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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences › Chapter 917 | Dairy Products › Section 917.16 | Rights of Agricultural Cooperative Association.

Effective:
August 5, 1998
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 600 - 122nd General Assembly
(A) This chapter shall not restrain, limit, prejudice, abrogate, or take from any agricultural cooperative association the powers, privileges, and rights it has under Chapter 1729. of the Revised Code.
(B) Specifically, but without limiting division (A) of this section, this chapter shall not derogate from or prejudice any rights of any co-operative association, provided that the association and its employees comply with the licensing requirements.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences › Chapter 917 | Dairy Products › Section 917.17 | Confidential Information.

Effective:
November 15, 1981
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 694 - 114th General Assembly
All information that is furnished to or procured by the director of agriculture under sections 917.01 to 917.23 of the Revised Code shall be for the exclusive use and information of the director in the discharge of his official duties and shall not be open to the public or be used in any court in any action or proceeding therein unless the director is a party to such action or proceeding; but such information may be consolidated in statistical tables and published by the director in statistical form, without disclosing details of information furnished by any particular person, for the use and information of other state departments and the public.
The director or any employee of the director and any person assisting the director in the administration of such sections shall not willfully divulge any material information secured while in the employ of the director, with respect to the transactions, property, files, records, or papers of the department, or with respect to the business or mechanical, chemical, or other industrial processes of any person or dealer, to any person other than to the director or to the superior of such employee of the director, or when called upon to testify in any action or proceeding in any court.
Any employee of the director authorized to accept or receive money paid or to be paid to the director shall, before he enters upon the discharge of his duties, execute and file in the office of the secretary of state, a bond in such amount as is fixed by the secretary of state. If surety company bonds are furnished, the premiums thereon shall be paid by the department.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences › Chapter 917 | Dairy Products › Section 917.18 | Family Member or Employee Contracts Certain Diseases.

Effective:
October 21, 1997
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 87 - 122nd General Assembly
(A) As used in this section, "family member" means a spouse; person living as a spouse; parent; child; other person related to a milk producer or raw milk retailer by consanguinity or affinity; or parent, child, or other person related to a spouse or a person living as a spouse by consanguinity or affinity, who is residing with a milk producer or raw milk retailer.
(B) Upon becoming aware that a family member or employee who handles or is likely to handle grade A milk, manufacture milk, raw milk for sale to the ultimate consumer, or equipment used in the handling of any such milk, on the milk producer's or raw milk retailer's premises has contracted or been diagnosed with a dangerous, contagious, or infectious disease, the milk producer or raw milk retailer immediately shall notify the director of agriculture and the health commissioner of the city health district or general health district in which its dairy products are sold or offered for sale, advising both officials of the facts of the case. The director may order that the sale of the dairy products be stopped pending an investigation and for any time thereafter that the director requires. If the director determines that an investigation is called for, the director or the director's authorized representative shall investigate without delay, and the director may place an embargo or make and enforce orders, without a hearing, to prevent the sale of dairy products that constitute adulterated food as described in section 3715.59 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences › Chapter 917 | Dairy Products › Section 917.19 | Inspections - Right of Entry.

Effective:
April 15, 2005
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 202 - 125th General Assembly
The following items shall be subject to inspection by a person designated by the director of agriculture:
(A) Milk plant facilities and equipment;
(B) Milk transport vehicles;
(C) Dairy farms, including dairy animals, stables, milk parlors, milk houses, and milk vessels of milk producers.
The inspector, while in the normal, lawful, and peaceful pursuit of inspection duties, may enter upon, cross over, and remain upon privately owned lands for those purposes and shall not be subject to arrest for trespass.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences › Chapter 917 | Dairy Products › Section 917.20 | Admissibility of Test Report or Document.

Effective:
October 21, 1997
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 87 - 122nd General Assembly
A test report or document prepared by an analyst who is employed or designated by the director of agriculture and who tested a sample shall be admissible as evidence in a prosecution for a violation of a statute or rule, provided that the report or document contains a sworn statement, signed by the analyst, that the report or document accurately contains or represents the findings or conclusions of the analyst.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences › Chapter 917 | Dairy Products › Section 917.21 | Injunctive or Other Relief.

Effective:
October 21, 1997
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 87 - 122nd General Assembly
In addition to other remedies provided by law and irrespective of whether an adequate remedy at law exists, the director of agriculture may apply to the court of common pleas of a county in which a violation of this chapter or rules adopted under it occurs for a temporary or permanent injunction or other appropriate relief concerning the violation.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences › Chapter 917 | Dairy Products › Section 917.23 | Cooling and Storage of Manufacture Milk.

