As used in the Oklahoma Meat Inspection Act, except as otherwise specified, the following terms shall have the meanings stated below:
(a) The term "Board" means the State Board of Agriculture, or its delegate.
(b) The term "firm" means any partnership, association, or other unincorporated business organization.
(c) The term "meat broker" means any person, firm or corporation engaged in the business of buying or selling carcasses, parts of carcasses, meat, or meat food products of cattle, bison, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, or other equines on commission, or otherwise negotiating purchases or sales of such articles other than for his own account or as an employee of another person, firm, or corporation.
(d) The term "renderer" means any person, firm, or corporation engaged in the business of rendering carcasses, or parts or products of the carcasses, of cattle, bison, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, or other equines, except rendering conducted under inspection under Section 6-181 et seq. of this title.
(e) The term "animal food manufacturer" means any person, firm, or corporation engaged in the business of manufacturing or processing animal food derived wholly or in part from carcasses, or parts or products of the carcasses, of cattle, bison, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, or other equines.
(f) The term "intrastate commerce" means commerce within this state.
(g) The term "meat food product" means any product capable of use as human food which is made wholly or in part from any meat or other portion of the carcass of any cattle, bison, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, or other equines, excepting products which contain meat or other portions of such carcasses only in a relatively small proportion or historically have not been considered by consumers as products of the meat food industry, and which are exempted from definition as a meat food product by the Board under such conditions as it may prescribe to assure that the meat or other portions of such carcasses contained in such product are not adulterated and that such products are not represented as meat food products.
(h) The term "capable of use as human food" shall apply to any carcass, or part or product of a carcass, of any animal, 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.
(i) The term "prepared" means slaughtered, canned, salted, rendered, boned, cut up, or otherwise manufactured or processed.
(j) The term "adulterated" shall apply to any carcass, part thereof, meat or meat food product under one or more of the following circumstances:
(1) 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 clause if the quantity of such substance in or on such article does not ordinarily render it injurious to health;
(2) (A) if it bears or contains (by reason of administration of any substance to the live animal or otherwise) any added poisonous or added deleterious substance (other than one which is (i) a pesticide chemical in or on a raw agricultural commodity; (ii) a food additive; or (iii) a color additive) which may, in the judgment of the Board, make such article unfit for human food;
(B) if it is, in whole or in part, a raw agricultural commodity and such commodity bears or contains a pesticide chemical which is unsafe within the meaning of Section 408 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act;
(C) 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;
(D) 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 adulterated under clause (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 under Section 6-181 et seq. of this title;
(3) 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;
(4) if it has been prepared, packed, or held under unsanitary conditions whereby it may have become contaminated with filth, or whereby it may have been rendered injurious to health;
(5) if it is, in whole or in part, the product of an animal which has died otherwise than by slaughter;
(6) if its container is composed, in whole or in part, of any poisonous or deleterious substance which may render the contents injurious to health;
(7) 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;
(8) 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 any 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; or
(9) if it is margarine containing animal fat and any of the raw material used therein consisted, in whole or in part, of any filthy, putrid, or decomposed substance.
(k) The term "misbranded" shall apply to any carcass, part thereof, meat or meat food product under one or more of the following circumstances:
(1) if its labeling is false or misleading in any particular;
(2) if it is offered for sale under the name of another food;
(3) if it is an imitation of another food, unless its label bears, in type of uniform size and prominence, the word "imitation", and, immediately thereafter, the name of the food imitated;
(4) if its container is so made, formed, or filled as to be misleading;
(5) if in a package or other container unless it bears a label showing (A) the name and place of business of the manufacturer, packer, or distributor; and (B) an accurate statement of the quantity of the contents in terms of weight, measure, or numerical count: Provided, that, under clause (B) of this subparagraph (5), reasonable variations may be permitted, and exemptions as to small packages may be established, by regulations prescribed by the Board;
(6) if any word, statement, or other information required by or under authority of this 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;
(7) 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 under Section 6-187 of this title unless (A) it conforms to such definition and standard, and (B) 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;
(8) 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 under Section 6-187 of this title, 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;
(9) if it is not subject to the provisions of subparagraph (7), unless its label bears (A) the common or usual name of the food, if any there be, and (B) in case it is fabricated from two or more ingredients, the common or usual name of each such ingredient; except that spices, flavorings, 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 clause (B) of this subparagraph (9) is impracticable, or results in deception or unfair competition, exemptions shall be established by regulations promulgated by the Board;
(10) 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;
(11) 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 (11) is impracticable, exemptions shall be established by regulations promulgated by the Board; or
(12) if it fails to bear, directly thereon or on its container, as the Board may by regulations prescribe, the inspection legend and, unrestricted by any of the foregoing, 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.
(l) The term "label" means a display of written, printed, or graphic matter upon the immediate container (not including package liners) of any article.
(m) The term "labeling" means all labels and other written, printed, or graphic matter (1) upon any article or any of its containers or wrappers, or (2) accompanying such article.
(n) The term "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).
(o) The term "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.
(p) The term "pesticide chemical", "food additive", "color additive", and "raw agricultural commodity" shall have the same meanings for purposes of this act as under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.
(q) The term "official mark" means the official inspection legend or any other symbol prescribed by regulations of the Board to identify the status of any article or animal under this act.
(r) The term "official inspection legend" means any symbol prescribed by regulations of the Board showing that an article was inspected and passed in accordance with this act.
(s) The term "official certificate" means any certificate prescribed by regulations of the Board for issuance by an inspector or other person performing official functions under this act.
(t) The term "official device" means any device prescribed or authorized by the Board for use in applying any official mark.
Added by Laws 1968, c. 63, § 2, emerg. eff. March 19, 1968. Amended by Laws 1985, c. 38, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1985; Laws 2013, c. 2, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2013.
Structure Oklahoma Statutes
§2-1-2. State Department of Agriculture - Establishment - Composition.
