Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-6-290.9
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Unlawful acts
Official statutory text
A. On and after September 1, 1991, no person shall:
1. Slaughter any exotic livestock or process any exotic
livestock products which are capable of use as human food at any
establishment processing any such articles solely for intrastate
commerce, except in compliance with the requirements of the Exotic
Livestock and Exotic Livestock Products Inspection Act; and
2. Sell, transport, offer for sale or transportation, or
receive for transportation from an official establishment, any
slaughtered exotic livestock from which the blood, feet, head, or
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 2. Agriculture Page 333
viscera have not been removed in accordance with regulations
promulgated by the Board, except as may be authorized by regulations
of the Board.
B. No person shall:
1. Sell, transport, offer for sale or transportation, or
receive for transportation:
a. any exotic livestock products which are capable of use
as human food and are adulterated or misbranded at the
time of such sale, transportation, offer for sale or
transportation, or receipt for transportation, or
b. any exotic livestock products required to be inspected
pursuant to the Exotic Livestock and Exotic Livestock
Products Inspection Act unless they have been so
inspected and passed;
2. Perform any act which is intended to cause or has the effect
of causing such exotic livestock or exotic livestock products to be
adulterated or misbranded;
3. Use to his own advantage, or reveal other than to the
authorized representatives of the state government or any other
government in their official capacity, or as ordered by a court in
any judicial proceedings, any information acquired under the
authority of the Exotic Livestock and Exotic Livestock Products
Inspection Act concerning any matter which is entitled to protection
as a trade secret.
C. No brand manufacturer, printer, or other person shall cast,
print, lithograph, or otherwise make any device containing any
official mark or simulation thereof, or any label bearing any such
mark or simulation, or any form of official certificate or
simulation thereof, except as authorized by the Board.
D. No person shall:
1. Forge any official device, mark, or certificate;
2. Without authorization from the Board use any official
device, mark, or certificate, or simulation thereof, or alter,
detach, deface, or destroy any official device, mark, or certificate
including "Oklahoma Rejected" or "Oklahoma Retained" tags;
3. Contrary to the regulations prescribed by the Board, fail to
use, or to detach, deface, or destroy any official device, mark, or
certificate;
4. Knowingly possess, without promptly notifying the Board or
its representative, any official device or any counterfeit,
simulated, forged, or improperly altered official certificate or any
device or label or any carcass of any exotic livestock, or part or
product thereof, bearing any counterfeit, simulated, forged, or
improperly altered official mark;
5. Knowingly make any false statement in any shipper's
certificate or other nonofficial or official certificate provided
for in the regulations prescribed by the Board; or
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6. Knowingly represent that any article has been inspected and
passed, or exempted, pursuant to the Exotic Livestock and Exotic
Livestock Products Inspection Act when, in fact, it has not been so
inspected and passed, or exempted.
1. Slaughter any exotic livestock or process any exotic
livestock products which are capable of use as human food at any
establishment processing any such articles solely for intrastate
commerce, except in compliance with the requirements of the Exotic
Livestock and Exotic Livestock Products Inspection Act; and
2. Sell, transport, offer for sale or transportation, or
receive for transportation from an official establishment, any
slaughtered exotic livestock from which the blood, feet, head, or
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 2. Agriculture Page 333
viscera have not been removed in accordance with regulations
promulgated by the Board, except as may be authorized by regulations
of the Board.
B. No person shall:
1. Sell, transport, offer for sale or transportation, or
receive for transportation:
a. any exotic livestock products which are capable of use
as human food and are adulterated or misbranded at the
time of such sale, transportation, offer for sale or
transportation, or receipt for transportation, or
b. any exotic livestock products required to be inspected
pursuant to the Exotic Livestock and Exotic Livestock
Products Inspection Act unless they have been so
inspected and passed;
2. Perform any act which is intended to cause or has the effect
of causing such exotic livestock or exotic livestock products to be
adulterated or misbranded;
3. Use to his own advantage, or reveal other than to the
authorized representatives of the state government or any other
government in their official capacity, or as ordered by a court in
any judicial proceedings, any information acquired under the
authority of the Exotic Livestock and Exotic Livestock Products
Inspection Act concerning any matter which is entitled to protection
as a trade secret.
C. No brand manufacturer, printer, or other person shall cast,
print, lithograph, or otherwise make any device containing any
official mark or simulation thereof, or any label bearing any such
mark or simulation, or any form of official certificate or
simulation thereof, except as authorized by the Board.
D. No person shall:
1. Forge any official device, mark, or certificate;
2. Without authorization from the Board use any official
device, mark, or certificate, or simulation thereof, or alter,
detach, deface, or destroy any official device, mark, or certificate
including "Oklahoma Rejected" or "Oklahoma Retained" tags;
3. Contrary to the regulations prescribed by the Board, fail to
use, or to detach, deface, or destroy any official device, mark, or
certificate;
4. Knowingly possess, without promptly notifying the Board or
its representative, any official device or any counterfeit,
simulated, forged, or improperly altered official certificate or any
device or label or any carcass of any exotic livestock, or part or
product thereof, bearing any counterfeit, simulated, forged, or
improperly altered official mark;
5. Knowingly make any false statement in any shipper's
certificate or other nonofficial or official certificate provided
for in the regulations prescribed by the Board; or
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 2. Agriculture Page 334
6. Knowingly represent that any article has been inspected and
passed, or exempted, pursuant to the Exotic Livestock and Exotic
Livestock Products Inspection Act when, in fact, it has not been so
inspected and passed, or exempted.
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