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

For the purposes of performing the duties assigned to the dean, in carrying out ORS 633.511 to 633.750, the dean may employ necessary assistance and delegate to such assistants, analysts and inspectors so employed the duties assigned to the dean by those sections. [Amended by 200…

(1) A person may not sell, offer for sale, expose for sale or transport for use in planting in the State of Oregon any agricultural, flower or vegetable seed: (a) That except as provided in ORS 633.550, has not been labeled as required by ORS 633.520, 633.531 and 633.541; (b) Tha…

A person is not subject to the penalties of ORS 633.992 for having sold, offered for sale, exposed for sale or transported in this state any agricultural, flower or vegetable seed, that: (1) Is incorrectly labeled or represented as to kind and variety or origin, if the seeds cann…

The director shall enforce ORS 633.511 to 633.750 and 633.996. However, the enforcement of certification regulations and the work of testing seeds and sampling, inspecting, sealing and certification labeling of tubers and horticultural plants and of agricultural, cereal grain, fl…

(1) In the enforcement of ORS 633.511 to 633.750 and 633.996, the Director of Agriculture, deputies of the director, inspectors or samplers may: (a) Enter during regular business hours any store, warehouse, mill, cleaning or storage place, depot or other structure, freight car or…

(1) The Director of Agriculture shall establish standards of germination for vegetable seed, and shall make reasonable rules and regulations necessary to effectuate the purpose of ORS 633.511 to 633.750 and 633.996, covering: (a) Licensing, suspension, reinstatement and revocatio…

(1) The director may place a quarantine on all agricultural, flower or vegetable seed entering this state from any outside source. However, seed labeled in accordance with ORS 633.520, 633.531 and 633.541 shipped into the state by any person holding an Oregon license in full forc…

(1) A person may not sell, offer or expose for sale in this state, or contract to have produced in this state for commercial purposes, any agricultural, flower or vegetable seeds unless the person holds an unsuspended license issued by the State Department of Agriculture. However…

On application of any person owning or controlling any lot of seed, the director may draw an official sample of any lot of such seed for official testing purposes. After dividing the sample into two approximately equal portions and properly identifying, labeling and sealing them,…

(1) As used in this section, “nursery seed” means any propagant of nursery stock as defined in ORS 571.005. (2) The Legislative Assembly finds and declares that: (a) The production and use of agricultural seed, flower seed, nursery seed and vegetable seed and products of agricult…

(1) As used in this section: (a) “Local government” has the meaning given that term in ORS 174.116. (b) “Nursery seed” means any propagant of nursery stock as defined in ORS 571.005. (2) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, a local government may not enact or enf…

ORS 633.738 does not apply to any local measure that was: (1) Proposed by initiative petition and, on or before January 31, 2013, qualified for placement on the ballot in a county; and (2) Approved by the electors of the county at an election held on May 20, 2014. [2013 s.s. c.4 …

All fees paid to the State Department of Agriculture pursuant to ORS 633.511 to 633.750, other than the fees and charges specified in ORS 633.610 and 633.630, shall be deposited in the Department of Agriculture Service Fund. All such moneys are continuously appropriated to the de…

Upon request by a farmer or by the holder of a patent granted for a seed, crop or trait under the Patent Act (35 U.S.C. 101 et seq.) or under the Plant Variety Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 2321 et seq.), the Director of Agriculture shall appoint a representative of the State Departme…

Violation of any of the provisions of this chapter or regulations promulgated thereunder is a misdemeanor. [1971 c.489 §10]

(1) Any person that violates any provision of ORS 633.006 to 633.089, any rule adopted pursuant thereto or the terms or conditions of any order issued pursuant thereto shall be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed $10,000 per violation. (2) Civil penalties under this section …

(1) In addition to any other liability or penalty provided by law, the State Department of Agriculture may assess a civil penalty against a person that violates a provision of ORS 633.311 to 633.479 or rules adopted under ORS 633.311 to 633.479. The civil penalty may not be more …

(1) Any person who violates any provision of ORS 633.511 to 633.750, a rule adopted pursuant thereto or the terms or conditions of any order issued by the State Department of Agriculture under ORS 633.511 to 633.750 shall be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed $10,000 per vi…