Ohio Code 919.05 – Alteration of labels or stamps
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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.
Terms Used In Ohio Code 919.05
- 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
- Carcass: means the dressed body of a horse. See Ohio Code 919.01
- Horse: means an animal of the equine family. See Ohio Code 919.01
- Horse meat: means the meat of a horse. See Ohio Code 919.01
- Horse meat food product: means any article intended for human food that is derived in whole or in part from horse meat. See Ohio Code 919.01
- 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. See Ohio Code 919.01
- Municipal inspection: means the horse meat inspection service maintained by municipal corporation officials. See Ohio Code 919.01
- Person: includes an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, and association. See Ohio Code 1.59
- state: means the state of Ohio. See Ohio Code 1.59