vinegar" with the name of the fruit or substance from which it is made. Fermented vinegar, not otherwise provided for in sections 3715.28 to 3715.36, inclusive, of the Revised Code, and not being distilled vinegar as defined in section 3715.32 of the Revised Code, shall contain not less than two per cent by weight, upon full evaporation at the temperature of boiling water, of solids, contained in the fruit or grain or substance from which such vinegar is fermented, and not less than two and one-half-tenths of one per cent ash or mineral matter, the product of the material from which such vinegar is manufactured.
No person shall manufacture for sale, offer for sale, or have in his possession with intent to sell, vinegar found upon proper test to contain a preparation of lead, copper, sulphuric or other mineral acid, or other ingredients injurious to health.
The head of a cask, barrel, package, or keg containing vinegar shall be branded with the name and residence of the manufacturer and shall conform to sections 3715.32 and 3715.33 of the Revised Code.
A person making or manufacturing cider vinegar, not a domestic manufacturer of cider or cider vinegar, shall brand on each head of each cask, barrel, or keg containing such vinegar, the name and residence of the manufacturer, the date when manufactured, and the words "cider vinegar." Vinegar shall not be branded "fruit vinegar" unless it is made wholly from apples, grapes, or other fruits.
No person shall manufacture for sale, sell, deliver, or offer or expose for sale, or have in his possession with intent to sell or deliver, vinegar not made in compliance with sections 3715.28 to 3715.35, inclusive, of the Revised Code, or contained in packages not branded in compliance with such sections.
No person shall violate sections 3715.28 to 3715.36, inclusive, of the Revised Code.
Whoever violates this section shall pay all necessary costs and expenses incurred in inspecting and analyzing the vinegar.
Sections 3715.28 to 3715.36, inclusive, of the Revised Code apply to any farmer who manufactures for sale in any one year more than twenty-five barrels of pure cider or fruit vinegar. Such vinegar must be branded "domestic cider vinegar," and marked with the name of such farmer and the date of its manufacture.
(C) In the semblance of honey and is a blend of honey and other ingredients that contains a label with the word "honey," or any picture, drawing, or other representation implying honey, when such word, picture, drawing, or representation is more prominently displayed than the word "blend" or other word clearly implying the existence of other ingredients.
(4) As used in division (B)(1) of this section, "flea market" means any location, other than a permanent retail store, at which space is rented or otherwise made available to others for the conduct of business as transient vendors as defined in section 5739.17 of the Revised Code.
Effective Date: 11-06-1996; 2008 HB283 09-12-2008 .
In addition to the remedies provided and irrespective of whether or not there exists an adequate remedy at law, the director of agriculture or the state board of pharmacy is hereby authorized to apply to the court of common pleas in the county wherein any of the provisions of section 3715.52 of the Revised Code are being violated for a temporary or permanent injunction restraining any person from committing the violation.
(A) No person shall be subject to the penalties prescribed in section 3715.99 of the Revised Code for violating division (A)(1) or (3) of section 3715.52 of the Revised Code if the person established a guaranty or undertaking signed by, and containing the name and address of, the person residing in this state from whom the person received in good faith the article, to the effect that the article is not adulterated or misbranded within the meaning of sections 3715.01 and 3715.52 to 3715.72 of the Revised Code.
(B) No publisher, radio-broadcast licensee, or agency or medium for the dissemination of an advertisement, except the manufacturer, packer, distributor, or seller of the article to which a false advertisement relates, shall be liable under this section by reason of the dissemination of false advertisement.
(B) Except as otherwise provided in this division, whenever the director of agriculture or the state board of pharmacy finds or has cause to believe, that any food, drug, device, or cosmetic is adulterated, or so misbranded as to be dangerous or fraudulent, within the meaning of sections 3715.01 and 3715.52 to 3715.72 of the Revised Code, or that a drug, infant formula, or baby food is expired, the director or board shall affix to the article a tag or other appropriate marking, giving notice that the article is, or is suspected of being, adulterated, misbranded, or expired and has been detained or embargoed, and warning all persons not to remove or dispose of the article by sale or otherwise until permission for removal or disposal is given by the director or the board or the court. No person may remove or dispose of a detained or embargoed article by sale or otherwise without such permission. This division does not apply to expired drugs donated pursuant to sections 3715.88 to 3715.92 of the Revised Code.