Effective:
March 22, 2001
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 645 - 123rd General Assembly
(A) With respect to cooling and storage of manufacture milk, a manufacture milk producer shall do one of the following:
(1) In the case of manufacture milk that is stored in cans on the manufacture milk producer's farm, cool the milk to and store it at a temperature of sixty degrees fahrenheit, sixteen degrees celsius, or lower within two hours after completion of the milking;
(2) In the case of all other manufacture milk that is stored on the manufacture milk producer's farm, cool the milk and store it in accordance with rules adopted by the director of agriculture pursuant to section 917.02 of the Revised Code.
(B) Manufacture milk stored in accordance with division (A)(1) of this section shall be used exclusively in the manufacture of cheese.
(C) This section does not apply to raw milk that is delivered to a manufacture milk plant not later than two hours after completion of milking.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences › Chapter 917 | Dairy Products › Section 917.24 | Effect of Child Support Default on License.

Effective:
March 22, 2001
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly
On receipt of a notice pursuant to section 3123.43 of the Revised Code, the director of agriculture shall comply with sections 3123.41 to 3123.50 of the Revised Code and any applicable rules adopted under section 3123.63 of the Revised Code with respect to a license issued pursuant to this chapter.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences › Chapter 917 | Dairy Products › Section 917.99 | Penalty.

Effective:
June 6, 2001
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 94 - 124th General Assembly
(A) Whoever violates division (C) of section 917.09 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree on a first offense and a misdemeanor of the first degree on each subsequent offense.
(B) Whoever violates section 917.13 or 917.14 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree on a first offense, a felony of the fifth degree on a second offense, and a felony of the fourth degree on each subsequent offense.
(C) Whoever violates division (A), (B), (C), (D), or (G) of section 917.05 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.
(D) Whoever violates division (E) or (F) of section 917.05 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree on a first offense and a misdemeanor of the first degree on each subsequent offense.
(E) Each day of violation of a provision described in divisions (A) to (D) of this section constitutes a separate offense.
(F) The court imposing a fine under divisions (A) to (D) of this section shall order that not less than fifty per cent of the fine be disbursed to the treasurer of state for deposit into the dairy industry fund created in section 917.07 of the Revised Code. Subject to that minimum percentage, the court's order shall specify the percentage of the fine that the clerk of the court shall disburse to the treasurer of state. The clerk of the court shall disburse the remainder of the fine to the county treasurer.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences › Chapter 918 | Meat Inspection › Section 918.03 | Adulterated or Unwholesome Conditions.

Effective:
July 27, 1971
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 559 - 109th General Assembly
(A) If any animal, carcass, or meat product is found to be in an adulterated condition or is affected by an unwholesome condition, that can be satisfactorily removed by methods approved by the director of agriculture, the same may be so reconditioned under the direction of any inspector.
(B) If an animal, carcass, or meat product found in an adulterated or unwholesome condition cannot be reconditioned as provided in division (A) of this section, such adulterated or unwholesome animal, carcass, or meat product shall be disposed of in a manner prescribed by the director.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences › Chapter 918 | Meat Inspection › Section 918.04 | Rules to Administer Meat Inspection.

Effective:
March 22, 2001
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 645 - 123rd General Assembly
The director of agriculture shall, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, adopt and enforce rules that are necessary to administer sections 918.01 to 918.11 of the Revised Code. The rules shall meet or exceed the federal standards for meat inspection established in Title 9 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences › Chapter 918 | Meat Inspection › Section 918.05 | Health Requirements for Employees.

Effective:
April 6, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 281 - 134th General Assembly
The director of agriculture may require an employee of an establishment to submit to a health examination by a physician at any time. No individual having any communicable disease, including any communicable skin disease, and no person with infected wounds and no person who is a carrier of a communicable disease shall be employed in any capacity in an establishment.
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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences › Chapter 918 | Meat Inspection › Section 918.06 | Unauthorized Possession, Use or Keeping of Stamps, Marks, or Brands.

