(B) Definitions:
As used in Chapter 901:3-6 of the Administrative Code:
(1) "Adulterated" has the meaning stated in
section 3715.59 of the Revised
Code.
(2) "C.F.R." means code of
federal regulations.
(3) "Cottage
food production operation" as defined in section
3715.01 of the Revised
Code.
(4) "Director" means the
director of the Ohio department of agriculture or designee.
(5) "
Registered
Farm
farm
market" means a producer operated facility where only the following food items
may
be offered for sale:
(a) Fresh unprocessed fruits or
vegetables;
(b) Products of a
cottage food production operation;
(c)
Maple
Tree syrup,
sorghum, apple syrup, apple butter or honey that
is produced by a maple syrup or sorghum
producer
processor or beekeeper described
in division (A) of section
3715.021 of the Revised
Code;
(d) Commercially prepackaged
food that is not potentially hazardous, on the condition that the food is
contained in displays, the total space of which equals less than one hundred
cubic feet on the premises where the person conducts
business at the farm market;
(e) Cider and other juices manufactured on
site at the farm market;
(f) Raw
eggs, raw poultry, and raw non amenable meat on the condition that those
products were produced in accordance with divisions
(B)(8) to (B)(10) of section
3717.22 of the Revised
Code.
(6)
"Farmers' market" means a location where producers congregate to offer food
items for sale.
(7) "Farmers' market participant"
means a producer who offers one or more of the following food items for sale at
a farmers' market:
(a) Fresh unprocessed fruits and
vegetables;
(b) Products of a cottage food
production operation;
(c) Maple syrup, sorghum, or honey
that is produced by a maple syrup or sorghum producer or beekeeper described in
division (A) of section 3715.021 of the Revised Code;
(d) Commercially prepackaged food
that is not potentially hazardous, on the condition that the food is contained
in displays, the total space of which equals less than one hundred cubic feet
on the premises where the person conducts business at the farmers'
market.
(8)(7) "
Registered
Farm
farm product
auction" means a location where only one or more of the following products are
offered for sale at auction:
(a) Raw eggs, raw
poultry, or raw non- amenable meat
species on the condition that those
products were produced in accordance with divisions (B)(8) to (B)(10) of
section 3717.22 of the Revised
Code.
(b) Fresh unprocessed fruits
or vegetables;
(c) Products of a
cottage food production operation;
(d)
Maple
Tree syrup,
sorghum, apple syrup, apple butter or honey that
is produced by a maple syrup or sorghum
producer
processor or beekeeper described
in division (A) of section
3715.021 of the Revised
Code.
(9)(8) "Home" has the
meaning stated in section
3715.01 of the Revised
Code.
(10)(9) "Misbranded
Food" has the meaning stated in section
3715.60 of the Revised
Code.
(11)(10) "Non- amenable meat" means any species other than
cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, other equines, ratites (emu, rhea,
and ostrich), and domesticated poultry (turkey, chicken, ducks, geese, and
guinea fowl). Examples of non- amenable
species includes farm raised mammals such as bison, rabbit, and deer.
(12)(11)
"Potentially hazardous food" has the meaning stated in division (A)(18) of
section 3715.01 of the Revised
Code.
(13)(12) "Producer" means
a person who raises agricultural products on land the person owns or leases by
themselves.
(14)(13) "Egg" means the
shell egg of avian species such as chicken, duck, goose, guinea, quail,
ratites, or turkey. It does not include a balut, the egg of reptile species
such as alligator; or an egg product.