§2-2-1. Membership - Appointment and qualifications - Vacancies.
§2-2-2. Compensation - Meetings.
§2-2-4b. Reciprocal agreements.
§2-2-4c. Livestock policy implementation – Restriction on local orders, ordinances, and regulations.
§2-2-4e. Confidentiality of electronic mail addresses.
§2-2-6. Advisory or consulting committees - Appointment.
§2-2-7. Records and files as evidence – Enforcement of penalties and fines.
§2-2-8. Certified copies as evidence.
§2-2-9. Cooperative contracts and agreements - Grading, sampling or inspection - Fees.
§2-2-10. Department of Agriculture Revolving Fund - Disbursements - Claims.
§2-2-12. Unpaid checks - Uncollectable debts.
§2-2-14. Authority to enter - Proper actions - Warrants.
§2-2-14.1. Seizure and forfeiture of property.
§2-2-14.2. Abandoned or stolen property--Storage--Disposal.
§2-2-16. Duties of district attorney or Attorney General.
§2-2-16.1. Livestock Offender Registry.
§2-2-18. Notice - Hearings - Penalties.
§2-2-18.1. Pollution of air, land, or waters - Order to cease - Administrative penalty.
§2-2-18.3. Survey of agriculture producers – Water quality issues.
§2-2-26. Agriculture Emergency Insect Control Special Fund.
§2-2-27. Department of Agriculture State Indemnity Special Fund.
§2-2-27.1. Agriculture Evidence and Law Enforcement Fund.
§2-2-31. Independent agricultural tourism organization plan – Required provisions – Report date.
§2-2A-1. Short title - Purpose - Applicability - Water programs.
§2-2A-3. Authority of Board to promulgate rules - Powers of Department.
§2-2A-4. Disclosure of interest in regulated entities.
§2-2A-5. Director of the Agricultural Pollutant Discharge Elimination System.
§2-2A-6. Discharge of pollutant into state waters - Schedule of compliance and conditions - Permits.
§2-2A-8. Rules for storm water discharges.
§2-2A-10. Application for permit - Compliance with local ordinances, rules or requirements.
§2-2A-23. Rules designating application tiers.
§2-2A-24. Powers and duties of Department.
§2-2A-26. Tier II or III applications - Draft denial or permit.
§2-2A-27. Public meeting on draft denial or permit.
§2-3-32.3. Plant pests - Sale - Notice.
§2-3-32.4. Nursery stock shipments - Inspection certificates.
§2-3-32.5. Vegetable plants and transplants - Identification.
§2-3-32.6. Turfgrass sod - Identification.
§2-3-32.7. Licenses - Inspection fees.
§2-3-50.2. Declaration - Purpose.
§2-3-50.4. Review by Commissioner and State Board of Agriculture.
§2-3-50.5. Oklahoma Boll Weevil Eradication Organization - Formation - Status - Membership.
§2-3-50.6. Board of directors - Election procedure.
§2-3-50.8. Certification of acreage in program.
§2-3-50.9a. Collection of assessment.
§2-3-50.10. Boll Weevil Eradication Fund.
§2-3-50.15. Cooperation with other entities - Written agreements.
§2-3-50.16. Right of entry - Inspections and other activities - Warrants.
§2-3-50.18. Destruction of cotton - Volunteer or noncommercial cotton.
§2-3-50.19. Unlawful acts - Moving infested article into state - Penalties.
§2-3-50.20. Violations - Penalties.
§2-3-50.30. Review and evaluation of boll weevil eradication efforts.
§2-3-82.1. Unwanted Pesticide Disposal Fund.
§2-3-83. Keeping of records – Board audits.
§2-3-84. Declaration of pest – Rules - Requirements.
§2-3-101. Enforcement of act - Powers of Board.
§2-3-103. Quarantine – Declaration of bee disease or pest - Order to destroy.
§2-3-106. Sales and transport of apiaries, equipment, bees, or hives.
§2-3-113. Voluntary registration program – Location of new apiaries – Abandoned apiaries.
§2-3-117. Inspection fee - Inspection procedures.
§2-3-117.1. Requirements for transport of bees into state.
§2-3-122. Hearing - Emergency order.
§2-3-123. Retention of Africanized honeybees prohibited - Exception.
§2-3-124. Certified Beekeeper Program - European Honeybee Certification Program.
§2-3-125. Local laws on honeybee hives not authorized – Apiary zoning exception.
§2-3-130. Tick eradication program - Funding.
§2-3-211. Weed Free Hay Certification Act.
§2-3-213. Promulgation of rules.
§2-3-214. Inspector training cooperative agreements – Federal funding.
§2-3-215. Weed-free certification – Inspection.
§2-3-220. Noxious weeds - Eradication.
§2-3-310. Castor bean production - Ricin.
§2-3-311. Castor bean transportation - Ricin.
§2-3-401. Short title - Oklahoma Industrial Hemp Program.
§2-3-403. Licensee authorization – Exemption from criminal liability.
§2-3-404. License application – Rules and requirements.
§2-3-406.1. Processing as Cannabidiol .
§2-3-407. Inspection and sampling.
§2-3-408. Causes to deny, revoke or suspend a license.
§2-3-410. Oklahoma Industrial Hemp Program Fund.
§2-3-411. Cannabidiol sourcing.
§2-3-601. Short title - Oklahoma Industrial Hemp Remediation Program - Definitions.
§2-4-3. Approval of brands - Certificates - Conflicts - Brand book.
§2-4-4. Custodian of county brand books - Certified copies - Fees.
§2-4-5. Application for registration - Fees - Contents.
§2-4-6. Use of unregistered brands - Duplication.
§2-4-7. Publication of revised book - Reregistration - Fees - Copies to officials.
§2-4-8. Brands in current edition as prima facie evidence of ownership.
§2-4-9. Questionable ownership of animals at markets - Withholding of funds pending determination.
