2011 Oregon Revised Statutes
ORS Volume 13, Chapters 536 - 644
ORS Chapter 616
616.010 State Department of Agriculture and Oregon Health Authority to administer and enforce food laws.


OR Rev Stat § 616.010 (through Leg Sess 2011) What's This?

The duty of administration and enforcement of all regulatory legislation applying to:

(1) The production, processing and distribution of all food products or commodities of agricultural origin shall, in addition to such further legislation as shall specifically name the State Department of Agriculture as the administering agency, be performed by the department to the exclusion of any other department not so specifically named.

(2) The sanitation of establishments where food or drink is consumed on the premises where sold, or to sanitary practices used in such establishments, shall be performed by the Oregon Health Authority. [Amended by 1983 c.740 230; 2009 c.595 991]

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