Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 35 - Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry › Chapter 37 - Food Safety › Subchapter 11 - Exotic Livestock and Exotic Livestock Products › Part 35 - ENTRY INTO OFFICIAL ESTABLISHMENT; REINSPECTION AND PREPARATION OF PRODUCTS › Section 35:37-11-126 - Products and other articles entering official establishments

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a) Except as otherwise provided in
				  Subsections (e) and (f) of this Section or
				  35:37-11-134,
				  no product shall be brought into an official establishment unless it has been
				  prepared only in an official establishment, State or Federal, and previously
				  inspected and passed by such and is identified by an official inspection legend
				  as inspected and passed. Products received in an official establishment during
				  the inspector's absence shall be identified and maintained in a manner
				  acceptable to the inspector. Product entering any official establishment shall
				  not be used or prepared until it has been reinspected in accordance with
				  35:37-11-127.
				  Any product originally prepared at any official establishment may not be
				  returned into any part of establishment, except the receiving area approved
				  under
				  35:37-11-128,
				  until it has been reinspected by the inspector.
(b) The operator of the official
				  establishment shall furnish information as is necessary to determine the origin
				  of any product or other article entering the official establishment.
				  Information shall include, but is not limited to, the name and address of the
				  seller or supplier, transportation company, agent, or broker involved in the
				  sale or delivery of the product or article in question.
(c) Every article for use as an ingredient in
				  the preparation of meat food products, when entering any official establishment
				  and at all times while it is in the establishment, shall bear a label showing
				  the name of the article, the amount or percentage of any substances restricted
				  by this Part or Part 33 of this Subchapter, and a list of ingredients in the
				  article if composed of two or more ingredients. In addition, the label must
				  show the name and address of the shipper.
(d) Dyes, chemicals, or other substances, the
				  use of which is restricted to certain products, may be brought into or kept in
				  an official establishment only if the products are prepared at the
				  establishment. No prohibited dye, chemical, preservative or other substance
				  shall be brought into or kept in an official establishment.
(e) Carcasses of game animals, and carcasses
				  derived from the slaughter by any person of livestock of the person's own
				  raising and parts of the carcasses, may be brought into an official
				  establishment for preparation, packaging, and storing in accordance with the
				  provisions of this Subchapter.
(f)
				  Glands and organs, such as cotyledons, ovaries, prostrate glands, tonsils,
				  spinal cords, and detached lymphatic, pineal, pituitary, parathyroid,
				  suprarenal, pancreatic and thyroid glands, used in preparing pharmaceutical,
				  organotherapeutic or technical products and that are not used as human food
				  (whether or not prepared at official establishments) may be brought into and
				  stored in edible product departments of inspected establishments if packaged in
				  suitable containers so that the presence of the glands and organs will in no
				  way interfere with the maintenance of sanitary conditions or constitute an
				  interference with inspection. Glands or organs that are regarded as human food
				  products, such as livers, testicles, and thymus glands, may be brought into
				  official establishments for pharmaceuticals organotherapeutic or technical
				  purposes, only if inspected and passed and identified.
(g) Any product or other article that is
				  brought into an official establishment contrary to any provision of this
				  Section may be required by the Director to be removed immediately from the
				  establishment by the operator, and failure to comply with the requirement shall
				  be deemed a violation of this Subchapter.
Added at 21 Ok Reg
					 1181, eff 5-27-04