Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-6-182

As used in the Oklahoma Meat Inspection Act, except as otherwise

specified, the following terms shall have the meanings stated below:

(a) The term "Board" means the State Board of Agriculture, or

its delegate.

(b) The term "firm" means any partnership, association, or

other unincorporated business organization.

(c) The term "meat broker" means any person, firm or

corporation engaged in the business of buying or selling carcasses,

parts of carcasses, meat, or meat food products of cattle, bison,

sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, or other equines on commission,

or otherwise negotiating purchases or sales of such articles other

than for his own account or as an employee of another person, firm,

or corporation.

(d) The term "renderer" means any person, firm, or corporation

engaged in the business of rendering carcasses, or parts or products

of the carcasses, of cattle, bison, sheep, swine, goats, horses,

mules, or other equines, except rendering conducted under inspection

under Section 6-181 et seq. of this title.

(e) The term "animal food manufacturer" means any person, firm,

or corporation engaged in the business of manufacturing or

processing animal food derived wholly or in part from carcasses, or

parts or products of the carcasses, of cattle, bison, sheep, swine,

goats, horses, mules, or other equines.

(f) The term "intrastate commerce" means commerce within this

state.

(g) The term "meat food product" means any product capable of

use as human food which is made wholly or in part from any meat or

other portion of the carcass of any cattle, bison, sheep, swine,

goats, horses, mules, or other equines, excepting products which

contain meat or other portions of such carcasses only in a

relatively small proportion or historically have not been considered

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by consumers as products of the meat food industry, and which are

exempted from definition as a meat food product by the Board under

such conditions as it may prescribe to assure that the meat or other

portions of such carcasses contained in such product are not

adulterated and that such products are not represented as meat food

products.

(h) The term "capable of use as human food" shall apply to any

carcass, or part or product of a carcass, of any animal, unless it

is denatured or otherwise identified as required by regulations

prescribed by the Board to deter its use as human food, or it is

naturally inedible by humans.

(i) The term "prepared" means slaughtered, canned, salted,

rendered, boned, cut up, or otherwise manufactured or processed.

(j) The term "adulterated" shall apply to any carcass, part

thereof, meat or meat food product under one or more of the

following circumstances:

(1) if it bears or contains any poisonous or deleterious

substance which may render it injurious to health; but in case the

substance is not an added substance, such article shall not be

considered adulterated under this clause if the quantity of such

substance in or on such article does not ordinarily render it

injurious to health;

(2) (A) if it bears or contains (by reason of administration

of any substance to the live animal or otherwise) any added

poisonous or added deleterious substance (other than one which is
stance is not an added substance, such article shall not be

considered adulterated under this clause if the quantity of such

substance in or on such article does not ordinarily render it

injurious to health;

(2) (A) if it bears or contains (by reason of administration

of any substance to the live animal or otherwise) any added

poisonous or added deleterious substance (other than one which is

(i) a pesticide chemical in or on a raw agricultural commodity; (ii)

a food additive; or (iii) a color additive) which may, in the

judgment of the Board, make such article unfit for human food;

(B) if it is, in whole or in part, a raw agricultural commodity

and such commodity bears or contains a pesticide chemical which is

unsafe within the meaning of Section 408 of the Federal Food, Drug,

and Cosmetic Act;

(C) if it bears or contains any food additive which is unsafe

within the meaning of Section 409 of the Federal Food, Drug, and

Cosmetic Act;

(D) if it bears or contains any color additive which is unsafe

within the meaning of Section 706 of the Federal Food, Drug, and

Cosmetic Act: Provided, that an article which is not adulterated

under clause (B), (C), or (D) shall nevertheless be deemed

adulterated if use of the pesticide chemical, food additive, or

color additive in or on such article is prohibited by regulations of

the Board in establishments at which inspection is maintained under

Section 6-181 et seq. of this title;

(3) if it consists in whole or in part of any filthy, putrid,

or decomposed substance or is for any other reason unsound,

unhealthful, unwholesome, or otherwise unfit for human food;

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(4) if it has been prepared, packed, or held under unsanitary

conditions whereby it may have become contaminated with filth, or

whereby it may have been rendered injurious to health;

(5) if it is, in whole or in part, the product of an animal

which has died otherwise than by slaughter;

(6) if its container is composed, in whole or in part, of any

poisonous or deleterious substance which may render the contents

injurious to health;

(7) if it has been intentionally subjected to radiation, unless

the use of the radiation was in conformity with a regulation or

exemption in effect pursuant to Section 409 of the Federal Food,

Drug, and Cosmetic Act;

(8) if any valuable constituent has been, in whole or in part,

omitted or abstracted therefrom; or if any substance has been

substituted, wholly or in part, therefor; or if damage or

inferiority has been concealed in any manner; or if any substance

has been added thereto or mixed or packed therewith so as to

increase its bulk or weight, or reduce its quality or strength, or

make it appear better or of greater value than it is; or

(9) if it is margarine containing animal fat and any of the raw

material used therein consisted, in whole or in part, of any filthy,

putrid, or decomposed substance.
oncealed in any manner; or if any substance

has been added thereto or mixed or packed therewith so as to

increase its bulk or weight, or reduce its quality or strength, or

make it appear better or of greater value than it is; or

(9) if it is margarine containing animal fat and any of the raw

material used therein consisted, in whole or in part, of any filthy,

putrid, or decomposed substance.

