2005 Oregon Code - Chapter 632 :: Chapter 632 - Grades - Standards and Labels for Agricultural and Horticultural Products
Chapter 632 — Grades, Standards and Labels for Agricultural and Horticultural Products
2005 EDITION
AGRICULTURAL AND HORTICULTURAL PRODUCTS
FOOD AND OTHER COMMODITIES
ONIONS
632.206Â Â Â Â Definitions for ORS 632.211 to 632.260
632.211Â Â Â Â Establishment of grades and standards; grading and inspection fee
632.216Â Â Â Â Certificate of grade required before sale or transportation of onions; exceptions
632.221Â Â Â Â Only one inspection of each load or lot
632.226Â Â Â Â Labeling
632.231Â Â Â Â Sale of unlabeled onions
632.236Â Â Â Â Transportation of unlabeled onions
632.241Â Â Â Â Transportation permits
632.246Â Â Â Â Seizure of unlawful onions
632.251Â Â Â Â Access to premises or vehicle for inspection purposes
632.260Â Â Â Â Defendant in prosecution to plead any exemption
REGISTRATION AND USE OF TRADEMARK FOR CONTAINERS, EQUIPMENT AND
SUPPLIES
632.275Â Â Â Â Filing trademark for containers, equipment and supplies for fruit and vegetables
632.280Â Â Â Â Unlawful use of, or traffic in, name or mark as presumptive evidence
632.285Â Â Â Â Security for return not a sale
632.290Â Â Â Â Acquiring of marked containers, supplies and equipment
PRUNES
632.405Â Â Â Â Definitions for ORS 632.405 to 632.440
632.410Â Â Â Â Establishing official grades and standards
632.415Â Â Â Â Application of factors to be considered; change of grade
632.420Â Â Â Â Sample kept of purchases according to grade; determination of dispute as to grade
632.425Â Â Â Â Fees for inspecting and grading
632.430Â Â Â Â Enforcement; rules; inspection or grading certificate as evidence
632.440Â Â Â Â Injunction
PACKING AND LABELING OF HORTICULTURAL PRODUCTS
632.450Â Â Â Â Definitions for ORS 632.450 to 632.485
632.455Â Â Â Â Labeling container of horticultural products
632.460Â Â Â Â Establishment of grades, branding and packing requirements; rules
632.465Â Â Â Â Used packages or containers
632.470Â Â Â Â False representations as to raising, production or packing
632.475Â Â Â Â Possession of unlabeled, falsely labeled or deceptively packed products
632.480Â Â Â Â Shipment or sale of deceptive pack, load or display prohibited
632.485Â Â Â Â Enforcement; entry and inspection; seizure
632.490Â Â Â Â Labeling fruit or vegetables as Oregon grown or packed
WALNUTS AND FILBERTS
632.505Â Â Â Â Definitions for ORS 632.505 to 632.625
632.516Â Â Â Â Establishment of grades and standards
632.521Â Â Â Â Grades and standards established by repealed statute; continued in effect until superseded
632.585Â Â Â Â Necessity of conformity to standards
632.590Â Â Â Â Labeling
632.595Â Â Â Â Containers
632.600Â Â Â Â Inspection districts; inspection, reinspection and fees
632.610Â Â Â Â Duty to notify department of availability for inspection
632.615Â Â Â Â Enforcement; inspection certificate as evidence; rules
632.620Â Â Â Â Jurisdiction
632.625Â Â Â Â Violation of walnut and filbert law prohibited
EGGS
632.705Â Â Â Â Definitions for ORS 632.705 to 632.815
632.715Â Â Â Â Egg handlerÂ’s license
632.720Â Â Â Â Fee
632.730Â Â Â Â Commercial egg breakerÂ’s permit; fee
632.741Â Â Â Â Additional fee; reports; records; exceptions
632.745Â Â Â Â When invoices required; exception; availability for inspection
632.756Â Â Â Â Maintenance of facilities and equipment; standards
632.761Â Â Â Â Authority of department
632.771Â Â Â Â Information on container label; sale from bulk display; advertising
632.786Â Â Â Â Prohibited acts
632.811Â Â Â Â Rules; considerations in promulgating rules
632.815Â Â Â Â Disposition of fees
GRADES, STANDARDS, INSPECTION AND CLASSIFICATION OF
HORTICULTURAL AND AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS
632.900    “Horticultural and agricultural products” defined
632.905Â Â Â Â State Department of Agriculture to fix grades and standards for horticultural and agricultural products and containers
632.910Â Â Â Â Factors to be considered in establishing grades, standards or classifications
632.915Â Â Â Â Consideration of commercial or other use; change of grades, standards or classifications
632.918Â Â Â Â Classifications and standards for certified horticultural and agricultural processes
632.920Â Â Â Â Compliance with Administrative Procedures Act
632.935Â Â Â Â Adoption of United States standards; cooperation with United States
632.940Â Â Â Â Inspection and classification of horticultural and agricultural products by department; fees and charges
632.945Â Â Â Â Procedure for department inspection and classification; collection of costs
632.950Â Â Â Â Termination of department inspection activities by grower vote; election procedure; costs
632.955Â Â Â Â Investigation of complaint of purchaserÂ’s misrepresentation of product; inspection and classification of products received by purchaser
632.960Â Â Â Â Appeal to department for classification; fee
632.965Â Â Â Â Certificate of grade, classification, quality or condition as prima facie evidence
632.970Â Â Â Â Misrepresentation of grades and standards for horticultural or agricultural products; improper use of insignia indicating grade
632.975Â Â Â Â Use of containers not conforming to standard
632.980Â Â Â Â Improper grading and incorrect certificates prohibited
632.985Â Â Â Â Submitting hay, grain or potatoes to inspection
PENALTIES
632.990Â Â Â Â Penalties
     632.005 [Amended by 1959 c.633 §2;
1961 c.655 §1; repealed by 1965 c.582 §24]
     632.007
[1961 c.655 §6; 1965 c.582 §21; renumbered 632.710]
     632.010
[Repealed by 1965 c.582 §24]
     632.015
[Amended by 1959 c.633 §3; repealed by 1965 c.582 §24]
     632.020
[Amended by 1959 c.633 §4; repealed by 1965 c.582 §24]
     632.025 [Repealed by 1965 c.582 §24]
     632.030
[Repealed by 1965 c.582 §24]
     632.035
[Amended by 1959 c.633 §5; 1961 c.655 §3; repealed by 1965 c.582 §24]
     632.040
[Renumbered 632.730]
     632.045 [Amended by 1961 c.425 §16; repealed by 1965 c.582 §24]
     632.050
[Amended by 1959 c.633 §6; repealed by 1965 c.582 §24]
     632.055
[Repealed by 1965 c.582 §24]
     632.060
[Renumbered 632.755]
     632.065
[Repealed by 1965 c.582 §24]
     632.067
[1959 c.633 §9; 1961 c.655 §4; repealed by 1965 c.582 §24]
     632.070
[Repealed by 1965 c.582 §24]
     632.075
[Repealed by 1965 c.582 §24]
     632.080
[Repealed by 1965 c.582 §24]
     632.085
[Renumbered 632.750]
     632.090
[Amended by 1955 c.91 §1; 1959 c.633 §7; repealed by 1965 c.582 §24]
     632.092
[1959 c.633 §8; repealed by 1965 c.582 §24]
     632.095
[Repealed by 1965 c.582 §24]
     632.097
[1961 c.655 §7; 1965 c.582 §19; renumbered 632.760]
     632.098
[1961 c.655 §8; repealed by 1965 c.582 §24]
     632.100
[Subsection (2) of 1961 Replacement Part enacted as 1961 c.655 §9; repealed by
1965 c.582 §24]
     632.105
[Repealed by 1965 c.582 §24]
     632.110
[Renumbered 632.815]
     632.115
[Repealed by 1965 c.582 §24]
     632.120
[Repealed by 1965 c.582 §24]
     632.125
[Repealed by 1965 c.582 §24]
     632.205
[Repealed by 1955 c.363 §16]
ONIONS
     632.206
Definitions for ORS 632.211 to 632.260. As used in ORS 632.211 to 632.260:
     (1) “Culls” means onions which fail to meet the standard of any grade established by the State Department of Agriculture under ORS 632.211.
