Constitution of the State of Ohio Art. XII, § 13

No sales or other excise taxes shall be levied or collected (1) upon any wholesale sale or wholesale purchase of food for human consumption, its ingredients or its packaging;  (2) upon any sale or purchase of such items sold to or purchased by a manufacturer, processor, packager, distributor or reseller of food for human consumption, or its ingredients, for use in its trade or business;  or (3) in any retail transaction, on any packaging that contains food for human consumption on or off the premises where sold.  For purposes of this section, food for human consumption shall include non-alcoholic beverages.  This section shall not affect the extent to which the levy or collection of sales or other excise taxes on the retail sale or retail purchase of food for human consumption is permitted or prohibited by Section 3(C) of this Article.