Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-1-3
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Definitions
Official statutory text
For the purposes of the Oklahoma Agricultural Code, unless the
context indicates otherwise:
1. "Authorized agent" means a person who has been authorized by
the State Board of Agriculture to act on behalf of the Board in
making investigations, inspections, performing other services, or
doing any particular act or acts which have been vested by the
Oklahoma Agricultural Code in the Board. A written or printed
commission signed by the President of the Board shall be proof that
the holder has lawful authority to act on behalf of the Board in
implementing the Oklahoma Agricultural Code;
2. "Beef" means the flesh of a bovine animal;
3. "Beef product" means the edible products produced in whole
or in part from beef, excluding milk and milk products;
4. "Board" means the State Board of Agriculture;
5. "Code" means the Oklahoma Agricultural Code;
6. "Department" means the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture,
Food, and Forestry and its employees, officers, and divisions.
Whenever the name "Department of Agriculture" appears in any law,
contract or other document, it shall be deemed to refer to the
Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry;
7. "Director" means the Director of a division established in
the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry;
8. "License" means a written document issued by the Board
granting authority to a person to engage in a business, occupation,
or activity;
9. "Livestock" or "animals" means any cattle, bison, horses,
sheep, goats, asses, mules, swine, domesticated rabbits, and
chickens, turkeys, and other domesticated fowl, and any animal or
bird in captivity;
10. "Official identification" means any official method of
identification approved by USDA, as described by 9 C.F.R. § 86.1, or
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 2. Agriculture Page 41
the State Veterinarian. Official identification for specific
species may be further defined within the applicable section of the
Oklahoma Administrative Code. Backtags shall not be considered
official identification unless the animal is shipped directly to
slaughter. The term "official ear tag" is synonymous with "official
identification";
11. "Permit" means a written document issued by the Board
giving consent for a person to engage in an activity;
12. "Person" means the state, any municipality, political
subdivision, institution, individual, public or private corporation,
partnership, association, firm, company, public trust, joint-stock
company, trust, estate, state or federal agency, other governmental
entity, or any other legal entity or an agent, employee,
representative, assignee or successor thereof;
13. "Pork" means the flesh of a porcine animal;
14. "Pork products" means a product or byproduct produced in
whole or in part from pork;
15. "President" means the President of the State Board of
Agriculture. The President of the State Board of Agriculture shall
also be designated as the Commissioner of Agriculture;
16. "Producer" means any person planting, raising, growing, or
harvesting agricultural products;
17. "Quarantine" means a written document issued by the Board
to restrict the movement of animals, birds, plants, or agricultural
commodities into or out of a specified area for the control or
prevention of diseases or pests; and
18. "Stop sale order" or "stop use order" means a written or
printed order signed by the President or authorized agent of the
Board, prohibiting the sale, offering for sale, exposure for sale,
or use of any agricultural product, article, device, service, or
commodity covered by the Oklahoma Agricultural Code.
context indicates otherwise:
1. "Authorized agent" means a person who has been authorized by
the State Board of Agriculture to act on behalf of the Board in
making investigations, inspections, performing other services, or
doing any particular act or acts which have been vested by the
Oklahoma Agricultural Code in the Board. A written or printed
commission signed by the President of the Board shall be proof that
the holder has lawful authority to act on behalf of the Board in
implementing the Oklahoma Agricultural Code;
2. "Beef" means the flesh of a bovine animal;
3. "Beef product" means the edible products produced in whole
or in part from beef, excluding milk and milk products;
4. "Board" means the State Board of Agriculture;
5. "Code" means the Oklahoma Agricultural Code;
6. "Department" means the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture,
Food, and Forestry and its employees, officers, and divisions.
Whenever the name "Department of Agriculture" appears in any law,
contract or other document, it shall be deemed to refer to the
Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry;
7. "Director" means the Director of a division established in
the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry;
8. "License" means a written document issued by the Board
granting authority to a person to engage in a business, occupation,
or activity;
9. "Livestock" or "animals" means any cattle, bison, horses,
sheep, goats, asses, mules, swine, domesticated rabbits, and
chickens, turkeys, and other domesticated fowl, and any animal or
bird in captivity;
10. "Official identification" means any official method of
identification approved by USDA, as described by 9 C.F.R. § 86.1, or
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 2. Agriculture Page 41
the State Veterinarian. Official identification for specific
species may be further defined within the applicable section of the
Oklahoma Administrative Code. Backtags shall not be considered
official identification unless the animal is shipped directly to
slaughter. The term "official ear tag" is synonymous with "official
identification";
11. "Permit" means a written document issued by the Board
giving consent for a person to engage in an activity;
12. "Person" means the state, any municipality, political
subdivision, institution, individual, public or private corporation,
partnership, association, firm, company, public trust, joint-stock
company, trust, estate, state or federal agency, other governmental
entity, or any other legal entity or an agent, employee,
representative, assignee or successor thereof;
13. "Pork" means the flesh of a porcine animal;
14. "Pork products" means a product or byproduct produced in
whole or in part from pork;
15. "President" means the President of the State Board of
Agriculture. The President of the State Board of Agriculture shall
also be designated as the Commissioner of Agriculture;
16. "Producer" means any person planting, raising, growing, or
harvesting agricultural products;
17. "Quarantine" means a written document issued by the Board
to restrict the movement of animals, birds, plants, or agricultural
commodities into or out of a specified area for the control or
prevention of diseases or pests; and
18. "Stop sale order" or "stop use order" means a written or
printed order signed by the President or authorized agent of the
Board, prohibiting the sale, offering for sale, exposure for sale,
or use of any agricultural product, article, device, service, or
commodity covered by the Oklahoma Agricultural Code.
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