Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-14-35

Institute of Standards and Technology Handbook.

The State Board of Agriculture shall have the following powers

and duties:

1. Maintain traceability of the state standards to the National

Institute of Standards and Technology and adopt standard weights and

measures for products in conformity with federal standards for use

as the standard for weighing and measuring products in Oklahoma;

2. Ensure that all rules conform as nearly as practicable to

the uniform regulations adopted by the National Conference on

Weights and Measures and published in the National Institute of

Standards and Technology Handbook 130, “Uniform Laws and

Regulations”, including all supplements and revisions thereof;

3. Establish requirements for labeling, for the presentation of

cost-per-unit information, for standards of weight, measure, or

count, and for standards of fill for any packaged commodity. The

Board may establish requirements for open dating information;

4. Conduct investigations to ensure compliance with this

article;

5. Inspect and test weights and measures kept, offered, or

exposed for sale;

6. Inspect and test to ascertain if the weights and measures

commercially used are correct by:

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a. determining the weight, measure, or count of

commodities or things sold, offered, or exposed for

sale on the basis of weight, measure, or count, or

b. by computing the basic charge or payment for services

rendered on the basis of weight, measure, or count;

7. Approve for use weights and measures found to be correct and

reject and mark as rejected weights and measures found to be

incorrect. Approved weights and measures may be marked as approved.

Weights and measures that have been rejected may be seized if not

corrected within the time specified or if used or disposed of in a

manner not specifically authorized. The Board shall condemn and may

seize weights and measures found to be incorrect that are not

capable of being made correct;

8. Weigh, measure, or inspect packaged commodities kept,

offered or exposed for sale, sold or in the process of delivery, to

determine whether they contain the amounts represented and are in

accordance with this article and rules of the Board. The Board

shall use recognized sampling procedures adopted by the National

Conference on Weights and Measures and published in the National

Institute of Standards and Technology Handbook 133, “Checking the

Net Contents of Packaged Goods” and supplements and revisions;

9. If a method of declaring the quantity of a specific

commodity by weight, measure, numerical count, or combination does

not facilitate value comparisons by consumers or offers an

opportunity for consumer confusion, an appropriate term or unit of

weight or measure may be prescribed;

10. Allow reasonable variations from the stated quantity of

contents, including but not limited to those caused by loss or gain

of moisture during the course of good distribution practice or by

unavoidable deviations in good manufacturing practice only after the

commodity has entered intrastate commerce;

11. Set standards for inspection by rule for circumstances not

addressed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology

Handbook 130, “Uniform Laws and Regulations” and the National

Institute of Standards and Technology Handbook 133, “Checking the

Net Contents of Packaged Goods”;

12. Promulgate rules for the enforcement of the National

Institute of Standards and Technology Handbook Number 130, “Uniform

Laws and Regulations,” the National Institute of Standards and

Technology Handbook 133, “Checking the Net Contents of Packaged

Goods, and the act; and

13. Enforce the provisions of Sections 14-31 through 14-43 of

this title and rules promulgated thereto.