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2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 2. Agriculture › §2-6-193. Appointment of inspectors - Rules and regulations.

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 products thereof, and of the sanitary conditions of all establishments in which such meat and meat food products hereinbefore described are prepared; and said inspectors shall refuse to stamp, mark, tag or label any carcass or any part thereof, or meat food product therefrom, prepared in any establishment hereinbefore mentioned, until the same shall have actually been inspected and found to be not adulterated; and shall perform such other duties as are provided by this act and by the rules and regulations to be prescribed by said Board and said Board shall, from time to time, make such rules and regulations as are necessary for the efficient execution of the provisions of this act, and all inspections and examinations made under this act shall be such and made in such manner as described in the rules and regulations prescribed by said Board not inconsistent with the provisions of this act.
Laws 1968, c. 63, § 13, emerg. eff. March 19, 1968.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 2. Agriculture › §2-6-194. Bribery - Penalties.

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 the duties prescribed by this act or by the rules of the Board, any money or other thing of value, with intent to influence said inspector, deputy inspector, chief inspector, or other officer or employee of this state in the discharge of any duty herein provided for, shall be deemed guilty of a felony, upon conviction thereof, and shall be punished by a fine not less than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) nor more than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) and by imprisonment not less than one (1) year nor more than three (3) years; and any inspector, deputy inspector, chief inspector, or other officer or employee of this state authorized to perform any of the duties prescribed by this act who shall accept any money, gift, or other thing of value from any person, firm, or corporation, or officers, agents, or employees thereof, given with intent to influence his official action, or who shall receive or accept from any person, firm, or corporation engaged in intrastate commerce any gift, money, or other thing of value given with any purpose or intent whatsoever, shall be deemed guilty of a felony and shall, upon conviction thereof, be summarily discharged from office and shall be punished by a fine not less than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) nor more than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) and by imprisonment not less than one (1) year nor more than three (3) years.
Added by Laws 1968, c. 63, § 14, emerg. eff. March 19, 1968. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 89, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 27, eff. July 1, 1999.
NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 89 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 2. Agriculture › §2-6-195. Exemptions.

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 of animals of a person’s own raising, and the preparation and transportation in intrastate commerce of the carcasses, parts thereof, meat and meat food products of such animals exclusively for use by a person and members of a person’s household and nonpaying guests and employees; nor
2. To the custom slaughter by any person, firm, or corporation of cattle, bison, sheep, swine or goats delivered by the owner thereof for such slaughter, and the preparation by such slaughterer and transportation in intrastate commerce of the carcasses, parts thereof, meat and meat food products of such animals, exclusively for use in the household of such owner, by the owner and members of the owner’s household and nonpaying guests and employees.
B. The provisions of this act requiring inspection of the slaughter of animals and the preparation of carcasses, parts thereof, meat and meat food products shall not apply to operations of types traditionally and usually conducted at retail stores and restaurants, when conducted at any retail store or restaurant or similar retail type establishment for sale in normal retail quantities or service of such articles to consumers at such establishments.
C. The slaughter of animals and preparation of articles referred to in paragraph 2 of subsection A and subsection B of this section shall be conducted in accordance with such sanitary conditions as the Board may by regulations prescribe. Violation of any such regulation is prohibited.
D. The humane slaughter and handling of animals and the adulteration and misbranding provisions of Sections 6-181 through 6-196 of this title, other than the requirement of the inspection legend, shall apply to articles which are not required to be inspected under this section.
Added by Laws 1968, c. 63, § 15, emerg. eff. March 19, 1968. Amended by Laws 1978, c. 70, § 1; Laws 1985, c. 38, § 8, eff. Nov. 1, 1985; Laws 2010, c. 90, § 1, emerg. eff. April 12, 2010.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 2. Agriculture › §2-6-196. Storing and handling - Regulations.

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, firm, or corporation engaged in the business of buying, selling, freezing, storing, or transporting, in or for intrastate commerce, such articles, whenever the Board deems such action necessary to assure that such articles will not be adulterated or misbranded when delivered to the consumer. Violation of any such regulation is prohibited.
Amended by Laws 1985, c. 38, § 9, eff. Nov. 1, 1985.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 2. Agriculture › §2-6-197. Articles not intended as human food.