§2-4-10. Brands reserved to state.
§2-4-11. Brands in current edition subject to sale, transfer, etc. - Recording - Fees.
§2-4-12. Sale of branded livestock - Written transfer of ownership.
§2-4-20. Animal Identification Program.
§2-5-2. Program of marketing services.
§2-5-3.1. Short title – Oklahoma Agriculture Enhancement and Diversification Program.
§2-5-3.2. Purpose and categories of Oklahoma Agriculture Enhancement and Diversification Program.
§2-5-3.4. Grants or loan funds – Applications – Evaluation criteria – Proprietary information.
§2-5-3A.1. Short title - Oklahoma Farmers Market and Farmers Hub Act.
§2-5-3A.3. Requirements for registered farmers market.
§2-5-3A.4. Permissible products at registered farmers markets.
§2-5-3A.5. Requirements for registered farmers hub – Farm-direct marketer.
§2-5-3A.6. Promulgation of rules.
§2-5-4.1. Short title - Homemade Food Freedom Act.
§2-5-4.3. Conditions for exemption from licensing and other requirements.
§2-5-4.4. Reported foodborne illness – Investigation by State Department of Health.
§2-5-6. Marketing information and news services.
§2-5-9. "Made in Oklahoma" and "Grown in Oklahoma" program - Specifications.
§2-5-12. Oklahoma Agritourism Program.
§2-5-13. Agritourism Revolving Fund.
§2-5-14. Short title – Oklahoma Agritourism Activities Liability Limitations Act.
§2-5-16. Liability of agritourism professionals and exceptions.
§2-5-17a. Rights to engage in agritourism activities – Requirements and regulations.
§2-5-18. Short title - Farmers Market Liability Limitation Act.
§2-5-20. Limitation of liability – Exceptions.
§2-5-59. Oklahoma Trade Development program – Establishment – Participating entities - Purpose.
§2-5-60.2. Legislative findings.
§2-5-60.3. Oklahoma Farm to School Program – Agency staff to implement.
§2-5-60.4. Duties of director.
§2-5-60.6. Authority to promulgate rules.
§2-5-60.10. Short title - Oklahoma Agricultural Commodity Act.
§2-5-60.13. Petition for certification – Public hearing.
§2-5-60.14. Commodity producers board – Ballot – Notice by publication – Written notice.
§2-5-60.16. Preparation and distribution of ballots - Contents.
§2-5-60.17. Expenses - Reimbursement.
§2-5-60.18. Exemption from assessment.
§2-5-60.19. Contest of election – Voting of ballots - Overstatement of volume of production.
§2-5-60.20. Determination of election results.
§2-5-60.21. Certification of adoption or defeat of referendum proposition.
§2-5-60.23. Establishment of board upon certification of referendum results.
§2-5-60.24. Meeting and organization of board – Terms of office.
§2-5-60.25. Officers of board - Bond.
§2-5-60.26. Powers and duties of board - Rules.
§2-5-60.27. Annual budget – Audits – Annual reports – State budget and expenditure limitations.
§2-5-60.28. Assessments, donations and grants – Purpose of expenditures.
§2-5-60.29. Collection of assessment.
§2-5-60.31. Increase of maximum rate of assessment – Abolition of assessment - Referendum.
§2-5-60.32. Failure to remit assessment – Proceedings to recover.
§2-5-60.33. Violations – Injunction – Costs and attorney fees.
§2-5-60.34. Exemption from requirements of act.
§2-5-60.36. Transfer of funds, equipment, and property to successor organization.
§2-5-63.1. Short title - Commodity Research Enhancement Act.
§2-5-63.3. Petition for state assessment referendum.
§2-5-63.4. State assessment referendum.
§2-5-63.5. Statewide basis - Eligible voters.
§2-5-63.8. Exemptions for producers.
§2-5-63.10. Ballot determinations.
§2-5-63.11. Referendum certification.
§2-5-63.12. Federally approved commodity board - Powers and duties.
§2-5-63.13. Assessment funds - Yearly report.
§2-5-63.14. Receipt of funds - Expenses - Restrictions on use of funds.
§2-5-63.15. State assessment collection.
§2-5-63.16. Application for refund.
§2-5-63.18. Failure to remit state assessment.
§2-5-81. Short title - Purpose of program.
§2-5-84. Dissemination of information about program.
§2-5-85. Administration of program - Annual report.
§2-5-88. Funding of loan - Loan rate - Certification of compliance.
§2-5-89. Liability of state for payment of loan.
§2-5-91. Short title - Implementation.
§2-5-94. Powers and duties of Council.
§2-5-100. Legislative finding and declaration.
§2-5-102. Cause of action for damages.
§2-5-105. Offenses - Applicability of section to actions taken by government agencies.
§2-5-107. Oklahoma Meat Consumer Protection Act – Definitions – Misleading or deceptive practices.
§2-5-111. Legislative finding and declaration.
§2-5-112. Standard of care for producer of livestock - Rebuttable presumption.
§2-5-120. Short title - Urban Gardens Grant Act.
§2-5-122. Urban Gardens Grant Revolving Fund.
§2-5-123. Eligibility for grants.
§2-5-201. Short title — Healthy Food Financing Act.
§2-5-204. Healthy Food Financing Revolving Fund.
§2-5-205. Administration — Duties — Eligible projects – Financing.
§2-5-307. False representation as organic product - Stop-sale orders – Fines and penalties.
§2-5-502. Legislative findings.
§2-5-504. Assistance to individuals affected by disability - Services.
§2-5-506. Oklahoma AgrAbility Project Fund.
§2-6-2. Official livestock and poultry disease control agency - Authority of State Veterinarian.
§2-6-3. Destruction of diseased livestock - Appraisal - Payment.
§2-6-4. Disinfecting of livestock and places - Cost - Liens.
