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Section 918.01 | Meat inspection definitions.
Effective:
April 15, 2005
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 202 - 125th General Assembly
As used in sections 918.01 to 918.11 of the Revised Code: (A) "Federal inspection" means an inspection pursuant to the "Federal Meat Inspection Act," 34 Stat. 1260 (1907), 21 U.S.C.A. 71, as amended by the "Wholesome Meat Act," 81 Stat. 584 (1967), 21 U.S.C.A. 601, and any subsequent amendments thereto. (B) "State inspection" means the meat inspection service conducted by the department of agriculture. (C) "Establishment" means all premises in the state where animals are slaughtered or otherwise prepared for food purposes, meat canneries, sausage factories, smoking or curing operations, and similar places. (D) "Animals" means cattle, calves, sheep, swine, horses, mules, other equines, goats, and other animals specified under division (A) of section 918.12 of the Revised Code. (E) "Carcass" means all parts, including viscera, of slaughtered animals that are capable of being used for human food. (F) "Meat products" means any product capable of use as human food that is made wholly or in part from any meat or other portion of the carcass of any animal, excepting products that are exempted from definition as a meat product by the director of agriculture under such conditions as the director prescribes to ensure that the meat or other portions of such carcasses contained in the product are not adulterated and that the products are not represented as meat products. (G) "Wholesome" means sound, healthful, clean, and otherwise fit for human food. (H) "Adulterated," as applied to any carcass, part thereof, or meat product, has the same meaning as in sections 3715.59 and 3715.62 of the Revised Code or as otherwise prescribed by the director by rules. (I) "Inspector" means any employee of the department authorized by the director to inspect animals, carcasses, or meat products. (J) "Official mark" means the official inspection legend or any other symbol prescribed by rules of the director to identify the status of any article or animals under this chapter. (K) "Labeling" means all labels and any other display of written, printed, or graphic matter: (1) Upon any article or any of its containers or wrappers, not including package liners; (2) Accompanying an article. (L) "Ohio retained" means that the animal or the meat product so identified is held for further examination by a veterinary inspector to determine its disposal. (M) "Prepared" means slaughtered, canned, salted, rendered, boned, cut up, smoked, cooked, or otherwise manufactured or processed. (N) "Capable of use as human food" as applied to any animal carcass, part thereof, or meat product means any animal carcass, part thereof, or meat food product that is not denatured or otherwise identified as required by state or federal law or rules or regulations to deter its use as human food and that is naturally edible by humans. (O) "Misbranded" as applied to any carcass, part thereof, or meat product has the same meaning as in section 3715.60 of the Revised Code or as otherwise prescribed by the director by rules. (P) "Retail dealer" or "retail butcher" means any place of business where the sales of products are made to consumers only, at least seventy-five per cent of the total dollar value of sales of products represents sales to household consumers, and the sales of products to consumers other than household consumers do not exceed the adjusted dollars limitation for annual retail sales published in the Federal Register by the food safety and inspection service in the United States department of agriculture. On the first day of March in any year in which an adjustment is made, and whenever the change exceeds five hundred dollars, the director shall adjust the then current ceiling based upon the change in the price of the volume of products whose total price is equal to the then current ceiling. The adjustment shall be equal to the total dollar change in price of the same volume of products between the most recently completed calendar year and the next preceding calendar year as measured by changes in the United States department of labor's national consumer price index for those periods of time.
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Section 918.02 | Ante-mortem inspections of all animals slaughtered.