Effective:
July 27, 1971
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 559 - 109th General Assembly
(A) No person except authorized representatives of the department of agriculture shall possess, use, or keep an inspection mark, stamp, or brand provided or used under Chapter 918. of the Revised Code for stamping, marking, branding, or otherwise identifying carcasses or meat products intended for human food; or possess, use, or keep any stamp, mark, or brand having thereon a device, words, or insignia the same or similar in character or import to stamps, marks, or brands provided or used under Chapter 918. of the Revised Code.
(B) No brand manufacturer, printer, or other person, firm, or corporation shall cast, print, lithograph, or otherwise make any device containing any any official mark or simulation thereof, or any label bearing any such mark or simulation, or any form of official certificate or simulation thereof, except as authorized by the director.
(C) All official devices or simulations must at all times be under direct control of a department of agriculture employee, or under official department of agriculture lock or seal.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences › Chapter 918 | Meat Inspection › Section 918.07 | Sale of Meat or Meat Products Produced for Human Food.

Effective:
September 15, 1965
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 321 - 106th General Assembly
Meat or meat products produced for human food in accordance with Chapter 918. of the Revised Code shall be afforded movement for sale and may be sold throughout Ohio without restriction except as provided in Chapter 918. of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences › Chapter 918 | Meat Inspection › Section 918.10 | Exemptions From Chapter Requirements.

Effective:
June 20, 1994
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 134 - 120th General Assembly
(A) Chapter 918. of the Revised Code does not apply to any of the following:
(1) A person who slaughters or prepares animals on his farm, or has animals slaughtered or prepared for his personal or family use and sells no meat products of such animals;
(2) A retail dealer or retail butcher who sells only meat or meat products that have been inspected in compliance with Chapter 918. of the Revised Code, directly to household consumers in retail stores;
(3) Any establishment that is subject to federal inspection.
(B) Only the requirement for licensure and the provisions of sections 918.01 to 918.11 of the Revised Code relating to sanitation, adulteration, misbranding, and use of the official mark, apply to both of the following:
(1) A person who operates an establishment to slaughter or prepare animals only for persons exempted under division (A) (1) of this section;
(2) A retail dealer or retail butcher who sells only meat or meat products, which have been inspected in compliance with sections 918.01 to 918.11 of the Revised Code, and whose operation or sales are other than those traditionally and usually conducted at retail stores or restaurants as prescribed by rules.
(C) Each establishment licensed under division (A) of section 918.08 of the Revised Code is exempt from any local ordinances, rules, or regulations pertaining to the inspection and sale of animals, carcasses, and meat products, or subjects relating thereto.
(D) Each establishment licensed under division (A) of section 918.08 of the Revised Code is exempt from the license required under section 915.15 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences › Chapter 918 | Meat Inspection › Section 918.11 | Prohibited Acts - Fines.

Effective:
April 15, 2005
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 202 - 125th General Assembly
(A) No carcass, parts thereof, or meat products shall be stamped or otherwise identified with an official mark unless the carcass, parts, or products have been so identified at an establishment licensed under division (A) of section 918.08 of the Revised Code.
(B) No person shall offer for sale or sell meat or meat products that have not been inspected in compliance with sections 918.01 to 918.11 of the Revised Code.
(C) No person shall knowingly offer for sale or sell adulterated meat or meat products that are detrimental to public health and safety.
(D) All fines and penalties recovered for violating this section shall be deposited into the poultry and meat products fund created in section 918.15 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences › Chapter 918 | Meat Inspection › Section 918.12 | Voluntary State Inspections.

Effective:
June 29, 2012
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 389 - 129th General Assembly
(A) An establishment, as defined in section 918.01 of the Revised Code, that slaughters or otherwise prepares meat of bison, cervidea, other bovidea, camelidae and hybrids thereof, ratites, domestic rabbits, monitored captive deer, captive deer with status, or captive deer with certified chronic wasting disease status as defined in section 943.01 of the Revised Code, domestic deer as defined in section 1531.01 of the Revised Code, or other animals determined by the director of agriculture by rule for human food purposes may receive voluntary state inspection, as defined in division (B) of section 918.01 of the Revised Code, if the establishment complies with sections 918.01 to 918.11 of the Revised Code and the rules adopted under those sections for establishments that slaughter or otherwise prepare for food purposes other animals and if the establishment complies with division (C) of this section.
(B) The owner of an establishment, as defined in section 918.21 of the Revised Code, who slaughters or otherwise prepares the meat of pheasant, quail, partridge, peafowl, grouse, captive raised wild turkey, captive raised waterfowl, or other poultry determined by the director by rule may receive voluntary state inspection as defined in division (I) of section 918.21 of the Revised Code and the rules adopted under those sections for establishments that slaughter or otherwise prepare for food purposes other poultry and if the establishment complies with division (C) of this section and sections 918.21 to 918.28 of the Revised Code.
(C) An establishment that receives voluntary state inspection under division (A) or (B) of this section shall pay the costs of the inspection at a rate and under terms established by rule of the director of agriculture in accordance with section 918.04 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences › Chapter 918 | Meat Inspection › Section 918.15 | Poultry and Meat Products Fund.