§2-6-5. Reports of contagious or infectious animal diseases – Release of information.
§2-6-6. Importing or possessing exotic swine - Misdemeanor – Exceptions.
§2-6-27. Feeding garbage to swine.
§2-6-91. Formulation of control and eradication program.
§2-6-93. Blood samples for brucellosis testing – Official identification – Reports.
§2-6-95. Brucellosis Milk Surveillance test.
§2-6-96. Officially vaccinated animals - Identification.
§2-6-97. Biological products containing Brucella organisms.
§2-6-99. Quarantine of livestock infected with brucellosis - Disposition.
§2-6-100. Brucellosis eradication - Livestock owner requirements - Indemnity payments.
§2-6-101. Certification of brucellosis-free herds and counties.
§2-6-102. Sale of bovine animals or removal from markets – Compliance records.
§2-6-107. Swine identification verification – Testing requirements.
§2-6-124. Livestock infected or exposed - Order of quarantine – Notice – Waiving of quarantine.
§2-6-125. Moving of livestock in or out of quarantine area - Penalties.
§2-6-133. Eradication and control program.
§2-6-135. Restrictions on biological products.
§2-6-141. Branding and tagging of tubercular cattle.
§2-6-142. Sale or disposition of bovine animals affected with tuberculosis.
§2-6-143. Tuberculin tests - Refusal to comply - Quarantine.
§2-6-147. Classification - Slaughtering.
§2-6-149. Exemptions from indemnity payments.
§2-6-152. Inspection and quarantine – Condemnation – Quarantine release.
§2-6-153. Documentation to accompany shipments – Information for exibition.
§2-6-182.1. Standards for producers that market and sell beef and bison in intrastate commerce.
§2-6-184. Postmortem inspection - Marking or stamping.
§2-6-185. Inspection – Limitation of entry.
§2-6-186. Meat food products - Inspection - Access - Marking or stamping.
§2-6-188. Establishments - Inspections - Sanitary conditions.
§2-6-189. Nighttime inspections.
§2-6-190. Compliance with act - Acts prohibited.
§2-6-191. Forging of official marks or certificates.
§2-6-193. Appointment of inspectors - Rules and regulations.
§2-6-194. Bribery - Penalties.
§2-6-196. Storing and handling - Regulations.
§2-6-197. Articles not intended as human food.
§2-6-199. Registration of certain businesses.
§2-6-200. Dead, dying or disabled animals - Regulations concerning.
§2-6-201. Cooperation with Federal Government.
§2-6-202. Refusal or withdrawal of inspection.
§2-6-203. Detention of animals or products.
§2-6-204. Seizure and condemnation.
§2-6-205. District courts - Jurisdiction.
§2-6-206. Interference with persons engaged in official duties - Penalties.
§2-6-207. Violations and penalties.
§2-6-209. Application of act with respect to Federal Meat Inspection Act.
§2-6-213. Administration of Meat Inspection Act and Poultry Product Inspection Act.
§2-6-214. Oklahoma certified beef defined.
§2-6-215. Certified beef label requirement.
§2-6-255. Cooperative efforts.
§2-6-256. Antemortem and postmortem inspection in official establishments - Condemnation - Appeals.
§2-6-258. Marking and labeling.
§2-6-260. Compliance with act.
§2-6-263. Notice of violations.
§2-6-264. Storage and handling regulations.
§2-6-266. Limitation on entry of products into official establishment.
§2-6-267. Withdrawal or refusal of inspection service.
§2-6-268. Detention of products.
§2-6-269. Seizure and condemnation.
§2-6-270. Jurisdiction of district courts - Subpoenas.
§2-6-271. Powers of Board - Penalties.
§2-6-280.4. Board - Powers and duties.
§2-6-280.8. Denaturing of rabbits and rabbit products.
§2-6-280.9. Records - Inspection - Maintenance.
§2-6-280.10. Prohibitions relating to processing, transportation and sale of rabbits.
§2-6-280.11. Suspension of plant approval - Denial or withdrawal of inspection service.
§2-6-280.12. Detention of certain rabbits and rabbit products.
§2-6-280.13. Violations - Notice - Hearing - Orders - Service of process.
§2-6-280.14. Violations - Penalties.
§2-6-280.15. Good faith violations - Alternatives to prosecution.
§2-6-285. Shipment restrictions.
§2-6-290.2. Legislative findings and policy.
§2-6-290.4. Board - Powers and duties.
§2-6-290.6. Operation of slaughtering plant - Approval of plant - Compliance with act.
§2-6-290.7. Inspection service and inspections.
§2-6-290.12. Violations - Penalties.
§2-6-290.13. Penalties - Limitations on application - Minor violations.
§2-6-291. Exotic livestock disease control - Official agency.
§2-6-303. Livestock trailers to be identified by number or driver license number.
§2-6-310. Agriculture law enforcement agents.
§2-6-311. License - Construction of act - Restricted aquatic species.
§2-6-312. Technical assistance.
§2-6-313. Confinement and separation from wild species.
§2-6-314. Inspections - Summary of aquatic species produced and marketed.
§2-6-316. Application for license - Proofs required - Revocation.
§2-6-402. Quarantine zones of control.
§2-6-403. Orders restricting movement of persons, livestock, machinery, and personal property.
§2-6-504. Farmed cervidae facility license.
§2-6-506. Escaped farmed cervidae.
§2-6-507. Violations of act - Transportation of live cervidae.
§2-6-508. Slaughter of farmed cervidae – Disposition of hides or antlers.
§2-6-510. Emergency orders - Compliance – Hearings – Review of order, priority.
§2-6-511. Wrongfully injure - Farmed carvidae facility - Remove from premises.
§2-6-512. Prelicensing inspection.
§2-6-513. Written complaint procedures.
§2-6-514. Denial, revocation, cancelation, or suspension of license.
§2-6-515. Disposal of cervidae - Cleaning of premises.
