901:3-4-14(A) Collection of food samples for the purposes of identifying adulteration and misbranding

A licensor may submit a sample for testing to the Ohio department of agriculture consumer protection laboratory when:

(1)

A food or food additive is the subject of a consumer complaint;

(2)

At the request of a consumer after a physician has isolated an organism from the consumer as the physician's patient;

(3)

A food or food additive is suspected of having caused an illness;

(4)

A food or food additive is suspected of being adulterated or misbranded;

(5)

A food or food additive is subject to verification of food labeling and standards of identity; or

(6)

The director considers a sample analysis necessary or the sample is part of an Ohio department of agriculture food sample monitoring program.