Ohio Code 3715.23 – Manufacture and sale of adulterated candy – sample for analysis
No person shall manufacture for sale, sell, or offer for sale, candy with an admixture of terra alba, barytes, talc, or other mineral substance, or with poisonous colors or flavors or other ingredients deleterious or detrimental to health.
Terms Used In Ohio Code 3715.23
- 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
No manufacturer of or dealer in candy, shall refuse, upon demand and a tender of payment therefor, to furnish a sample thereof for analysis.
Whoever violates this section shall pay all expenses incurred in inspecting and analyzing such adulterated candy. All candy manufactured for sale, sold, or offered for sale in violation of this section shall be forfeited and destroyed under the direction of the court.