Ohio Code 917.03 – Milk sanitation board
There is hereby created a milk sanitation board consisting of the director of agriculture or the director’s authorized representative, the director of health or the director’s authorized representative, and the following members to be appointed by the director of agriculture:
Terms Used In Ohio Code 917.03
- 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
- Manufacture milk: means milk produced by a person holding a valid producer license of the manufacture milk category issued pursuant to section 917. See Ohio Code 917.01
- Manufacture milk processor: means any person who operates or controls a manufacture milk plant, transfer station, receiving station, or milk transport cleaning facility that is located in this state or from which manufacture milk or manufactured milk products are sold or offered for sale for human consumption, as applicable. See Ohio Code 917.01
- Manufacture milk producer: means a person located in this state who sells or offers for sale manufacture milk obtained from a cow, goat, sheep, or other animal that the person owns or controls. See Ohio Code 917.01
- Milk: means the lacteal secretion, substantially free from colostrum, obtained by the complete milking of one or more healthy cows, goats, sheep, or other animals and intended for either of the following purposes:
(1) To be sold for human consumption or for use in dairy products;
(2) To be used for human consumption or for use in dairy products on the premises of a governmental agency or institution. See Ohio Code 917.01
- milk hauler: means a person who owns or leases a vehicle or conveyance used to transport raw milk, but does not include a producer transporting raw milk that the producer has produced. See Ohio Code 917.01
- milk processor: means a grade A milk processor or a manufacture milk processor. See Ohio Code 917.01
- milk producer: means a grade A milk producer or a manufacture milk producer. See Ohio Code 917.01
- Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
(A) Two grade A milk producers;
(B) One manufacture milk producer;
(C) Three milk processors, one of whom shall be a grade A milk processor and one of whom shall be a manufacture milk processor;
(D) One milk hauler.
The three members who are milk producers shall not be members or representatives of the same co-operative association.
The director of agriculture or the director’s authorized representative shall serve as chairperson of the board.
Before making the appointments to the board required under this section, the director of agriculture shall consult the respective statewide trade organizations that represent grade A milk producers, manufacture milk producers, milk processors, and milk haulers.
Of the initial appointments, one grade A milk producer, one milk processor, and the milk hauler shall serve for a term ending December 31, 1998, one grade A milk producer and the manufacture milk processor shall serve for a term ending December 31, 1999, and the manufacture milk producer and a grade A milk processor shall serve for a term ending December 31, 2000. Thereafter, members shall serve three-year terms that expire on the thirty-first day of December.
Each member shall hold office from the date of appointment until the end of the term for which the member was appointed. A member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of the term for which the member’s predecessor was appointed shall hold office for the remainder of the term. A member shall continue in office subsequent to the expiration date of the member’s term until the member’s successor takes office or a period of sixty days has elapsed, whichever occurs first. A member shall continue in office for the entirety of the member’s term unless removed for misfeasance, malfeasance, or nonfeasance.
The director shall provide the board with the personnel, office space, and incidentals necessary for it to perform its duties and exercise its powers. Members shall be reimbursed for their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. Appointed members shall receive compensation in an amount determined pursuant to division (J) of section 124.15 of the Revised Code.