Ohio Code 953.22 – Licensing of rendering operations
(A) No person shall engage in the business of disposing of, picking up, rendering, or collecting raw rendering material or transporting the material to a composting facility without a license to do so from the department of agriculture.
Terms Used In Ohio Code 953.22
- 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
- Animal: means any animal, other than a human being, and includes domestic fowl, wild birds, fish, and reptiles, living or dead. See Ohio Code 953.21
- Composting facility: means any premises, including structures and equipment, operating in accordance with rules adopted under section 3734. See Ohio Code 953.21
- Person: means any natural person, partnership, association, or corporation. See Ohio Code 953.21
- Raw rendering material: means any body, part of a body, or product of a body of any dead animal that is unwholesome, condemned, inedible, or otherwise unfit for human consumption. See Ohio Code 953.21
(B) This chapter does not apply to any of the following:
(1) A farmer who slaughters the farmer’s own animals, raised by the farmer on the farmer’s own farm, processes the farmer’s own meat therefrom, and disposes of the farmer’s raw rendering material only by delivery to a person licensed under section 953.23 of the Revised Code;
(2) A person whose only connection with raw rendering material is curing hides and skins;
(3) A person whose only connection with raw rendering material is operating a pet cemetery;
(4) A person who is conducting composting, as defined in section 939.01 of the Revised Code, in accordance with section 939.04 of the Revised Code;
(5) A person whose only connection with raw rendering material is trapping wild animals in accordance with a nuisance wild animal permit issued by the chief of the division of wildlife in the department of natural resources under rules adopted pursuant to section 1531.08 of the Revised Code;
(6) A county dog warden or animal control officer who transports raw rendering material only for disposal purposes.