Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-8-41.3

As used in the Oklahoma Commercial Feed Law:

1. "Brand name" means any word, name, symbol, device, or

combination identifying the commercial feed of a distributor or

licensee;

2. "Commercial feed" means all materials except whole seeds

unmixed or physically altered entire unmixed seeds, when not

adulterated within the meaning of paragraph 1 of Section 8-41.7 of

this title, which are distributed for use as feed or for mixing in

feed. The term “commercial feed” shall not include:

a. any feed or any ingredient of feed which is to be used

by a contract feeder and fed to livestock and poultry,

owned solely by the manufacturer of the feed, or

b. hay, straw, stover, silage, cobs, husks, hulls,

individual chemical compounds or substances or other

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such commodities when these ingredient sources are not

intermixed or mixed with other materials, and are not

adulterated within the meaning of Section 8-41.7 of

this title, such commodities shall also be exempt from

the provisions of this subarticle;

3. "Contract feeder" means a person who as an independent

contractor feeds animals pursuant to a contract, the feed is

supplied, furnished, or provided to another person and the feeder's

renumeration is determined solely or in part by feed consumption,

mortality, profits, or amount or quality of product;

4. "Customer-formula feed" means commercial feed consisting of

a mixture of commercial feeds or feed ingredients. Each batch is

manufactured according to the specific instructions of the final

purchaser;

5. "Deleterious substance" means any substance including, but

not limited to, dust, dirt, filth, or excrement derived from

insects, birds, except domestic poultry litter, rodents, or other

animals that may render a feed material harmful or injurious when

consumed by animals;

6. "Distribute" means to offer for sale, sell, exchange,

barter, supply, furnish, or provide commercial feed;

7. "Distributor" means any person who distributes feed or feed

ingredients;

8. "Drug" means any article intended for use in the diagnosis,

cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease in animals

other than humans and articles other than feed intended to affect

the structure or any function of the animal body;

9. "Feed ingredient" means each of the constituent materials

making up a commercial feed;

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

matter upon or affixed to the container in which a commercial feed

is distributed, or on the invoice or delivery slip with which a

commercial feed is distributed;

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

graphic matter upon commercial feed or any of its containers or

wrappers accompanying the commercial feed;

12. "Manufacture" means to grind, mix or blend, or further

process a commercial feed for distribution;

13. "Mineral feed" means a commercial feed intended to supply

primarily mineral elements or inorganic nutrients;

14. "Official sample" means any sample of feed taken by an

authorized agent of the State Board of Agriculture;

15. "Percent" or "percentages" means a portion of each hundred

units of weight;

16. "Pet" means any domesticated animal normally maintained in

or near the household of the animal's owner;

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17. "Pet food" means any commercial feed prepared and

distributed for consumption by dogs or cats;

18. "Product name" means the name of the commercial feed which

identifies it as to kind, class, or specific use;

19. "Specialty pet" means any domesticated animal pet normally

maintained in a cage or tank, including, but not limited to,

gerbils, hamsters, canaries, psittacine birds, mynahs, finches,

tropical fish, goldfish, snakes, and turtles;

20. "Specialty pet food" means any commercial feed prepared and

distributed for consumption by specialty pets; and
tifies it as to kind, class, or specific use;

19. "Specialty pet" means any domesticated animal pet normally

maintained in a cage or tank, including, but not limited to,

gerbils, hamsters, canaries, psittacine birds, mynahs, finches,

tropical fish, goldfish, snakes, and turtles;

20. "Specialty pet food" means any commercial feed prepared and

distributed for consumption by specialty pets; and

21. "Ton" means a net weight of two thousand (2,000) pounds

avoirdupois.