Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-1-1160

A. As used in this act:

1. "Agricultural food animal" means any domesticated animal

belonging to the bovine, caprine, ovine, or porcine species, or any

domesticated chicken or turkey;

2. "Cultivated-protein food product" means a food product

having one or more sensory attributes that resemble a type of tissue

originating from an agricultural food animal but that, in lieu of

being derived from meat processing, is derived from manufacturing

cells or nonanimal sources, including processes in which one or more

stem cells are initially isolated from an agricultural food animal,

are grown in vitro, and may be manipulated, as part of a

manufacturing operation;

3. "Identifying meat term" means any word or phrase that

states, indicates, suggests, or describes a meat product and

includes any:

a. common name for the species of the agricultural food

animal subject to slaughter and processing, including

calf, chicken, cow, goat, hog, kid, lamb, pig,

poultry, sheep, or turkey,

b. any characteristic of a species of the agricultural

food animal subject to slaughter and processing,

including beef, broiler, cabrito, chevon, fryer, lamb,

mutton, pork, poulet, veal, or yearling, and

c. common name used to describe a major cut of a meat of

an agricultural food animal slaughtered and processed,

including a major meat cut or any other common name

that a reasonable purchaser would immediately and

exclusively associate with a meat product prepared for

sale in normal commercial channels, including bacon,

bologna, bone, brat, bratwurst, brisket, burger, butt,

chop, chuck, cold cut, cutlet, filet, flat iron,

frank, frankfurter, ham, hamburger, hock, hot dog,

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jerky, liverwurst, loin, London broil, lunch meat, New

York strip, pepperoni, porterhouse, rib, ribeye,

roast, salami, sausage, shank, sirloin, sparerib,

tenderloin, or any comparable word or phrase;

4. "Insect-protein food product" means a food product having

one or more sensory attributes that resemble a type of tissue

originating from an agricultural food animal but that, in lieu of

being derived from meat processing, is derived from manufacturing

insect parts;

5. "Manufactured-protein food product" means a cultivated

protein food product, insect-protein food product, or plant-protein

food product containing more than a trace amount of plant-protein

food products;

6. "Plant-protein food product" means a food product having one

or more sensory attributes that resemble a type of tissue found in a

species of agricultural food animal but that, in lieu of being

derived from meat processing, is derived from manufacturing plant

parts; and

7. "Qualifying term" means a word, compound word, or phrase

that would clearly disclose to a reasonable purchaser of meat

products that a food product is not a meat product including cell-

cultivated, cell-cultured, fake, grown in a lab, imitation, insect,

insect-based, insect protein, lab-created, lab-grown, meat-free,

meatless, plant, plant-based, vegan, vegetable, vegetarian, veggie,

or any comparable word or phrase.

B. No person shall falsely advertise or misbrand any food or

distribute, offer for sale, or sell any misbranded food.

C. A food shall be deemed to be falsely advertised or

misbranded if:

1. For any manufactured-protein food product that is labeled

with an identifying meat term, such manufactured-protein food

product is not labeled with a conspicuous and prominent qualifying

term in close proximity to the identifying meat term; or

2. For any manufactured-protein food product that is labeled

with an identifying meat term and offered for sale at a food

establishment, such manufactured-protein food product is not labeled

in a manner that is clearly and distinctly separate from any product

that is made from tissue originating from any agricultural food

animal.

D. A manufactured-protein food product is falsely advertised or
. For any manufactured-protein food product that is labeled

with an identifying meat term and offered for sale at a food

establishment, such manufactured-protein food product is not labeled

in a manner that is clearly and distinctly separate from any product

that is made from tissue originating from any agricultural food

animal.

D. A manufactured-protein food product is falsely advertised or

misbranded if:

1. All labeling or advertising for such manufactured-protein

food product that lists an identifying meat term does not include a

conspicuous and prominent qualifying term in close proximity to the

identifying meat term; or

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2. For any manufactured-protein food product that is offered

for sale at a food establishment, such manufactured-protein food

product is not stored in a manner that:

a. keeps such product separate from tissue originating

from agricultural food animals, and

b. uses distinctive shelf tags or other posted

representations to identify and distinguish such

manufactured-protein food product from tissue

originating from agricultural food animals.

E. The Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry shall

investigate all credible complaints that food products are falsely

advertised or misbranded as meat products.

F. Any person who violates the provisions of this act shall,

upon conviction, be guilty of a misdemeanor.

G. A manufacturer of food under Sections 1-1118, 1-1118.1, and

1-1119 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes that violates this act

shall be subject to all enforcement measures as provided by rule of

the Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry.

H. The Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry may adopt

rules as necessary to implement this section.