(E) Whenever the director finds in any room, building, vehicle of transportation, or other structure, any meat, seafood, poultry, vegetable, fruit, or other perishable articles that are unsound, or contain any filthy, decomposed, or putrid substance, or that may be poisonous or deleterious to health or otherwise unsafe, the articles are declared to be a nuisance, and the director shall forthwith condemn or destroy the articles, or in any other manner render the articles unsalable as human food.
Effective Date: 07-22-1998; 2008 HB283 09-12-2008 .
(A) As used in this section, "board of health," "retail food establishment," and "food service operation" have the same meanings as in section 3717.01 of the Revised Code.
(B) The embargoing of a food may be performed by a board of health approved under section 3717.11 of the Revised Code to serve as the licensor of retail food establishments or food service operations, the director of health acting under section 3717.11 of the Revised Code as the licensor of food service operations, or a representative authorized to act on behalf of the board of health or director of health.
The director of agriculture shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code specifying the conditions under which a food may be embargoed under this section and the procedures that must be followed when that action is taken.
The attorney general, prosecuting attorney, or city director of law to whom the director of agriculture or the state board of pharmacy reports any violation of sections 3715.01 and 3715.52 to 3715.72 of the Revised Code, shall cause appropriate proceedings to be instituted in the proper court without delay and to be prosecuted in the manner required by law. The director of agriculture, before reporting any violation of sections 3715.01 and 3715.52 to 3715.72 of the Revised Code to any such attorney for the institution of a criminal proceeding, shall give the person against whom the proceeding is contemplated appropriate notice and an opportunity to present testimony before the director, either orally or in writing, in person, or by attorney, with regard to the contemplated proceeding.
Nothing in sections 3715.01 and 3715.52 to 3715.72 of the Revised Code, shall be construed as requiring the director of agriculture or the state board of pharmacy to report minor violations for the institution of proceedings under sections 3715.01 and 3715.52 to 3715.72 of the Revised Code, whenever the director or board believes that the public interest will be adequately served in the circumstances by a suitable written notice or warning.
(J) It purports to be or is represented to be for special dietary uses, unless its label bears such information concerning its vitamin, mineral, and other dietary properties as is provided by rules adopted by the director , as necessary, in order to fully inform purchasers as to its value for such uses.
(K) It bears or contains any artificial flavoring, artificial coloring, or chemical preservative, unless it bears labeling stating that fact; provided, that to the extent that compliance with the requirements of this division is impracticable, exemptions shall be established by rules adopted by the director .
(A) Whenever the director of agriculture finds after investigation that the distribution in this state of any class of food may, by reason of contamination with microorganisms during manufacture, processing, or packing thereof in any locality, be injurious to health, and that such injurious nature cannot be adequately determined after such articles have entered commerce, and in such case only, the director shall adopt rules providing for the issuance, to manufacturers, processor, or packers of such class of food in such locality, of permits to which shall be attached such conditions governing the manufacture, processing, or packing of such class food, for such temporary period of time, as may be necessary to protect the public health; and after the effective date of such regulations, and during such temporary period, no person shall introduce or deliver for introduction into commerce any such food manufactured, processed, or packed by any such manufacturer, processor, or packer unless such manufacturer, processor, or packer holds a permit issued by the director as provided by such rules.
(B) The director is authorized to suspend immediately upon notice any permit issued under authority of this section if it is found that any of the conditions of the permit have been violated. The holder of a permit so suspended shall be privileged at any time to apply for the reinstatement of such permit, and the director shall, immediately after prompt hearing and on inspection of the establishment, reinstate such permit if it is found that adequate measures have been taken to comply with and maintain the conditions of the permit, as originally issued, or as amended.
