ORS 635.027: License required for manufacture of nonalcoholic beverage; exceptions.

(1) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, no person shall operate or engage in the business of a nonalcoholic beverage manufacturer without first obtaining and thereafter maintaining a license, or renewal thereof, from the State Department of Agriculture. No license is required of a person who: (a) Sells nonalcoholic drink or beverage products in or from their original containers at wholesale or retail. (b) Mixes or sells nonalcoholic products in the usual course of business at a soda fountain. (c) Engages in the nonalcoholic beverage manufacturing business in a building and uses machinery, equipment and all facilities that have been approved and licensed by the department for use in the processing of fluid milk to be labeled with “grade ‘A’ “ pursuant to ORS chapter 621. (2) The provisions of subsection (1) of this section do not exempt any person, or the business of the person, from the application of any other provisions of this chapter. [1967 c.154 §3; 2005 c.22 §447]