Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-6-280.11
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Suspension of plant approval - Denial or withdrawal of
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inspection service.
A. 1. Any plant approval given pursuant to the Oklahoma Rabbit
and Rabbit Products Inspection Act may be suspended by the
Department for:
a. failure to maintain a plant and equipment in a
satisfactory state of repair;
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 2. Agriculture Page 316
b. failure to maintain plant or equipment in a sanitary
manner on a continuing basis;
c. the use of operating procedure which are not in
accordance with the Oklahoma Rabbit and Rabbit
Products Inspection Act or regulations promulgated
thereto;
d. alterations of buildings, facilities, or equipment
which cannot be approved in accordance with the
Oklahoma Rabbit and Rabbit Products Inspection Act or
regulations promulgated thereto;
e. assault on an agency of the Board; or
f. failure to properly denature condemned and inedible
materials.
2. During such period of suspension, inspection service shall
not be rendered. However, the other provisions of the Oklahoma
Rabbit and Rabbit Products Inspection Act pertaining to providing
such service on a resident basis will remain in effect unless such
service is terminated in accordance with duly authorized regulations
promulgated by the Department. Upon suspension of inspection
service in an official plant, the plant approval shall also become
suspended, and all labels, seals, tags or packaging material bearing
official identification shall be destroyed, or the official
identification completely obliterated, or sealed in a manner
acceptable to the Department.
B. 1. The Board may refuse to provide, or withdraw, inspection
service with respect to any establishment if it determines, after
opportunity for a hearing is accorded to the applicant for, or
recipient of, such service, that such applicant or recipient is
unfit to engage in any business requiring inspection because the
applicant or recipient, or any person responsibly connected with the
applicant or recipient, has been convicted, in any federal or state
court of:
a. any felony, or
b. more than one violation of any law, other than a
felony, based upon the acquiring, handling, or
distributing of unwholesome, mislabeled, or
deceptively packaged food or upon fraud in connection
with transactions in food.
2. This section shall not affect in any way other provisions of
the Oklahoma Rabbit and Rabbit Products Inspection Act for
withdrawal of inspection services from establishments failing to
maintain sanitary conditions or to destroy condemned carcasses,
parts, meats or meat food products.
3. For the purpose of this subsection, a person shall be deemed
to be responsibly connected with the business if he was a partner,
officer, director, holder, or owner of ten percent (10%) or more of
its voting stock or employee in a managerial or executive capacity.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 2. Agriculture Page 317
The determination and order of the Board with respect thereto
pursuant to this section shall be final and conclusive unless the
affected applicant for, or recipient of, inspection service files
application for judicial review within thirty (30) days after the
effective date of such order in the appropriate court. Judicial
review of any such order shall be upon the record upon which the
determination and order are based.
A. 1. Any plant approval given pursuant to the Oklahoma Rabbit
and Rabbit Products Inspection Act may be suspended by the
Department for:
a. failure to maintain a plant and equipment in a
satisfactory state of repair;
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 2. Agriculture Page 316
b. failure to maintain plant or equipment in a sanitary
manner on a continuing basis;
c. the use of operating procedure which are not in
accordance with the Oklahoma Rabbit and Rabbit
Products Inspection Act or regulations promulgated
thereto;
d. alterations of buildings, facilities, or equipment
which cannot be approved in accordance with the
Oklahoma Rabbit and Rabbit Products Inspection Act or
regulations promulgated thereto;
e. assault on an agency of the Board; or
f. failure to properly denature condemned and inedible
materials.
2. During such period of suspension, inspection service shall
not be rendered. However, the other provisions of the Oklahoma
Rabbit and Rabbit Products Inspection Act pertaining to providing
such service on a resident basis will remain in effect unless such
service is terminated in accordance with duly authorized regulations
promulgated by the Department. Upon suspension of inspection
service in an official plant, the plant approval shall also become
suspended, and all labels, seals, tags or packaging material bearing
official identification shall be destroyed, or the official
identification completely obliterated, or sealed in a manner
acceptable to the Department.
B. 1. The Board may refuse to provide, or withdraw, inspection
service with respect to any establishment if it determines, after
opportunity for a hearing is accorded to the applicant for, or
recipient of, such service, that such applicant or recipient is
unfit to engage in any business requiring inspection because the
applicant or recipient, or any person responsibly connected with the
applicant or recipient, has been convicted, in any federal or state
court of:
a. any felony, or
b. more than one violation of any law, other than a
felony, based upon the acquiring, handling, or
distributing of unwholesome, mislabeled, or
deceptively packaged food or upon fraud in connection
with transactions in food.
2. This section shall not affect in any way other provisions of
the Oklahoma Rabbit and Rabbit Products Inspection Act for
withdrawal of inspection services from establishments failing to
maintain sanitary conditions or to destroy condemned carcasses,
parts, meats or meat food products.
3. For the purpose of this subsection, a person shall be deemed
to be responsibly connected with the business if he was a partner,
officer, director, holder, or owner of ten percent (10%) or more of
its voting stock or employee in a managerial or executive capacity.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 2. Agriculture Page 317
The determination and order of the Board with respect thereto
pursuant to this section shall be final and conclusive unless the
affected applicant for, or recipient of, inspection service files
application for judicial review within thirty (30) days after the
effective date of such order in the appropriate court. Judicial
review of any such order shall be upon the record upon which the
determination and order are based.
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