Title 2, Title 2 — Agriculture

A. No person shall: 1. slaughter any poultry or process any poultry products which are capable of use as human food at any establishment processing any such articles solely for intrastate commerce, except in compliance with the requirements of this act; 2. sell, transport, offer …

No establishment processing poultry or poultry products solely for intrastate commerce shall process any poultry or poultry product capable of use as human food except in compliance with the requirements of this act. Any person who violates the provisions of this section shall, u…

Brokers, renderers or manufacturers - Dead or diseased poultry. A. Inspection shall not be provided under this act at any establishment for the slaughter of poultry or the processing of any carcasses or parts or products of poultry, which are not intended for use as human food, b…

A. Any person who violates the provisions of Sections 6-259, 6- 260, 6-261 or 6-264 of this title shall be fined not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or imprisoned not more than one (1) year, or both; but if such violation involves intent to defraud, or any distribution…

Before any violation of this act is reported by the Board to any district attorney for institution of a criminal proceeding, the person against whom such proceeding is contemplated shall be given reasonable notice of the alleged violation and opportunity to present his views oral…

A. The Board may by regulations prescribe conditions under which poultry products capable of use as human food shall be stored or otherwise handled by any person engaged in the business of buying, selling, freezing, storing, or transporting, in or for intrastate commerce, such ar…

A. The Board shall, by regulation and under such conditions, including requirements, as to sanitary standards, practices, and procedures as it may prescribe, exempt from specific provisions of this act with respect to processing of poultry or poultry products solely for intrastat…

establishment. The Board may limit the entry of poultry products and other materials into any official establishment, under such conditions as it may prescribe to assure that allowing the entry of such articles into such inspected establishments will be consistent with the purpos…

A. 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 this act with respect to any establishment if it determines, after opportunity for a hearing is accorded to t…

Whenever any poultry product, or any product exempted from the definition of a poultry product, or any dead, dying, disabled or diseased poultry is found by any authorized representatives of the Board upon any premises where it is held for purposes of, or during or after distribu…

A. Any poultry product, or any dead, dying, disabled, or diseased poultry, that is being transported in intrastate commerce, subject to this act, or is held for sale in this state after such transportation, and that 1. is or has been processed, sold, transported, or otherwise dis…

A. No person shall feed garbage to swine. B. For the purpose of this section, "garbage" means putrescible animal and vegetable wastes resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking and consumption of foods, including fish, poultry or animal carcasses or parts. C. The provision…

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 8, subsection D or Section 17 of this act. All…

A. The Board shall also have power: 1. to require the keeping of adequate records and the furnishing of such information upon request to the Board which is necessary and essential for the administration of this act. Failure to keep such records and furnish such information shall …

The requirements, of this act shall apply to persons, establishments, poultry, poultry products and other articles regulated under the Federal Poultry Products Inspection Act only to the extent provided for in Section 23 of said Federal Act. Laws 1970, c. 260, § 22, emerg. eff. A…

The cost of inspection rendered under the requirements of this act shall be borne by this state, except as provided in Section 5 of this act and except that the cost of overtime and holiday work performed in establishments subject to the provisions of this act, at such rates as t…

Any violation of this act for which a specific penalty is not given shall be a misdemeanor. Laws 1970, c. 260, § 25, emerg. eff. April 22, 1970.

This act shall become a part of the Oklahoma Agricultural Code and be codified accordingly. Laws 1970, c. 260, § 26, emerg. eff. April 22, 1970.

Sections 1 through 15 of this act shall be known and may be cited as the "Oklahoma Rabbit and Rabbit Products Inspection Act". Added by Laws 1989, c. 170, § 1, operative July 1, 1989.

and sale of rabbits. A. On and after September 1, 1989, no person shall: 1. slaughter any rabbit or process any rabbit products which are capable of use as human food at any establishment processing any such articles solely for intrastate commerce, except in compliance with the r…

inspection service. A. 1. Any plant approval given pursuant to the Oklahoma Rabbit and Rabbit Products Inspection Act may be suspended by the Department for: a. failure to maintain a plant and equipment in a satisfactory state of repair; b. failure to maintain plant or equipment …

A. Whenever any rabbit carcass, part of a carcass, rabbit meat or rabbit product, or any dead, dying, disabled, or diseased rabbit is found by any authorized representative of the Board upon any premises where it is held for purposes of or during or after distribution in intrasta…

process. A. Whenever the Board determines there are reasonable grounds to believe that there has been a violation of any of the provisions of the Oklahoma Rabbit and Rabbit Products Inspection Act, any rule or regulation promulgated thereto, or any order of the Board, it shall gi…

A. Any person who willfully: 1. makes, or causes to be made, any false entry or statement of fact in any report required to be made pursuant to the Oklahoma Rabbit and Rabbit Products Inspection Act; 2. makes, or causes to be made, any false entry in any account, record, or memor…

A. No person shall be subject to penalties pursuant to this section for receiving for transportation any article or animal in violation of the Oklahoma Rabbit and Rabbit Products Inspection Act if such receipt was made in good faith, unless such person refuses to furnish on reque…

A. Rabbit and rabbit 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 rabbit and rabbit products distributed to them are wholesome, not …

