Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-6-183

of animals - Methods of slaughter - Examination and inspection of

method of slaughter.

A. For the purpose of preventing the use in intrastate

commerce, as hereinafter provided, of meat and meat food products

which are adulterated, the Board shall cause to be made, by

inspectors appointed for that purpose, an examination and inspection

of all cattle, bison, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules and other

equines before they shall be allowed to enter into any slaughtering,

packing, meat-canning, rendering or similar establishment in this

state in which slaughtering and preparation of meat and meat food

products of such animals are conducted for intrastate commerce; and

all cattle, bison, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules and other

equines found on such inspection to show symptoms of disease shall

be set apart and slaughtered separately from all other cattle,

bison, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules or other equines, and when

so slaughtered, the carcasses of said cattle, bison, sheep, swine,

goats, horses, mules or other equines shall be subject to a careful

examination and inspection, all as provided by the rules and

regulations to be prescribed by the Board as herein provided for.

B. For the purpose of preventing the inhumane slaughter of

livestock, the Board shall cause to be made, by inspectors appointed

for that purpose, an examination and inspection of the method by

which cattle, bison, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules and other

equines are slaughtered and handled in connection with slaughter in

the slaughtering establishments inspected by law. The Board may

refuse to provide inspection to a new slaughtering establishment or

may cause inspection to be temporarily suspended at a slaughtering

establishment if the Board finds that any cattle, bison, sheep,

swine, goats, horses, mules or other equines have been slaughtered

or handled in connection with slaughter at such establishment by any

method not in accordance with this section until the establishment

furnishes assurances satisfactory to the Board that all slaughtering

and handling in connection with slaughter of livestock shall be in

accordance with such method.

C. Either of the following two methods of slaughtering

livestock and handling livestock in connection with slaughter are

hereby found to be humane:

1. In the case of cattle, bison, sheep, swine, goats, horses,

mules or other equines, the animals are rendered insensible to pain

by a single blow or gunshot or an electrical, chemical or other

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 2. Agriculture Page 265

means that is rapid and effective, before being shackled, hoisted,

thrown, cast or cut; or

2. By slaughtering in accordance with the ritual requirements

of the Jewish faith or any other religious faith that prescribes a

method of slaughter whereby the animal suffers loss of consciousness

by anemia of the brain caused by the simultaneous and instantaneous

severance of the carotid arteries with a sharp instrument and

handling in connection with such slaughtering.