     (2) “Department” means the State Department of Agriculture.
     (3) “Sell” includes offer, consign or expose for sale.
     (4) “Transport” includes load or deliver.
     (5) “Unlabeled onions” means any onions not labeled as required by ORS 632.226. [1955 c.363 §1]
     632.210
[Repealed by 1955 c.363 §16]
     632.211
Establishment of grades and standards; grading and inspection fee. (1) The
State Department of Agriculture shall, in accordance with the applicable
provisions of ORS 632.900 to 632.935, establish grades and standards for onions
which shall conform, in so far as practicable, to the official grades and
standards prescribed by the United States Department of Agriculture.
     (2) The grades and standards adopted by the State Department of Agriculture under ORS 632.205, 632.210, 632.215, 632.220, 632.225, 632.230, 632.235, 632.240, 632.245 and 632.250 (1953 Replacement Part) shall continue in force and effect and be applicable until superseded, changed or repealed by standards and grades adopted by the department under subsection (1) of this section.
     (3) The department may fix and collect a fee for grading and inspecting of onions in accordance with ORS 632.940. [1955 c.363 §8]
     632.215
[Repealed by 1955 c.363 §16]
     632.216
Certificate of grade required before sale or transportation of onions; exceptions.
(1) No person shall sell or transport onions without first obtaining a
certificate of grade pursuant to ORS 632.940 to 632.965, unless the onions are:
     (a) Sold or transported in quantities of less than one ton.
     (b) Graded and inspected onions which have been reconditioned or re-sorted.
     (c) Culls labeled as such and other onions which are exempted from labeling by ORS 632.231 and 632.236.
     (2) For the purposes of subsection (1) of this section, if the container of onions is labeled in accordance with ORS 632.226, a certificate of grade of the United States Department of Agriculture or a shipping point inspection service recognized by the United States Department of Agriculture may be accepted in lieu of a certificate issued under ORS 632.965. [1955 c.363 §2]
     632.220
[Repealed by 1955 c.363 §16]
     632.221
Only one inspection of each load or lot. No more than one inspection under
ORS 632.216 is required for any load or lot of onions, regardless of the fact
that, after inspection, the load or lot inspected loses its specific identity
because of division of, or addition of other inspected onions of the same grade
to, the load or lot inspected, or because of reconditioning or re-sorting.
[1955 c.363 §3]
     632.225
[Repealed by 1955 c.363 §16]
     632.226
Labeling. Except as otherwise provided in ORS 632.231 and 632.236, no
person shall sell or transport onions, unless their container is labeled with:
     (1) The name and address or brand name of the grower or packer.
     (2) The net weight of its contents.
     (3) The word “culls” in boldfaced letters not less than two inches high if the onions in the container fail to meet the standards of any grade established for onions by the State Department of Agriculture. [1955 c.363 §4]
     632.230
[Repealed by 1955 c.363 §16]
     632.231
Sale of unlabeled onions. Unlabeled onions may be sold:
     (1) By the grower at the field where grown.
     (2) To a processing plant.
     (3) At retail to consumers if the onions are displayed in open containers or bins and the onions were labeled and inspected for grade as required by ORS 632.216 to 632.226, at or prior to the time of purchase by the retailer.
     (4) To a livestock feeder for feeding purposes. [1955 c.363 §5]
     632.235
[Repealed by 1955 c.363 §16]
     632.236
Transportation of unlabeled onions. (1) Unlabeled onions may be transported
for a distance of less than 50 miles on a sale or delivery to:
     (a) A warehouse or other facility for grading or storage.
     (b) A livestock feeder for feeding purposes.
     (2) Upon written permit of the State Department of Agriculture issued under ORS 632.241, unlabeled onions may be transported:
     (a) To a processing plant.
     (b) For distances of 50 miles or more to a livestock feeder for feeding purposes, or to a warehouse or other facility for grading or storage. [1955 c.363 §6]
     632.240
[Repealed by 1955 c.363 §16]
     632.241
Transportation permits. (1) Permits for transportation under ORS 632.236
(2) shall be issued by the State Department of Agriculture to any person upon
request made prior to the date of transportation.
     (2) Two copies of the permit shall be issued by the department. One copy shall be retained by the consignor. The second copy shall accompany the shipment at all times to be delivered to the consignee at the point of destination of the shipment. The department may issue and deliver additional copies of the permit on request as they are needed. Permits shall be retained by both the consignor and the consignee for one year from the date of issuance. Permits shall be presented to the department or its duly authorized representatives for inspection upon request.
     (3) The department may collect from the person making the request for the permit a fee on a uniform basis in an amount reasonably necessary to defray the administrative costs of the department in issuing permits under this section, but not exceeding $2 for any permit. [1955 c.363 §7]
     632.245
[Repealed by 1955 c.363 §16]
     632.246
Seizure of unlawful onions. The State Department of Agriculture may seize
or detain any onions sold or transported in violation of any provision of ORS
632.216 or 632.226. [1955 c.363 §9]
     632.250
[Repealed by 1955 c.363 §16]
     632.251
Access to premises or vehicle for inspection purposes. The State Department
of Agriculture or any of its duly authorized representatives shall have free
access at any reasonable hours to any place or premises where onions are
stored, processed or sold, and may stop or enter any vehicle or means of
conveyance used to transport onions for the purpose of inspection or to
determine whether any provisions of ORS 632.206 to 632.260 have been violated.
[1955 c.363 §10]
     632.255
[1955 c.363 §11; repealed by 1965 c.276 §2]
     632.260
Defendant in prosecution to plead any exemption. In any criminal proceeding
brought for violation of any of the provisions of ORS 632.216 or 632.226,
exemption of the party accused from the requirements of ORS 632.216 or 632.226
shall be pleaded and alleged by the defendant as a matter of defense upon a
plea of not guilty. [1955 c.363 §12]
REGISTRATION AND USE OF TRADEMARK FOR CONTAINERS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES
     632.275
Filing trademark for containers, equipment and supplies for fruit and
vegetables. Any persons, firms, corporations or associations engaged in
producing, packing, canning tree fruits, vegetables and small fruits who
furnish or provide lug boxes or containers for any grower or other person, firm
or corporation with the trademark of the grower, person, firm or corporation as
defined by ORS 647.005, impressed or produced thereon, or whose equipment or
supplies, owned by and used in the business of the grower, person, firm or
corporation, bears a trademark impressed or produced thereon, and any
corporations and associations whose members are so engaged and use such
containers or have such equipment or supplies may file such trademark with the
Secretary of State as provided in ORS chapter 647. [Formerly 616.605]
     632.280
Unlawful use of, or traffic in, name or mark as presumptive evidence. Each
of the following is presumptive evidence of unlawful use of or traffic in the
containers, supplies or equipment described in ORS 632.275 if the description
of the name, mark or device has been filed and published as provided in ORS
632.275:
     (1) The use, without the consent provided for in ORS 632.290, of such container, supplies or equipment by any person other than:
     (a) The person, firm, corporation or association whose name, mark or device is upon the container, supplies or equipment; and
     (b) The members of any corporation registering the name, mark or device.
