Terms Used In Ohio Code > Chapter 917 - Dairy Products

• agricultural cooperative association: means any agricultural cooperative organized under Chapter 1729 of the Revised Code and qualified to do business in this state if the director of agriculture finds the association has, in good faith, its entire activities under the control of its members and has been and is exercising full authority in the sale of milk or cream for its members. See Ohio Code 917.01
• 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
• Another: when used to designate the owner of property which is the subject of an offense, includes not only natural persons but also every other owner of property. See Ohio Code 1.02
• Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• Bond: includes an undertaking. See Ohio Code 1.02
• Child: includes child by adoption. See Ohio Code 1.59
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• Dairy products: means milk, raw milk for sale to the ultimate consumer, grade A milk products, and manufactured milk products. See Ohio Code 917.01
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
• Frozen desserts: means frozen desserts, including the mixes, described in 21 C. See Ohio Code 917.01
• Imitation: means imitation as described in 21 C. See Ohio Code 917.01
• in writing: includes any representation of words, letters, symbols, or figures; this provision does not affect any law relating to signatures. See Ohio Code 1.59
• Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
• Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
• License: means a license issued under section 917. See Ohio Code 917.01
• 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 plant: means a place, including a governmental operation, where manufacture milk or a manufactured milk product is collected, handled, controlled, manufactured, processed, stored, pasteurized, ultra-pasteurized, repasteurized, commercially sterilized, aseptically processed, bottled, or prepared for distribution, but does not include a place where a manufactured milk product is purchased in packaged form and is stored and handled for the sole purpose of sale to the ultimate consumer. 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
• Manufactured milk products: means all products, other than raw milk for sale to the ultimate consumer and grade A milk products, that are derived from milk and are for human consumption, including:

  (1) Butter;

  (2) Natural or processed cheese;

  (3) Evaporated, condensed, and dry products;

  (4) Frozen desserts;

  (5) Such other products derived from milk as the director may specify by rule that have the standard of identity, quality, strength, purity, grade, and, if added, permitted optional ingredients found in the standards of identity established for the product in rules adopted by the director under section 917. See Ohio Code 917.01

• Market area: means any area that the director finds is a natural marketing area and designates as such. 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 dealer: means a person who purchases or receives milk from a producer for the purpose of bottling, packaging, selling, processing, jobbing, brokering, or distributing the milk except where the milk is disposed of in the same container in which it is received, without removal from the container and without processing in any way except by necessary refrigeration. 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 plant: means a grade A milk plant or manufacture milk plant. 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
• Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
• Person: means any individual, government agency, political subdivision, partnership, corporation, association, co-operative association, or other business unit. See Ohio Code 917.01
• Property: means real and personal property. See Ohio Code 1.59
• Raw milk for sale to the ultimate consumer: means the raw milk sold or offered for sale by a raw milk retailer. See Ohio Code 917.01
• Raw milk retailer: means a person who, prior to October 31, 1965, was engaged continuously in the business of selling or offering for sale raw milk directly to ultimate consumers. 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.
• Rule: includes regulation. See Ohio Code 1.59
• state: means the state of Ohio. See Ohio Code 1.59
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• Testify: Answer questions in court.
• Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
• United States: includes all the states. See Ohio Code 1.59
• Whoever: includes all persons, natural and artificial; partners; principals, agents, and employees; and all officials, public or private. See Ohio Code 1.02