Title 2, Title 2 — Agriculture

Retests shall be conducted by the State Veterinarian or authorized agent in all herds in which initial tests have disclosed animals affected with tuberculosis at those intervals prescribed by the State Board of Agriculture for the protection of the work already done and to preser…

All animals classified as reactors for tuberculosis shall be slaughtered within fifteen (15) days following the date of classification. Added by Laws 1955, p. 51, art. 6(G), § 7. Amended by Laws 2000, c. 367, § 58, emerg. eff. June 6, 2000.

No payment of indemnity from state funds shall be made for any animals found to be tuberculous in the following cases: 1. Unless slaughtered within fifteen (15) days after the date of classification as reactors; 2. After any test, when the premises containing tuberculous animals …

As used in this Article: 1. “Approved market” means any livestock market, auction, or stockyard which operates under the specific approval of the United States Department of Agriculture, the Oklahoma Agricultural Code, and the rules of the Board; 2. "Approved veterinarian" means …

livestock into state – Responsible parties – Exemptions - Diseased livestock. A. 1. It shall be unlawful and deemed a Class D3 felony offense to ship, transport, or cause to be shipped or transported any livestock into the State of Oklahoma, unless accompanied by an official heal…

release. A. 1. Any authorized agent of the State Board of Agriculture, or any law enforcement officer of the State of Oklahoma or any subdivision, shall have the authority to stop the shipment or movement of any livestock within this state, and the agent or officer may hold the l…

exibition. A. In order to assist in the enforcement of this law and to aid in determining the point of origin of livestock transported within the State of Oklahoma, all livestock shall be accompanied by a health certificate, a bill of sale, or acceptable proof of ownership of the…

Any person violating the provisions of subsections A and B of Section 6-151 of this title relating to the importation and transportation of livestock, is guilty of a Class D3 felony offense and subject to a punishment of imprisonment as provided for in subsections B through F of …

This act shall be designated as the "Oklahoma Meat Inspection Act." Laws 1968, c. 63, § 1, emerg. eff. March 19, 1968.

As used in the Oklahoma Meat Inspection Act, except as otherwise specified, the following terms shall have the meanings stated below: (a) The term "Board" means the State Board of Agriculture, or its delegate. (b) The term "firm" means any partnership, association, or other uninc…

bison in intrastate commerce. A. Upon approval by the United States Department of Agriculture, the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry may establish standards for Oklahoma producers that market and sell beef and bison in intrastate commerce. B. The Department i…

of animals - Methods of slaughter - Examination and inspection of method of slaughter. A. For the purpose of preventing the use in intrastate commerce, as hereinafter provided, of meat and meat food products which are adulterated, the Board shall cause to be made, by inspectors a…

For the purposes hereinbefore set forth the Board shall cause to be made by inspectors appointed for that purpose, as hereinafter provided, a postmortem examination and inspection of the carcasses and parts thereof of all cattle, bison, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, and oth…

A. The Oklahoma Meat Inspection Act shall apply to: 1. All carcasses or parts of carcasses of cattle, bison, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, and other equines or the meat or meat products thereof, capable of use as human food, which may be brought into any slaughtering, meat-…

stamping. For the purposes hereinbefore set forth, the Board shall cause to be made by inspectors appointed for that purpose an examination and inspection of all meat food products prepared in any slaughtering, meat-canning, salting, packing, rendering, or similar establishment, …

False or misleading markings - Hearings and appeals. (a) When any meat or meat food product prepared for intrastate commerce which has been inspected as hereinbefore provided and marked "Oklahoma Inspected and Passed" shall be placed or packed in any can, pot, tin, canvas, or oth…

The Board shall cause to be made, by competent inspectors, such inspection of all slaughtering, meat-canning, salting, packing, rendering, or similar establishments in which cattle, bison, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, and other equines are slaughtered and the meat and meat…

The Board shall cause an examination and inspection of all cattle, bison, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, and other equines, and the food products thereof, slaughtered and prepared in the establishments hereinbefore described for the purposes of intrastate commerce to be made…

No person, firm or corporation shall, with respect to any cattle, bison, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules or other equines, or any carcasses, parts of carcasses, meat or meat food products of any such animals: (a) Slaughter any such animals or prepare any such articles which ar…

(a) No brand manufacturer, printer, or other person, firm, or corporation shall cast, print, lithograph, or otherwise make any device containing any official mark or simulation thereof, or any label bearing any such mark or simulation, or any form of official certificate or simul…

A. It shall be unlawful and deemed a Class D3 felony offense for any person to sell, offer or exhibit for sale, or have in his or her possession with intent to sell, any quantity of horsemeat for human consumption in Oklahoma. Any person who violates the provisions of this subsec…

The Board shall appoint from time to time inspectors to make examination and inspection of all cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, and other equines, the inspection of which is hereby provided for, and of all carcasses and parts thereof, and of all meat and meat food prod…

Any person, firm, or corporation, or any agent or employee of any person, firm, or corporation, who shall give, pay, or offer, directly or indirectly, to any inspector, deputy inspector, chief inspector, or any other officer or employee of this state authorized to perform any of …

A. The provisions of Sections 6-181 through 6-196 of this title requiring inspection of the slaughter of animals and the preparation of the carcasses, parts thereof, meat and meat food products at establishments conducting such operations shall not apply: 1. To the slaughtering o…

The Board may, by regulations, prescribe conditions under which carcasses, parts of carcasses, meat, and meat food products of cattle, bison, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, or other equines, capable of use as human food, shall be stored or otherwise handled by any person, fi…