     (2) The having by any junk dealer, or any dealer in secondhand articles, of possession of any such containers, supplies or equipment. [Formerly 616.610]
     632.285
Security for return not a sale. If the owner of containers marked or
branded pursuant to ORS 632.275, or of equipment or supplies used in the
business so marked or otherwise impressed, or others lawfully entitled to use
the containers, equipment or supplies, requires the taking or accepting of
money as a deposit for security for the safekeeping and return of the articles,
it shall not constitute a sale of such property, either optional or otherwise,
in any proceedings under ORS 632.275 to 632.290. [Formerly 616.615]
     632.290
Acquiring of marked containers, supplies and equipment. Any person, firm,
corporation or association, or any member of such corporation or association
acquiring containers, supplies or equipment marked pursuant to ORS 632.275, by
purchase or other lawful means, and having written consent, shall not be required
to again file and publish the description, but shall as to the containers,
supplies and equipment, describe any such written consent acquired as a part of
the purchase and shall have all such benefits as the vendor has under ORS
632.275 to 632.290. [Formerly 616.620]
     632.305
[Repealed by 1955 c.711 §1]
     632.306
[1955 c.711 §§2, 5; 1957 c.96 §1; repealed by 1997 c.410 §1]
     632.310
[Repealed by 1955 c.711 §1]
     632.311
[1955 c.711 §4; repealed by 1997 c.410 §1]
     632.315
[Repealed by 1955 c.711 §1]
     632.316
[1955 c.711 §13; repealed by 1997 c.410 §1]
     632.320
[Repealed by 1955 c.711 §1]
     632.321
[1955 c.711 §6; 1957 c.96 §2; repealed by 1997 c.410 §1]
     632.325
[Repealed by 1955 c.711 §1]
     632.326 [1955 c.711 §7; 1957 c.96 §3; repealed by 1997 c.410 §1]
     632.330
[Repealed by 1955 c.711 §1]
     632.331
[1955 c.711 §8; 1957 c.96 §4; repealed by 1997 c.410 §1]
     632.335
[Repealed by 1955 c.711 §1]
     632.336
[1955 c.711 §9; 1957 c.96 §5; 1993 c.46 §2; repealed by 1997 c.410 §1]
     632.340
[Repealed by 1955 c.711 §1]
     632.341
[1955 c.711 §10; 1993 c.46 §1; repealed by 1997 c.410 §1]
     632.345
[Repealed by 1955 c.711 §1]
     632.346
[1955 c.711 §11; repealed by 1997 c.410 §1]
     632.350
[Repealed by 1955 c.711 §1]
     632.351
[1955 c.711 §12; repealed by 1997 c.410 §1]
     632.355
[Repealed by 1955 c.711 §1]
     632.356
[1955 c.711 §14; repealed by 1965 c.276 §2]
     632.360
[Repealed by 1955 c.711 §1]
     632.361
[1955 c.711 §3; repealed by 1997 c.410 §1]
PRUNES
     632.405
Definitions for ORS 632.405 to 632.440. As used in ORS 632.405 to 632.440,
“department” means the State Department of Agriculture.
     632.410
Establishing official grades and standards. (1) The State Department of
Agriculture shall fix, establish and promulgate, after investigation and public
hearing, official grades and standards for grading and classifying dried
prunes.
     (2) In establishing such grades and standards the department shall take into account and base them upon the following factors:
     (a) Flavor, texture, size, appearance and moisture content.
     (b) Freedom from disease.
     (c) Freedom from or extent of damage or deterioration.
     (d) Absence of foreign material, dirt, insect infestation or scorch.
     (e) Extent of carmelization.
     (f) Method of packing or packaging.
     (g) Such other factors as may be indicative of or which may affect quality or condition and value or suitability for human consumption or for the commercial or other uses to which that product normally is put.
     (3) In addition, the department shall take into account any grades, standards or classifications for dried prunes established by the United States Department of Agriculture, and also applicable state and federal food and drug laws. ORS 632.900 to 632.935 relating to grades and standards shall apply to ORS 632.405 to 632.440.
     632.415
Application of factors to be considered; change of grade. (1) The factors
to be considered in establishing any grades or standards for dried prunes, as
provided by ORS 632.410, shall be applied in accordance with the extent to
which and manner in which they relate to the quality, quantity and condition of
that product and the value or suitability of it for human consumption or for
the commercial or other uses to which it is normally put.
     (2) Any such grades, standards or classifications established under ORS 632.405 to 632.440 may, from time to time, be changed by the State Department of Agriculture in order:
     (a) To conform them more nearly to the requirements or interests of consumers or to commercial or trade requirements, practices or methods.
     (b) To meet changed conditions.
     (c) To comply with new and improved methods of handling, processing, packing, transporting, marketing or using dried prunes.
     (d) To apply or make effective any new and improved method of test, analysis or examination of the quality or condition of that product or the value or suitability of it as stated in this section.
     632.420
Sample kept of purchases according to grade; determination of dispute as to
grade. (1) Any person who purchases in commercial quantity any dried prunes
which are to be further processed before being sold or offered for sale for
human consumption, the price or consideration for such being dependent upon the
quality or quantity determined according to the number of dried prunes to the
pound, shall keep for a period of not less than 30 days, conveniently available
to checking by the person from whom those dried prunes were purchased, the
exact sample used in so determining their quality or quantity.
     (2) In the event of dispute as to the accuracy of that determination of quality or quantity, the State Department of Agriculture, upon the request of either party to that sale and payment of the required fee, shall examine the sample. The determination by the department on the basis of such examination of the quality or quantity of those dried prunes shall be binding upon both parties.
     632.425
Fees for inspecting and grading. The State Department of Agriculture shall
fix, assess and collect fees for all inspections or grading of dried prunes
made pursuant to ORS 632.405 to 632.440, on a uniform basis, in a reasonable
amount, which the department shall determine to be sufficient to cover the cost
of such inspection and grading.
     632.430
Enforcement; rules; inspection or grading certificate as evidence. (1) The
State Department of Agriculture shall administer and enforce the provisions of
ORS 632.405 to 632.440. It may employ such inspectors and deputies and enter
such agreements with officers of the United States Department of Agriculture
and make such reasonable rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out
such sections.
     (2) In any court proceeding any inspection or grading certificate, issued pursuant to such sections, is prima facie evidence of the facts stated in it.
     632.435
[Repealed by 1965 c.276 §2]
     632.440
Injunction. Any circuit court has jurisdiction to restrain any violation or
threatened violation of ORS 632.405 to 632.430, upon suit by the Attorney
General.
PACKING AND LABELING OF HORTICULTURAL PRODUCTS
     632.450
Definitions for ORS 632.450 to 632.485. As used in ORS 632.450 to 632.485:
     (1) “Horticultural products” means all horticultural products, including nursery stock as defined in ORS 571.005, except horticultural products that are canned, bottled, frozen, dried, candied or brined.
     (2) “Container” means the box, crate, lug, chest, basket, carton, barrel, keg, drum, sack, hamper, bag, bin, tray, bucket or other receptacle, whether open or closed, used by any person in transporting horticultural products, or in which such products are offered for sale.
     (3) “Stamp,” “mark” or “label plainly” means placing the information required by ORS 632.450 to 632.485 on the container in legible letters or figures of not less than three-eighths inch in height and not less than three-sixteenths inch in width, by means of a rubber stamp, stencil, printing by machine, or by attaching to the package by means of glue or paste, a machine-printed label. Such marks, and the location thereof, shall conform to the rules and regulations established by the State Department of Agriculture when promulgating grades for horticultural products.
     (4) “Deceptive pack” means any arrangement of horticultural products which has in the outer layer or any exposed surface horticultural products which are so superior in quality, size, condition or in any other respect to those in the interior of the lot or the unexposed portion as to materially misrepresent the contents of the lot. A deceptive pack also means a container slackly filled so as to deceive the purchaser in regard to the total contents, or a container which has had a portion of the original contents removed and then offered for sale as a full pack. [Formerly 616.505; 2001 c.104 §245]
     632.455
Labeling container of horticultural products. No person shall sell, offer
for sale or transportation, or transport within Oregon, horticultural products
unless each container or package of such products is plainly and conspicuously
labeled with the name and post-office address of the grower, shipper or dealer,
and the net contents of the container or package in terms of weight, measure or
numerical count. This section does not apply to transportation from the ownerÂ’s
fields to a warehouse for storage or grading and packing, or to processing
plants. [Formerly 616.510]
     632.460
Establishment of grades, branding and packing requirements; rules. (1) The
State Department of Agriculture may establish by rule, as provided in ORS
chapter 183, grades for horticultural products and branding and packing
requirements as are deemed necessary.