(C) The director shall have access to any factory or establishment, the operator of which holds a permit from the director for the purpose of ascertaining whether or not the conditions of the permit are being complied with, and denial of access for such inspection shall be ground for suspension of the permit until such access is freely given by the operator.
Any poisonous or deleterious substance added to any food, except where such substance is required in the production thereof or cannot be avoided by good manufacturing practice, shall be unsafe for purposes of the application of division (B) of section 3715.59 of the Revised Code, but when such substance is so required or cannot be so avoided, the director of agriculture shall adopt rules limiting the quantity therein or thereon to such extent as the director finds necessary for the protection of public health, and any quantity exceeding the limits so fixed shall also be deemed to be unsafe for purposes of the application of division (B) of section 3715.59 of the Revised Code. While such a regulation is in effect limiting the quantity of any such substance in the case of any food, such food shall not, by reason of bearing or containing any added amount of such substance, be considered to be adulterated within the meaning of division (A) of section 3715.59 of the Revised Code. In determining the quantity of such added substance to be tolerated in or on different articles of food, the director shall take into account the extent to which the use of such substance is required or cannot be avoided in the production of each such article and the other ways in which the consumer may be affected by the same or other poisonous or deleterious substances.
(1) It consists, in whole or in part, of any filthy, putrid, or decomposed substance.
(2) It has been produced, processed, prepared, packed, or held under unsanitary conditions whereby it may have been contaminated with filth, or whereby it may have been rendered injurious to health.
(3) It is a drug and its container is composed, in whole or in part, of any poisonous or deleterious substance that may render the contents injurious to health.
(4) It is a drug and it bears or contains, for purposes of coloring only, a coal-tar color other than one from a batch certified under authority of the "Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act," 52 Stat. 1040 (1938), 21 U.S.C.A. 301, as amended.
(5) It purports to be or is represented as a drug the name of which is recognized in the United States pharmacopoeia and national formulary, or any supplement to them, and its strength differs from or its quality or purity falls below the standard set forth in those compendiums. A determination as to strength, quality, or purity shall be made in accordance with the tests or methods of assay set forth in the compendiums, or in the absence or inadequacy of such tests or methods of assay, those prescribed under the authority of the "Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act." A drug recognized in the compendiums is not adulterated under this division because it differs from the standard of strength, quality, or purity set forth for that drug in the compendiums, if the difference in strength, quality, or purity is plainly stated on its label. Whenever a drug is recognized in both the homoeopathic pharmacopoeia of the United States and in the United States pharmacopoeia and national formulary, including their supplements, it shall be subject to the requirements of the United States pharmacopoeia and national formulary unless it is labeled and offered for sale as a homoeopathic drug, in which case it shall be subject to the provisions of the homoeopathic pharmacopoeia of the United States and not to those of the United States pharmacopoeia and national formulary.
(6) It is not subject to the provisions of division (A)(5) of this section, and its strength differs from or its purity or quality falls below that which it purports or is represented to possess.
(b) Substituted wholly or in part for the drug.
(1) Its labeling is false or misleading in any particular.
(b) An accurate statement of the quantity of the contents in terms of weight, measure, or numerical count; but reasonable variations shall be permitted, and exemptions as to small packages shall apply as established by rules adopted by the director of agriculture or state board of pharmacy.
(3) It is a dangerous drug and does not bear a label containing in clearly legible form the name and place of business of the manufacturer of the finished dosage form and, if different, the packer or distributor.
(4) It is a dangerous drug in finished solid oral dosage form and it does not have clearly and prominently marked or imprinted on it an individual symbol, company name, national drug code number or other number, words, letters, or any combination thereof, identifying the drug and its manufacturer or distributor. This requirement does not apply to drugs that are compounded by a licensed pharmacist. The manufacturer or distributor of each such drug shall make available to the state board of pharmacy descriptive material identifying the mark or imprint used by the manufacturer or distributor. The board shall provide this information to all poison control centers in this state. Upon application by a manufacturer or distributor, the board may exempt a drug from the requirements of this division on the grounds that marking or imprinting the drug is not feasible because of its size, texture, or other unique characteristic.