§2-6-606. Taking and removal of feral swine.
§2-6-608. Importation - USDA permit - Slaughter following positive test results.
§2-6-610. Violations of act – Penalties.
§2-6-612. Restraint by owner - Damages recoverable.
§2-6-613. Ownership of feral swine.
§2-6-614. Legislative encouragement of Judas pig tagging system.
§2-7-22. Requirement of escrow account - Notice - Deposits - Commingling of monies.
§2-7-23. Conditions of purchase of raw milk.
§2-7-25. Liability of milk processor.
§2-7-26. Failure to establish escrow account - Failure to continue payments - Penalties.
§2-7-402. Purpose - Public policy.
§2-7-405. Commissioner - Power and duty.
§2-7-406. Sale of Grade A milk and milk products.
§2-7-407. Adulterated or misbranded milk or milk product.
§2-7-409. Sampling and testing.
§2-7-410. Suspension of permit.
§2-7-411. Persons affected with communicable disease.
§2-7-412. Herds - Diseased animals.
§2-7-414. Construction of act.
§2-7-416. Milk and Milk Products Inspection Revolving Fund.
§2-7-421. Official state agency.
§2-8-22. Containers to bear label or tag – Label information.
§2-8-24. Records - File samples - Inspection.
§2-8-25. Penalty exemptions – Provision exceptions.
§2-8-26. Powers of Board and agents.
§2-8-26.1. State preemption – Exception for taxation.
§2-8-27. Seizure - Condemnation.
§2-8-29. Minor violations - Deficient inspection fees.
§2-8-32. Persons subject to subarticle - Certification, what constitutes.
§2-8-34. Self-supporting basis.
§2-8-35. Nonliability of state agencies.
§2-8-36.2. Chemically treated seed to be sold separately - Marking.
§2-8-41.2. Administration of act.
§2-8-41.4. Licenses – Application – Fees – Suspension - Violations.
§2-8-41.9. Inspection fee - Responsible parties.
§2-8-41.12. "Stop Sale" orders - "Condemnation and Confiscation".
§2-8-41.13. Minor violations - Judicial review - Penalties.
§2-8-41.15. Publication of commercial feed information.
§2-8-41.16. Environmental jurisdiction.
§2-8-77.1. Short title - Purpose.
§2-8-77.4. Manipulated manures – Exemptions.
§2-8-77.5. Registration - Licensing - Fees - Penalties.
§2-8-77.7. Inspection fee - Tonnage report.
§2-8-77.9. Sampling - Analysis.
§2-8-77.10. Plant nutrient deficiency - Payments.
§2-8-77.14. Publication of information.
§2-8-77.15. Storage, use and application - Environmental jurisdiction.
§2-8-77.16. Seizure – Condemnation - Disposal.
§2-8-80.3. Distribution, labeling and sale of liming materials - Regulations.
§2-8-80.4. Information required by § 8-80.3 of this title to be affixed to containers.
§2-8-80.5. Compliance with act - Toxic materials prohibited - Administrative penalty.
§2-8-80.6. Vendor's license for spreading - Application - Fee.
§2-8-80.7. Inspection fees - Reports.
§2-8-80.8. Analysis and sampling.
§2-8-85.2. Power vested in Board.
§2-8-85.5. Registration - Fee - Penalties.
§2-8-85.7. Stop sale, stop use or removal order.
§2-8-85.10. Promulgation of rules.
§2-8-85.11. Revocation of registration - Hearing.
§2-8-95. Seizure - Condemnation - Disposal.
§2-9-23. Warehouse name - Issuance and validity of charter.
§2-9-26. Insurance – Notice of loss.
§2-9-27. Scale tickets - Delivery upon demand.
§2-9-28. Warehouse receipts - Form - Furnishing by Board - Price.
§2-9-28.1. Electronic receipts and documents - Security interest - Rule making.
§2-9-32. Scales and equipment.
§2-9-33. Inspection, grading and storing of commodities.
§2-9-35. Unlawful acts - Commodity storage and receipts - Penalties.
§2-9-36. Public warehouse designations - Penalty.
§2-9-38. Rulemaking - Conformity with federal act.
§2-9-42. Oklahoma Commodity Storage Indemnity Fund - Creation.
§2-9-44. Assessment upon commodities - Examination of records.
§2-9-47.1. Violations - Penalties.
§2-9-132.1. Bonds - Issuers - Certification as solvent.
§2-9-134.1. Custodial account defaults - Board taking possession of assets - Distribution.
§2-9-135. Inspection of scales - Use of inaccurate scales.
§2-9-136. Buying of livestock prior to consignment – Fraudulent sale of livestock.
§2-9-139. Payment for purchases of livestock for slaughter.
§2-9-143. Records - Access - Inspection of livestock.
§2-9-161. Packer - Definition.
§2-9-162. Packer prohibitions.
§2-9-163. Declaratory judgment - Restraining order - Actions.
§2-9-164. Accounts, records and memoranda.
§2-10-2. Board as official state agency.
§2-10-9.1. Short title - Oklahoma Registered Poultry Feeding Operations Act – Definitions.
§2-10-9.6. Poultry Waste Education Revolving Fund.
§2-10-9.8a. New or expanded poultry feeding operations – Construction in certain areas prohibited.
§2-10-9.10. Investigation of complaints - Entry upon premises - Standard health precautions.
§2-10-9.11. Violations - Criminal and administrative penalties - Injunctions.
§2-10-9.12. Promulgation of rules.
§2-10-9.13. Short title - Oklahoma Poultry Waste Transfer Act - Purpose.
§2-10-9.14. Poultry Waste Transfer Fund.
§2-10-9.16. Short title - Oklahoma Poultry Waste Applicators Certification Act.
§2-10-9.17. Applicator's certificates - Application - Renewal - Violation - Fees.
§2-10-9.18. Report regarding all poultry waste land-applied.
