Ohio Administrative Code
Title 901:2 - Meat Inspection
Chapter 901:2-2 - Progressive Enforcement Actions Meat Processing Violations
Section 901:2-2-07 - Refusal to grant inspection
Universal Citation: OH Admin Code 901:2-2-07
Current through all regulations passed and filed through September 16, 2024
Pursuant to rule 901:2-2-01 of the Administrative Code, 9 C.F.R. 500.7 shall read as follows:
(A) The department may refuse to grant inspection because an applicant :
(1) Does not have a HACCP plan as required by
9 C.F.R.
417 ;
(2) Has not developed an SSOP as required by
9 C.F.R.
416 or a written recall procedure as required
in 9 C.F.R.
418 ;
(3) Has not demonstrated that adequate
sanitary conditions exist in the establishment as required by
9 C.F.R.
416;
(4) Has not demonstrated that livestock will
be handled and slaughtered humanely as defined in
9 C.F.R.
301.2 or
9 C.F.R.
313 ; or
(B) The department may refuse to grant inspection to an applicant because an applicant or one of his supervisors, employees, contractors, volunteers, or agents has or has attempted to:
(1) Willfully made any misrepresentation or
any other fraudulent or deceptive practice in connection with any application
or request for service under the regulations in this chapter;
(2) Give a loan, money, favor, or other thing
of value, for any purpose to any employee of the department authorized to
perform any function under the regulations in this chapter;
(3) Interfere or obstruct any employee of the
department in the performance of his duties under the regulations in this
chapter by intimidation, threats, assaults, abuse, or any other improper
means;
(4) Knowingly falsely made,
issued, altered, forged, or counterfeited any official certificate, memorandum,
mark, or other identification, or device for making any such mark or
identification authorized or issued under this chapter;
(5) Knowingly uttered, published, or used as
true any such falsely made, issued, altered, forged, or counterfeited
certificate, memorandum, mark, identification, or device;
(6) Knowingly obtained or retained possession
of any such falsely made, issued, altered, forged or counterfeited certificate,
memorandum, mark, identification or device, or of any carcass or meat or meat
food product bearing any such falsely made, issued, altered, forged, or
counterfeited certificate, memorandum, mark, or
identification.
(7) Knowingly
represented that any carcass, meat, or meat food product has been officially
inspected and passed (by an authorized inspector) under this chapter when it
had not in fact been so inspected;
(8) Within the previous ten years, been
convicted of any felony or more than one misdemeanor under any law based upon
the acquiring, handling, or distributing of adulterated, mislabeled, or
deceptively packaged food, or fraud in connection with transactions in food, or
any felony indicating a lack of the integrity needed for the conduct of
operations affecting the public health; or
(9) Violated any provision of Chapter 918. of
the Revised Code or any of the rules adopted under it.
(C) If the department refuses to grant inspection, the applicant will be provided the opportunity for a hearing in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code.
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