(A) The director of agriculture shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119 of the Revised Code that establish, when otherwise not established by a law of this state, definitions for a food or class of food and standards for the following items as they pertain to the food or class of food:

Terms Used In Ohio Code 3715.02

  • agriculture: includes farming; ranching; aquaculture; algaculture meaning the farming of algae; apiculture and related apicultural activities, production of honey, beeswax, honeycomb, and other related products; horticulture; viticulture, winemaking, and related activities; animal husbandry, including, but not limited to, the care and raising of livestock, equine, and fur-bearing animals; poultry husbandry and the production of poultry and poultry products; dairy production; the production of field crops, tobacco, fruits, vegetables, nursery stock, ornamental shrubs, ornamental trees, flowers, sod, or mushrooms; timber; pasturage; any combination of the foregoing; the processing, drying, storage, and marketing of agricultural products when those activities are conducted in conjunction with, but are secondary to, such husbandry or production; and any additions or modifications to the foregoing made by the director of agriculture by rule adopted in accordance with Chapter 119 of the Revised Code. See Ohio Code 1.61
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Cosmetic: means :

    (a) Articles intended to be rubbed, poured, sprinkled, or sprayed on, introduced into, or otherwise applied to the human body or any part thereof for cleansing, beautifying, promoting attractiveness, or altering the appearance;

    (b) Articles intended for use as a component of any such article, except that "cosmetic" does not include soap. See Ohio Code 3715.01

  • Drug: means :

    (a) Articles recognized in the United States pharmacopoeia and national formulary, or any supplement to them;

    (b) Articles intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease in humans or animals;

    (c) Articles, other than food, intended to affect the structure or any function of the body of humans or other animals;

    (d) Articles intended for use as a component of any of the foregoing articles, other than devices or their components, parts, or accessories. See Ohio Code 3715.01

  • Food: means :

    (a) Articles used for food or drink for humans or animals;

    (b) Chewing gum;

    (c) Articles used for components of any such articles. See Ohio Code 3715.01

  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Joint committee: Committees including membership from both houses of teh legislature. Joint committees are usually established with narrow jurisdictions and normally lack authority to report legislation.
  • Label: means a display of written, printed, or graphic matter upon the immediate container, exclusive of package liners, of any article. See Ohio Code 3715.01
  • Labeling: means all labels and other written, printed, or graphic matter:

    (a) Upon an article or any of its containers or wrappers;

    (b) Accompanying such article. See Ohio Code 3715.01

  • Manufacture: means the planting, cultivating, harvesting, processing, making, preparing, or otherwise engaging in any part of the production of a drug by propagating, compounding, converting, or processing, either directly or indirectly by extracting from substances of natural origin, or independently by means of chemical synthesis, or by a combination of extraction and chemical synthesis, and includes the following:

    (i) Any packaging or repackaging of the drug or labeling or relabeling of its container, the promotion and marketing of the drug, and other activities incident to production;

    (ii) The preparation and promotion of commercially available products from bulk compounds for resale by pharmacies, licensed health professionals authorized to prescribe drugs, or other persons. See Ohio Code 3715.01

  • Person: means an individual, partnership, corporation, or association. See Ohio Code 3715.01
  • Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
  • Rule: includes regulation. See Ohio Code 1.59
  • state: means the state of Ohio. See Ohio Code 1.59
  • United States: includes all the states. See Ohio Code 1.59

(1) Quality, identity, purity, grade, and strength;

(2) Packaging and labeling;

(3) Food processing equipment;

(4) Processing procedures;

(5) Fill of containers.

The standards and definitions, where applicable, shall conform to the standards for foods adopted by the United States department of agriculture and the United States food and drug administration. Portions of Titles 7, 9, and 21 of the Code of Federal Regulations or the regulations adopted for the enforcement of the “Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act,” 52 Stat. 1040 (1938), 21 U.S.C.A. 301 et seq., as amended, may be adopted as rules by referencing the federal regulations, subject to the approval of the joint committee on agency rule review.

In adopting rules that establish definitions and standards of identity for a food or class of food in which only a limited number of optional ingredients are permitted, the director shall designate the optional ingredients that must be listed on the label.

(B) The director shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119 of the Revised Code that establish procedures for the performance of sample analyses of food, food additives, and food packaging materials. The circumstances under which a sample analysis may be required include the following:

(1) When a food, food additive, or food packaging material is the subject of a consumer complaint;

(2) When requested by a consumer after a physician has isolated an organism from the consumer as the physician’s patient;

(3) When a food, food additive, or food packaging material is suspected of having caused an illness;

(4) When a food, food additive, or food packaging material is suspected of being adulterated or misbranded;

(5) When a food, food additive, or food packaging material is subject to verification of food labeling and standards of identity;

(6) At any other time the director considers a sample analysis necessary.

(C) In foodborne illness investigations, the director of agriculture shall cooperate and consult with the public health laboratory maintained by the department of health under section 3701.22 of the Revised Code.

(D) The director or the director’s designee shall do all of the following:

(1) Inspect drugs, food, or drink manufactured, stored, or offered for sale in this state;

(2) Prosecute or cause to be prosecuted each person engaged in the unlawful manufacture or sale of an adulterated drug or article of food or drink, in violation of law;

(3) Enforce all laws against fraud, adulteration, or impurities in drugs, foods, or drinks and unlawful labeling within this state.

(E) The director may appoint or contract for one or more qualified persons to enforce the provisions of this chapter.

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