Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-6-280.3

For the purposes of the Oklahoma Rabbit and Rabbit Products

Inspection Act:

1. "Adulterated" shall apply to any carcass, part thereof,

rabbit or rabbit products under one or more of the following

circumstances:

a. 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

paragraph if the quantity of such substance in or on

such article does not ordinarily render it injurious

to health,

b. if it bears or contains, by reason of administration

of any substance to live rabbits or otherwise, any

added poisonous or added deleterious substance, other

than one which is:

(1) a pesticide chemical in or on a raw agricultural

commodity,

(2) a food additive, or

(3) a color additive;

which may, in the judgment of the Board, make such

article unfit for human food;

c. if it is, in whole or in part, a raw agricultural

commodity and such commodity bears or contains a

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pesticide chemical which is unsafe within the meaning

of Section 408 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic

Act,

d. 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,

e. 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 otherwise deemed adulterated

under subparagraph 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

pursuant to the Oklahoma Rabbit and Rabbit Products

Inspection Act,

f. 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;

g. if it has been prepared, packed, or held under

unsanitary conditions whereby it may become

contaminated with filth, or whereby it may have been

rendered injurious to health,

h. if it is, in whole or in part, the product of any

rabbit which has died otherwise than by slaughter,

i. if its container is composed, in whole or in part, of

any poisonous or deleterious substance which may

render the contents injurious to health,

j. 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, or

k. 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 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;

2. "Board" means the State Board of Agriculture;

3. "Animal food manufacturer" means any person engaged in the

business of manufacturing or processing animal food derived wholly

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or in part from carcasses, or parts or products of the carcasses, of

rabbits;

4. "Capable of use as human food" shall apply to any carcass,

or part or product of a carcass, of any rabbit, 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;

5. "Department" means the Oklahoma State Department of

Agriculture;

6. "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);
bbit, 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;

5. "Department" means the Oklahoma State Department of

Agriculture;

6. "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);

7. "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;

8. "Inspection" or "inspection service" means any inspection by

an inspector to determine:

a. the condition and wholesomeness of rabbits,

b. the condition and wholesomeness of any edible product

at any state of the preparation or packaging thereof

in the official plant where inspected and certified,

or

c. the condition and wholesomeness of any previously

inspected and certified product if such product has

not lost its identity as an inspected and certified

product;

9. "Inspector" means any person who is duly qualified and

certified as an agent of the Oklahoma State Department of

Agriculture;

10. "Intrastate commerce" means commerce within this state;

11. "Label" means a display of written, printed, or graphic

matter upon any article or the immediate container, not including

package liners, of any article;

12. "Labeling" means all labels and other written, printed, or

graphic matter:

a. upon any article or any of its containers or wrappers,

or

b. accompanying such article;

13. "Misbranded" shall apply to any carcass, part thereof,

rabbit meat or rabbit product under one or more of the following

circumstances:

a. if its labeling is false or misleading in any

particular,

b. if it is offered for sale under the name of another

food,

c. if it is an imitation of another food, unless its

label bears, in type of uniform size and prominence,

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the word "imitation" and immediately thereafter the

name of the food imitated,

d. if its container is so made, formed, or filled as to

be misleading,

e. unless it bears a label showing:

(1) the name and place of business of the

manufacturer, packer, or distributor, and

(2) an accurate statement of the quantity of the

product in terms of weight, measure, or numerical

count. Provided, reasonable variations may be

permitted, and exemptions as to small packages or

articles not in packages or other containers may

be established, by regulations prescribed by the

Board;

f. if any word, statement, or other information required

by or under authority of the Oklahoma Rabbit and

Rabbit Products Inspection 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,

g. 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 unless:

(1) it conforms to such definition and standard, and

(2) 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,

h. 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, 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,

i. if it is not subject to the provisions of subparagraph

g unless its label bears:
a food for

which a standard or standards of fill of container

have been prescribed by regulations of the Board, 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,

i. if it is not subject to the provisions of subparagraph

g unless its label bears:

(1) the common or usual name of the food, if any

there be, and

(2) in case it is fabricated from two or more

ingredients, the common or usual name of each

such ingredient; except that spices, flavorings,

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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 this division is impracticable, or results in

deception or unfair competition, exemptions shall

be established by regulations promulgated by the

Board,

j. 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,

k. 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 is impracticable, exemptions shall

be established by regulations promulgated by the

Board, or

l. if it fails to bear on its containers, as the Board

may by regulations prescribe, the official inspection

legend, 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;

14. "Official certificate" means any certificate prescribed by

regulation of the Board for issuance by an inspector or other person

performing official functions pursuant to the Oklahoma Rabbit and

Rabbit Products Inspection Act;

15. "Official device" means any device prescribed or authorized

by the Board for use in applying any official mark;

16. "Official inspection legend" means any symbol prescribed by

regulation of the Board showing that an article was inspected for

wholesomeness in accordance with the Oklahoma Rabbit and Rabbit

Products Inspection Act;

17. "Official mark" means the official inspection legend or any

other symbol prescribed by regulation of the Board to identify the

status of any article or rabbit pursuant to the Oklahoma Rabbit and

Rabbit Products Inspection Act;

18. "Official plant" or "official establishment" means one or

more buildings or parts thereof, comprising a single plant in which

the facilities and methods of operation therein have been approved

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by the Commissioner as suitable and adequate for operation under

inspection service;

19. "Person" means any individual, partnership, corporation,

association, or other business unit;

20. "Pesticide chemical", "food additive", "color additive",

and "raw agricultural commodity" shall have the same meanings for

purposes of the Oklahoma Rabbit and Rabbit Products Inspection Act

as such term is defined by the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act;

21. "Processed" means slaughtered, canned, salted, stuffed,

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

22. "Rabbit" means any domesticated rabbit, whether live or

dead;

23. "Rabbit product" means any rabbit carcass, or part thereof;

or any product which is made wholly or in part from any rabbit
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as such term is defined by the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act;

21. "Processed" means slaughtered, canned, salted, stuffed,

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

22. "Rabbit" means any domesticated rabbit, whether live or

dead;

23. "Rabbit product" means any rabbit carcass, or part thereof;

or any product which is made wholly or in part from any rabbit

carcass or part thereof, excepting products which contain rabbit

ingredients only in a relatively small proportion or historically

have not been considered by consumers as products of the animal food

industry, and which are exempted by the Board from definition as a

rabbit product under such conditions as the Board may prescribe to

assure that the rabbit ingredients in such products are not

adulterated and that such products are not represented as rabbit

products;

24. "Rabbit products broker" means any person engaged in the

business of buying or selling rabbit products on commission, or

otherwise negotiating purchases or sales of such articles other than

for his own account or an as employee of another person; and

25. "Renderer" means any person engaged in the business of

rendering carcasses, or parts or products of the carcasses, of

rabbits.