Effective:
April 15, 2005
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 202 - 125th General Assembly
(A) The director of agriculture, or the director's designee, shall provide ante-mortem inspections of all animals slaughtered at establishments licensed under division (A) of section 918.08 of the Revised Code where and to the extent the director considers it necessary. If, upon inspection, symptoms of disease or other abnormal conditions that would render the animals unfit for human food are found, those animals shall be retained or permanently and conspicuously identified with an official mark indicating they have been condemned and shall be disposed of in a manner prescribed by the director. (B) The director shall provide post-mortem inspection to the extent the director considers necessary of all animals for human food in establishments licensed under division (A) of section 918.08 of the Revised Code. The head, tongue, tail, viscera, and other parts, and blood used in the preparation of meat products or medicinal products shall be retained in such a manner as to preserve their identity until the post-mortem examination has been completed. Wholesome carcasses shall be identified with an official mark indicating they have been approved. Each unwholesome carcass shall be marked conspicuously by the inspector at the time of inspection with an official mark indicating the carcass has been condemned, and all carcasses and parts thereof thus inspected and condemned shall be destroyed for food purposes by the establishment in the presence of an inspector. If any carcass or any part thereof, upon examination and inspection subsequent to the first examination and inspection, is found to be adulterated, it shall be destroyed for food purposes by the establishment in the presence of an inspector. All unborn or stillborn animals shall be condemned. Carcasses of animals that have died by means other than slaughter shall not be brought into any room in which meat products are processed, handled, or stored. (C) The director shall provide inspection of all processing operations at establishments licensed under division (A) of section 918.08 of the Revised Code where animal carcasses, parts thereof, or meat products may be brought in and further treated and prepared, and shall provide inspection and supervision in processing departments to ensure that controls are effective at all times. (D) Establishments licensed under section 918.08 of the Revised Code shall furnish satisfactory facilities and assistance for ante-mortem and post-mortem inspections as required by the director. The director may require operations at the establishments to be conducted during reasonable hours. Licensees shall inform the director in advance of intended hours of operation. When one inspector is assigned to make inspections at two or more establishments where few animals are slaughtered, or where small quantities of meat products are prepared, the director may designate the hours of the day and the days of the week during which the establishment may be operated. No person shall deny access to any authorized inspector upon the presentation of proper identification at any reasonable time to such establishments and to records pertaining to the source and sale of carcasses and meat products. The director shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code establishing the rate at which an establishment shall 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. (E) The director may limit the entry of animals, animal carcasses, or parts thereof, meat food products, and other materials into any establishment at which inspection is maintained under this chapter to ensure that allowing the entry of such articles into such inspected establishments will be consistent with the purposes of this chapter. (F) All carcasses, parts thereof, and meat products inspected at any establishment under the authority of this chapter and found to be not adulterated, at the time they leave the establishment, shall bear, in distinctly legible forms directly thereon or on their containers, appropriate labeling as the director may require in accordance with rules adopted under this chapter. No article subject to this chapter shall be sold or offered for sale by any person, under any names or labeling that is false or misleading. (G) The director shall adopt and enforce sanitation rules pursuant to this chapter, under which establishments shall be maintained. Where the sanitary conditions of any such establishment are such that the meat product is rendered adulterated, the product shall be retained and not allowed to be labeled with an official mark. The rules pertaining to sanitary conditions shall conform with the sanitation standard operating procedures established in Title 9 of the Code of Federal Regulations and shall require that an establishment be evaluated by determining its compliance with those procedures. 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 meat 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.
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Section 918.03 | Adulterated or unwholesome conditions.
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.
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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.
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Section 918.05 | Health requirements for employees.
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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Section 918.06 | Unauthorized possession, use or keeping of stamps, marks, or brands.
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.
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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.
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Section 918.08 | License - annual fee - violations.
