Ohio § 913.23

§ 913.23.

(A) The director of agriculture may issue licenses as required by sections 913.22 to 913.28 of the Revised Code , may make the inspections and registrations required by those sections, and may prescribe

the form of application to be filed under this section. (B) No person shall manufacture or bottle for sale within this state any soft drink in

closed containers unless the person has a license issued by the director.  Upon receipt of an application for such a license, the director shall examine the

products and the place of manufacture where the business is to be conducted, to determine

whether the products and place comply with sections 913.22 to 913.28 of the Revised Code .  Upon finding there is compliance, and upon payment of a license fee of two hundred

dollars, the director shall issue a license authorizing the applicant to manufacture

or bottle for sale such soft drinks, subject to sections 913.22 to 913.28 of the Revised Code .  The license shall expire on the last day of March of each year unless renewed. (C) No soft drink that is manufactured or bottled out of the state shall be sold or offered

for sale within this state unless the soft drink and the plant in which the soft drink

is manufactured or bottled are found by the director to comply with sections 913.22 to 913.28 of the Revised Code , and are registered by the director, which shall be upon a like application as provided

in division (B) of this section. An annual registration fee of two hundred dollars shall be paid to the director by

each applicant under this division.  The registration shall be renewed annually, and the registration fee paid with the

application for annual renewal. Registration of out-of-state soft drink manufacturers or bottlers or syrup and extract

manufacturers is not required if a reciprocal agreement is in effect whereby a soft

drink manufacturer or bottler or syrup and extract manufacturer located in this state

is not subject to a license or registration fee by another state or a political subdivision

thereof. (D) All moneys received under sections 913.22 to 913.28 of the Revised Code shall deposited with the treasurer of state to the credit of the food safety fund

created in section 915.24 of the Revised Code . (E) The director may revoke any license or registration issued under sections 913.22 to 913.28 of the Revised Code , whenever the director determines that those sections have been violated.  When a license has been revoked, the licensee shall discontinue the manufacture

and sale of soft drinks or other products for which the license was issued.  When a registration has been revoked, the registrant shall discontinue the sale

within this state of the registrant's products until those sections have been complied

with and a new license or registration has been issued.  The director may suspend any such license or registration temporarily, pending compliance

with such conditions required by those sections as the director prescribes.