Ohio Code 919.11 – Prohibitions – labeling of horse meat fed to animals
No person shall mix horse meat with the parts of any other animal, sell, offer, or expose for sale any such mixture for human consumption within this state.
Terms Used In Ohio Code 919.11
- 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
- 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
No person shall sell for human consumption the tongue, diaphragm, heart, esophagus, lips, ears, or glands of a horse, nor shall these parts of a horse be included in a horse meat food product intended for human consumption.
Any horse carcass, horse meat, or horse meat food product sold, offered, or exposed for sale, which is unlabeled as to use or is labeled as pet or animal food, shall be decharacterized with charcoal or green food dye. Suggestive pictures or designs on the label shall be considered as indicative of the use of the product. However, any horse meat or horse meat food product whose label bears an approved inspection stamp, or which is packed in hermetically sealed, retort processed, conventional retail sized container, is labeled as pet or animal food, and is licensed under sections 923.41 to 923.55, inclusive, and 923.99 of the Revised Code, need not be decharacterized.