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

(1) Except as provided in ORS 632.945, the State Department of Agriculture may designate an employee or agent of the department to inspect or classify horticultural and agricultural products, or the processes used in connection with those products, when those services are request…

(1) Under such conditions as the State Department of Agriculture may prescribe by rule, the department, through any competent employee or agent, shall inspect or classify produce in accordance with standards specified in the written agreement between the grower and the handler fo…

At any time before or after the State Department of Agriculture is conducting the inspection and classification of a particular fruit or vegetable at a particular plant of a handler, if 51 percent of the growers who produce 60 percent or more of that product vote against the depa…

Upon complaint of any person to the State Department of Agriculture that the grade, classification, quality, condition or amount of any horticultural or agricultural product is being misrepresented by the purchaser thereof, or that the grades are not being made by the purchaser i…

Whenever any quantity of any horticultural or agricultural product has been inspected under ORS 632.940 and 632.955 to 632.980 and a question arises as to whether the certificate issued therefor shows the true grade, classification, quality or condition of such product, any inter…

A certificate, when not superseded by a finding on appeal, or a finding on appeal of the grade, classification, quality or condition of any horticultural or agricultural product, issued under ORS 632.900 to 632.940 and 632.955 to 632.980 and all certificates issued under authorit…

If any quantity of any horticultural or agricultural product has been inspected and a certificate issued under ORS 632.900 to 632.940 and 632.955 to 632.980 showing the grade, classification, quality or condition thereof, no person shall represent that the grade, classification, …

Whenever any standard for a container for any horticultural or agricultural product becomes effective under ORS 632.900 to 632.940 and 632.955 to 632.980, no person thereafter shall pack or place for sale, offer for sale, consign for sale or sell and deliver, in a container, any …

No person shall, under ORS 632.900 to 632.940 and 632.955 to 632.980, knowingly inspect, grade or classify improperly any horticultural or agricultural product or knowingly give any incorrect certificate of grade, classification, quality or condition. [Formerly 616.475]

(1) An operator or person in charge of any motor vehicle may not transport on the streets or highways of this state any agricultural or horticultural products for which inspection is required by law, out of, into or through any inspection district, so designated by the State Depa…

(1) Violation of any provision of ORS 632.275 to 632.290 or of any rule adopted under ORS 632.275 to 632.290 is a Class B misdemeanor for a first offense, and a Class A misdemeanor for a second or subsequent offense. (2) Violation of any provision of ORS 632.450 to 632.490 or of …

(1) In addition to any penalty available under ORS 561.190 or 632.990, the State Department of Agriculture may impose a civil penalty for a violation of ORS 632.275 to 632.290, 632.450 to 632.490, 632.625, 632.705 to 632.815 or 632.900 to 632.985 or of rules adopted under ORS 632…