§2-10-9.19. Land application of poultry waste - Tests – Rate - Rules.
§2-10-9.21. Suspension, cancellation, denial or revocation of certificate.
§2-10-9.23. Report of educational activities - Evaluation of effectiveness of curriculum.
§2-10-9.24. Agriculture Regulation Revolving Fund.
§2-10-10.3. Purpose - Application - Construction.
§2-10-10.4. Administration by Board of Agriculture - Board authorized to accept gifts.
§2-10-10.5. Land application rate - Soil and waste testing.
§2-10-21. State Poultry Show - Expenses - Two divisions.
§2-10-23. County poultry show - Funds.
§2-10-25. Premiums and expenses.
§2-10-26. State-wide broiler show.
§2-10-27. Time and place – Rules - Premiums.
§2-10-30. Premiums to junior exhibitors.
§2-10-72. Pack-date and expiration date.
§2-10-72.1. Shell eggs not processed to destroy salmonellae – Safe handling instruction.
§2-10-74. Application of subarticle.
§2-10-77. Acts constituting violations of subarticle.
§2-10-78. Sale of eggs produced on farm directly to consumer not prohibited.
§2-10-79. Enforcement of subarticle.
§2-10-80. Samples of lots or containers.
§2-10-92. Stating of grade in advertising.
§2-10-93. Maintaining of grade identity until purchase.
§2-11-2. Ungraded agricultural products - Misleading practices - Penalty.
§2-11-6. Licenses, permits or certificates issued under repealed sections.
§2-11-12. February 2021 Winter Storm Grant Revolving Fund.
§2-11-13. Grant program to mitigate costs.
§2-11-38. Inspection of premises - Rules.
§2-11-39. Confidential business information - Trade secrets - Competitive harm.
§2-11-40. Permit - Exemption - Information required - Fee.
§2-11-80. Creation – Director – Appointment - Powers and duties.
§2-11-90. Short title - Oklahoma Scrap Metal Dealers Act.
§2-11-93. Items not to be purchased – Items regulated.
§2-11-95. Revocation or suspension of permits - Injunction against dealers - Appeal bond.
§2-11-96. Sales tax permit required.
§2-11-97. Scrap metal dealer license.
§2-11-98. License application.
§2-11-99. Cancellation, revocation and reissuance of license - Penalties.
§2-12-2. Agents authorized to carry firearms.
§2-13-1. Statutes as part of code.
§2-14-1. Bureau of Standards established.
§2-14-2. Standards and methods.
§2-14-4. General control - Seal.
§2-14-32. Customary use and metric system
§2-14-33. State primary and secondary standards.
§2-14-34. Commercial and regulatory weighing and measuring devices.
§2-14-36. Request for testing.
§2-14-37. Enforcement of regulations.
§2-14-38. Definitions - Unlawful acts.
§2-14-43. Injunction - Presumption.
§2-14-64. Board - Powers and Duties.
§2-14-65. Service technicians and service agencies - Powers, duties and responsibilities.
§2-14-66. Owner serviced and maintained devices.
§2-14-67. Owner serviced and maintained devices.
§2-14-68. Administration and enforcement of act - Rules, regulations, standards and evaluations.
§2-14-81. Analytical laboratory - Purposes.
§2-14-83. Time of operation - Fees - Use of other laboratories.
§2-14-84. Disposition of fees.
§2-15-1. Agricultural fair corporations - Land, buildings and improvements - Purposes.
§2-15-2. Limitation on indebtedness - Purchase of realty - Mortgages - Directors' liability.
§2-15-3. Capital stock and income - Charges and fees - Bylaws - Limitation of charges.
§2-15-4. Organization of agricultural fair corporations - Rights, privileges and liabilities.
§2-15-5. Special premiums - Appropriations.
§2-15-7. Special election - Petition - Question to be submitted.
§2-15-8. Special election - Petition - Management of fair.
§2-15-10. Payment of premiums - Vouchers - Execution and certification.
§2-15-11. Funds for special premiums - County contingent fund - Special tax levy.
§2-15-12. Audit and allowance of bills for premiums - Warrants.
§2-15-13. Investment of monies in Free Fair Building Fund in government bonds or notes.
§2-15-14. Retirement pay for employees of Agricultural Fair Corporations.
§2-15-22. Officers - Selection - Board of directors - Election of president and secretary.
§2-15-23. Executive board - Members - Powers - Limitation on expenditures - Time of holding fair.
§2-15-25. Appropriations for premiums - Special election.
§2-15-26. Special election - Call - Petition - Contents.
§2-15-27. Notice to county excise board of election result and amount of estimate - Tax levy.
§2-15-29. Premium catalogs - Printing - Payment of expense.
§2-15-30. Admission charge - When not permitted.
§2-15-31. Deposit of funds - Accounts - Disbursements - Annual report of receipts and disbursements.
§2-15-32. State not liable for deficiency or expense.
§2-15-51. County free fair associations.
§2-15-52. County fairs – Power to organize and create upon abolition of free state fair.
§2-15-53. Object of free fairs.
§2-15-56. Special meetings - Notices of regular and special meetings.
§2-15-57. Board of directors - Rules - Expenditures.
§2-15-58. Estimate of cost of fairs - Certification to county excise board - Items of expenditure.
§2-15-59. Tax levy - Amount - Purpose.
§2-15-60. Collection, apportionment and disbursement of funds - Eligibility of exhibitors.
§2-15-64. Use of money derived from rights and privileges.
§2-15-65. Election to determine fair site and authorize construction and maintenance of buildings.
§2-15-66. County free fair in each county - State not obliged to pay for fair.
§2-15-67. "Free fair" defined - Power of governing board.
§2-15-68. Board of directors - Elections - Meetings.
§2-15-70. County officers may make annual levy – Purpose of levy.
§2-15-71. Provisions of act cumulative and controlling over conflicting laws.
