Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-6-258

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Marking and labeling

Official statutory text

A. All poultry products inspected at any official establishment

under the authority of this act and found to be not adulterated

shall at the time they leave the establishment bear, in distinctly

legible form, on their shipping containers and immediate containers

as the Board may require, the information required under paragraph

12 of Section 4 of this act. In addition, the Board whenever it

determines such action is practicable and necessary for the

protection of the public may require nonconsumer packaged carcasses

at the time they leave the establishment to bear directly thereon in

distinctly legible form any information required under such

paragraph 12.

B. The Board, whenever it determines such action is necessary

for the protection of the public, may prescribe:

1. the styles and sizes of type to be used with respect to

material required to be incorporated in labeling to avoid false or

misleading labeling in marking or otherwise labeling any articles or

poultry subject to this act; and

2. definitions and standards of identity or composition

for articles subject to this act and standards of fill of container

for such articles not inconsistent with any such standards

established under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, or under

the Federal Poultry Products Inspection Act, and there shall be

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consultation between the Board and the Secretary of Agriculture of

the United States prior to the issuance of such standards to avoid

inconsistency between such standards and the Federal standards.

C. No article subject to this act shall be sold or offered for

sale by any person in intrastate commerce, under any name or other

marking or labeling which is false or misleading, or in any

container of a misleading form or size, but established trade names

and other marking and labeling and containers which are not false or

misleading and which are approved by the Board are permitted. Any

person who violates the provisions of this subsection 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.

D. If the Board has reason to believe that any marking or

labeling or the size or form of any container in use or proposed for

use with respect to any article subject to this act is false or

misleading in any particular, it may direct that such use be

withheld unless the marking, labeling, or container is modified in

such manner as it may prescribe so that it will not be false or

misleading. If the person using or proposing to use the marking,

labeling or container does not accept the determination of the

Board, such person may request a hearing, but the use of the

marking, labeling, or container shall, if the Board so directs, be

withheld pending hearing and final determination by the Board. Any

such determination by the Board shall be conclusive unless, within

thirty (30) days after receipt of notice of such final

determination, the person adversely affected thereby appeals to the

District Court of Oklahoma County. This provision would not apply

to established trademarks or labeling approved by the U.S.D.A.

Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site

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