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 for use as human food, but such articles shall, prior to their offer for sale or transportation in intrastate commerce, unless naturally inedible by humans, be denatured or otherwise identified as prescribed by regulations of the Board to deter their use for human food. No person, firm, or corporation shall buy, sell, transport, or offer for sale or transportation, or receive for transportation, in intrastate commerce, any carcasses, parts thereof, meat or meat food products of any such animals, which are not intended for use as human food unless they are denatured or otherwise identified as required by the regulations of the Board or are naturally inedible by humans.
Amended by Laws 1985, c. 38, § 10, eff. Nov. 1, 1985.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 2. Agriculture › §2-6-198. Records.

(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 notice by a duly authorized representative of the Board, afford such representative and any duly authorized representative of the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States accompanied by such representative of the Board access to their places of business and opportunity to examine the facilities, inventory, and records thereof, to copy all such records, and to take reasonable samples of their inventory upon payment of the fair market value therefor:
(1) Any persons, firms, or corporations that engage, for intrastate commerce, in the business of slaughtering any cattle, bison, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, or other equines, or preparing, freezing, packaging, or labeling any carcasses, or parts or products of carcasses, of any such animals, for use as human food or animal food;
(2) Any persons, firms, or corporations that engage in the business of buying or selling (as meat brokers, wholesalers or otherwise), or transporting, in intrastate commerce, or storing in or for such commerce, any carcasses, or parts or products of carcasses, of any such animals;
(3) Any persons, firms, or corporations that engage in business, in or for intrastate commerce, as renderers, or engage in the business of buying, selling, or transporting, in such commerce, any dead, dying, disabled, or diseased cattle, bison, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, or other equines, or parts of the carcasses of any such animals that died otherwise than by slaughter.
(b) Any record required to be maintained by this section shall be maintained for such period of time as the Board may by regulations prescribe.
Amended by Laws 1985, c. 38, § 11, eff. Nov. 1, 1985.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 2. Agriculture › §2-6-199. Registration of certain businesses.

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, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, or other equines, whether intended for human food or other purposes, or engage in business as a public warehouseman storing any such articles in or for such commerce, or engage in the business of buying, selling, or transporting in such commerce any dead, dying, disabled, or diseased animals of the specified kinds, or parts of the carcasses of any such animals that died otherwise than by slaughter, unless, when required by regulations of the Board, he has registered with the Board his name, and the address of each place of business at which and all trade names under which he conducts such business.
Laws 1955, p. 42, art. 6(A), § 2.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 2. Agriculture › §2-6-200. Dead, dying or disabled animals - Regulations concerning.

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 sale or transportation, or receive for transportation, in such commerce, any dead, dying, disabled, or diseased cattle, bison, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules or other equines, or parts of the carcasses of any such animals that died otherwise than by slaughter, unless such transaction or transportation is made in accordance with such regulations as the Board prescribes to assure that such animals, or the unwholesome parts or products thereof, will be prevented from being used for human food purposes.
Amended by Laws 1985, c. 38, § 13, eff. Nov. 1, 1985.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 2. Agriculture › §2-6-201. Cooperation with Federal Government.

(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 cooperate with the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States in developing and administering the meat inspection program of this state under this act to assure that not later than November 15, 1969, its requirements will be at least equal to those imposed under Titles I and IV of the Federal Meat Inspection Act and in developing and administering the program of this state under Section 6-197 et seq. of this title in such a manner as will effectuate the purposes of this act and said Federal Act.
(b) In such cooperative efforts, the Oklahoma State Board of Agriculture is authorized to accept from said Secretary advisory assistance in planning and otherwise developing the state program, technical and laboratory assistance and training (including necessary curricular and instructional materials and equipment), and financial and other aid for administration of such a program. The Oklahoma State Board of Agriculture is further authorized to spend public funds of this state appropriated for administration of this act.
(c) The Oklahoma State Board of Agriculture is further authorized to recommend to the said Secretary of Agriculture such officials or employees of this state as the Oklahoma State Board of Agriculture shall designate, for appointment to the advisory committees provided for in Section 301 of the Federal Meat Inspection Act; and the President of the Oklahoma State Board of Agriculture shall serve as the representative of the Governor for consultation with said Secretary under paragraph (c) of Section 301 of said act, unless the Governor shall select another representative.
Amended by Laws 1986, c. 309, § 10, operative July 1, 1986.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 2. Agriculture › §2-6-202. Refusal or withdrawal of inspection.

