Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-6-290.5

dying, disabled or diseased animals - Prerequisites for sale.

A. The Exotic Livestock and Exotic Livestock Products

Inspection Act shall apply to:

1. Any person that engages in the business of slaughtering any

exotic livestock or processing, freezing, packaging, or labeling any

carcasses, or parts or products of carcasses, of any exotic

livestock for use as human food or animal food. The provisions of

this paragraph shall not apply to:

a. the slaughtering of exotic livestock owned and raised

by a person who prepares and transports the carcasses

of exotic livestock or parts of exotic livestock

exclusively for his own use or for use by members of

his household or his nonpaying guests or employees, or

b. except as otherwise provided by this section, any

person who slaughters exotic livestock or processes or

otherwise handles exotic livestock products which have

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been or are to be processed as required by recognized

religious dietary laws.

(1) Any person desiring such exemption shall make

application to the Oklahoma State Department of

Agriculture. The application shall be in such

form and contain such information as is required

by the Board.

(2) The Board may impose such conditions as to

sanitary standards, practices, and procedures in

granting such exemption as it deems necessary to

effectuate the purposes of the Exotic Livestock

and Exotic Livestock Products Inspection Act.

Any person who processes exotic livestock or

exotic livestock products under exemption from

certain requirements as provided in this division

shall be subject to all of the other applicable

provisions of the Exotic Livestock and Exotic

Livestock Products Inspection Act and the

regulations promulgated pursuant thereto.

(3) Processing plants shall meet the sanitary

requirements set forth in the Exotic Livestock

and Exotic Livestock Products Inspection Act and

shall be required to qualify for inspection and

operate as official establishments;

2. Any person who engages in the business of buying or selling,

as exotic livestock products brokers, wholesalers, or otherwise, or

transporting or storing any carcasses, or parts or products of

carcasses, of any exotic livestock; or

3. Any person who engages in business as a renderer, or engages

in the business of buying, selling, or transporting any dead, dying,

disabled, or diseased exotic livestock or parts of the carcasses of

any exotic livestock that died otherwise than by slaughter.

B. 1. Any person who is engaged in business specified in this

subsection shall be registered with the Board:

a. as a meat broker, renderer, or animal food

manufacturer, or engage in business in such commerce

as a wholesaler of any carcasses, or parts or products

of the carcasses, of any exotic livestock whether

intended for human food or other purposes; or

b. as a public warehouseman storing any such articles in

or for such commerce, or engage in the business of

buying, selling, or transporting in such commerce any

dead, dying, disabled, or diseased animals of the

specified kinds, or parts of the carcasses of any such

animals that died otherwise than by slaughter.

2. The application for registration shall contain the name of

such person, address of each place of business at which and all

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trade names under which such person conducts such business and such

other information deemed necessary by the Board.

C. Any person, firm, or corporation who is engaged in the

business of buying, selling, or transporting dead, dying, disabled,

or diseased animals, or any parts of the carcasses of any animals

that died otherwise than by slaughter, shall buy, sell, transport,

offer for sale or transportation, or receive for transportation, in

such commerce, any dead, dying, disabled, or diseased exotic

livestock or parts of the carcasses of any such animals that died
business of buying, selling, or transporting dead, dying, disabled,

or diseased animals, or any parts of the carcasses of any animals

that died otherwise than by slaughter, shall buy, sell, transport,

offer for sale or transportation, or receive for transportation, in

such commerce, any dead, dying, disabled, or diseased exotic

livestock or parts of the carcasses of any such animals that died

otherwise than by slaughter, shall comply with such regulations as

the Board prescribes to assure that such animals, or the unwholesome

parts or products thereof, will be prevented from being used for

human food purposes.

D. On and after September 1, 1991, no exotic livestock products

intended for human food shall be allowed to be sold in this state

without:

1. First being inspected and approved by:

a. the United States Department of Agriculture,

b. the Oklahoma State Department of Agriculture, or

c. a program from another state approved by the Board; or

2. Having been legally imported into this state pursuant to

existing laws of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act.