Effective: September 26, 2003
Latest Legislation: House Bill 95 - 125th General Assembly
The division of markets may do all of the following:
(A) Investigate the cost of production and marketing in all its phases;
(B) Gather and disseminate information concerning supply, demand, prevailing prices, and commercial movements, including common and cold storage of food products, and maintain market news service for disseminating such information;
(C) Promote, assist, and encourage the organization and operation of cooperative and other associations and organizations for improving the relations and services among producers, distributors, and consumers of food products;
(D) Investigate the practice, methods, and any specific transaction of commission merchants and others who receive, solicit, buy, or handle on commission or otherwise, food products;
(E) Act as mediator or arbitrator, when invited, in any controversy or issue that arises between producers and distributors and that affects the interest of the consumer;
(F) Act on behalf of the consumers in conserving and protecting their interests in every practicable way against excessive prices;
(G) Act as market adviser for producers and distributors, assisting them in economical and efficient distribution of good products at fair prices;
(H) Encourage the establishment of retail municipal markets and develop direct dealing between producers and consumers;
(I) Encourage the consumption of Ohio-grown products within the state, nationally, and internationally;
(J) Take such means and use such powers, relative to shipment, transportation, and storage of foodstuffs of any kind, as are necessary, advisable, or desirable in case of an emergency creating or threatening to create a scarcity of food within the state;
(K) Participate in trade missions between states and foreign countries in order to encourage the sale and promotion of Ohio-grown products.
Structure Ohio Revised Code
Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences
Chapter 901 | Department of Agriculture
Section 901.01 | Office Equipment and Supplies - Expense.
Section 901.02 | Record of Investigation - Distribution of Bulletins.
Section 901.03 | Rules and Regulations.
Section 901.04 | Grants, Gifts or Bequests Credited to Agro Ohio Fund.
Section 901.041 | Sustainable Agriculture Program Fund.
Section 901.05 | Conferences With Other States.
Section 901.051 | Cooperative or Contractual Arrangements With Public Bodies.
Section 901.08 | Appointment of Chiefs of Divisions.
Section 901.09 | Seasonal Produce Graders and Gypsy Mothtrap Tenders.
Section 901.10 | Division of Weights and Measures - State Sealer - Duties.
Section 901.16 | Inspection of Gas Meters and Meter Provers.
Section 901.17 | Division of Markets - Inspection Fund.
Section 901.171 | Promotion of Use of Ohio-Produced Agricultural Goods.
Section 901.172 | Ohio Proud Craft Beer and Spirits.
Section 901.18 | Collection and Dissemination of Agricultural Information.
Section 901.19 | Promotion and Protection of Livestock Interests.
Section 901.20 | Market Development Duties of Director.
Section 901.22 | Matching Grants for Purchasing Agricultural Easements.
Section 901.23 | Farmland Preservation Advisory Board.
Section 901.24 | Legal Adviser - Furnishing of Supplies.
Section 901.25 | Prosecutions.
Section 901.26 | Power to Conduct Hearings.
Section 901.261 | Assessment of Costs of Action for Noncompliance.
Section 901.27 | Investigations.
Section 901.28 | Inspection of Records.
Section 901.29 | Production of Records.
Section 901.30 | Application for and Receipt of Rural Rehabilitation Trust Assets.
Section 901.31 | Agreements for Use of Assets.
Section 901.32 | Ohio Farm Loan Fund.
Section 901.33 | Powers of Director - Delegation.
Section 901.34 | The United States Not Liable.
Section 901.35 | Administrative Rules Pertaining to Mink.
Section 901.41 | Livestock Exhibition at Ohio Expositions Center Definitions.
Section 901.42 | Financial Assistance for Livestock Species Exhibitions at Expositions Center.
Section 901.43 | Administrative Rules for Rendering Laboratory Services.
Section 901.44 | Laboratory and Administrative Support Fund.
Section 901.50 | Regulation of Invasive Plant Species.
Section 901.51 | Injuring Vines, Bushes, Trees, or Crops on Land of Another.
Section 901.511 | Prohibiting Terrorism Involving Agricultural Products or Equipment.
Section 901.52 | Assurance of Safety or Assumption of Responsibility Not Imputed.
Section 901.53 | Applicability of Fire Prevention and Safety Provisions.
Section 901.54 | Office of Farmland Preservation.
Section 901.61 | Beginning Farmer Tax Credit Certifications.
Section 901.70 | Livestock Exhibition Definitions.
Section 901.71 | Advisory Committee on Livestock Exhibitions.
Section 901.72 | Administrative Rules for Livestock Exhibitions.
Section 901.73 | Investigations Concerning Livestock Exhibitions.
Section 901.74 | Disciplinary Actions.
Section 901.75 | No Exhibition After Disqualification.
Section 901.76 | Tampering With or Sabotaging Livestock at an Exhibition Prohibited.
Section 901.80 | Immunity From Liability for Agritourism Providers.