     (2) Except as expressly provided in ORS 632.450 to 632.485, all grades and requirements relating to fruits and vegetables in effect on June 14, 1941, shall so remain unless changed under the authority conferred by ORS 632.450 to 632.485.
     (3) The use of grade standards authorized to be established by this section is not mandatory unless otherwise specifically provided by law. However, the deceptive use or misuse of any grade standards is unlawful. [Formerly 616.515; 1979 c.91 §2]
     632.465
Used packages or containers. It is unlawful to sell or offer for sale or to
transport or offer for transportation, horticultural products in used packages
or containers unless such used packages or containers are first cleaned of all
foreign matter and substances and are in all respects sanitary, and unless all
previous markings, brands, grade markings, labels, trademarks, names and
addresses are entirely removed or so defaced as to destroy their legibility, or
by turning such container or package inside out. This section does not apply to
transportation from the ownerÂ’s fields to a warehouse for storage or grading
and packing, or to processing plants. [Formerly 616.520]
     632.470
False representations as to raising, production or packing. No person, by
means of any false representation, either verbal, printed or written, shall
represent or pretend that horticultural products were raised, produced or
packed by any person, or in any locality other than by the person, and in the
locality where the same were in fact raised, produced or packed. [Formerly
616.525]
     632.475
Possession of unlabeled, falsely labeled or deceptively packed products.
(1) No person shall have in possession for sale or transportation any
horticultural products not labeled as required in ORS 632.450 to 632.485, or
falsely marked or labeled, or deceptively packed contrary to the provisions of
ORS 632.450 to 632.485.
     (2) The possession for sale or transportation by such person of any such horticultural products so falsely marked, labeled or packed is prima facie evidence that such person has so falsely marked, labeled or packed such horticultural products.
     (3) The provisions of ORS 632.450 to 632.485 do not apply to the transportation of horticultural products by common carrier, except when the common carrier is issued a written notice by the State Department of Agriculture that the lot of horticultural products offered for shipments has been seized by the department for not meeting the requirements of ORS 632.450 to 632.485 and the notice is accompanied with a copy of the seizure notice. [Formerly 616.530]
     632.480
Shipment or sale of deceptive pack, load or display prohibited. No person
shall prepare, deliver for shipment, ship, transport, offer for sale or sell a
deceptive pack, or package, load, arrangement or display of horticultural
products. [Formerly 616.535]
     632.485
Enforcement; entry and inspection; seizure. (1) The director and all
authorized agents of the State Department of Agriculture shall enforce ORS
632.450 to 632.485 and to that end may enter any place or conveyance within
this state where any fruit, nuts or vegetables are produced, stored, packed,
delivered for shipment, loaded, shipped, being transported, or sold, and
inspect all such fruit, nuts or vegetables and the containers thereof and take
for inspection such representative samples of the fruit, nuts or vegetables and
such containers, as may be necessary, to determine whether or not ORS 632.450
to 632.485 have been violated.
     (2) Whenever a duly authorized representative of the department finds, or has probable cause to believe, that any products are marked, labeled or packed in violation of ORS 632.450 to 632.485, the representative shall seize the products and proceed in the manner directed by law for the disposal of products seized by the department. [Formerly 616.540]
     632.490
Labeling fruit or vegetables as Oregon grown or packed. All persons
operating under their own private brand in Oregon in the business of packing or
canning fruit or vegetables, either fresh, canned, evaporated or otherwise, shall
plainly designate on such private brand that goods were Oregon grown or packed
in Oregon. For the purpose of this section it is sufficient for the firms whose
headquarters are in Oregon to either designate the local address of the cannery
or to designate the location of their main office in Oregon. This section does
not apply to sales to wholesalers, packers or others for reselling. [Formerly
616.545]
WALNUTS AND FILBERTS
     632.505
Definitions for ORS 632.505 to 632.625. As used in ORS 632.505 to 632.625,
“department” means the State Department of Agriculture.
     632.510
[Repealed by 1955 c.239 §8]
     632.515
[Repealed by 1955 c.239 §8]
     632.516
Establishment of grades and standards. The State Department of Agriculture
shall, in accordance with the applicable provisions of ORS 632.905 to 632.980,
establish standards and grades for walnuts and filberts by rules or regulations
enacted pursuant to ORS chapter 183. The grades shall conform, as far as
practicable or applicable in this state, to the official grades and standards
prescribed by the United States Department of Agriculture. The grades may be
changed from time to time as may be necessary. [1955 c.239 §2; 1971 c.734 §28]
     632.520
[Repealed by 1955 c.239 §8]
     632.521
Grades and standards established by repealed statute; continued in effect until
superseded. Notwithstanding the powers and duties of the State Department
of Agriculture under ORS 632.516, the statutory standards and grades in ORS
632.510, 632.515, 632.520, 632.525, 632.530, 632.535, 632.540, 632.545,
632.550, 632.555, 632.560, 632.565, 632.570, 632.575 and 632.580 prior to the
repeal of those sections by section 8, chapter 239, Oregon Laws 1955, shall
continue in force and effect and be applicable as if adopted by the department
until superseded or repealed by rules and regulations adopted by the department
under ORS 632.516. [1955 c.239 §3]
     632.525
[Repealed by 1955 c.239 §8]
     632.530
[Repealed by 1955 c.239 §8]
     632.535
[Repealed by 1955 c.239 §8]
     632.540
[Repealed by 1955 c.239 §8]
     632.545
[Repealed by 1955 c.239 §8]
     632.550
[Repealed by 1955 c.239 §8]
     632.555
[Repealed by 1955 c.239 §8]
     632.560
[Repealed by 1955 c.239 §8]
     632.565
[Repealed by 1955 c.239 §8]
     632.570 [Repealed by 1955 c.239 §8]
     632.575
[Repealed by 1955 c.239 §8]
     632.580
[Repealed by 1955 c.239 §8]
     632.585
Necessity of conformity to standards. All unshelled walnuts and unshelled
filberts sold or offered for sale or shipment in this state shall conform to
the standards established by the State Department of Agriculture for such
walnuts and filberts. [Amended by 1955 c.239 §5]
     632.590
Labeling. (1) All unshelled walnuts and unshelled filberts sold, displayed
or offered for sale or shipment in this state must have the containers, bins,
display table or other bulk display labeled with a legible label containing
the:
     (a) Name of the state in which such nuts were grown.
     (b) Grade or registered brand and size of nuts in the container.
     (c) Name and address of the grower, dealer or packer.
     (2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, containers of five pounds or less capacity and bins and bulk tables are required to be labeled only with the name of the state where grown and the grade and size of such nuts. Such labeling is not required when nuts are being sold at retail from a properly labeled container or bulk display and packaged in the presence of the purchaser for the immediate purpose of the sale. [Amended by 2005 c.22 §444]
     632.595
Containers. All containers of unshelled walnuts or unshelled filberts of
the two highest grades established by the department, sold or offered for sale
or shipment in this state, shall be uniform, new, sound and clean and otherwise
conform to the standards approved by the State Department of Agriculture.
Containers for lower grades shall be clean, fairly bright and sound. [Amended
by 1955 c.239 §6]
     632.600
Inspection districts; inspection, reinspection and fees. (1) The State
Department of Agriculture may designate certain areas as inspection districts
and certain cities as inspection points, as necessary for the enforcement of
ORS 632.505 to 632.625 and the rules and regulations of the department.