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 hearing is accorded to the applicant for, or recipient of, such service, that such applicant or recipient is unfit to engage in any business requiring inspection under Sections 1 through 16 of this act because the applicant or recipient, or anyone responsibly connected with the applicant or recipient, has been convicted, in any federal or state court of (1) any felony, or (2) more than one (1) violation of any law, other than a felony, based upon the acquiring, handling, or distributing of unwholesome, mislabeled, or deceptively packaged food or upon fraud in connection with transactions in food. This section shall not affect in any way other provisions of this act for withdrawal of inspection services under Sections 1 through 16 from establishments failing to maintain sanitary conditions or to destroy condemned carcasses, parts, meat or meat food products.
For the purpose of this section a person shall be deemed to be responsibly connected with the business if he was a partner, officer, director, holder, or owner of ten percent (10%) or more of its voting stock or employee in a managerial or executive capacity. The determination and order of the Board with respect thereto under this section shall be final and conclusive unless the affected applicant for, or recipient of, inspection service files application for judicial review within thirty (30) days after the effective date of such order in the appropriate court as provided in Section 25. Judicial review of any such order shall be upon the record upon which the determination and order are based.
Laws 1968, c. 63, § 22, emerg. eff. March 19, 1968.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 2. Agriculture › §2-6-203. Detention of animals or products.

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, goat, or equine 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 intrastate commerce, and there is reason to believe that any such article is adulterated or misbranded and is capable of use as human food, or that it has not been inspected, in violation of the provisions of Sections 6-181 et seq. of this title or of the Federal Meat Inspection Act or the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, or that such article or animal has been or is intended to be distributed in violation of any such provisions, it may be detained by such representative for a period not to exceed twenty (20) days, pending action under Section 6-204 of this title or notification of any federal authorities having jurisdiction over such article or animal, and shall not be moved by any person, firm, or corporation from the place at which it is located when so detained, until released by such representative. All official marks may be required by such representative to be removed from such article or animal before it is released unless it appears to the satisfaction of the Board that the article or animal is eligible to retain such marks.
Laws 1968, c. 63, § 22, emerg. eff. March 19, 1968.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 2. Agriculture › §2-6-204. Seizure and condemnation.

(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 held for sale in this state after such transportation, and that (1) is or has been prepared, sold, transported, or otherwise distributed or offered or received for distribution in violation of this act, or (2) is capable of use as human food and is adulterated or misbranded, or (3) in any other way is in violation of this act, shall be liable to be proceeded against and seized and condemned, at any time, on an information filed in any proper court as provided in Section 6-205 of this title within the jurisdiction of which the article or animal is found. If the article or animal is condemned it shall, after entry of the decree, be disposed of by destruction or sale as the court may direct and the proceeds, if sold, less the court costs and fees, and storage and other proper expenses, shall be paid into the treasury of this state, but the article or animal shall not be sold contrary to the provisions of this act, or the Federal Meat Inspection Act or the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, provided, that upon the execution and delivery of a good and sufficient bond conditioned that the article or animal shall not be sold or otherwise disposed of contrary to the provisions of this act, or the laws of the United States, the court may direct that such article or animal be delivered to the owner thereof subject to such supervision by authorized representatives of the Board as is necessary to ensure compliance with the applicable laws. When a decree of condemnation is entered against the article or animal and it is released under bond, or destroyed, court costs and fees, and storage and other proper expenses shall be awarded against the person, if any, intervening as claimant of the article or animal. The proceedings shall be at the suit of and in the name of this state.
(b) The provisions of this section shall in no way derogate from authority for condemnation or seizure conferred by other provisions of this act, or other laws.
Amended by Laws 1985, c. 38, § 15, eff. Nov. 1, 1985.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 2. Agriculture › §2-6-205. District courts - Jurisdiction.

