Ohio § 918.12 Voluntary state inspections

Ohio Statutes

§ 918.12 — Voluntary state inspections

Ohio § 918.12

Title 9Agriculture-Animals-Fences

Ch. 918Meat Inspection

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Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 918.12 (2026).

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(A)An establishment, as defined in section918.01of the Revised Code, that slaughters or otherwise prepares meat of bison, cervidea, other bovidea, camelidae and hybrids thereof, ratites, domestic rabbits, monitored captive deer, captive deer with status, or captive deer with certified chronic wasting disease status as defined in section943.01of the Revised Code, domestic deer as defined in section1531.01of the Revised Code, or other animals determined by the director of agriculture by rule for human food purposes may receive voluntary state inspection, as defined in division (B) of section918.01of the Revised Code, if the establishment complies with sections918.01to918.11of the Revised Code and the rules adopted under those sections for establishments that slaughter or otherwise

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(A) An establishment, as defined in section918.01of the Revised Code, that slaughters or otherwise prepares meat of bison, cervidea, other bovidea, camelidae and hybrids thereof, ratites, domestic rabbits, monitored captive deer, captive deer with status, or captive deer with certified chronic wasting disease status as defined in section943.01of the Revised Code, domestic deer as defined in section1531.01of the Revised Code, or other animals determined by the director of agriculture by rule for human food purposes may receive voluntary state inspection, as defined in division (B) of section918.01of the Revised Code, if the establishment complies with sections918.01to918.11of the Revised Code and the rules adopted under those sections for establishments that slaughter or otherwise prepare for food purposes other animals and if the establishment complies with division (C) of this section.

(B) The owner of an establishment, as defined in section918.21of the Revised Code, who slaughters or otherwise prepares the meat of pheasant, quail, partridge, peafowl, grouse, captive raised wild turkey, captive raised waterfowl, or other poultry determined by the director by rule may receive voluntary state inspection as defined in division (I) of section918.21of the Revised Code and the rules adopted under those sections for establishments that slaughter or otherwise prepare for food purposes other poultry and if the establishment complies with division (C) of this section and sections918.21to918.28of the Revised Code.

(C) An establishment that receives voluntary state inspection under division (A) or (B) of this section shall pay the costs of the inspection at a rate and under terms established by rule of the director of agriculture in accordance with section918.04of the Revised Code.