Title 49, Food and Other Commodities; Purity, Sanitation, Grades, Standards, Labels, Weights and Measures

As used in ORS 625.010 to 625.270, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) “Bakery” means any place, premises or establishment where any bakery product is regularly prepared, processed or manufactured for sale other than for consumption on the premises where originally prepare…

(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, no person shall operate or participate in the operation of any bakery within this state without a bakery license for that bakery, issued and in effect under ORS 625.010 to 625.270. (2) A license is not required for a domes…

Application for a bakery license shall be made in writing to the State Department of Agriculture on forms supplied by the department. After receipt of the application and the fees required by rules adopted under ORS 625.180, the department shall cause to be made a proper detailed…

The State Department of Agriculture shall refuse to grant any application for a bakery license if the department finds after proper investigation that any of the following has occurred: (1) The applicant has made to the department any false statement of a material nature. (2) The…

Each bakery license may be renewed annually by paying to the State Department of Agriculture the required annual license fee. The license is not transferable to any person or applicable to any location other than that for which originally issued. [Amended by 1989 c.253 §1]

(1) The State Department of Agriculture may issue licenses under ORS 625.030 to one or more additional users of a bakery that is licensed primarily for operation by another person. A license issued to an additional user of the bakery shall cover all operations at that bakery by t…

The State Department of Agriculture may cancel or suspend any bakery license if it finds after proper investigation that: (1) The licensee has violated any provision of ORS 625.010 to 625.270 or of any other law of this state relating to the operation of bakeries or the manufactu…

The operator of the licensed bakery shall keep the numbered license certificate posted conspicuously on the licensed premises. In the event of revocation or suspension of the license, the certificate shall be surrendered by the licensee to the State Department of Agriculture prom…

No person shall engage within this state in the sale or distribution of any bakery product, other than exclusively as a retail food store or otherwise at retail at a fixed place or places of business, without holding a license so to do issued to that person by the State Departmen…

Application for a bakery distributor’s license shall be filed in writing with the State Department of Agriculture on the form prescribed and supplied by the department. After receipt of the application and the fees required by rules adopted under ORS 625.180, the department shall…

The State Department of Agriculture may refuse to issue or may revoke or suspend any distributor’s license by reason of the violation or participation of the distributor in a violation of ORS 625.010 to 625.270 or of any other law of this state relating or applicable to the sanit…

Each distributor’s license may be renewed annually upon written application to the State Department of Agriculture and payment of the required annual license fee for the following year. A distributor’s license is not transferable and is strictly personal to the person to whom iss…

The distributor’s numbered license certificate shall be kept posted conspicuously at the licensee’s principal public place of business within this state. The licensee shall also cause to be displayed conspicuously on the outside of each vehicle used by the licensee in distributio…

The State Department of Agriculture shall cause to be made periodically a thorough inspection of each licensed bakery to determine whether or not the premises are constructed, equipped and operated in accordance with the requirements of ORS 625.010 to 625.270 and of all other law…

The State Department of Agriculture shall prescribe reasonable sanitation requirements, not inconsistent with existing laws or regulations issued thereunder, governing the storing, handling, mixing, preparation, processing, manufacture, transportation and distribution of bakery p…

(1) The State Department of Agriculture has the powers necessary to enable it to carry out the provisions of ORS 625.010 to 625.270. The department may adopt rules necessary to carry out the provisions of ORS 625.010 to 625.270, and may amend or repeal the rules. (2) Such rules s…

(1) Every bakery or bakery distributor doing business in this state shall pay a license fee. (2) The State Department of Agriculture may adopt rules establishing license fee schedules for: (a) A bakery distributor; (b) A domestic kitchen bakery; and (c) A bakery other than a dome…

All fees received by the State Department of Agriculture under ORS 625.010 to 625.270 shall be deposited in the Department of Agriculture Service Fund and are continuously appropriated to the department for the purpose of carrying out ORS 625.010 to 625.270. [Amended by 1979 c.49…

(1) Bread, manufactured, made or kept for the purpose of sale, offered or exposed for sale, or sold in the form of loaves, shall be of such a standard of weight as the State Department of Agriculture by rule may prescribe. (2) For the purpose of this section bread shall be deemed…

As used in ORS 625.215: (1) “Bread” means white bread, milk bread, raisin bread, Vienna, French and Italian breads and other breads as identified in definitions and standards adopted by the State Department of Agriculture under ORS 625.160. (2) “Buns” means white buns, hamburger …

A person may not manufacture, bake, sell or offer for sale bread, rolls or buns for human consumption unless the bread, rolls or buns: (1) Are enriched; or (2) Are made only with whole grain flours. [1971 c.176 §3; 2011 c.66 §2]

Bread sold or offered for sale in the form of loaves shall be conspicuously labeled as required by the rules promulgated by the State Department of Agriculture under the authority of ORS 625.160. The provisions of this section do not apply to: (1) A bakery where unwrapped bread i…

A person may not sell, offer for sale, hold for sale or bake a loaf of bread in violation of the provisions of ORS 625.010 to 625.270 or orders thereunder. [1963 c.594 §8; 1987 c.472 §6; 2009 c.11 §81]

The provisions of ORS 616.215, 616.235 and 616.250 relating to prohibited acts and adulterated and misbranded foods are applicable to this chapter. [1975 c.265 §7] PENALTIES

Violation of any provision of ORS 625.010 to 625.270 is a Class A violation. Justice courts have concurrent jurisdiction with circuit courts of all criminal offenses provided for in ORS 625.010 to 625.270. [Amended by 1987 c.472 §7; 1999 c.1051 §211]

(1) In addition to any penalty available under ORS 561.190 or 625.990, the State Department of Agriculture may impose a civil penalty for a violation of ORS 625.010 to 625.270 or of rules or regulations adopted under ORS 625.010 to 625.270. For the purposes of this section, each …