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, emerg. eff. March 19, 1968.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 2. Agriculture › §2-6-206. Interference with persons engaged in official duties - 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 ($5,000.00) or imprisoned not more than three (3) years, or both. Whoever, in the commission of any such acts, uses a deadly or dangerous weapon shall be guilty of a felony and fined not more than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00), or imprisoned not more than ten (10) years, or both. Whoever kills any person while engaged in or on account of the performance of his official duties under this act shall be punished as provided under Section 691 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
Added by Laws 1968, c. 63, § 26, emerg. eff. March 19, 1968. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 90, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 28, eff. July 1, 1999.
NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 90 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 2. Agriculture › §2-6-207. Violations and penalties.

(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 Dollars ($1,000.00), or both such imprisonment and fine; but if such violation involves intent to defraud, or any distribution or attempted distribution of an article that is adulterated (except as defined in subparagraph (8) of paragraph (j) of Section 6-182 of this title), such person, firm, or corporation shall be subject to imprisonment for not more than three (3) years, or a fine of not more than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00), or both; provided, that no person, firm, or corporation shall be subject to penalties under this section for receiving for transportation any article or animal in violation of this act if such receipt was made in good faith, unless such person, firm, or corporation refuses to furnish on request of a representative of the Board the name and address of the person from whom he received such article or animal, and copies of all documents, if any there be, pertaining to the delivery of the article or animal to him.
(b) Nothing in this act shall be construed as requiring the Board to report for prosecution, or for the institution of legal action or injunction proceedings, minor violations of this act whenever it believes that the public interest will be adequately served by a suitable written notice of warning.
Added by Laws 1968, c. 63, § 27, emerg. eff. March 19, 1968. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 88, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 26, eff. July 1, 1999.
NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 88 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 2. Agriculture › §2-6-209. Application of act with respect to Federal Meat 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. March 19, 1968.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 2. Agriculture › §2-6-213. Administration of Meat Inspection Act and Poultry Product 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 the Oklahoma Statutes. Further, the provisions of this act shall be administered by the Department despite any potential requested reductions in the overall Department budget.
Added by Laws 1987, c. 237, § 1, emerg. eff. May 4, 1987.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 2. Agriculture › §2-6-214. Oklahoma certified meat defined.

"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 State of Oklahoma, not limited to but shall include: Oklahoma Certified Beef, Oklahoma Certified Chicken and Oklahoma Certified Goat.
Added by Laws 2020, c. 59, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2020. Amended by Laws 2023, c. 18, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2023.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 2. Agriculture › §2-6-215. Certified beef label requirement.

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 requirement pursuant to Section 2-18 of Title 2 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
Added by Laws 2021, c. 162, § 1, eff. July 1, 2021.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 2. Agriculture › §2-6-252. Purpose.

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 adulterated, and properly marked, labeled, and packaged. Unwholesome, adulterated, or misbranded poultry or poultry products are injurious to the public welfare, destroy markets for wholesome, not adulterated, and properly labeled and packaged poultry and poultry products, and result in sundry losses to poultry producers and processors of poultry and poultry products, as well as injury to consumers. The unwholesome, adulterated, mislabeled, or deceptively packaged articles can be sold at lower prices and compete unfairly with the wholesome, not adulterated, and properly labeled and packaged articles, to the detriment of consumers and the public generally. It is hereby found that regulation by the Board and cooperation by this state and the United States as contemplated by this act are appropriate to protect the health and welfare of consumers and otherwise effectuate the purposes of this act.
Laws 1970, c. 260, § 2, emerg. eff. April 22, 1970.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 2. Agriculture › §2-6-253. Policy and intent.

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 commerce of poultry and poultry products which are adulterated or misbranded. It is the intent of the Legislature that when poultry and poultry products are condemned because of disease, the reason for condemnation in such instances shall be supported by scientific fact, information, or criteria, and such condemnation under this act shall be achieved through uniform inspection standards and uniform applications thereof.
Laws 1970, c. 260, § 3, emerg. eff. April 22, 1970.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 2. Agriculture › §2-6-255. Cooperative efforts.