(5) Any word, statement, or other information that is required by or under authority of sections 3715.01 and 3715.52 to 3715.72 of the Revised Code to appear on the label or labeling is not prominently placed on the label or labeling in a conspicuous manner, as compared with other words, statements, designs, or devices on the label or labeling, and in terms that render it likely to be read and understood by the ordinary individual under customary conditions of purchase and use.
(b) In case it is fabricated from two or more ingredients, the common or usual name of each active ingredient the drug contains, including the kind and quantity or proportion of any alcohol, and also including whether active or not, the name and quantity or proportion of any bromides, ether, chloroform, acetanalid, acetophenetidin, aminopyrine, atropine, hyoscine, hyoscyamine, arsenic, digitalis, digitalis glycosides, mercury, ouabain, strophanthin, strychnine, thyroid, or any derivative or preparation of any such substances; but to the extent that compliance with these requirements is impracticable, exemptions shall apply as established by rules adopted by the director of agriculture or state board of pharmacy.
(b) Adequate warnings against use in those pathological conditions or by children when its use may be dangerous to health, or against unsafe dosage or methods or duration of administration or application, presented in a manner and form as necessary for the protection of users.
(8) It purports to be a drug the name of which is recognized in the United States pharmacopoeia and national formulary, or any supplement to them, and it is not packaged and labeled as prescribed in those compendiums, except that the method of packing may be modified with the consent of the director of agriculture. Whenever a drug is recognized in both the homoeopathic pharmacopoeia of the United States and in the United States pharmacopoeia and national formulary, including their supplements, it shall be subject to the requirements of the United States pharmacopoeia and national formulary with respect to packaging and labeling unless it is labeled and offered for sale as a homoeopathic drug, in which case it shall be subject to the provisions of the homoeopathic pharmacopoeia of the United States and not to those of the United States pharmacopoeia and national formulary.
(9) It has been found by the director of agriculture to be a drug liable to deterioration, unless it is packaged in the form and manner, and its label bears a statement of precautions, as required by rules adopted by the director as necessary for the protection of public health. No rule shall be established for any drug recognized in the United States pharmacopoeia and national formulary, or any supplements to them, until the director has informed the appropriate bodies charged with the revision of those compendiums of the need for packaging or labeling requirements and those bodies have failed within a reasonable time to prescribe such requirements.
(a) It is a drug and its container is so made, formed, or filled as to be misleading.
(b) It is an imitation of another drug.
(c) It is offered for sale under the name of another drug.
(d) The drug sold or dispensed is not the brand or drug specifically prescribed or ordered or, when dispensed by a pharmacist upon prescription, the drug is neither the brand or drug prescribed nor a generically equivalent drug or. in the case of a drug that is a biological product, is neither the brand or biological product prescribed nor an interchangeable biological product.
(11) It is dangerous to health when used in the dosage, or with the frequency or duration prescribed, recommended, or suggested in its labeling.
(iii) By refilling a prescription if refilling is authorized by the prescriber either in the original prescription or by oral order, which is promptly reduced to writing by the pharmacist.
(1) Any drug dispensed pursuant to a written, electronic, or oral prescription of a licensed health professional authorized to prescribe drugs shall be exempt from the requirements of division (A) of this section, except divisions (A)(1) and (10) of this section, if the drug bears a label containing the name and address of the dispenser, the serial number and the date the prescription is dispensed, the name of the prescriber, the name of the patient, and, if stated in the prescription, the directions for use and cautionary statements.
(a) Except as provided in divisions (B)(2)(b) and (c) of this section, the label shall include the dispensed drug's brand name .
(b) If the drug dispensed has no brand name and is a generically equivalent drug, the label shall include the generic name of the drug and the distributor of the finished dosage form .
(c) If the drug dispensed has no brand name and is an interchangeable biological product, the label shall include the name of the interchangeable biological product, the manufacturer, and if the distributor is not the same as the manufacturer, the distributor of the finished dosage form.
