Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-5-303

For purposes of the Oklahoma Organic Food Act:

1. “Certification or certified” means a determination made by a

certifying agent that a production or handling operation is in

compliance with this subarticle and rules promulgated pursuant

thereto;

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2. “Certificate of Organic Production” means an official

document issued by an accredited certifying agent to document the

certification of a production or handling operation;

3. “Certifying agent” means a person accredited by the

Secretary of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to

certify a producer or handler for the purposes of the Oklahoma

Organic Food Act or the Organic Food Production Act of 1990, as

amended and rules promulgated pursuant thereto;

4. “Certified operation” means a crop or livestock production,

wild-crop harvesting, or handling operation, or portion of an

operation that is certified by an accredited certifying agent as

utilizing a system of organic production or handling as described by

the Oklahoma Organic Food Act or the Organic Food Production Act of

1990, as amended and the rules promulgated pursuant thereto;

5. “Organic food” means edible consumer products produced,

processed, packaged, and handled under a system of organic

production;

6. “Organic production” means a production system that is

managed in accordance with the Oklahoma Organic Food Act and rules

promulgated pursuant thereto or the Organic Food Production Act of

1990, 7 U.S.C., Section 6501 et seq., as amended, to respond to

site-specific conditions by integrating cultural, biological, and

mechanical practices that foster recycling of resources, promote

ecological balance, and conserve biodiversity; and

7. “Producer” means a person who engages in the business of

planting, growing, or harvesting food, fiber, feed, and other

agricultural-based consumer products.