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 cooperate with the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States in developing and administering the poultry products inspection program of this state under this act to assure that not later than August 18, 1970, the state requirements will be at least equal to those imposed under Sections 1-4, 6-10, and 12-22 of the Federal Poultry Products Inspection Act and in developing and administering the program of this state under Section 11 of this act in such a manner as will effectuate the purposes of this act and said Federal Act.
B. In such cooperative efforts, the Board is authorized to accept from said Secretary advisory assistance in planning and otherwise developing the state program, technical and laboratory assistance and training, including necessary curricular and instructional materials and equipment, and financial and other aid for administration of such a program. The Board is further authorized to spend public funds of this state appropriated for administration of this act to pay such share of the estimated total cost of the cooperative program as may be agreed upon by the Board and the Secretary.
C. The Board is further authorized to recommend to the said Secretary of Agriculture such officials or employees of this state as the Board shall designate, for appointment to the advisory committees provided for in Section 5 of the Federal Poultry Products Inspection Act; and the Board shall serve as the representative of the Governor for consultation with said Secretary under paragraph C of Section 5 of said act unless the Governor shall select another representative.
Laws 1970, c. 260, § 5, emerg. eff. April 22, 1970.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 2. Agriculture › §2-6-256. Antemortem and postmortem inspection in official 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, cause to be made by inspectors antemortem inspection of poultry in each official establishment engaged in processing poultry or poultry products solely for intrastate commerce.
B. The Board, whenever processing operations are being conducted, shall cause to be made by inspectors postmortem inspection of the carcass of each bird processed, and at any time such quarantine, segregation and reinspection as it deems necessary of poultry and poultry products capable of use as human food in each official establishment engaged in processing poultry or poultry products solely for intrastate commerce.
C. All poultry carcasses and parts thereof and other poultry products found to be adulterated shall be condemned and shall, if no appeal be taken from such determination of condemnation, be destroyed for human food purposes under the provision of an inspector. Provided, that carcasses, parts, and products which may by reprocessing be made not adulterated, need not be so condemned and destroyed if so reprocessed under the supervision of an inspector and thereafter found to be not adulterated. If an appeal be taken from such determination, the carcasses, parts, or products shall be appropriately marked and segregated pending completion of an appeal inspection, which appeal shall be at the cost of the appellant if the Board determines that the appeal is frivolous. If the determination of condemnation is sustained, the carcasses, parts, and products shall be destroyed for food purposes under the supervision of an inspector.
Laws 1970, c. 260, § 6, emerg. eff. April 22, 1970.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 2. Agriculture › §2-6-257. Sanitary practices.

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 Board for the purpose of preventing the entry into or flow or movement in intrastate commerce of poultry products which are adulterated.
B. The Board shall refuse to render inspection to any establishment whose premises, facilities, or equipment, or the operation thereof, fail to meet the requirements of this section.
Laws 1970, c. 260, § 7, emerg. eff. April 22, 1970.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 2. Agriculture › §2-6-258. Marking and labeling.

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 require, the information required under paragraph 12 of Section 4 of this act. In addition, the Board whenever it determines such action is practicable and necessary for the protection of the public may require nonconsumer packaged carcasses at the time they leave the establishment to bear directly thereon in distinctly legible form any information required under such paragraph 12.
B. The Board, whenever it determines such action is necessary for the protection of the public, may prescribe:
1. the styles and sizes of type to be used with respect to material required to be incorporated in labeling to avoid false or misleading labeling in marking or otherwise labeling any articles or poultry subject to this act; and
2. definitions and standards of identity or composition for articles subject to this act and standards of fill of container for such articles not inconsistent with any such standards established under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, or under the Federal Poultry Products Inspection Act, and there shall be consultation between the Board and the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States prior to the issuance of such standards to avoid inconsistency between such standards and the Federal standards.
C. No article subject to this act shall be sold or offered for sale by any person in intrastate commerce, under any name or other marking or labeling which is false or misleading, or in any container of a misleading form or size, but established trade names and other marking and labeling and containers which are not false or misleading and which are approved by the Board are permitted.
D. If the Board has reason to believe that any marking or labeling or the size or form of any container in use or proposed for use with respect to any article subject to this act is false or misleading in any particular, it may direct that such use be withheld unless the marking, labeling, or container is modified in such manner as it may prescribe so that it will not be false or misleading. If the person using or proposing to use the marking, labeling or container does not accept the determination of the Board, such person may request a hearing, but the use of the marking, labeling, or container shall, if the Board so directs, be withheld pending hearing and final determination by the Board. Any such determination by the Board shall be conclusive unless, within thirty (30) days after receipt of notice of such final determination, the person adversely affected thereby appeals to the District Court of Oklahoma County. This provision would not apply to established trademarks or labeling approved by the U.S.D.A.
Laws 1970, c. 260, § 8, emerg. eff. April 22, 1970.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 2. Agriculture › §2-6-262. Penalties.