For the purposes of the Oklahoma Rabbit and Rabbit Products Inspection Act: 1. "Adulterated" shall apply to any carcass, part thereof, rabbit or rabbit products under one or more of the following circumstances: a. if it bears or contains any poisonous or deleterious substance whi…

In addition to any powers and duties of the Board, the Board shall have the power and duty to: 1. adopt and promulgate regulations necessary to provide for the proper inspection of rabbit and rabbit products, and prescribe conditions under which carcasses, parts of carcasses, rab…

acts relating to dead, dying, disabled or diseased animals - Requirements to sell rabbit products. A. The Oklahoma Rabbit and Rabbit Products Inspection Act shall apply to: 1. Any person that engages in the business of slaughtering any rabbits or processing, freezing, packaging, …

Application - Inspection - Compliance with act. A. On and after September 1, 1989: 1. Prior to slaughtering any rabbit or processing any rabbit products at any plant, a person owning or operating such plant shall have the plant approved by the Department. 2. To receive plant appr…

Inspection of rabbits processed in official plants. A. All inspection service shall be subject to supervision at all times by an inspector. Such service shall be rendered where the facilities and conditions are satisfactory for the conduct of the service and the requisite inspect…

A. Any rabbit slaughtered or processed which is not intended for use as human food prior to its offer for sale or transportation in intrastate commerce, unless naturally inedible by humans, shall be denatured or otherwise identified as prescribed by regulations of the Board to de…

A. All persons subject to the provisions of the Oklahoma Rabbit and Rabbit Products Inspection Act shall keep such records as willfully and correctly disclose all transactions involved in their businesses. All persons, subject to such requirements shall, at all reasonable times, …

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Equine Infectious Anemia Eradication Act". Laws 1975, c. 347, § 1, emerg. eff. June 12, 1975.

As used in Section 6-281 et seq. of this title unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Equine infectious anemia" or "EIA" means the communicable, infectious disease which affects only equidae and is caused by the virus of equine infectious anemia; 2. "Board" means the State Bo…

Upon request by the Board, all owners of equidae within the State of Oklahoma shall submit their animals for an official test for the detection of equine infectious anemia, or for application of official identification. Such owners shall provide the necessary facilities for condu…

The Board may quarantine any animal which is determined to be a reactor; such animal shall be quarantined under conditions as specified by the Board. Reactors shall remain under quarantine until their natural death, slaughter or disposition by euthanasia or until released by a wr…

The Board may require that all equidae be negative to an official test for equine infectious anemia prior to entry into Oklahoma, or movement within the state. Laws 1975, c. 347, § 5, emerg. eff. June 12, 1975.

The Board may make and adopt reasonable rules and regulations for the administration and enforcement of this act. The Board, or its representatives, in performing the duties vested in it under this act is empowered to enter, during usual working hours, any premises, barns, stable…

Any person violating any provision of this act or of any rules, regulation or order of the Board issued pursuant to this act is guilty of a misdemeanor. Laws 1975, c. 347, § 7, emerg. eff. June 12, 1975.

Sections 2 through 13 of this act shall be known and may be cited as the "Exotic Livestock and Exotic Livestock Products Inspection Act". Added by Laws 1991, c. 231, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.

provide or withdrawal of inspection service. A. 1. Any plant approval given pursuant to the Exotic Livestock and Exotic Livestock Products Inspection Act may be suspended by the Department for: a. failure to maintain a plant and equipment in a satisfactory state of repair; b. fai…

Emergencies - Service of notice or other instrument. A. Whenever the Board determines there are reasonable grounds to believe that there has been a violation of any of the provisions of the Exotic Livestock and Exotic Livestock Products Inspection Act, any rule or regulation prom…

A. Any person who willfully: 1. Makes, or causes to be made, any false entry or statement of fact in any report required to be made pursuant to the Exotic Livestock and Exotic Livestock Products Inspection Act; 2. Makes, or causes to be made, any false entry in any account, recor…

violations. A. No person shall be subject to penalties pursuant to this section for receiving for transportation any article or animal in violation of the Exotic Livestock and Exotic Livestock Products Inspection Act if such receipt was made in good faith, unless such person refu…

A. Exotic livestock and exotic livestock products are becoming an important source of the nation's supply of food. It is essential in the public interest that the health and welfare of consumers be protected by assuring that slaughtered exotic livestock and exotic livestock produ…

For the purposes of the Exotic Livestock and Exotic Livestock Products Inspection Act: 1. "Adulterated" shall apply to any carcass, part thereof, exotic livestock or exotic livestock products under one or more of the following circumstances: a. if it bears or contains any poisono…

In addition to any powers and duties of the Board provided for by law, the Board shall have the power and duty to: 1. Adopt and promulgate regulations necessary to provide for the proper inspection of exotic livestock and exotic livestock products, and prescribe conditions under …

dying, disabled or diseased animals - Prerequisites for sale. A. The Exotic Livestock and Exotic Livestock Products Inspection Act shall apply to: 1. Any person that engages in the business of slaughtering any exotic livestock or processing, freezing, packaging, or labeling any c…

Compliance with act. A. On and after September 1, 1991: 1. Prior to slaughtering any exotic livestock or processing any exotic livestock products at any plant, a person owning or operating such plant shall have the plant approved by the Department. 2. To receive plant approval, a…