Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-6-197

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Articles not intended as human food

Official statutory text

Inspection shall not be provided under Sections 181 et seq. of

this title at any establishment for the slaughter of cattle, bison,

sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, or other equines, or the

preparation of any carcasses or parts or products of such animals

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 2. Agriculture Page 274

which are not intended for use as human food, but such articles

shall, prior to their offer for sale or transportation in intrastate

commerce, unless naturally inedible by humans, be denatured or

otherwise identified as prescribed by regulations of the Board to

deter their use for human food. No person, firm, or corporation

shall buy, sell, transport, or offer for sale or transportation, or

receive for transportation, in intrastate commerce, any carcasses,

parts thereof, meat or meat food products of any such animals, which

are not intended for use as human food unless they are denatured or

otherwise identified as required by the regulations of the Board or

are naturally inedible by humans. Any person who violates the

provisions of this section shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a

Class D3 felony offense and shall be punished by imprisonment as

provided for in subsections B through F of Section 20P of Title 21

of the Oklahoma Statutes.

Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site

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