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 or attempted distribution of an article that is adulterated, except as defined in subparagraph (h) of paragraph 11 of Section 6-254 of this title, such person shall be guilty of a felony and fined not more than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) or imprisoned not more than three (3) years or both. When construing or enforcing the provisions of said sections, the act, omission, or failure of any person acting for or employed by any individual, partnership, corporation, or association within the scope of his employment or office shall in every case be deemed the act, omission, or failure of such individual, partnership, corporation, or association, as well as of such person.
B. No carrier shall be subject to the penalties of this act, other than the penalties for violation of Section 6-261 of this title, by reason of his receipt, carriage, holding, or delivery, in the usual course of business, as a carrier of poultry or poultry products, owned by another person unless the carrier has knowledge, or is in possession of facts which would cause a reasonable person to believe that such poultry or poultry products were not inspected or marked in accordance with the provisions of this act or were otherwise not eligible for transportation under this act or unless the carrier refuses to furnish on request of a representative of the Board the name and address of the person from whom he received such poultry or poultry products, and copies of all documents, if any there be, pertaining to the delivery of the poultry or poultry products to such carrier.
C. Any person who interferes by any act with an inspector in the performance of his official duties shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
Added by Laws 1970, c. 260, § 12, emerg. eff. April 22, 1970. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 92, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 30, eff. July 1, 1999.
NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 92 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 2. Agriculture › §2-6-263. Notice of violations.

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 orally or in writing with regard to such contemplated proceeding. Nothing in this act shall be construed as requiring the Board to report for criminal prosecution violation of this act whenever it believes that the public interest will be adequately served and compliance with the act obtained by a suitable written notice or warning.
Laws 1970, c. 260, § 13, emerg. eff. April 22, 1970.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 2. Agriculture › §2-6-264. Storage and handling regulations.

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 articles, whenever the Board deems such action necessary to assure that such articles will not be adulterated or misbranded when delivered to the consumer. Violation of any such regulation is prohibited.
B. The Board shall promulgate such other rules and regulations as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this act.
C. When opportunity is afforded for submission of comments by interested persons on proposed rules or regulations under this act, it shall include opportunity for oral presentation of views.
Laws 1970, c. 260, § 14, emerg. eff. April 22, 1970.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 2. Agriculture › §2-6-266. Limitation on entry of products into official 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 purposes of this act.
Laws 1970, c. 260, § 16, emerg. eff. April 22, 1970.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 2. Agriculture › §2-6-267. Withdrawal or refusal of inspection service.

