Ohio Code § 924.01
Ohio Code § 924.01. Reproduced from the official Ohio Revised Code, with a citation summary, verification link, and related provisions.
§ 924.01.
As used in sections 924.01 to 924.16 and 924.40 to 924.55 of the Revised Code : (A) “ Agricultural commodity ” means any food, fiber, feed, animal, or plant, or group of foods, fibers, feeds,
animals, or plants that the director of agriculture determines to be of the same nature,
in either a natural or a processed state. “Agricultural commodity” does not include any of the following: (1) Grain, as defined in section 924.20 of the Revised Code ; (2) Soybeans; (3) Hemp, as defined in section 928.01 of the Revised Code ; (4) Pork, as defined in section 924.212 of the Revised Code . (B) “ Distributor ” means any person who sells, offers for sale, markets, or distributes an agricultural
commodity that the person has purchased or acquired directly from a producer, or that
the person markets on behalf of a producer. (C) “ Handler ” means any person who is in the business of packing, grading, selling, offering for
sale, or marketing any agricultural commodity in commercial quantities as defined
in a marketing program. (D) “ Marketing program ” means a program that is established by order of the director pursuant to this chapter,
to improve or expand the market for an agricultural commodity. (E) “ Operating committee ” means a committee established to administer a marketing program for an agricultural
commodity. (F) “ Person ” means any natural person, partnership, sole proprietorship, limited liability company,
corporation, society, agricultural cooperative as defined in section 1729.01 of the Revised Code , association, or fiduciary. (G) “ Processor ” means any person who is in the business of grading, packaging, packing, canning,
freezing, dehydrating, fermenting, distilling, extracting, preserving, grinding, crushing,
juicing, or in any other way preserving or changing the form of any agricultural commodity. (H) “ Producer ” means any person who is in the business of producing, or causing to be produced,
any agricultural commodity for commercial sale, except that when used in reference
to nursery stock, “producer” also means a distributor, processor, handler, or retailer
of nursery stock.
Source: official Ohio text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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- Citation: Ohio Revised Code § 924.01
- Jurisdiction: Ohio
- Code: Ohio Revised Code
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