Effective:
October 16, 2009
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 128th General Assembly
(A) Except as provided in division (F) of this section, no person shall operate an establishment without first licensing the establishment with the department of agriculture. The owner of an establishment desiring a license with the department may make application therefor on forms provided by the department. If after inspection the director of agriculture finds that an establishment is in compliance with this chapter and rules adopted under it, the director shall notify the owner of the establishment and, upon receipt of the required license fee, the establishment shall be permitted to operate. However, if after inspection the director finds that an establishment is not in compliance with this chapter and rules adopted under it, the director shall deny the license application. The applicant may appeal the denial of the license application in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. The license shall expire annually on the thirty-first day of March and, if the director finds that the establishment is in compliance with this chapter and rules adopted under it, shall be renewed according to the standard renewal procedure of sections 4745.01 to 4745.03 of the Revised Code. (B) The annual license fee for each establishment, or a renewal thereof, is one hundred dollars. All fees collected under this section shall be deposited into the poultry and meat products fund created in section 918.15 of the Revised Code. (C) If after inspection the director determines that an establishment licensed under division (A) of this section is operating in violation of this chapter or the rules adopted thereunder, the director shall notify the licensee in writing of the violation and give the licensee ten days from the date of notice to cease or correct the conditions causing the violation. If the conditions causing the violation continue after the expiration of the ten-day period, the director may do either of the following: (1) Impose progressive enforcement actions as provided in division (D)(1) of this section in the same manner as inspectors; (2) Suspend or revoke the establishment's license in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. (D)(1) If an inspector determines that an establishment licensed under division (A) of this section is operating in violation of sections 918.01 to 918.12 of the Revised Code and rules adopted under those sections, the inspector may notify the licensee in writing of the violation. The inspector immediately may impose progressive enforcement actions, including withholding the mark of inspection, suspension of inspection, suspension of inspection held in abeyance, and withdrawal of inspection. The progressive enforcement actions may be taken prior to affording the licensee an opportunity for a hearing. As authorized in division (C) of section 119.06 of the Revised Code, a decision to impose a progressive enforcement action is immediately appealable to a higher authority within the department who is classified by the director as a district supervisor and who is designated by the director to hear the appeal. If the district supervisor affirms the enforcement action of the inspector, the licensee may appeal the enforcement action in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. (2) As used in division (D)(1) of this section, "suspension of inspection held in abeyance" means a period of time during which a suspension of inspection is lifted because an establishment has presented the director with a corrective action plan that, if implemented properly, would bring the establishment into compliance with this chapter and rules adopted under it. (E) If in the opinion of the director the establishment is being operated under such insanitary conditions as to be a hazard to public health, or if the director determines that an establishment is not in compliance with its hazard analysis critical control point plan as required by rules, the director may condemn or retain the product on hand and immediately withdraw inspection from the establishment until the insanitary conditions are corrected or until the establishment is in compliance with its hazard analysis critical control point plan, as applicable. The director may take those actions prior to an adjudication hearing as required under section 119.06 of the Revised Code. The director subsequently shall afford a hearing upon the request of the owner or operator of the establishment. (F) Any person operating an establishment as defined in section 918.01 of the Revised Code who also operates on the same premises an establishment as defined in section 918.21 of the Revised Code shall apply either for licensure under section 918.08 of the Revised Code or for licensure under section 918.28 of the Revised Code, but not for both, as the director shall determine. (G) If the director determines that the owner or operator of or any person employed by an establishment licensed under division (A) of this section forcibly assaulted, resisted, opposed, impeded, intimidated, or interfered with any person while that person was engaged in, or because of the person's performance of, official duties under sections 918.01 to 918.12 of the Revised Code or the rules adopted under those sections, the director immediately may withdraw inspection from the establishment prior to an adjudication hearing as required under section 119.06 of the Revised Code. (H) In addition to any remedies provided by law and irrespective of whether or not there exists an adequate remedy at law, the director may apply to the court of common pleas of the county in which a violation of sections 918.01 to 918.12 of the Revised Code or rules adopted under those sections occurs for a temporary or permanent injunction or other appropriate relief concerning the violation.
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Section 918.10 | Exemptions from chapter requirements.
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.
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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.
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Section 918.12 | Voluntary state inspections.
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.
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Section 918.15 | Poultry and meat products fund.
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.
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Section 918.21 | Licensing of poultry processing definitions.