Effective:
June 30, 1995
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 117 - 121st General Assembly
There is hereby created in the state treasury the poultry and meat products fund to be administered by the director of agriculture. All moneys collected under sections 918.01 to 918.99 of the Revised Code shall be deposited into the fund and shall be used by the director to administer and enforce those sections.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences › Chapter 918 | Meat Inspection › Section 918.22 | Inspection and Supervision of Processing Operations - Ante-Mortem Inspections of Poultry.

Effective:
March 22, 2001
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 645 - 123rd General Assembly
(A) The director of agriculture shall provide inspection and supervision of all processing operations at establishments licensed under section 918.28 of the Revised Code and make ante-mortem inspections of poultry to the extent the director considers necessary to assure a wholesome product.
Whenever processing operations are being conducted, the director shall make post-mortem inspection of the carcass of each bird processed at such establishment, and at any time may order such quarantine, segregation, retention, or reinspection as is determined necessary of poultry and poultry products capable of use as human food. If, upon inspection, symptoms of disease or other conditions are found that would render the poultry or poultry products unwholesome or unfit for human food, such poultry or poultry products shall be condemned, identified, and disposed of as required by rules adopted under section 918.25 of the Revised Code.
(B) Establishments licensed under section 918.28 of the Revised Code shall:
(1) Furnish satisfactory facilities and assistance for inspectors as required by the director;
(2) Operate such establishments during reasonable hours;
(3) Keep the director informed in advance of intended hours of operation;
(4) Accept times of operation as designated by the director when the volume processed at a plant is so small as to require only a part-time inspector to be on duty at the plant;
(5) Reimburse the division of meat inspection for inspection services of more than eight hours in any given day, of more than forty hours in any given week Sunday through Saturday, or on any holiday as specified in division (A) of section 124.19 of the Revised Code at a rate established in rules adopted by the director under chapter 119. of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences › Chapter 918 | Meat Inspection › Section 918.23 | Facilities and Sanitary Practices.

Effective:
January 1, 1971
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1056 - 108th General Assembly
Each establishment licensed under section 918.28 of the Revised Code shall provide such premises, facilities, and equipment and be operated in accordance with such sanitary practices as are required by regulations adopted under section 918.25 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences › Chapter 918 | Meat Inspection › Section 918.24 | Records of Licensed Establishments.

Effective:
January 1, 1971
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1056 - 108th General Assembly
Each establishment licensed under section 918.28 of the Revised Code shall maintain records showing the receipt, delivery, sale, movement, or disposition of poultry products and shall, at reasonable times, permit the director of agriculture or his authorized representative to have access to and copy such records. Any record required to be maintained for the purpose of this section shall be held for a period of not less than two years after the transaction.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences › Chapter 918 | Meat Inspection › Section 918.25 | Rules to Administer Poultry Processing.

Effective:
April 15, 2005
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 202 - 125th General Assembly
The director of agriculture shall, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, adopt and enforce rules as necessary for the implementation, administration, and enforcement of sections 918.21 to 918.31 of the Revised Code. The rules shall meet or exceed the federal standards for meat inspection established in Title 9 of the Code of Federal Regulations. The rules adopted under this section shall provide for the protection of the public health, safety, and welfare and for maximum coordination and cooperation between state and federal programs for regulation of poultry and poultry products, and may include the following:
(A) Exemption of certain products as "poultry products" under the definition in section 918.21 of the Revised Code;
(B) Provision for the retention, identification, and disposal of condemned poultry and poultry products and for the identification of approved products;
(C) Sanitary requirements for premises, facilities, and equipment, for the operation thereof, and for the storage and handling of poultry and poultry products in establishments licensed under section 918.28 of the Revised Code. The rules pertaining to sanitary conditions shall conform with the sanitation standard operating procedures in Title 9 of the Code of Federal Regulations and shall require that an establishment be evaluated by determining its compliance with those procedures.
(D) Requirements for maintenance of records under section 918.24 of the Revised Code;
(E) Procedures for application and licensing, and the revocation and suspension of licenses;
(F) Requirements for marking and attaching the information required by section 918.31 of the Revised Code, including specific styles, legibility and size of type, method of affixing, variations, and exemptions;
(G) Such other rules as are necessary for the proper administration, implementation, and enforcement of sections 918.21 to 918.31 of the Revised Code, including rules requiring that an inspection of an establishment's slaughter and processing operations be conducted in accordance with the establishment's hazard analysis critical control point plan. In addition, the rules shall require that if an establishment does not have a plan for a particular production process under its hazard analysis critical control point plan as required in rules, the poultry product of the process may be considered to be adulterated and shall be retained pending a production process review and not allowed to be labeled with an official mark.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences › Chapter 918 | Meat Inspection › Section 918.26 | Operating Prohibitions.

