Ohio Administrative Code
Title 901:4 - Markets
Chapter 901:4-6 - Ohio Proud Program
Section 901:4-6-03 - Application, registration, licensure, and market categories
Current through all regulations passed and filed through September 16, 2024
(A) Persons wishing to participate in the Ohio proud program shall:
(B) Upon compliance with paragraph (A) of this rule, and approval the actual employment of the logotype, and the product for marketing in conjunction with the logotype, a license to the applicant, register the product, and approve the employment of the logotype will be issued.
(C) Each product registered under this rule expires on December thirty-first of each calendar year. To continue use of the logotype in conjunction with a product, registration must be renewed and the registration fee paid within thirty days immediately preceding the expiration date.
(D) Products, whose registration is not renewed, may, if in the channel of distribution at expiration date, continue to be marketed in conjunction with the logotype until either sold or otherwise removed from the channel of distribution, or for one year, whichever occurs first. Products which have not been sold or otherwise removed from the channel of distribution at the end of the one-year period must discontinue use of the logotype or withdrawn from distribution.
(E) Upon expiration of a product registration or termination of a license agreement, except as provided in paragraph (D) of this rule, the licensee shall cease any and all use of the logotype in conjunction with those products for which the registration has expired or the license been terminated.
(F) The director of agriculture shall designate market categories for products and publish a schedule of the market categories and products within each market category.