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 134 - 120th General Assembly
As used in sections 918.21 to 918.31 of the Revised Code: (A) "Poultry by-product manufacturer" means any person engaged in the business of manufacturing or processing animal food derived wholly or in part from carcasses, or parts or products of the carcasses of poultry. (B) "Carcass" means all parts, including viscera, of slaughtered poultry that are capable of being used for human food. (C) "Capable of use as human food" as applied to poultry or poultry products means poultry or a poultry product that is not denatured or otherwise identified as required by state or federal law or regulations to deter its use as human food, or that is naturally edible by humans. (D) "Container" or "package" means any box, can, tin, cloth, plastic, or any other receptacle, wrapper, or cover. (E) "Establishment" means any premises where poultry is slaughtered or otherwise prepared for food purposes. (F) "Federal inspection" means inspection pursuant to 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). (G) "Immediate container" means any consumer package or any other container in which poultry products not consumer packaged are packed. (H) "Inspector" means an employee or official of the department of agriculture authorized by the director of agriculture to inspect poultry or poultry products under the authority of sections 918.21 to 918.31 of the Revised Code. (I) "Ohio inspected and approved" means that the poultry or poultry products so identified have been inspected and passed under sections 918.21 to 918.31 of the Revised Code and the rules pertaining thereto, and at the time of inspection and identification were found to be wholesome. (J) "Ohio inspected and condemned" means that the poultry or poultry products so stamped and identified are unwholesome and unfit for human food and shall be disposed of in a manner prescribed by the department. (K) "Ohio retained" means that the poultry or poultry product so identified is held for further examination by an inspector to determine its disposal. (L) "Poultry" means any domesticated bird and any poultry specified under division (B) of section 918.12 of the Revised Code, whether live or dead. (M) "Processed" means slaughtered, cut up, boned, salted, stuffed, rendered, smoked, or otherwise manufactured or prepared. (N) "Poultry product" means any poultry carcass, or part thereof, or any product which is made wholly or in part from any poultry carcass or part thereof, excepting products which are exempted by the director from definition as a poultry product under such conditions as the director may prescribe to ensure that the poultry ingredients in those products are not adulterated and that those products are not represented as poultry products. (O) "Poultry products broker" means any person engaged in the business of buying or selling poultry products on commission or otherwise negotiating purchases or sales or handling of such products other than for his own account or as an employee of another person. (P) "Renderer" means any person engaged in the business of converting raw rendering materials into fats, oils, feeds, fertilizer, and other products, except rendering conducted under inspection or under exemption of sections 918.21 to 918.31 of the Revised Code. (Q) "Shipping container" means any container used or intended for use in packaging the product packed in an immediate container. (R) "State inspection" means the meat inspection service administered by the department of agriculture. (S) "Wholesome" means sound, healthful, clean, and otherwise capable of use as human food. (T) "Unwholesome" means: (1) Unsound, diseased, unclean, injurious to health, or otherwise not capable of use as human food; (2) Consisting in whole or in part of any filthy, putrid, or decomposed substance; (3) Processed, prepared, packaged, or held under insanitary conditions whereby any poultry carcass or parts thereof or any poultry product has become contaminated, or whereby a poultry product has been rendered injurious to health; (4) Produced in whole or in part in such manner that the product contains any poisonous or deleterious substance which has rendered it injurious to health; (5) Produced in whole or in part from poultry that show evidence of disease or from poultry that have died otherwise than by slaughter; (6) Containing therein any poisonous or deleterious substance, unless such substance is permitted in production or unavoidable under processing practices as may be determined by rules of the department or other provisions of law limiting or tolerating the quantity of such added substance on or in such product; (7) Substituting any substance wholly or in part thereof; (8) Concealing in any manner damaged or inferior quality; (9) Bearing or containing (by reason of administering any substance to the live poultry or otherwise) any added poisonous or deleterious substance which, in the judgment of the director, may make such product unfit for human food; (10) Containing any substance which has been added thereto or mixed or packed therein so as to increase its bulk or weight, or reduce its quality or strength, or make it appear better or of greater value than it is.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Section 918.27 | Operating prohibition exemptions.
