Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 35 - Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry › Chapter 37 - Food Safety › Subchapter 9 - Oklahoma Rabbit and Rabbit Products Inspection Regulations › Part 3 - IDENTIFYING AND MARKING PRODUCTS › Section 35:37-9-16 - Marking inspected products

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a)
Wording and form of inspection mark.
Except as otherwise
				  authorized, the inspection mark permitted to be used with respect to inspected
				  and passed edible products shall include wording as follows: "Oklahoma
				  Inspected and Passed." This wording shall be contained within an oval in the
				  form and arrangement shown in
				  35:37-9-18.
				  The appropriate plant number of the official plant shall be included in the
				  oval. The Department may approve the use of abbreviations of inspection mark,
				  and the approved abbreviations shall have the same force and effect as the
				  inspection mark. The inspection mark or approved abbreviation, as the case may
				  be, may be applied to the inspected and passed edible product or to the
				  packaging material of the product. When the inspection mark, or the approved
				  abbreviation, is used on packaging material, it shall be printed on material or
				  on a label to be affixed to the packaging material and the name of the packer
				  or distributor of the product shall be printed on the packaging material or
				  label.
(b)
Wording on
				  labels.
Each trade label to be approved for use pursuant to
				  35:37-9-14
				  to
				  35:37-9-18
				  with respect to any inspected and passed edible product shall bear the true
				  name of the edible product (including an ingredients statement if necessary),
				  the name and address of the packer or distributor thereof, an accurate
				  statement of the net quantity of contents, a special handling statement for all
				  perishable products such as "keep frozen", and in prominent letters and figures
				  of uniform size, the inspection legend which includes the plant number. The
				  class of the rabbits such as, "fryers" or "roasters" shall be shown on all
				  labels for dressed or cut-up rabbits. The appropriate designation such as,
				  "young" or "mature" may be used as a prefix to the word rabbit in lieu of the
				  class name.
(c)
Labels in
				  foreign languages.
Any trade label to be affixed to a container of any
				  edible products may be printed in a foreign language. However, the inspection
				  mark shall appear on the label in English, but, in addition, may be literally
				  translated into such foreign language. Each trade label which is to be printed
				  in a foreign language must be approved pursuant to
				  35:37-9-14
				  to
				  35:37-9-18.
(d)
Unauthorized use or disposition of
				  approved labels.
(1) Labels approved
				  for use pursuant to
				  35:37-9-14
				  to
				  35:37-9-18
				  shall be used only for the purpose for which approved and shall not otherwise
				  be disposed of from the plant for which approved except with written approval
				  of the Director. Any unauthorized use or disposition of approved labels or
				  labels bearing official identification may result in cancellation of the
				  approval and denial of the use of labels bearing official identification or
				  denial of the benefits of the Act pursuant to the provisions of
				  35:37-9-14.
(2) The use of simulations or imitations of
				  any official identification by any person is prohibited.