Effective:
January 1, 1971
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1056 - 108th General Assembly
No person shall:
(A) Operate an establishment without first securing a license from the department of agriculture, unless exempted under section 918.27 of the Revised Code;
(B) Deny access to any authorized inspector at any reasonable time for the purposes of enforcing sections 918.21 to 918.31, inclusive, of the Revised Code, upon the presentation of proper identification;
(C) Operate a licensed establishment contrary to any regulation or order of the director of agriculture made under authority of sections 918.21 to 918.31, inclusive, of the Revised Code;
(D) Possess or use an inspection mark, stamp, or brand provided for in the regulations adopted under section 918.25 of the Revised Code or possess or use any mark, stamp, or brand having thereon a device, words, or insignia the same or similar in character or import to a mark, stamp, or brand provided for in such regulations, except authorized representatives of the department of agriculture;
(E) Sell, offer for sale, or otherwise dispose of poultry or poultry products which have been condemned under section 918.22 of the Revised Code, except under regulations adopted under section 918.25 of the Revised Code;
(F) Fail to maintain records required by section 918.24 of the Revised Code;
(G) Forge any official record, device, mark, or certificate;
(H) Forcibly assault, resist, oppose, impede, intimidate, or interfere with any person while engaged in or on account of the performance of his official duties under sections 918.21 to 918.31, inclusive, of the Revised Code or the regulations adopted thereunder.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences › Chapter 918 | Meat Inspection › Section 918.27 | Operating Prohibition Exemptions.

Effective:
June 20, 1994
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 134 - 120th General Assembly
(A) Division (A) of section 918.26 of the Revised Code does not apply to any of the following:
(1) A person who processes poultry on his own premises, or has poultry processed only for his personal or family use and does not sell that poultry or products of that poultry;
(2) A retail dealer or retail butcher who sells only poultry or poultry products that have been inspected in compliance with sections 918.21 to 918.31 of the Revised Code, directly to consumers in retail stores, provided that the only processing operation performed by the retail dealer is the cutting up of poultry products on the premises for sale to consumers;
(3) An establishment that is subject to federal inspection;
(4) A person who grows and slaughters on his own premises less than one thousand poultry in the current calendar year, providing:
(a) The grower-processor does not buy any live poultry;
(b) Such processed poultry is sold to a hotel, institution, restaurant consumer, or other person for preparation in his own kitchen and is served by him.
(B) Only the requirements for licensure and the provisions of sections 918.21 to 918.31 of the Revised Code relating to sanitation, adulteration, misbranding, and use of the official mark apply to either of the following:
(1) A person who operates an establishment to process poultry only for persons exempted under division (A)(1) of this section, provided that the establishment does not engage in the business of buying, selling, or bartering any poultry products capable of use as human food;
(2) A person who grows and slaughters on his own premises one thousand or more poultry, but less than twenty thousand poultry in the current calendar year, providing:
(a) The grower-processor does not buy any live poultry;
(b) Such processed poultry is sold to a hotel, institution, restaurant consumer, or other person for preparation in his own kitchen and is served by him.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences › Chapter 918 | Meat Inspection › Section 918.29 | Exemption From Ordinances, Rules, or Regulations of Political Subdivision.

Effective:
January 1, 1971
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1056 - 108th General Assembly
An establishment licensed under section 918.28 of the Revised Code is exempt from ordinances, rules, or regulations of a political subdivision pertaining to the inspection of poultry or poultry products.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences › Chapter 918 | Meat Inspection › Section 918.30 | Official Inspection Mark and Plant Number - Identification of Product.

