Ohio Code § 918.12
Ohio Code § 918.12. Reproduced from the official Ohio Revised Code, with a citation summary, verification link, and related provisions.
§ 918.12.
(A) An establishment, as defined in section 918.01 of the Revised Code , that slaughters or otherwise prepares meat of bison, cervidea, other bovidea, camelidae
and hybrids thereof, ratites, domestic rabbits, monitored captive deer, captive deer
with status, or captive deer with certified chronic wasting disease status as defined
in section 943.01 of the Revised Code , domestic deer as defined in section 1531.01 of the Revised Code , or other animals determined by the director of agriculture by rule for human food
purposes may receive voluntary state inspection, as defined in division (B) of section 918.01 of the Revised Code , if the establishment complies with sections 918.01 to 918.11 of the Revised Code and the rules adopted under those sections for establishments that slaughter or otherwise
prepare for food purposes other animals and if the establishment complies with division
(C) of this section. (B) The owner of an establishment, as defined in section 918.21 of the Revised Code , who slaughters or otherwise prepares the meat of pheasant, quail, partridge, peafowl,
grouse, captive raised wild turkey, captive raised waterfowl, or other poultry determined
by the director by rule may receive voluntary state inspection as defined in division (I) of section 918.21 of the Revised Code and the rules adopted under those sections for establishments that slaughter or otherwise
prepare for food purposes other poultry and if the establishment complies with division
(C) of this section and sections 918.21 to 918.28 of the Revised Code . (C) An establishment that receives voluntary state inspection under division (A) or (B)
of this section shall pay the costs of the inspection at a rate and under terms established
by rule of the director of agriculture in accordance with section 918.04 of the Revised Code .
Source: official Ohio text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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- Citation: Ohio Revised Code § 918.12
- Jurisdiction: Ohio
- Code: Ohio Revised Code
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