     (2) All unshelled walnuts and unshelled filberts shipped out of or into or received in such inspection districts or inspection points in lots of 250 pounds or more shall be inspected by the department in accordance with its rules and regulations. However, no inspection shall be required for such nuts in transit to a processing plant. Not more than one inspection shall be made by the department for any car or lot of unshelled walnuts, or unshelled filberts unless the buyer or seller of the car or lot applies for reinspection and advances the charges for it as provided by the department. Any shipper of unshelled walnuts or unshelled filberts who feels that the grade established on any lot of nuts by any inspector, agent or representative of the department is not a true grade of such lot of unshelled walnuts or unshelled filberts may appeal to the department for a reinspection. However, the department may inspect any lot of less than 250 pounds, if at any time it deems it necessary.
     (3) The department may fix, assess and collect or cause to be collected fees for all inspections of unshelled walnuts and unshelled filberts, on a uniform basis, in an amount determined to be reasonable and to cover the cost of its inspections and the enforcement of ORS 632.505 to 632.625. [Amended by 1955 c.239 §7]
     632.605
[Subsection (2) enacted as 1955 c.239 §4; repealed by 1965 c.276 §2]
     632.610
Duty to notify department of availability for inspection. (1) Every
operator or person in charge of any motor vehicle transporting on the streets
or highways any unshelled walnuts or unshelled filberts, of which inspection is
required by ORS 632.505 to 632.625, out of, into or through any inspection
district, or any city which has been declared an inspection point, shall give
notice by mail or in person to the nearest office or inspector of the State
Department of Agriculture that such nuts are available for inspection as
required by law.
     (2) Any person, receiving any shipment, load or lot of such nuts, which has not been inspected, for the purpose of sale or storage in such quantities and in such places as would require inspection, shall give notice within 24 hours by mail or in person to the nearest office or inspector of the department that such nuts have been received and are being held for inspection.
     632.615
Enforcement; inspection certificate as evidence; rules. (1) The State
Department of Agriculture shall enforce the provisions of ORS 632.505 to
632.625, and may make rules and regulations necessary or convenient for such
enforcement. It may employ such inspectors, agents and representatives as it
finds necessary and enter into agreements with the United States Department of
Agriculture, its authorized agents, officers and representatives as it deems
necessary to carry out such sections, not contrary to the laws of this state.
     (2) Upon complaint, properly filed, that unshelled walnuts or unshelled filberts are offered for sale or shipment in violation of ORS 632.505 to 632.625, the State Department of Agriculture shall make the necessary investigation. If the complaint is found true, the department shall report the facts to the district attorney of the county in which the violation occurred and the district attorney shall prosecute such offender.
     (3) Certificates of inspection of unshelled walnuts and unshelled filberts issued by the department shall be prima facie evidence of the facts contained therein.
     632.620
Jurisdiction. Justice courts have concurrent jurisdiction with the circuit
court in all proceedings to enforce the provisions of ORS 632.505 to 632.625.
     632.625
Violation of walnut and filbert law prohibited. No person shall sell or
offer for sale or shipment any unshelled walnuts or unshelled filberts in
violation of any of the provisions of ORS 632.505 to 632.625, or the rules or
regulations established under such sections.
EGGS
     632.705
Definitions for ORS 632.705 to 632.815. As used in ORS 632.705 to 632.815:
     (1) “Adulterated” has the meaning given that term in ORS 616.235.
     (2) “At retail” means a sale or transaction between a retailer and a consumer.
     (3) “Bulk sale” means the sale of eggs in containers other than consumer containers.
     (4) “Candling” means the examination of the interior of eggs by the use of transmitted light used in a partially dark room or place.
     (5) “Consumer” means any person who purchases eggs at retail or any restaurant, hotel, boarding house, bakery, or institution or concern that purchases eggs for serving to guests or patrons thereof, or for its own use in cooking or baking.
     (6) “Consumer container” means a container in which eggs are packed for sale to consumers.
     (7) “Container” means any box, case, basket, carton, sack, bag or other receptacle.
     (8) “Department” means the State Department of Agriculture.
     (9) “Egg handler” means any person who contracts for or obtains possession or control of any eggs for:
     (a) Sale to another egg handler or a retailer; or
     (b) Processing and sale to another egg handler, a retailer or a consumer.
     (10) “Egg products” means the white, yolk, or any part of eggs, in liquid, frozen, dried, or any other form, used, intended or held for use, in the preparation of, or to be a part of or mixed with, food or food products, for human consumption, excepting products that contain eggs only in a relatively small proportion or historically have not been in the judgment of the department considered by consumers as products of the egg industry.
     (11) “Eggs” or “shell eggs” means eggs in the shell from chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese or any other species of fowl.
     (12) “Federal Act” means the federal Egg Products Inspection Act, 21 U.S.C. 1031 et seq., 84 Stat. 1620 et seq.
     (13) “Labeling” has the meaning given that term in ORS 616.205 (13).
     (14) “Lot” means an identifiable and certain quantity, group or shipment of one grade or size of eggs of a particular producer, egg handler or retailer. Such identification and certainty may be determined by the department by container labeling of codes, numbers or dates, or invoices containing such data.
     (15) “Misbranded” has the meaning given that term in ORS 616.250.
     (16) “Pasteurize” means the subjecting of each particle of egg products to heat or other treatments to destroy harmful viable microorganisms, by such processes as may be prescribed by the department.
     (17) “Processing” means manufacturing egg products, including breaking eggs or filtering, mixing, blending, pasteurizing, stabilizing, cooling, freezing, drying or packaging egg products.
     (18) “Retailer” means any person who sells eggs to a consumer.
     (19) “Sell” or “sale” means to sell, offer for sale, expose for sale, or have in possession for sale. [1965 c.582 §1; 1975 c.748 §1; 2003 c.14 §378; 2005 c.22 §445]
     632.710
[Formerly 632.007; repealed by 1975 c.748 §19]
     632.715
Egg handlerÂ’s license. (1) Unless the holder of a permit issued under ORS
632.730, no person shall sell or distribute within this state any eggs to
consumers or to retailers without having first obtained an egg handlerÂ’s
license from the State Department of Agriculture. The license shall not be
required:
     (a) Of a producer selling and delivering eggs of the producer’s own production direct to an individual consumer; or
     (b) For the sale of uncandled eggs to other than a consumer; or
     (c) For the sale by a retailer to a consumer of eggs which previously have been candled and graded by an egg handler in compliance with ORS 632.705 to 632.815.
     (2) Application for such license shall be made to the department, on forms prescribed by the department.
     (3) Each egg handler’s license shall expire on June 30 next following the date of issuance. Such license shall not be transferable to any person. The original of the license shall be conspicuously displayed in the main office of the licensee. A duplicate copy of the license shall be conspicuously displayed in each separate branch, store, sales outlet, office, warehouse or location operated or owned by the licensee in which eggs are candled or graded.
     (4) The department, in accordance with ORS chapter 183, may refuse to issue, or may suspend or revoke, an egg handler’s license issued under this section, or a permit issued under ORS 632.730, if the applicant, the permit holder, or the licensee has or is violating the provisions of ORS 632.705 to 632.815 or rules promulgated pursuant thereto. [1965 c.582 §2; 1975 c.748 §2; 1982 s.s.1 c.4 §12]
     632.720
Fee. There shall be paid to the State Department of Agriculture with each
application for an egg handlerÂ’s license an annual license fee of $25. [1965
c.582 §3; 1975 c.748 §3; 1991 c.632 §8]
     632.725
[1965 c.582 §4; repealed by 1975 c.748 §19]
     632.730
Commercial egg breakerÂ’s permit; fee. No person shall engage in the
commercial breaking of eggs for the purpose of recovering therefrom, for human
food, the whites, yolks or whole egg meats, or any part thereof, for resale as
such, without first obtaining from the State Department of Agriculture a permit
to do so. Such permit shall be issued to any person making written application
for it and a proper showing of ability and intent to comply with the sanitary
requirement specified by ORS 632.705 to 632.815, and payment to the department
of an annual permit fee of $75. Such permit shall expire on June 30 next
following its date of issuance, and may be renewed from year to year upon
written application and payment of the annual permit fee.