Effective:
January 1, 1971
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1056 - 108th General Assembly
(A) Each shipping container of any poultry inspected under the authority of section 918.22 of the Revised Code and found to be wholesome in accordance with regulations adopted under section 918.25 of the Revised Code, shall, at the time such product leaves the establishment, bear in distinctly legible form the official inspection mark and the plant number of the establishment in which the contents were processed and inspected. Each immediate container of poultry product inspected under the authority of section 918.22 of the Revised Code and found to be wholesome in accordance with regulations adopted under section 918.25 of the Revised Code shall, at the time such product leaves the establishment, bear, in addition to such mark and number, the name of the product, a statement of ingredients, if fabricated from two or more ingredients, including a declaration as to artificial flavor, or preservatives, if any, the net weight or other appropriate measure of the contents, and the name and address of the processor. The name and address of the distributor may be used in lieu of the name and address of the processor if the approved plant number is used to identify the establishment in which the poultry product was processed and packed.
(B) The director of agriculture may by regulation adopted under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code permit reasonable variations and grant exemptions from the foregoing labeling requirements in any manner not in conflict with the purposes of sections 918.21 to 918.31, inclusive, of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences › Chapter 918 | Meat Inspection › Section 918.31 | Sale Prohibitions.

Effective:
June 20, 1994
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 134 - 120th General Assembly
No person shall do any of the following:
(A) Sell or offer for sale, transport for sale, or deliver or receive for purpose of sale, any poultry product, unless the shipping container, if any, and immediate container, bear the markings and information required by section 918.30 of the Revised Code or by the "Poultry Products Inspection Act," 71 Stat. 441 (1957), 21 U.S.C.A. 451, as amended by the "Wholesome Poultry Products Act," 82 Stat. 791 (1968);
(B) Use any written, printed, or graphic matter upon, or accompanied with any poultry product inspected or required to be inspected pursuant to section 918.22 of the Revised Code, or on the container thereof, that is false or misleading in any particular.
(C) No person shall knowingly offer for sale or sell adulterated poultry or poultry products that are detrimental to the public health and safety.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences › Chapter 918 | Meat Inspection › Section 918.41 | State Acceptance Service to Examine and Monitor Compliance by Meat and Poultry Vendors.

Effective:
September 29, 2015
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly
If the director of agriculture has not entered into an agreement with the United States department of agriculture in compliance with section 918.44 of the Revised Code, the director shall establish and maintain a state acceptance service within the department of agriculture to examine and monitor compliance by meat and poultry vendors with the specifications of the state purchase contracts awarded them under section 125.11 of the Revised Code, and by establishments, as defined in section 918.01 or 918.21 of the Revised Code, subject to state or federal inspection. State acceptance service shall be made available to such vendors and establishments within the state from eight a.m. to five p.m. Monday through Friday.
At least forty-eight hours, excluding Saturday and Sunday, before the date on which a vendor or authorized representative from such an establishment desires examination and monitoring of the production of meat products, as defined in section 918.01 of the Revised Code, or poultry products, as defined in section 918.21 of the Revised Code, that the vendor or establishment intends to supply to the state under a state purchase contract, a vendor or authorized representative from such an establishment shall contact the state acceptance service and request examination and monitoring. A state acceptor shall examine and monitor the production of the meat or poultry products to determine whether there is compliance with the state purchase contract specifications. The containers of products found to be in compliance shall be sealed, dated, and marked with an official mark. The state acceptor shall provide an official acceptance certificate to accompany each shipment to its destination.
The director shall train and appoint as state acceptors inspectors, as defined in sections 918.01 and 918.21 of the Revised Code.
Acceptance may be provided by the United States department of agriculture at the option of the vendor or authorized representative of such an establishment.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences › Chapter 918 | Meat Inspection › Section 918.42 | Rules to Administer State Acceptance Service.