(A) No person shall sell, deliver, offer for sale, hold for sale, or give away any new drug unless an application with respect to the drug has become effective under section 505 of the "Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act," 52 Stat. 1040 (1938), 21 U.S.C.A. 301, as amended.
(a) The label bears the following legend conspicuously displayed thereon: "Caution-This product contains ingredients which may cause skin irritation on certain individuals and a preliminary test according to accompanying directions should first be made. This product must not be used for dyeing the eyelashes or eyebrows; to do so may cause blindness."
(b) The labeling bears adequate directions for preliminary testing.
(2) It contains, in whole or in part, any filthy, putrid, or decomposed substance.
(3) It has been produced, processed, prepared, packed, or held under unsanitary conditions whereby it may have become contaminated with filth, or whereby it may have been rendered injurious to health.
(4) Its container is composed, in whole or in part, of any poisonous or deleterious substance that may render the contents injurious to health.
(5) It is not a hair dye and it bears or contains a coal-tar color other than one from a batch certified under authority of the "Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act," 52 Stat. 1040 (1938), 21 U.S.C.A. 301, as amended.
(B) For purposes of divisions (A)(1) and (5) of this section, "hair dye" does not include eyelash dye or eyebrow dye.
(2) An accurate statement of the quantity of the contents in terms of weight, measure, or numerical count; provided, that reasonable variations shall be permitted, and exemptions as to small packages shall be established by regulations prescribed by the director of agriculture.
(C) Any word, statement, or other information required by or under authority of sections 3715.01 and 3715.52 to 3715.72, inclusive, of the Revised Code, to appear on the label or labeling is not prominently placed thereon with such conspicuousness, as compared with other words, statements, designs, or devices, in the labeling, and in such terms as to render it likely to be read and understood by the ordinary individual under customary conditions of purchase and use.
(D) Its container is so made, formed, or filled as to be misleading.
(A) An advertisement of food, drug, device, or cosmetic is false if it is false or misleading in any particular.
(B) For the purpose of sections 3715.01 and 3715.52 to 3715.72 of the Revised Code, the advertisement of a drug or device representing it to have any effect in albuminuria, appendicitis, arteriosclerosis, blood poison, bone disease, Bright's disease, cancer, carbuncles, cholecystitis, diabetes, diphtheria, dropsy, erysipelas, gallstones, heart and vascular diseases, high blood pressure, mastoiditis, measles, meningitis, mumps, nephritis, otitis media, paralysis, pneumonia, poliomyelitis (infantile paralysis), prostate gland disorders, pyelitis, scarlet fever, sexual impotence, sinus infection, tuberculosis, tumors, typhoid, uremia, venereal disease, is also false, except that no advertisement not in violation of division (A) of this section is false under this division if it is disseminated only to members of the medical, dental, pharmaceutical, or veterinary profession, or appears only in the scientific periodicals of these professions; provided, that whenever the director of agriculture determines that an advance in medical science has made any type of self-medication safe as to any of the diseases named above, the director shall adopt rules authorizing the advertisement of drugs having curative or therapeutic effect for such disease, subject to such conditions and restrictions as the director may deem necessary in the interests of public health; provided, that this division shall not be construed as indicating that self-medication for diseases other than those named in this section is safe or efficacious.
The authority to adopt rules for the enforcement of section 3715.02, divisions (E), (G), (H), and (I) of section 3715.60, division (A)(2) of section 3715.64, and section 3715.67 of the Revised Code is vested in the director of agriculture. The authority to adopt rules for the enforcement of sections 3715.01 and 3715.52 to 3715.72 of the Revised Code, excluding divisions (E), (G), (H), and (I) of section 3715.60, division (A)(2) of section 3715.64, and section 3715.67 of the Revised Code, is vested in the director of agriculture or the state board of pharmacy. The rules adopted in so far as practicable shall conform with the regulations promulgated under the "Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act," 52 Stat. 1040 (1938), 21 U.S.C.A. 301, as amended.
(2) To secure samples of specimens of any food, drug, device, or cosmetic.