§2-15-72. Budget and itemized estimate of needs.
§2-15-73. Expenditure of funds.
§2-15-74. Grounds, buildings, concessions, advertising, etc. - Gifts and donations.
§2-15-75. Duties of officers of fair board.
§2-15-77. Levy by excise board on failure of county commissioners to approve and submit estimates.
§2-15-78. Effect on existing laws.
§2-15-81. Election proclamation - Publication - Contents.
§2-15-83. Tax levy for free fair improvement fund - Election - Amount - Purpose.
§2-15-84. County bond issues for purchase and improvement of lands and construction of buildings.
§2-15-85. Bond election - Proclamation - Publication - Time for election.
§2-15-86. Election proclamation - Contents.
§2-15-87. Conduct of election - Canvass of returns.
§2-15-90. Tax levy to pay interest and principal.
§2-15-93. Lands upon which buildings for county free fairs may be constructed.
§2-15-94. Use of monies received from rents on certain buildings.
§2-15-95. Consent to expenditures by county commissioners.
§2-15-96. Contracts for construction of buildings and other structures - Financing.
§2-15-111. Association may be converted into one with specified duties, powers and liabilities.
§2-15-112. Board of directors, how composed.
§2-15-113. Election of board of directors - Appointment of directors.
§2-15-114. Election or appointment of successors - Terms - Organization of board.
§2-15-115. General powers and authority - Report.
§2-15-116. President of board - Secretary - Custodian of funds.
§2-15-117. Members not paid - Salary and bond of secretary.
§2-15-118. Annual exposition, holding of.
§2-15-119. Exhibitions, contests and other events.
§2-15-121. Accounts – Disbursements.
§2-15-122. Expenses of operating fair - Unused funds - Transfer of funds of existing association.
§2-15-123. Appropriations by boards of county commissioners.
§2-15-124. Ownership of property - Use - Lease or rent.
§2-15-126. Use of grounds for charitable, religious, patriotic or eleemosynary purposes.
§2-15-127. Gifts of money or property.
§2-15-141. Establishment of expositions and fairs.
§2-15-142. Method of establishment.
§2-15-143. Lease to Public Trust Authority - Powers and duties of Authority.
§2-15-144. Membership - Qualifications and terms - Vacancies.
§2-15-145. Personal interest in contracts.
§2-15-146. Director - Legal counsel.
§2-15-161. Companies and operators to file bond to secure contract - Term and conditions.
§2-15-162. Contracts secured by bond - Approval of form - Suit on bond.
§2-15-163. Violations - Punishment.
§2-16-3. Forestry program - Responsibilities.
§2-16-5. Forestry Division - Other enforcement agencies.
§2-16-6. Interfering with, molesting or assaulting firefighters - Penalty.
§2-16-7. Director of Forestry - Qualifications - Employment of personnel.
§2-16-9. Payroll deductions for residence maintenance expenses.
§2-16-10. Authorization of forestry cost-share program.
§2-16-11. Forestry Cost-Share Fund.
§2-16-12. Application for and allocation of cost-share funds.
§2-16-21. Organization of protection areas.
§2-16-22. Road crews to extinguish fires.
§2-16-23. Adoption of rules for road crews.
§2-16-24. Refusal of road crews.
§2-16-28.1. Procedures to lawfully burn land - Civil and criminal liability.
§2-16-28.3. Oklahoma Controlled Burn Indemnity Fund.
§2-16-32. Liability for costs of suppressing fires.
§2-16-33. Penalty for mutilating or destroying state forestry or fire controlsigns and posters.
§2-16-34. Illegal possession of incendiary device.
§2-16-35. Compact authorized - Form and provisions.
§2-16-36. When compact operative - Exchange of official documents.
§2-16-37. Governor as Compact Administrator - Delegation of duties.
§2-16-39. Compensation for injury or death.
§2-16-51. Board may acquire land for forestry purposes.
§2-16-53. Use of lands acquired.
§2-16-54. Disposition of lands.
§2-16-55. Urban forestry duties - Shade and environmental improvement.
§2-16-56. Scientific forest management on state lands, wilderness excepted.
§2-16-57. Advice by director of forestry - Forest management for all state agencies.
§2-16-58. State land management guidelines.
§2-16-59. Removal of pine timber or products from state lands.
§2-16-60. Wrongful injuries to timber - Criminal penalties.
§2-16-61. Notice to adjoining property owners of harvesting operations.
§2-16-62. Failure to notify adjoining property owners of harvesting operations - Criminal penalties.
§2-16-63. Fraudulent sales of timber – Failure to pay full price - Criminal penalties.
§2-16-64. Documentation to be maintained by harvesters.
§2-16-65. Evidence of ownership to be required by timber purchasers.
§2-16-66. Use of false identification or declaration of ownership - Criminal penalties.
§2-16-67. Forestry in schools - Rangers and teachers to cooperate.
§2-16-69. State tree - Redbud.
§2-16-70. Management to be for public interest.
§2-16-71.2. Entry upon farm or ranch lands for recreational purposes - Duty of owner.
§2-16-71.4. Applicability of Sections 16-71.2 and 16-71.3 to duties and liability of owner.
§2-16-71.5. Liability not limited by act.
§2-16-71.7. Agricultural land - Trespass - Duty owed.
§2-16-74. Federal excess property - Fire services.
§2-16-81. Volunteer Firefighter Employer Contribution Payment Revolving Fund.
§2-16-82. Transfer of payments to Oklahoma Firefighters Pension and Retirement System.
§2-16-83. Rural Fire Equipment Grant Revolving Fund.
§2-17-2. Declaration of legislative intent.
§2-17-4. Persons who may organize associations.
§2-17-5. Purposes and objects for which associations may be organized.
§2-17-7. Articles of Incorporation - Contents - Execution, acknowledgment and filing - Evidence.