Effective:
June 20, 1994
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 134 - 120th General Assembly
If the director of agriculture decides to establish a state acceptance service, he shall adopt and enforce and may amend and rescind rules, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code necessary for the implementation, administration, and enforcement of this section and sections 918.41 and 918.43 of the Revised Code. The rules shall provide for the efficient operation of the state acceptance service and may include the following:
(A) The fees and rates to be charged to the vendors and establishments for the state acceptance service. The charges shall be established on an hourly basis, and the time chargeable to a vendor or establishment shall include the travel time of the state acceptor as well as the time spent doing acceptance work at the establishment. Mileage, per diem, and laboratory sampling charges also may be assessed as necessary. The charges shall be established in an amount sufficient to defray the cost of employing state acceptors and administering the state acceptance program.
(B) The conditions under which vendors or authorized representatives at establishments shall present meat products and poultry products, as defined in sections 918.01 and 918.21 of the Revised Code, for examination by a state acceptor;
(C) Provision for a means of random sampling and analyzing of meat products and poultry products supplied under state purchase contracts;
(D) Procedures for investigating complaints from the staff and clientele of state institutions about meat products and poultry products purchased under state purchase contracts and for removal from the approved meat and poultry vendors list of any vendor, or for the suspension or revocation of the license of any establishment, that supplies meat products or poultry products that do not comply with state purchase contract specifications or are unwholesome as defined in section 918.21 of the Revised Code, adulterated or misbranded as defined in section 918.01 of the Revised Code, or who do not pay state acceptance service charges within thirty days after receipt of written notice that the charges are due;
(E) A code of conduct for state acceptors.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences › Chapter 918 | Meat Inspection › Section 918.43 | Transfer of Surplus in Poultry and Meat Products Fund.

Effective:
June 30, 1995
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 117 - 121st General Assembly
The controlling board may transfer any surplus in the poultry and meat products fund beyond the needs of the fund for one fiscal year to any other fund or account administered by the department.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences › Chapter 918 | Meat Inspection › Section 918.44 | Federal Meat Grading and Certification Service to Grade Agreement.

Effective:
June 30, 1995
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 117 - 121st General Assembly
(A) The director of agriculture may enter into an agreement with the United States department of agriculture authorizing employees of the department of agriculture to provide the federal meat grading and certification service to grade and certify meat, poultry, meat products, and poultry products in the state. The agreement shall comply with sections 125.111 and 126.07 of the Revised Code.
(B) If the director enters into an agreement pursuant to division (A) of this section, he shall appoint the employees of the department of agriculture to be trained and licensed by the United States department of agriculture as meat graders. The director may adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code as he determines necessary for the effective administration of this section. The rules shall include the duties and responsibilities required of the graders, the method of assessing fees and collecting payments for the services provided, requirements for supervision of the graders, the maintenance of records of receipts from work performed by the graders and any other records necessary to maintain, and procedures for suspending and revoking a grader's license.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences › Chapter 918 | Meat Inspection › Section 918.45 | Effect of Child Support Default on License.

Effective:
March 22, 2001
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly
On receipt of a notice pursuant to section 3123.43 of the Revised Code, the director of agriculture shall comply with sections 3123.41 to 3123.50 of the Revised Code and any applicable rules adopted under section 3123.63 of the Revised Code with respect to a license issued pursuant to this chapter.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences › Chapter 918 | Meat Inspection › Section 918.99 | Penalty.

Effective:
July 1, 1996
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 2 - 121st General Assembly
(A) Whoever violates division (D) or (F) of section 918.02, division (A) or (B) of section 918.11, or section 918.03, 918.05, 918.06, 918.08, 918.12, 918.24, 918.26, 918.30, or 918.31 of the Revised Code, or any rules adopted under section 918.04, 918.11, or 918.25 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree; on a second offense and each subsequent offense, such person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree.
(B) Whoever violates division (C) of section 918.11 or division (C) of section 918.31 of the Revised Code is guilty of a felony of the fifth degree.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences › Chapter 919 | Horse Meat › Section 919.01 | Horse Meat Definitions.

Effective:
June 20, 1994
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 134 - 120th General Assembly
As used in this chapter:
(A) "Horse meat market" means any establishment in which the parts of horses are processed and sold, or exposed or offered for sale at retail for human food other than a horse slaughterhouse.
(B) "Establishment" includes all premises where horses or parts thereof are processed and sold, or exposed or offered for sale at retail for human food such as canneries, sausage factories, rendering, salting, curing, and smoking houses or plants, markets, and similar places.
(C) "Inspection" means the examination, checking, or testing necessary to determine the wholesomeness, sanitary conditions, adulteration, misbranding, quality, and purity of horse meat products or the sanitary condition of horse meat processing establishments.
(D) "Processing" means to perform any act incidental to the manufacture, preparation, development, or changing of horse meat to convert it into marketable form to be sold or offered for sale at retail.
(E) "Horse" means an animal of the equine family.
(F) "Carcass" means the dressed body of a horse.
(G) "Horse meat" means the meat of a horse.
(H) "Horse meat food product" means any article intended for human food that is derived in whole or in part from horse meat.
(I) "At retail" means for use or consumption by the purchaser and not for resale.
(J) "Federal inspection" means the horse meat inspection service maintained by the food safety and inspection service of the United States department of agriculture.
(K) "State inspection" means the horse meat inspection service maintained by the department of agriculture of this state.
(L) "District health department inspection" means the horse meat inspection service maintained by district health departments.
(M) "Municipal inspection" means the horse meat inspection service maintained by municipal corporation officials.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences › Chapter 919 | Horse Meat › Section 919.02 | License - Registration - Fee.