(B) The director or the board shall make or cause to be made examinations of samples secured under the provisions of this section to determine whether or not any provisions of sections 3715.01 and 3715.52 to 3715.72 of the Revised Code are being violated.
The director of agriculture or the state board of pharmacy may cause to be published from time to time reports summarizing all judgments, decrees, and court orders that have been rendered under sections 3715.01 and 3715.52 to 3715.72 of the Revised Code, including the nature of the charge and the disposition thereof.
The director or board may also cause to be disseminated any information regarding food, drugs, devices, and cosmetics that the director or board deems necessary in the interest of public health and the protection of the consumer against fraud.
Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the director or board from collecting, reporting, and illustrating the results of investigations conducted by the director or board.
(A) Sections 3715.01 and 3715.52 to 3715.71, inclusive, of the Revised Code shall be governed by and be administered in accordance with sections 119.01 to 119.13, inclusive, of the Revised Code.
(B) Sections 3715.01 and 3715.52 to 3715.71, inclusive, and section 3715.99, of the Revised Code, do not apply when such sections are in conflict with sections 923.41 to 923.55, inclusive, and section 923.99 of the Revised Code.
(C) Sections 3715.52 to 3715.71, inclusive, of the Revised Code do not permit the manufacture, sale, or offering for sale, of any food, drug, cosmetic, or device otherwise prohibited by any provision of the Revised Code or by any regulations promulgated pursuant to any provision of the Revised Code; nor do sections 3715.52 to 3715.71, inclusive, of the Revised Code or any regulations thereunder, prohibit the sale or offering for sale, of any food, drug, cosmetic, or device through any outlet where such items are now permitted by any provisions of the Revised Code to be sold or offered for sale.
(A) All fines or forfeited bonds assessed and collected under prosecution by the director of agriculture or prosecution commenced by the director in enforcement of this chapter shall, within thirty days, be paid to the director and by the director paid into the state treasury.
(B) All fines or forfeited bonds assessed and collected under prosecution by the state board of pharmacy or prosecution commenced by the board in enforcement of this chapter shall, within thirty days, be paid to the executive director of the board and by the executive director paid into the state treasury.
(1) "Adulterated" means adulterated as determined under section 3715.59 or 3715.63 of the Revised Code.
(2) "Consumer product" means any food or drink that is consumed by humans and any medicine, including a prescription drug, that is consumed or used by humans.
(3) "Retailer" means a place of business that offers consumer products for sale to the general public.
(d) Any other limitations, controls, or prohibitions that the governor considers necessary regarding the manufacture, importation, sale, or transportation of the consumer product.
(2) The governor may amend or rescind any order issued under division (B)(1) of this section.
(C) If the particular type of consumer product referred to in division (B)(1) of this section is one that falls within the jurisdiction of the department of agriculture, the department of health, or the state board of pharmacy, the governor shall not declare a public health state of emergency pursuant to that division unless requested to do so by the department or board that regulates the consumer product. If the governor grants the request, the department or board that made the request shall enforce the provisions of this section.
(D) A public health state of emergency declared under this section shall exist for not more than sixty days unless extended by the governor for an additional thirty-day period, at which time the public health state of emergency shall end unless it is extended by a concurrent resolution adopted by both houses of the general assembly. An amendment to an executive public health state of emergency order shall not be considered a new order.
(E) Any executive public health state of emergency order or amended executive public health state of emergency order issued under this section shall be disseminated promptly by means that bring the order to the attention of the general public. The governor promptly shall file the order with the secretary of state, the department of agriculture, the department of health, and the state board of pharmacy.
(F) The state is not liable for removal, or for the costs of removal, of consumer products from public display in connection with an executive public health state of emergency order issued under division (B)(1)(a) of this section. Neither the state nor an agent of the state acting pursuant to a public health state of emergency is liable for any damages or loss incurred because of any action pursuant to an executive public health state of emergency order of that type.
(G) No person shall knowingly violate an executive public health state of emergency order issued by the governor under this section. Whoever violates an executive public health state of emergency order is subject to a fine of not less than five hundred dollars. Each day a violation continues is a separate offense.
