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

As used in ORS 628.210 to 628.370, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) “Clean,” “healthful” and “sanitary” mean free of flies and other insects, rodents, dusts, dirt, decomposed material, mold, odors or any condition which would in any way contaminate the food products sto…

No person shall engage within this state in the business of owning or operating any refrigerated locker plant or offering the services of such plant without having obtained from the State Department of Agriculture a license for each such place of business. The licensee shall at a…

Application for the license required by ORS 628.220 shall be made to the State Department of Agriculture in writing containing such information and in such form as may be prescribed by the department. The license is not transferable and does not authorize the conduct of any refri…

(1) An applicant for a refrigerated locker plant license shall pay a license fee to the State Department of Agriculture. The department may adopt rules establishing a license fee for a refrigerated locker plant. The department may not adopt or enforce a rule under this section es…

The State Department of Agriculture, acting through the Director of Agriculture or the division chief of the department in charge of the inspection of refrigerated locker plants, may refuse, revoke or suspend any license issued pursuant to ORS 628.220 to 628.240 upon finding, aft…

Two copies of ORS 628.210 to 628.370 and 628.990 (2) shall be furnished each applicant for a license. One copy shall be posted in a conspicuous place in the plant operated by the licensee.

(1) The Oregon Health Authority may, by rule, define certain communicable diseases which may be spread to the public through the handling of food in refrigerated locker plants. (2) A person who has a communicable or infectious disease described in subsection (1) of this section m…

The State Department of Agriculture shall cause a thorough inspection of every plant or establishment licensed under ORS 628.220 to 628.240 to be made periodically, to determine whether or not the premises and equipment used in connection therewith are constructed, maintained and…

(1) Each refrigerated locker plant wherein food is handled, wrapped or processed shall have available, and maintain in a clean, healthful and sanitary condition, a washroom with hot and cold running water. (2) Each refrigerated room with a temperature below 30 degrees Fahrenheit,…

(1) The refrigeration system of a refrigerated locker plant shall be equipped with accurate controls for the maintenance of uniform temperatures as required in this section in the various refrigerated rooms of such plant and shall be of adequate capacity to provide under extreme …

In applying marks directly to meat or other food products, the operator of a refrigerated locker room shall use only nontoxic ink or other harmless substance.

The operator or person in charge of a refrigerated locker room shall have the right to inspect all food or any item before it is placed in any locker. Nothing shall be stored outside of the lockers in a locker room without being labeled and wrapped or otherwise properly covered.

All fresh carcass meats on coming into custody or possession of the operator or owner of a refrigerated locker plant shall be identified with suitable tag or stamp and shall be placed in the chill room, unless previously chilled, for at least 24 hours before removal to the cuttin…

All fish shall be so handled, placed and stored as to protect other stored foods and the plant equipment from fish flavors and fish odors. Fish and wild game shall be stored and handled only in conformity with fish and game laws of this state and regulations thereunder promulgate…

The State Department of Agriculture may make and enforce reasonable rules and regulations to carry out the provisions of ORS 628.210 to 628.370.

Persons who own or operate refrigerated locker plants shall not be deemed to be warehousemen, nor shall receipts or other instruments issued by such persons in the ordinary conduct of their business be deemed to be negotiable warehouse receipts.

Justice courts shall have concurrent jurisdiction with the circuit court of all prosecutions arising under ORS 628.210 to 628.370. The district attorney may institute prosecutions for violations of ORS 628.210 to 628.370 by information, or the prosecutions may be instituted by in…

Violation of ORS 628.210 to 628.370 is a Class A misdemeanor. [Amended by 1953 c.114 §2; 2011 c.597 §254]

(1) In addition to any penalty available under ORS 561.190 or 628.990, the State Department of Agriculture may impose a civil penalty for a violation of ORS 628.210 to 628.370 or of rules or regulations adopted under ORS 628.210 to 628.370. For the purposes of this section, each …