(k) The term "misbranded" shall apply to any carcass, part

thereof, meat or meat food product under one or more of the

following circumstances:

(1) if its labeling is false or misleading in any particular;

(2) if it is offered for sale under the name of another food;

(3) if it is an imitation of another food, unless its label

bears, in type of uniform size and prominence, the word "imitation",

and, immediately thereafter, the name of the food imitated;

(4) if its container is so made, formed, or filled as to be

misleading;

(5) if in a package or other container unless it bears a label

showing (A) the name and place of business of the manufacturer,

packer, or distributor; and (B) an accurate statement of the

quantity of the contents in terms of weight, measure, or numerical

count: Provided, that, under clause (B) of this subparagraph (5),

reasonable variations may be permitted, and exemptions as to small

packages may be established, by regulations prescribed by the Board;

(6) if any word, statement, or other information required by or

under authority of this act to appear on the label or other labeling

is not prominently placed thereon with such conspicuousness (as

compared with other words, statements, designs, or devices in the

labeling) and in such terms as to render it likely to be read and

understood by the ordinary individual under customary conditions of

purchase and use;

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(7) if it purports to be or is represented as a food for which

a definition and standard of identity or composition has been

prescribed by regulations of the Board under Section 6-187 of this

title unless (A) it conforms to such definition and standard, and

(B) its label bears the name of the food specified in the definition

and standard and, insofar as may be required by such regulations,

the common names of optional ingredients (other than spices,

flavoring, and coloring) present in such food;

(8) if it purports to be or is represented as a food for which

a standard or standards of fill of container have been prescribed by

regulations of the Board under Section 6-187 of this title, and it

falls below the standard of fill of container applicable thereto,

unless its label bears, in such manner and form as such regulations

specify, a statement that it falls below such standard;

(9) if it is not subject to the provisions of subparagraph (7),

unless its label bears (A) the common or usual name of the food, if

any there be, and (B) in case it is fabricated from two or more

ingredients, the common or usual name of each such ingredient;

except that spices, flavorings, and colorings may, when authorized

by the Board, be designated as spices, flavorings, and colorings

without naming each: Provided, that, to the extent that compliance

with the requirements of clause (B) of this subparagraph (9) is

impracticable, or results in deception or unfair competition,

exemptions shall be established by regulations promulgated by the

Board;

(10) if it purports to be or is represented for special dietary

uses, unless its label bears such information concerning its

vitamin, mineral, and other dietary properties as the Board, after

consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States,

determines to be, and by regulations prescribes as, necessary in

order fully to inform purchasers as to its value for such uses;
ard;

(10) if it purports to be or is represented for special dietary

uses, unless its label bears such information concerning its

vitamin, mineral, and other dietary properties as the Board, after

consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States,

determines to be, and by regulations prescribes as, necessary in

order fully to inform purchasers as to its value for such uses;

(11) if it bears or contains any artificial flavoring,

artificial coloring, or chemical preservative, unless it bears

labeling stating that fact: Provided, that, to the extent that

compliance with the requirements of this subparagraph (11) is

impracticable, exemptions shall be established by regulations

promulgated by the Board; or

(12) if it fails to bear, directly thereon or on its container,

as the Board may by regulations prescribe, the inspection legend

and, unrestricted by any of the foregoing, such other information as

the Board may require in such regulations to assure that it will not

have false or misleading labeling and that the public will be

informed of the manner of handling required to maintain the article

in a wholesome condition.

(l) The term "label" means a display of written, printed, or

graphic matter upon the immediate container (not including package

liners) of any article.

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(m) The term "labeling" means all labels and other written,

printed, or graphic matter (1) upon any article or any of its

containers or wrappers, or (2) accompanying such article.

(n) The term "Federal Meat Inspection Act" means the act so

entitled approved March 4, 1907 (34 Stat. 1260), as amended by the

Wholesome Meat Act (8 Stat. 584).

(o) The term "Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act" means the

act so entitled, approved June 25, 1938 (52 Stat. 1040), and acts

amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto.

(p) The term "pesticide chemical", "food additive", "color

additive", and "raw agricultural commodity" shall have the same

meanings for purposes of this act as under the Federal Food, Drug,

and Cosmetic Act.

(q) The term "official mark" means the official inspection

legend or any other symbol prescribed by regulations of the Board to

identify the status of any article or animal under this act.

(r) The term "official inspection legend" means any symbol

prescribed by regulations of the Board showing that an article was

inspected and passed in accordance with this act.

(s) The term "official certificate" means any certificate

prescribed by regulations of the Board for issuance by an inspector

or other person performing official functions under this act.

(t) The term "official device" means any device prescribed or

authorized by the Board for use in applying any official mark.