(H) The attorney general, at the direction of the governor or upon request of the director of agriculture, the director of health, the state board of pharmacy, or a prosecuting attorney may commence an action in a court of common pleas to enjoin a violation of an executive public health state of emergency order issued pursuant to this section or to compel a person to perform a duty imposed by an executive public health state of emergency order.
As used in sections 3715.80 to 3715.86 of the Revised Code, "dietary supplement" has the meaning given in the federal "Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act," 108 Stat. 4327 (1994), 21 U.S.C.A. 321(ff), as amended.
For purposes of this chapter, a dietary supplement shall be treated as a food. The director of agriculture shall administer and enforce sections 3715.80 to 3715.86 of the Revised Code and any rules adopted under those sections in accordance with Chapter 3717. of the Revised Code.
The director of agriculture may adopt rules, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, to administer and enforce sections 3715.80 to 3715.86 of the Revised Code. If rules are adopted, the rules shall be no more restrictive than the regulations promulgated under the federal "Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act," 52 Stat. 1040 (1938), 21 U.S.C.A. 301, et seq., as amended.
In addition to the conditions specified in section 3715.59 of the Revised Code, a dietary supplement is adulterated if it presents a significant or unreasonable risk of illness or injury under the conditions of use recommended or suggested in its labeling or, if there are no recommended or suggested conditions of use, under the ordinary conditions of use.
(A) As used in this section, "publication" includes a book chapter, article, or official abstract of a peer-reviewed scientific article prepared by the article's author or the editors of the publication in which the article is published.
A dietary supplement is not considered a "food additive" within the meaning given in the federal "Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act," 21 U.S.C.A. 321(s), as amended.
(2) "Health care facility" has the same meaning as in section 1337.11 of the Revised Code.
(4) "Nonprofit clinic" means a charitable nonprofit corporation organized and operated pursuant to Chapter 1702. of the Revised Code, or any charitable organization not organized and not operated for profit, that provides health care services to indigent and uninsured persons as defined in section 2305.234 of the Revised Code. "Nonprofit clinic" does not include a hospital as defined in section 3727.01 of the Revised Code, a facility licensed under Chapter 3721. of the Revised Code, or a facility that is operated for profit.
A drug shall not be accepted or dispensed if there is reason to believe that it is adulterated as described in section 3715.63 of the Revised Code.
(C) Orally administered cancer drugs that are not controlled substances and that do not require refrigeration, freezing, or storage at a special temperature may be accepted and dispensed even if not in original sealed and tamper-evident unit dose packaging, subject to rules adopted by the board pursuant to section 3715.873 of the Revised Code.
(D) Subject to the limitations specified in divisions (B) and (C) of this section, unused drugs dispensed for purposes of the medicaid program may be accepted and dispensed under the drug repository program.
(A) Any person, including a pharmacy, drug manufacturer, or health care facility, or any government entity may donate or give prescription drugs to the drug repository program. The drugs must be donated or given at a pharmacy, hospital, or nonprofit clinic that elects to participate in the drug repository program and meets criteria for participation in the program established in rules adopted by the state board of pharmacy under section 3715.873 of the Revised Code. Participation in the program by pharmacies, hospitals, and nonprofit clinics is voluntary. Nothing in this or any other section of the Revised Code requires a pharmacy, hospital, or nonprofit clinic to participate in the program.
(B) A pharmacy, hospital, or nonprofit clinic eligible to participate in the program shall dispense drugs donated or given under this section to individuals who are residents of this state and meet the eligibility standards established in rules adopted by the board under section 3715.873 of the Revised Code or to other government entities and nonprofit private entities to be dispensed to individuals who meet the eligibility standards. A drug may be dispensed only pursuant to a prescription issued by a licensed health professional authorized to prescribe drugs, as defined in section 4729.01 of the Revised Code. A pharmacy, hospital, or nonprofit clinic that accepts donated or given drugs shall comply with all applicable federal laws and laws of this state dealing with storage and distribution of dangerous drugs and shall, in accordance with rules adopted pursuant to section 3715.873 of the Revised Code, inspect all drugs prior to dispensing them to determine that they are not adulterated. The pharmacy, hospital, or nonprofit clinic may charge individuals receiving donated or given drugs a handling fee established in accordance with rules adopted by the board under section 3715.873 of the Revised Code. Drugs donated or given to the repository may not be resold.