Effective:
June 20, 1994
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 134 - 120th General Assembly
Any person responsible for the operation of any establishment in which horses or parts thereof are processed and sold, exposed, or offered for sale at retail for human food, shall register with the department of agriculture and secure from the director of agriculture a license to operate each separate establishment in which horses or parts thereof are processed and sold, exposed, or offered for sale at retail. No person responsible for the operation of such a processing establishment shall operate the enterprise without first securing a license to engage in such business. All licenses shall be valid to and including the thirtieth day of June following the date of issuance.
Any person required to be licensed under this section shall file with the director an application for a license to engage in the business of processing horses or parts thereof for sale at retail for human food setting forth such information covering the ownership, location, operation, equipment, facilities, and sanitary condition of the establishment, the health of the horses, or the commodities to be processed, as is required by the director. If examination of the information provided in the application and other pertinent information available to the director indicates that the parts of horses to be processed are fit for human food, and that the processing establishment to be operated complies with the sanitary standards prescribed in this chapter, or in rules adopted pursuant thereto, the director shall accept the application and issue a license.
The director may refuse to issue a license to any applicant if he determines that any information supplied by the applicant is false or misleading or that the establishment to be operated fails to comply with the sanitary or wholesomeness standards established in this chapter, or in rules adopted pursuant thereto. The director may suspend or revoke any license for the operation of an establishment for flagrant violation of any of those sections or rules adopted pursuant thereto. There shall be no refusal to issue a license, or no suspension or revocation of any such license, until the applicant or licensee is given an opportunity for a hearing by the director in regard to the refusal, suspension, or revocation, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. An appeal may be taken from the action of the director in refusing, suspending, or revoking a license to the court of common pleas as provided in that chapter.
An annual registration fee of fifty dollars for each establishment, in which horses and horse meat and horse meat products are processed and sold at retail, shall be paid to the director by each applicant under this section. Registration shall be renewed annually and the registration fee paid with the application for annual renewal.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences › Chapter 919 | Horse Meat › Section 919.03 | Horse Meat to Be Labeled by Processor.

Effective:
June 20, 1994
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 134 - 120th General Assembly
All horse carcasses, horse meat, and horse meat food products sold, or exposed or offered for sale at retail in this state shall be labeled by the processor thereof to show his name and address and the name of the carcasses, horse meat, and horse meat food product.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences › Chapter 919 | Horse Meat › Section 919.04 | Inspection Stamp.

Effective:
June 20, 1994
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 134 - 120th General Assembly
The director of agriculture shall prescribe the wording of a sanitary or wholesomeness inspection stamp used on a horse carcass, horse meat, or horse meat food product or on the covering, wrapper, or container of such commodity when the commodity is intended for human food that is processed, sold, exposed, or offered for sale at retail in the state. The wording of the stamp shall specify that a sanitary inspection or an inspection for wholesomeness has been made of the commodity on which the stamp is used, and that the commodity has met the standards for sanitation or wholesomeness established in this chapter or rules adopted pursuant thereto.
The director may authorize the use of such an inspection stamp on horse carcasses, horse meat, or horse meat food products, or on the coverings, wrappers, or containers thereof, by qualified officials of the state, by any municipal inspection service, or by any district health inspection service approved by the director.
The use of such an inspection stamp by any unauthorized person, or the misuse thereof by any person so authorized, constitutes a violation of this section.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences › Chapter 919 | Horse Meat › Section 919.05 | Alteration of Labels or Stamps.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
No person shall deface, alter, or remove any slaughterer or processor identification labels, or of any impression made by a horse meat inspection stamp affixed on any horse carcass, horse meat, or on any horse meat food product by any qualified official of the state, by any municipal inspection service, or by any district health inspection service approved by the director of agriculture, so as in any manner to cause the commodities to be unbranded or misbranded.