      [Formerly 632.040; 1975 c.748 §4; 1982 s.s.1 c.4 §13]
     632.735
[1965 c.582 §5; repealed by 1975 c.748 §19]
     632.740
[1965 c.582 §6; repealed by 1975 c.748 §5 (632.741 enacted in lieu of 632.740)]
     632.741
Additional fee; reports; records; exceptions. (1) In addition to the
license fee prescribed in ORS 632.720, each egg handler shall pay to the State
Department of Agriculture a fee prescribed by the department, not to exceed two
and one-half mills per dozen eggs sold by such egg handler. Such fee shall be
paid by remitting monthly payments, on dates prescribed by the department,
accompanied by such reports concerning egg sales as the department may
prescribe. The egg handler utilizing this method shall prepare and maintain
adequate books and records evidencing the egg sales, and shall keep the same
for at least two years. The department is authorized to inspect and audit such
books and records as provided in ORS 561.265 and the egg handler shall pay to
the department its costs for the same. The department shall assign such egg
handler a permit number to be placed on egg containers in the manner prescribed
by the department.
     (2) The fees required to be paid under subsection (1) of this section and, except as otherwise provided therein, the labeling required by ORS 632.771 shall not apply to:
     (a) Eggs sold and shipped outside of this state;
     (b) Eggs sold to the United States Government;
     (c) Bulk sales of eggs;
     (d) Eggs sold to another egg handler for processing into egg products; or
     (e) Eggs sold by a producer to consumers at the place of production. [1975 c.748 §6 (632.741 enacted in lieu of 632.740); 1991 c.632 §9]
     632.745
When invoices required; exception; availability for inspection. (1) Each
person who sells eggs in bulk shall furnish the purchaser with an invoice
covering each such sale, showing the exact grade or quality and the size or
weight of the eggs sold, according to the standards prescribed by the federal
Act or the State Department of Agriculture, together with the name and address
of the person by whom the eggs were sold. The invoices shall be available
during business hours for inspection by the department. The invoices shall be
kept for at least:
     (a) One year by the seller; and
     (b) 60 days by the purchaser.
     (2) No invoice shall be required on eggs when sold to the United States Government or to an individual consumer.
     (3) Any person or retailer selling eggs through its own stores or outlets may keep the records required by subsection (1) of this section, at its principal place of business within this state and is not required to keep the records at the stores or outlets. [1965 c.582 §7; 1975 c.748 §7; 1995 c.79 §321]
     632.750
[Formerly 632.085; repealed by 1975 c.748 §19]
     632.755
[Formerly 632.060; repealed by 1975 c.748 §8 (632.756 enacted in lieu of
632.755)]
     632.756
Maintenance of facilities and equipment; standards. The plant facilities
and equipment utilized in processing eggs or egg products shall be constructed,
maintained and utilized in accordance with the rules promulgated under the
federal Act or promulgated by the State Department of Agriculture. [1975 c.748
§9 (enacted in lieu of 632.755)]
     632.760
[Formerly 632.097; repealed by 1975 c.748 §10 (632.761 enacted in lieu of
632.760)]
     632.761
Authority of department. The State Department of Agriculture is authorized
to:
     (1) Inspect at reasonable times plant premises, facilities, equipment, containers and vehicles and to inspect and sample eggs and egg products for the purpose of enforcing the provisions of ORS 632.705 to 632.815 or rules promulgated pursuant thereto.
     (2) Seize, embargo or detain, in accordance with the provisions of ORS 561.605 to 561.630, any eggs or egg products determined to be in violation of the provisions of ORS 632.705 to 632.815 or rules promulgated pursuant thereto.
     (3) Condemn, in accordance with the provisions of ORS 616.740, any plant premises, facilities, equipment, containers or vehicles determined to be in violation of the provisions of ORS 632.705 to 632.815 or rules promulgated pursuant thereto.
     (4) Enter into cooperative and reciprocal agreements with any federal, state or other governmental agency in carrying out the provisions of ORS 632.705 to 632.815, and to receive and expend funds pursuant thereto. [1975 c.748 §11 (enacted in lieu of 632.760)]
     632.765
[1965 c.582 §8; repealed by 1975 c.748 §19]
     632.770
[1965 c.582 §9; repealed by 1975 c.748 §12 (632.771 enacted in lieu of
632.770)]
     632.771
Information on container label; sale from bulk display; advertising. (1)
The labeling of any container used by an egg handler shall include the
information required by the federal Act or rules promulgated thereunder, or:
     (a) The full, correct and unabbreviated designation of size and grade or quality of the eggs;
     (b) The common or usual name, if any there be, of the egg product;
     (c) The lot or production code, number or date;
     (d) The net contents;
     (e) The name and address of the egg handler or distributor, and in the case of a distributor shall include qualifying terms as “packed for,” “distributed by” or “distributor”; and
     (f) The Oregon state egg seal or the official number assigned to the egg handler by the State Department of Agriculture.
     (2) The labeling information required by subsection (1) of this section shall be of a size and in a location prescribed by the department or by the rules promulgated under the federal Act.
     (3) If eggs are sold by retailers to consumers from a bulk display, in lieu of the labeling information required by subsection (1) of this section, there shall be a clearly visible and legible placard prominently displayed immediately adjacent to such display containing the size and grade or quality of the eggs.
     (4) Advertising of eggs or egg products shall conform to such provisions of subsection (1) of this section as the department may prescribe. [1975 c.748 §13 (enacted in lieu of 632.770)]
     632.775
[1965 c.582 §10; repealed by 1975 c.748 §19]
     632.780
[1965 c.582 §11; repealed by 1975 c.748 §19]
     632.785
[1965 c.582 §12; repealed by 1975 c.748 §14 (632.786 enacted in lieu of
632.785)]
     632.786
Prohibited acts. No person shall:
     (1) Sell eggs for human consumption in previously used consumer containers bearing the brand, trademark or officially designated number of another egg handler, unless the same is removed or defaced;
     (2) Fail to pay the fees or obtain the permit required by ORS 632.741;
     (3) Fail to furnish the invoices required by ORS 632.745;
     (4) As an egg handler, use any egg container unless it is labeled as required by ORS 632.771;
     (5) As a retailer, sell eggs from a bulk display without the displaying of the placard required by ORS 632.771 (3);
     (6) Deliver or sell eggs for human consumption that have been incubated or have been in either an artificial or natural incubator;
     (7) Deliver or sell for human consumption ova from slaughtered birds of any species;
     (8) Sell any eggs or egg products that are adulterated or misbranded;
     (9) Sell any eggs as fresh eggs unless they are of the quality or grade prescribed for fresh eggs by the State Department of Agriculture or the federal Act;
     (10) Sell egg products for human consumption unless they have been pasteurized, nor as a food processor purchase egg products that have not been pasteurized;
     (11) Advertise eggs or egg products in violation of the standards or requirements prescribed by the department;
     (12) Otherwise violate any of the provisions of ORS 632.705 to 632.815; or
     (13) Use containers in the bulk sale of eggs that bear the trademark of another egg handler without the consent of the registrant of such trademark. The provisions of ORS 632.275 to 632.290 shall apply to bulk sale containers of eggs in the same manner as they apply to containers for canning tree fruits, vegetables and small fruits. [1975 c.748 §15 (enacted in lieu of 632.785); 2003 c.14 §379]
     632.790
[1965 c.582 §14; repealed by 1975 c.748 §19]
     632.795
[1965 c.582 §15; repealed by 1975 c.748 §19]
     632.800
[1965 c.582 §16; repealed by 1975 c.748 §19]
     632.805
[1965 c.582 §17; repealed by 1975 c.748 §19]
     632.807
[1967 c.250 §2; repealed by 1975 c.748 §19]
     632.810
[1965 c.582 §18; 1967 c.250 §3; repealed by 1975 c.748 §16 (632.811 enacted in
lieu of 632.810)]
     632.811
Rules; considerations in promulgating rules. (1) In accordance with the
provisions of ORS chapter 183, the State Department of Agriculture may
promulgate rules necessary to administer and enforce the provisions of ORS
632.705 to 632.815, including but not limited to:
     (a) The establishment of fees under ORS 632.741, and the times and manner of payment thereof;
     (b) The reports and records to be made or kept under ORS 632.741;
     (c) The establishment of minimum grades or standards of quality and wholesomeness, size or weight of eggs or egg products;
     (d) The establishment of minimum standards of construction, maintenance, sanitation and operation of facilities and equipment used in the grading, candling, breaking or processing of eggs or egg products; and
     (e) The establishment of labeling and advertising standards or requirements for eggs and egg products.