Inspection shall not be provided under Sections 181 et seq. of this title at any establishment for the slaughter of cattle, bison, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, or other equines, or the preparation of any carcasses or parts or products of such animals which are not intended…

(a) The following classes of persons, firms, and corporations shall keep such records as will fully and correctly disclose all transactions involved in their businesses; and all persons, firms, and corporations subject to such requirements shall, at all reasonable times, upon not…

No person, firm, or corporation shall engage in business, in or for intrastate commerce, as a meat broker, renderer, or animal food manufacturer, or engage in business in such commerce as a wholesaler of any carcasses, or parts or products of the carcasses, of any cattle, bison, …

Authority of State Veterinarian. A. The State Board of Agriculture shall be the official livestock and poultry disease control agency of the State of Oklahoma. The Board shall have authority to promulgate and enforce rules governing the handling, sale, and use of vaccines, antige…

No person, firm, or corporation engaged in the business of buying, selling, or transporting in intrastate commerce dead, dying, disabled, or diseased animals, or any part of the carcasses of any animals that died otherwise than by slaughter, shall buy, sell, transport, offer for …

(a) The Oklahoma State Board of Agriculture is hereby designated as the state agency which shall be responsible for cooperating with the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States under the provisions of Section 301 of the Federal Meat Inspection Act and such agency may cooper…

The Board may (for such period, or indefinitely, as it deems necessary to effectuate the purposes of this act) refuse to provide, or withdraw, inspection service under Sections 1 through 16 of this act with respect to any establishment if it determines, after opportunity for a he…

Whenever any carcass, part of a carcass, meat or meat food product of cattle, bison, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, or other equines, or any product exempted from the definition of a meat food product, or any dead, dying, disabled, or diseased cattle, bison, sheep, swine, go…

(a) Any carcass, part of a carcass, meat or meat food product of cattle, bison, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules or other equines, or any dead, dying, disabled, or diseased cattle, bison, sheep, swine, goat, or equine, that is being transported in intrastate commerce, or is hel…

The district courts are vested with jurisdiction specifically to enforce and to prevent and restrain violations of this act, and shall have jurisdiction in all other kinds of cases arising under this act, except as provided in Section 7(e) of this act. Laws 1968, c. 63, § 25, eme…

Penalties. Any person who forcibly assaults, resists, opposes, impedes, intimidates, or interferes with any person while engaged in or on account of the performance of his official duties under this act shall be guilty of a felony and fined not more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5…

(a) Any person, firm, or corporation who violates any provision of the Oklahoma Meat Inspection Act for which no other criminal penalty is provided by this act shall upon conviction be subject to imprisonment for not more than one (1) year, or a fine of not more than One Thousand…

(a) The Board shall also have power: (1) To gather and compile information concerning and to investigate from time to time the organization, business, conduct, practices, and management of any person, firm, or corporation engaged in intrastate commerce, and the relation thereof t…

Inspection Act. The requirements of this act shall apply to persons, firms, corporation establishments, animals, and articles regulated under the Federal Meat Inspection Act only to the extent provided for in Section 408 of said Federal Act. Laws 1968, c. 63, § 29, emerg. eff. Ma…

Inspection Act. The State Department of Agriculture shall carry out the provisions of the Oklahoma Meat Inspection Act, Sections 6-181 through 6-209 of Title 2 of the Oklahoma Statutes and the Oklahoma Poultry Products Inspection Act, Sections 6-251 through 6-276 of Title 2 of th…

"Oklahoma certified meat" shall mean any bovine, swine, goat, lamb, poultry, or fish product bred, born, raised, and processed within the State of Oklahoma. The term "Oklahoma Certified" shall not be used to describe any meat that was not bred, born, raised and processed in the S…

Persons shall not label any bovine product as Oklahoma Certified Beef unless it meets the definition of Oklahoma certified beef as defined in Section 6-214 of Title 2 of the Oklahoma Statutes. The Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry shall enforce this requireme…

This act shall be designated as the Oklahoma Poultry Products Inspection Act. Laws 1970, c. 260, § 1, emerg. eff. April 22, 1970.

Poultry and poultry products are an important source of the nation's total supply of food. It is essential in the public interest that the health and welfare of consumers be protected by assuring that slaughtered poultry and poultry products distributed to them are wholesome, not…

It is hereby declared to be the policy of the Legislature of this state to provide for the inspection of poultry and poultry products and otherwise regulate the processing and distribution of such articles as hereinafter prescribed to prevent the movement or sale in intrastate co…

For the purposes of this act, the following terms shall have the meanings stated below: 1. The term "Board" means the State Board of Agriculture or its delegate. 2. The term "person" means any individual, partnership, corporation, association, or other business unit. 3. The term …

A. The State Board of Agriculture is hereby designated as the state agency which shall be responsible for cooperating with the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States under the provisions of Section 5 of the Federal Poultry Products Inspection Act and such agency may cooper…

establishments - Condemnation - Appeals. A. For the purpose of preventing the entry into or flow or movement in intrastate commerce of any poultry product which is capable of use as human food and is adulterated, the Board shall, where and to the extent considered by it necessary…

A. Each official establishment slaughtering poultry or processing poultry products solely for intrastate commerce shall have such premises, facilities, and equipment, and be operated in accordance with such sanitary practices, as are required by regulations promulgated by the Boa…

A. All poultry products inspected at any official establishment under the authority of this act and found to be not adulterated shall at the time they leave the establishment bear, in distinctly legible form, on their shipping containers and immediate containers as the Board may …