Ohio § 923.48

§ 923.48.

(A) A commercial feed, or an agricultural commodity such as whole seed, hay, straw, stover,

silage, cobs, husks, or hulls, is adulterated if any of the following occur: (1) It bears or contains any poisonous or deleterious substance that may render it injurious

to animal or human health, except that when the substance is not an added substance,

the feed or agricultural commodity is not adulterated if the quantity of the substance

in the feed or commodity does not ordinarily render it injurious to animal or human

health; (2) It bears or contains any added poisonous, deleterious, or nonnutritive substance

that is unsafe within the meaning of section 406 of the federal act, 21 U.S.C. 346 , except such a substance that is either a food additive or a pesticide chemical in

or on a raw agricultural commodity; (3) It is, or it bears or contains any food additive that is unsafe within the meaning

of section 409 of the federal act, 21 U.S.C. 348 ; (4) It is a raw agricultural commodity and bears or contains a pesticide chemical that

is unsafe within the meaning of section 408(a) of the federal act, 21 U.S.C. 346a , except when a pesticide chemical is used in or on a raw agricultural commodity in

conformity with an exemption granted or a tolerance prescribed under section 408(a)

of the federal act and the commodity is subjected to processing, which includes canning,

cooking, freezing, dehydrating, or milling, the pesticide residue remaining is not

unsafe if it is removed to the extent possible in good manufacturing practice as defined

by the director in rules adopted under division (A)(9) of this section and the concentration

of the residue in the processed feed is not greater than the tolerance prescribed

for the raw agricultural commodity, unless the feeding of the processed feed will

result, or is likely to result, in a pesticide residue in the edible product of the

animal that is unsafe within the meaning of section 408(a) of the federal act; (5) It bears or contains any color additive that is unsafe within the meaning of section

706 of the federal act, 21 U.S.C. 376 ; (6) It is, or bears or contains any new animal drug that is unsafe within the meaning

of section 512 of the federal act, 21 U.S.C. 360b ; (7) A valuable component is omitted or abstracted from it in whole or in part or a less

valuable component is substituted for a valuable component; (8) Its composition or quality falls below or differs from what it is purported or represented

to possess by its labeling; (9) It contains a drug and the methods used in or the facilities or controls used for

its manufacture, processing, or packaging do not conform to current good manufacturing

practices as determined by the director in rules adopted under this division to assure

that the drug meets the requirements of this chapter for safety and has the identity

and strength and meets the quality and purity characteristics that it purports or

is represented to possess.  The director shall adopt good manufacturing practices rules for drug-containing

feeds.  In doing so, the director shall adopt the regulations for type A medicated articles

and for type B and type C medicated feeds established under the authority of the federal

act. (10) It contains viable weed seeds in amounts exceeding limits for weed seeds established

by the director by rule. (B) Pet food is adulterated if any of the following applies: (1) Any provision of divisions (A)(1) to (10) of this section apply to it. (2) It contains any animal remains from an animal that has been euthanized by the use

of any drug injected intravenously or any drug injected through another nonvascular

route. (3) It contains any dog or cat remains, regardless of how the dog or cat died or was

killed.