     (2) In promulgating such rules the department may consider:
     (a) The provisions of the federal Act and rules promulgated pursuant thereto, and the laws and rules of other states;
     (b) The necessary procedures required to prohibit the sale or consumption of unwholesome eggs or egg products; and
     (c) The health and economic consequences to this state which might result from the processing, handling, sale or consumption of unwholesome eggs or egg products. [1975 c.748 §17 (enacted in lieu of 632.810)]
     632.812
[1967 c.250 §1; repealed by 1975 c.748 §19]
     632.815
Disposition of fees. All fees collected by the State Department of
Agriculture under ORS 632.705 to 632.815 shall be paid to the State Treasurer
by the department who shall deposit them in the Department of Agriculture
Service Fund. Such funds are continuously appropriated to the department for
the purposes of the administration and enforcement of such sections. [Formerly
632.110; 1975 c.748 §18; 1979 c.499 §28]
GRADES, STANDARDS, INSPECTION AND CLASSIFICATION OF HORTICULTURAL AND AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS
     632.900
“Horticultural and agricultural products” defined. As used in ORS 632.900
to 632.940 and 632.955 to 632.980, “horticultural and agricultural products”:
     (1) Includes articles of food, drinks, dairy products, forage products, livestock products, poultry products, apiary products, vermiculture products, nursery stock as defined in ORS 571.005 and seeds, bulbs and tubers that are not nursery stock, grown or produced in this state.
     (2) Does not include bakery products and alcoholic liquors. [Formerly 616.405; 1983 c.730 §5; 1997 c.460 §2; 2001 c.104 §246; 2003 c.602 §3; 2005 c.657 §7]
     632.905
State Department of Agriculture to fix grades and standards for horticultural
and agricultural products and containers. In order to promote, protect,
further and develop the agricultural industry of this state the State
Department of Agriculture may adopt by rule official standards for grading and
classifying any or all horticultural and agricultural products and official
standards for containers of such products and may change any of such grades and
standards from time to time. The grades and standards adopted by the department
shall be in conformance to any and all laws of this state providing special
grades or standards for any of such products or containers. With respect to
canned goods, the department is empowered to adopt only definitions and
standards of identity, quality and fill of containers. Unless modified, altered
or revoked, grades and standards in force on February 2, 1939, shall continue
to be official as though adopted under ORS 632.900 to 632.940 and 632.955 to
632.980. [Formerly 616.410; 1979 c.91 §3]
     632.910
Factors to be considered in establishing grades, standards or classifications.
(1) In establishing, under any law of this state, any grades, standards or
classifications for any horticultural or agricultural products, the State
Department of Agriculture, in addition to other factors as may be specified by
law, shall take into account and base the grades, standards or classifications
upon the following factors that are applicable to the product involved:
     (a) Degree of maturity;
     (b) Size, measured by dimensions or weight;
     (c) Degree of freshness, as determined by physical examination or chemical test or analysis;
     (d) Moisture content;
     (e) Uniformity;
     (f) Color;
     (g) Firmness;
     (h) Tenderness;
     (i) Freedom from injury;
     (j) Freedom from insect pests;
     (k) Diseases;
     (L) Appearance;
     (m) Freedom from mixture with other varieties;
     (n) Freedom from noxious weeds or weed seeds;
     (o) Freedom from decay;
     (p) Conformation;
     (q) Soundness;
     (r) Varietal characteristics or type;
     (s) Number of specimens per pound;
     (t) Nature of pack;
     (u) Presence of dirt or other foreign material;
     (v) Condition as to temperature and extent to which the product is hot or heating or is in a sour condition;
     (w) Extent to which commodity is satisfactory for human or other consumption or use, as the case may be;
     (x) Extent to which the product has been affected by handling or treatment;
     (y) Extent to which the product has a commercially objectionable odor or flavor; and
     (z) Other factors indicative of quality or condition, and the value or suitability of the commodity involved for the commercial or other use to be made thereof.
     (2) In addition, the department shall take into account any grades, standards or classifications for a product established by the United States Department of Agriculture and also applicable federal grades and standards laws. [Formerly 616.415; 1997 c.460 §3; 2003 c.14 §380]
     632.915
Consideration of commercial or other use; change of grades, standards or
classifications. The factors that the State Department of Agriculture must
consider in establishing grades, standards or classifications for a
horticultural or agricultural product, or processes used in connection with a
horticultural or agricultural product, apply to the extent and in the manner
that those factors relate to the quality, quantity and condition of that
product and the value and suitability of the product for the commercial or
other use to which the product normally is put. The department may change the
grades, standards or classifications established by the department to:
     (1) Conform more nearly to commercial or trade requirements, practices or methods;
     (2) Meet changed conditions;
     (3) Comply with new and improved methods of handling, processing, packing, transporting, marketing or using the product involved;
     (4) Apply or make effective any new and improved method of test, analysis or examination of the quality or condition of that product or the value or suitability of the product for its normal use; and
     (5) Comply with new methods of controlling insect pests and diseases. [Formerly 616.420; 2003 c.602 §4]
     632.918
Classifications and standards for certified horticultural and agricultural
processes. The State Department of Agriculture may adopt by rule
classifications and standards for horticultural and agricultural processes
certified under ORS 632.940. Classifications and standards for horticultural
and agricultural processes adopted under this section are in addition to the
grades, standards or classifications for horticultural or agricultural products
or containers adopted under ORS 632.905 and 632.910. [2003 c.602 §2]
     Note:
632.918 was added to and made a part of 632.900 to 632.935 by legislative
action but was not added to any other series. See Preface to Oregon Revised
Statutes for further explanation.
     632.920
Compliance with Administrative Procedures Act. The State Department of
Agriculture shall comply with the requirements of ORS chapter 183 in adopting standards
under ORS 632.905 or any alterations or modifications to such standards.
[Formerly 616.425; 1979 c.91 §4]
     632.925
[Formerly 616.430; repealed by 1979 c.91 §6]
     632.930
[Formerly 616.435; repealed by 1979 c.91 §6]
     632.935
Adoption of United States standards; cooperation with United States. The
State Department of Agriculture may establish as the official standard for this
state for any horticultural or agricultural product or container, any standard
which may have been promulgated or announced therefor under the authority of
the Congress of the United States, and the department is authorized to
cooperate with the United States, or any department thereof, in accomplishing
the matters and things provided for in ORS 632.900 to 632.940 and 632.955 to
632.980. [Formerly 616.440; 1979 c.91 §5]
     632.940
Inspection and classification of horticultural and agricultural products by
department; fees and charges. (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
requested by persons having an interest in the products or processes.
     (2) The department may ascertain and certify to the interested persons the grade, classification, quality, condition or amount of the products, the processes used in connection with the products or other pertinent facts relating to the products or processes that the persons may request.