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.
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Section 918.28 | License issuance, revocation, suspension.
Effective:
October 16, 2009
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 128th General Assembly
(A) Except as provided in division (F) of section 918.08 of the Revised Code, application for a license to operate an establishment shall be made to the director of agriculture on forms provided by the department of agriculture. The director shall inspect the establishment and if, upon inspection, the establishment is found to be in compliance with this chapter and rules adopted under it, the director shall so notify the owner of the establishment and, upon receipt of the annual license fee of one hundred dollars, shall issue the owner a license. However, if after inspection the director finds that an establishment is not in compliance with this chapter and rules adopted under it, the director shall deny the license application. The applicant may appeal the denial of the license application in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. The license shall expire on the thirty-first day of March of each year and, if the director finds that the establishment is in compliance with this chapter and rules adopted under it, shall be renewed according to the standard renewal procedures of sections 4745.01 to 4745.03 of the Revised Code. (B) If after inspection the director determines that an establishment licensed under this section is operating in violation of this chapter or a rule or order adopted or issued under authority thereof, the director shall notify the licensee in writing of the violation, giving the licensee ten days from the date of the notice to correct the conditions causing the violation. If the conditions are not corrected within the ten-day period, the director may do either of the following: (1) Impose progressive enforcement actions as provided in division (C)(1) of this section in the same manner as inspectors; (2) Suspend or revoke the license in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. (C)(1) If an inspector determines that an establishment licensed under division (A) of this section is operating in violation of sections 918.21 to 918.31 of the Revised Code and rules adopted under those sections, the inspector may notify the licensee in writing of the violation. The inspector immediately may impose progressive enforcement actions, including withholding the mark of inspection, suspension of inspection, suspension of inspection held in abeyance, and withdrawal of inspection. The progressive enforcement actions may be taken prior to affording the licensee an opportunity for a hearing. As authorized in division (C) of section 119.06 of the Revised Code, a decision to impose a progressive enforcement action is immediately appealable to a higher authority within the department who is classified by the director as a district supervisor and who is designated by the director to hear the appeal. If the district supervisor affirms the enforcement action of the inspector, the licensee may appeal the enforcement action in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. (2) As used in division (C)(1) of this section, "suspension of inspection held in abeyance" means a period of time during which a suspension of inspection is lifted because an establishment has presented the director with a corrective action plan that, if implemented properly, would bring the establishment into compliance with this chapter and rules adopted under it. (D) If in the opinion of the director the establishment is being operated under such insanitary conditions as to be a hazard to public health, or if the director determines that an establishment is not in compliance with its hazard analysis critical control point plan as required by rules, the director may condemn or retain the product on hand and immediately withdraw inspection from the establishment until such time as the insanitary conditions are corrected or until the establishment is in compliance with its hazard analysis critical control point plan, as applicable. (E) If the director determines that the owner or operator of or any person employed by an establishment licensed under division (A) of this section forcibly assaulted, resisted, opposed, impeded, intimidated, or interfered with any person while that person was engaged in, or because of the person's performance of, official duties under sections 918.21 to 918.31 of the Revised Code or the rules adopted under those sections, the director immediately may withdraw inspection from the establishment prior to an adjudication hearing as required under section 119.06 of the Revised Code. (F) In addition to any remedies provided by law and irrespective of whether or not there exists an adequate remedy at law, the director may apply to the court of common pleas of the county in which a violation of sections 918.21 to 918.31 of the Revised Code or rules adopted under those sections occurs for a temporary or permanent injunction or other appropriate relief concerning the violation.
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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.
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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.
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Section 918.31 | Sale prohibitions.
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.
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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.
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Section 918.42 | Rules to administer state acceptance service.
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.
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Section 918.43 | Transfer of surplus in poultry and meat products fund.
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.
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Section 918.44 | Federal meat grading and certification service to grade agreement.
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.
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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.
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Section 918.99 | Penalty.
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.
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