§2-17-8. Filing of Articles of Incorporation or amendments - Fees.
§2-17-9. Amendment of Articles of Incorporation - Filing.
§2-17-10. Bylaws - Adoption - Amendment of bylaws - Subjects which may be regulated.
§2-17-12. Certificates of membership or stock certificates - Transfer - Preferred stock.
§2-17-14. Regular meetings - Special meetings - Notice.
§2-17-18. Election of existing associations to come under act.
§2-17-19. Inducing or attempting to induce breach of marketing contract - Penalty.
§2-17-20. Liability for inducing breach of marketing contracts - Injunctions.
§2-17-22. Quo warranto proceedings.
§2-17-23. Licensing and taxation.
§2-17-24. Application of general business corporation laws.
§2-18-10. Oklahoma Sheep and Wool Commission - Administrative expense limit.
§2-18-33. Board of the Oklahoma Beef Council.
§2-18-34. Oklahoma Beef Council.
§2-18-35. Duties of members of the Oklahoma Beef Council.
§2-18-36. Assessment of fee – Exemption.
§2-18-37. Enforcement actions – Injunctive relief.
§2-18-38. Refund – Collection action.
§2-18-40. Exemption of Council from certain state laws.
§2-18-41. Act effective upon cessation of federal statute.
§2-18-42. Oklahoma Beef Council Revolving Fund.
§2-18-50. Oklahoma Peanut Act.
§2-18-57. Assessments - Refunds - Liens.
§2-18-58. Receipt for assessments - Peanut Commission Revolving Fund.
§2-18-60. Foreclosure of lien.
§2-18-181. Sheep and Wool Utilization, Research and Market Development Commission.
§2-18-183. Membership of Commission.
§2-18-184. Election of Commission members.
§2-18-185. Removal of members.
§2-18-186. Officers - Meetings.
§2-18-187. Powers of Commission.
§2-18-188. Publication of ballot and other information - Voting.
§2-18-189. Assessments - Remittance.
§2-18-190. Referendum on continuation of assessments.
§2-18-191. Reports and remittance of fees - Penalties.
§2-18-192. Reports by Commission.
§2-18-193. Refunds - Application.
§2-18-195. Cooperation with other organizations.
§2-18-196. Actions by Attorney General - Penalties.
§2-18-240. Short title - Purpose.
§2-18-245. Assessment of fees.
§2-18-246. Report and remittance of fees.
§2-18-251. Referendum on assessments.
§2-18-270. Short title - Purpose.
§2-18-275. Oilseed fee – Collection of assessment.
§2-18-277. Annual report to Secretary of Agriculture.
§2-18-279. Oklahoma Oilseed Resources Fund.
§2-18-281. Referendum to continue assessment.
§2-18-300. Short title - Oklahoma Wheat Resources Act.
§2-18-308. Promotional fee - Assessment and allocation.
§2-18-309. Referendum to determine continuation of fee.
§2-18-310. Pledge or mortgage of wheat - Deduction of fee.
§2-18-311. Report and remittance.
§2-18-401. Short title - Eastern Redcedar Management Act.
§2-18-402. Legislative intent.
§2-18-404. Duties of the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry.
§2-18-406. Harvesting of Eastern Redcedar trees.
§2-18-407. Eastern Redcedar Revolving Fund.
§2-18-408. Contributing to Eastern Redcedar Revolving Fund - State income tax return.
§2-19-1. State-federal cooperative agreement - Grading of fruits, nuts, and vegetables.
§2-19-2. Airport - Import and export of livestock.
§2-20-2. Short title and purpose.
§2-20-4. Rulemaking and employing authority.
§2-20-6. Licensure – Modification – Designation of operations.
§2-20-7. Application for license.
§2-20-8. Notice and hearing requirements.
§2-20-9. Pollution Prevention Plan.
§2-20-10. Best Management Practices – Swine Waste Management Plans.
§2-20-11. Odor Abatement Plans.
§2-20-12. Prevention of hydrologic connection between wastewaters and waters of state.
§2-20-14. Investigations and inspections.
§2-20-15. License required for operation - Jurisdiction of Department of Environmental Quality.
§2-20-16. Expiration and renewal of licenses - Fees.
§2-20-17. Evidence of financial ability.
§2-20-18. Duties of owners and operators – Nuisance.
§2-20-19. Setback requirements.
§2-20-20. Exemptions applicable to certain operations.
§2-20-21. Liquid swine waste management systems - Location.
§2-20-23. Exceeding swine animal unit capacity – Criteria - Notice.
§2-20-25. Violation points system - Denial, suspension or revocation of license.
§2-20-40. Short title - Purpose.
§2-20-42. Rulemaking and employing authority.
§2-20-44. Mandatory and voluntary licensure - Designation of operations.
§2-20-45. Application for license.
§2-20-46. Notice and hearing requirements.
§2-20-47. Pollution Prevention Plan.
§2-20-48. Best Management Practices - Animal Waste Management Plans.
§2-20-50. Prevention of hydrologic connection between wastewaters and waters of state.
§2-20-52. Investigations and inspections.
§2-20-53. License required for operation - Jurisdiction of Department of Environmental Quality.
§2-20-54. Expiration and renewal of licenses – Fees.
§2-20-55. Evidence of financial ability.
§2-20-56. Duties of owners and operators – Nuisance.
§2-20-57. Setback requirements.
§2-20-58. Setback requirements - Certain feeding operations exempt.
§2-20-60. Exceeding animal unit capacity – Criteria – Notice.
§2-20-61. Violation points system - Denial, suspension or revocation of license.
§2-20-63. Poultry-laying operations.
§2-21.2. Pack-date and expiration date - Regrading and repacking.
§2-1950.10. Short title - Legislative findings.
§2-2002. Tuition waivers for farmers and ranchers.
§2-2003. Qualifications for retraining.
§2-2005. Administration of program - Rules - Advisory committee.