Ohio § 901.76

§ 901.76.

(A) No person shall tamper with any livestock. (B) No person shall sabotage any livestock exhibited at an exhibition. (C) In addition to the penalties established in section 901.99 of the Revised Code , whoever violates division (A) or (B) of this section is subject to disciplinary

action by the director of agriculture under section 901.74 of the Revised Code . (D) This section does not apply to either of the following: (1) Any action taken or activity performed or administered by a licensed veterinarian

or in accordance with instructions of a licensed veterinarian if the action or activity

was undertaken for accepted medical purposes during the course of a valid veterinarian-client-patient

relationship; (2) Accepted grooming, commercial, or medical practices as defined by rules of the director

adopted under section 901.72 of the Revised Code . (E) As used in this section: (1) “ Tamper ” means any of the following: (a) Treatment of livestock in such a manner that food derived from the livestock would

be considered adulterated as defined in division (A) , (B) , (C) , (D) , (E) , (H) , (I) , or (J) of section 3715.59 of the Revised Code ; (b) The injection, use, or administration of any drug that is prohibited under any federal

law or law of this state, or any drug that is used in any manner that is not authorized

under any federal law or law of this state.  Whenever the commissioner of the United States food and drug administration or the

secretary of the United States department of agriculture, pursuant to the “Federal

Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act,” 52 Stat. 1040 (1938), 21 U.S.C.A. 301 , as amended, or the federal “Virus-Serum-Toxin Act,” 37 Stat. 832 (1913), 21 U.S.C.A. 151 , as amended, approves, disapproves, or modifies the conditions of the approved use

of a drug, the approval, disapproval, or modification automatically is effective for

the purposes of division (E)(1)(b) of this section, unless the director, in accordance

with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, adopts a rule to alter for the purposes of

that division the action taken by the commissioner or secretary.  The director may adopt such a rule if the director considers it to be necessary

or appropriate for the protection of food safety or the health, safety, or welfare

of livestock or to prevent the use of a drug for the purpose of concealing, enhancing,

transforming, or changing the true conformation, configuration, or condition of livestock.  No such rule shall authorize the use of any drug the use of which is prohibited

by, or authorize the use of any drug in a manner not authorized by, the commissioner

or secretary under either of those acts. (c) The injection, or other internal or external administration of any product or material,

whether gas, solid, or liquid, to livestock for the purpose of concealing, enhancing,

transforming, or changing the true conformation, configuration, condition, or age

of the livestock or making the livestock appear more sound than it actually is; (d) The use or administration, for cosmetic purposes, of steroids, growth stimulants,

or internal artificial filling, including paraffin, silicone injection, or any other

substance; (e) The use or administration of any drug or feed additive affecting the central nervous

system of the livestock; (f) The use or administration of diuretics for cosmetic purposes; (g) The surgical manipulation or removal of tissue so as to change, transform, or enhance

the true conformation or configuration of, or to conceal the age of, the livestock. (2) “ Sabotage ” means intentionally tampering with any livestock belonging to or owned by another

person that has been registered, entered in, or exhibited in any exhibition, or raised

with the apparent intent of being entered in an exhibition.