(1) Any person, including a pharmacy, drug manufacturer, or health care facility, or any government entity that donates or gives drugs to the drug repository program shall not be subject to liability in tort or other civil action for injury, death, or loss to person or property.
(2) A pharmacy, hospital, or nonprofit clinic that accepts or dispenses drugs under the program shall not be subject to liability in tort or other civil action for injury, death, or loss to person or property, unless an action or omission of the pharmacy, hospital, or nonprofit clinic constitutes willful and wanton misconduct.
(D) In the case of a drug manufacturer, the immunities granted under divisions (B)(1) and (C) of this section apply with respect to any drug manufactured by the drug manufacturer that is donated or given by any person or government entity under the program, including but not limited to liability for failure to transfer or communicate product or consumer information or the expiration date of the drug donated or given.
Effective Date: 04-07-2004; 2007 SB33 08-22-2007.
(1) A list of drugs, arranged either by category or by individual drug, that the program will accept from individuals. The list shall include orally administered cancer drugs that are described in division (C) of section 3715.87 of the Revised Code.
(2) A list of drugs, arranged either by category or by individual drug, that the program will not accept from individuals. The list shall not include orally administered cancer drugs that are described in division (C) of section 3715.87 of the Revised Code. The list must include a statement as to why the drug is ineligible to be donated or given.
(3) A form each donor must sign stating that the donor is the owner of the drugs and intends to voluntarily donate them to the program.
(1) A list of drugs, arranged either by category or by individual drug, that the program will accept from health care facilities. The list shall include orally administered cancer drugs that are described in division (C) of section 3715.87 of the Revised Code.
(2) A list of drugs, arranged either by category or by individual drug, that the program will not accept from health care facilities. The list shall not include orally administered cancer drugs that are described in division (C) of section 3715.87 of the Revised Code. The list must include a statement as to why the drug is ineligible to be donated or given.
(K) Any other standards and procedures the board considers appropriate.
Effective Date: 2008 HB283 09-12-2008.
(A) Subject to divisions (B) and (C) of this section, any manufacturer of dangerous drugs, terminal distributor of dangerous drugs, or wholesale distributor of dangerous drugs may donate a dangerous drug, including a dangerous drug that has expired, to a pharmacy school.
(A) A pharmacy school may accept a donation of a dangerous drug if the donation is made in accordance with section 3715.89 of the Revised Code.
The state board of pharmacy shall, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, adopt rules as necessary to give effect to sections 3715.89 and 3715.90 of the Revised Code.
The state board of pharmacy, any manufacturer of dangerous drugs, terminal distributor of dangerous drugs, or wholesale distributor of dangerous drugs that in good faith donates a dangerous drug under section 3715.89 of the Revised Code, and any pharmacy school that accepts a dangerous drug donation under section 3715.90 of the Revised Code, shall not, in the absence of bad faith, be subject to any of the following for matters related to the donation or acceptance of the drug: criminal prosecution; liability in tort or other civil action for injury, death, or loss to person or property; or professional liability.
(A) Whoever violates sections 3715.13 to 3715.19, or 3715.38 of the Revised Code is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(B) Whoever violates section 3715.22, 3715.25, 3715.27, or 3715.34 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.
(C) Whoever violates section 3715.23 or 3715.36 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree.
(D) Whoever violates section 3715.52 or 3715.65 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree on a first offense; on each subsequent offense, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree.
(E) Whoever violates section 3715.521 of the Revised Code is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. A violation of that section occurs on a daily basis, not according to the number of times per day that an expired drug, baby food, or infant formula is sold, offered for sale, or delivered at retail or to the consumer. Each day of violation is a separate offense.

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