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 the applicant for, or recipient of, such service, that such applicant or recipient is unfit to engage in any business requiring inspection upon this act because the applicant or recipient, or anyone responsibly connected with the applicant or recipient, has been convicted, in any federal or state court, within the previous ten (10) years, of
1. any felony or more than one misdemeanor under any law based upon the acquiring, handling, or distributing of adulterated, mislabeled, or deceptively packaged food or fraud in connection with transactions in food; or
2. any felony, involving fraud, bribery, extortion, or any other act or circumstances indicating a lack of the integrity needed for the conduct of operations affecting the public health. For the purpose of this paragraph, a person shall be deemed to be responsibly connected with the business if he was a partner, officer, director, holder, or owner of ten percent (10%) or more of its voting stock or employee in a managerial or executive capacity.
B. Upon the withdrawal of inspection service from any official establishment for failure to destroy condemned poultry products as required under Section 6 of this act, or other failure of an official establishment to comply with the requirements as to premises, facilities, or equipment, or the operation thereof, as provided in Section 7 of this act, or the refusal of inspection service to any applicant therefor because of failure to comply with any requirements under Section 7, the applicant for, or recipient of, the service shall, upon request, be afforded opportunity for a hearing with respect to the merits or validity of such action; but such withdrawal or refusal shall continue in effect unless otherwise ordered by the Board.
C. The determination and order of the Board, when made after opportunity for hearing, with respect to withdrawal or refusal of inspection service under this act, shall be final and conclusive unless the affected applicant for, or recipient of, inspection service files application for judicial review within thirty (30) days after the effective date of such order in the District Court of Oklahoma County. Judicial review of any such order shall be upon the record upon which the determination and order are based.
Laws 1970, c. 260, § 17, emerg. eff. April 22, 1970.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 2. Agriculture › §2-6-268. Detention of products.

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 distribution in intrastate commerce, and there is reason to believe that any such article is adulterated or misbranded and is capable of use as human food, or that it has not been inspected, in violation of the provisions of this act or of any other state or federal law, or that it has been, or is intended to be, distributed in violation of any such provisions, it may be detained by such representative for a period not to exceed twenty (20) days, pending action under Section 19 of this act or notification of any federal, state, or other governmental authorities having jurisdiction over such article or poultry, and shall not be moved by any person from the place at which it is located when so detained, until released by such representative. All official marks may be required by such representative to be removed from such article or poultry before it is released unless it appears to the satisfaction of the Board that the article or poultry is eligible to retain such marks.
Laws 1970, c. 260, § 18, emerg. eff. April 22, 1970.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 2. Agriculture › §2-6-269. Seizure and condemnation.

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 distributed or offered or received for distribution in violation of this act, or
2. is capable of use as human food and is adulterated or misbranded, or
3. in any other way is in violation of this act, shall be liable to be proceeded against and seized and condemned, at any time, on a libel of information in any district court within the jurisdiction of which the article or poultry is found. If the article or poultry is condemned it shall, after entry of the decree, be disposed of by destruction or sale as the court may direct and the proceeds, if sold, less the court costs and fees, and storage and other proper expenses, shall be paid into the treasury of this state, but the article or poultry shall not be sold contrary to the provisions of this act, or the Federal Poultry Products Inspection Act or the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act; provided, that, upon the execution and delivery of a good and sufficient bond conditioned that the article or poultry shall not be sold or otherwise disposed of contrary to the provisions of this act or the laws of the United States, the court may direct that such article or poultry be delivered to the owner thereof subject to such supervision by authorized representatives of the Board as is necessary to insure compliance with the applicable laws. When a decree of condemnation is entered against the article or poultry and it is released under bond, or destroyed, court costs and fees, and storage and other proper expenses shall be awarded against the person, if any, intervening as claimant of the article or poultry. The proceedings in such libel cases shall conform, as nearly as may be, to the proceedings in admiralty, except that either party may demand trial by jury of any issue of fact joined in any case, and all such proceedings shall be at the suit of and in the name of this state.
B. The provisions of this section shall in no way derogate from authority for condemnation or seizure conferred by other provisions of this act, or other laws.
Laws 1970, c. 260, § 19, emerg. eff. April 22, 1970.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 2. Agriculture › §2-6-270. Jurisdiction of district courts - Subpoenas.

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 proceedings for the enforcement or to restrain violations of this act shall be by and in the name of this state. Subpoenas for witnesses who are required to attend a court of this state in any district may run into any other district of this state in any such proceeding.
Laws 1970, c. 260, § 20, emerg. eff. April 22, 1970.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 2. Agriculture › §2-6-272. Application of act.

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. April 22, 1970.
2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 2. Agriculture › §2-6-273. Cost of inspection.

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 the Board may determine, shall be borne by such establishments. Sums received by the Board in reimbursement for sums paid out by it for such premium pay work shall be available without fiscal year limitation to carry out the purposes of this section. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this act.
Laws 1970, c. 260, § 23, emerg. eff. April 22, 1970.