     (3) The department may fix, assess and collect, or cause to be collected, fees for the services performed by employees or agents of the department under this section. The fees must have a uniform basis and be in an amount reasonably necessary to cover the cost of the inspection and administration of this section. The department shall adjust the fees to be collected under this section to meet the expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of this section, and may prescribe a different scale of fees for different localities.
     (4) The department may prescribe a reasonable charge for traveling expenses and services if performing the services described in this section involves unusual cost to the department.
     (5) All fees and charges received by the department under this section and ORS 632.211, 632.425, 632.600 and 632.945 must be deposited in the Department of Agriculture Service Fund, and are continuously appropriated to the department for the enforcement of this section and ORS 632.211, 632.425, 632.600 and 632.945. [Formerly 616.445; 1979 c.499 §29; 1997 c.410 §3; 2003 c.602 §5]
     632.945
Procedure for department inspection and classification; collection of costs.
(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 for sale of the produce. The
methods and procedures for inspection or classification of produce shall be in
accordance with such rules as the department may prescribe.
     (2) The department shall ascertain and certify to the parties to the written agreement the grade, classification, quality, condition or amount of the produce and any other pertinent facts relating to such produce that a party to the written agreement may request.
     (3) The department may fix, assess and collect or cause to be collected from the handler, fees for such services in the manner and to the extent provided by ORS 632.940. All such fees are continuously appropriated to the department for the enforcement of ORS 632.940 to 632.980.
     (4) As used in this section:
     (a) “Grower” means any person engaged in the business of growing or producing any produce in this state and includes any cooperative organization composed exclusively of growers and handling exclusively the produce of its own members and operating under and by virtue of the laws of this state or of any other state or of the United States.
     (b) “Handler” means a person or the agent of the person who processes produce the person has purchased or otherwise acquired in this state from a grower.
     (c) “Produce” means any fruit or vegetable grown or produced by a grower and of which total sales by growers to handlers for the previous growing season totaled more than $1 million. The department shall determine and verify the application of this defined term, and the total sales value herein specified, and for this purpose shall be authorized to inspect books and records and require reports. [1973 c.587 §3]
     632.950
Termination of department inspection activities by grower vote; election
procedure; costs. 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
department inspection and classification of that particular product, the
department shall not inaugurate such inspection, or if already inspecting shall
terminate such inspections. To have such an election 20 percent of the growers
shipping that product to the handler shall petition the department. If the
department finds the petition in order it shall conduct an election. The costs
of the election and the method and time of voting shall be specified by the
department and the petitioners for such election shall pay such costs prior to
any vote. Once an election has been held to reject inspection no new election
either to require inspection or to reject inspection shall be held in less than
one year following the previous election. All subsequent elections shall
require the same percentage of petitioners for the election and the same
percentage vote of growers and volume of product as provided in this section.
The costs of all elections shall be assessed to the petitioners for each
election and shall be paid to the department prior to such election. [1973
c.587 §4]
     632.955
Investigation of complaint of purchaserÂ’s misrepresentation of product;
inspection and classification of products received by purchaser. 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 in accordance with the purchase
agreement, the department shall investigate such complaint and, when in its
opinion such complaint is justified, shall order such purchaser so
misrepresenting to cease and desist from such practices in addition to the
other provisions of ORS 632.900 to 632.940 and 632.955 to 632.980. Upon failure
of the purchaser to so cease and desist from such practices, the department
shall designate its agent to inspect and classify all such products received by
such purchaser, the cost of such service to be fixed, assessed and collected
from such purchaser as provided in ORS 632.940. This section does not apply to
a cooperative association nor to a person deriving the major livelihood of the
person from a farm or orchard which the person operates either as owner or
renter. [Formerly 616.450]
     632.960
Appeal to department for classification; fee. 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 interested person, subject to such regulations as the State
Department of Agriculture may prescribe, may appeal the question to the
department. The department is authorized to cause such investigation to be made
and such tests to be applied as it may deem necessary and to determine and
issue a finding as to the true grade or classification of the product or the
quality or condition thereof. Whenever any appeal is taken to the department
under this section it shall charge and assess and collect, or cause to be
collected, a reasonable fee, to be fixed by it, which shall be refunded if the
appeal is sustained. [Formerly 616.455]
     632.965
Certificate of grade, classification, quality or condition as prima facie
evidence. 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 authority of the Congress
of the United States relating to the grade, classification, quality or
condition of horticultural or agricultural products shall be accepted in any
court of this state as prima facie evidence of the true grade, classification,
condition or quality of the horticultural or agricultural products at the time
of its inspection. [Formerly 616.460]
     632.970
Misrepresentation of grades and standards for horticultural or agricultural
products; improper use of insignia indicating grade. 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, quality or condition of the product at the time and
place of the inspection was other than as shown by the certificate. Whenever
any standard for the grading or classification of any horticultural or
agricultural product becomes effective under ORS 632.900 to 632.940 and 632.955
to 632.980, and any word or words, figure or letter, has been adopted by the
State Department of Agriculture to indicate the grade or quality of the
horticultural or agricultural product contained in any container or package, no
person, firm or corporation shall use any of such words, letters or figures, in
connection with any container or package, to represent the grade or quality of
the horticultural or agricultural product contained therein, to be sold or
offered for sale, if such product does not meet the requirements of the grade
indicated by the marking. [Formerly 616.465]
     632.975
Use of containers not conforming to standard. 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 such horticultural or agricultural product to which the standard
is applicable, unless the container conforms to the standard, subject to such
variations therefrom as may be allowed by law or by rules and regulations made
pursuant to law, unless such product is brought from outside the state and
offered for sale, consigned for sale, or sold in the original package which is
a standard package in the state of origin. This section does not apply to
horticultural or agricultural products packed for and sold as gift packages,
and shipped in containers, the specifications of which, or a sample of which,
have been submitted to and approved by the State Department of Agriculture.
[Formerly 616.470]
     632.980
Improper grading and incorrect certificates prohibited. 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]
     632.985
Submitting hay, grain or potatoes to inspection. (1) No operator or person
in charge of any motor vehicle shall transport on the streets or highways of
this state, any hay, grain or potatoes, of which inspection is required by law,
out of, into or through any inspection district, so designated by the State
Department of Agriculture, or out of, into or through any city which has been
declared an inspection point, unless the operator or person has given notice by
mail or in person to the nearest office or inspector of the department, that
such products or any thereof are available for inspection as required by law.
     (2) Every person receiving any shipment, load or lot of such products, which has not been inspected, for the purpose of sale or storage in such quantities and in such places as would require inspection, shall give notice within 24 hours by mail or in person, to the nearest office or inspector of the department that the products have been received and are being held for inspection. [Formerly 616.480]
PENALTIES
     632.990
Penalties. (1) Violation of any provision of ORS 632.705 to 632.815 is
punishable, upon conviction, by a fine of not less than $10 nor more than $100
for the first offense, and for each subsequent offense by a fine of not less
than $25 nor more than $200.
     (2) Violation of ORS 632.216 or 632.226 is punishable, upon conviction, by a fine of not less than $10 nor more than $100 or by imprisonment in the county jail for not less than 10 nor more than 30 days, or both.
     (3) Violation of any provision of ORS 632.405 to 632.430 is a Class D violation.
     (4) Violation of ORS 632.625 is punishable, upon conviction, by a fine of not less than $10 nor more than $100, or by imprisonment in the county jail for not less than 10 nor more than 30 days, or both.
     (5) Violation of any provision of ORS 632.275 to 632.290, 632.450 to 632.490 and 632.900 to 632.985 or of any rule promulgated pursuant thereto is punishable as provided in ORS 616.992. [Amended by 1955 c.363 §13; 1955 c.711 §15; subsection (2) enacted as 1955 c.363 §15; subsection (3) enacted as 1955 c.711 §16; 1975 c.748 §18a; 1997 c.410 §4; 1999 c.1051 §212; 2003 c.14 §381]
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