Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-1-3: Definitions

For the purposes of the Oklahoma Agricultural Code, unless the

context indicates otherwise:

1. "Authorized agent" means a person who has been authorized by

the State Board of Agriculture to act on behalf of the Board in

making investigations, inspections, performing other services, or

doing any particular act or acts which have been vested by the

Oklahoma Agricultural Code in the Board. A written or printed

commission signed by the President of the Board shall be proof that

the holder has lawful authority to act on behalf of the Board in

implementing the Oklahoma Agricultural Code;

2. "Beef" means the flesh of a bovine animal;

3. "Beef product" means the edible products produced in whole

or in part from beef, excluding milk and milk products;

4. "Board" means the State Board of Agriculture;

5. "Code" means the Oklahoma Agricultural Code;

6. "Department" means the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture,

Food, and Forestry and its employees, officers, and divisions.

Whenever the name "Department of Agriculture" appears in any law,

contract or other document, it shall be deemed to refer to the

Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry;

7. "Director" means the Director of a division established in

the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry;

8. "License" means a written document issued by the Board

granting authority to a person to engage in a business, occupation,

or activity;

9. "Livestock" or "animals" means any cattle, bison, horses,

sheep, goats, asses, mules, swine, domesticated rabbits, and

chickens, turkeys, and other domesticated fowl, and any animal or

bird in captivity;

10. "Official identification" means any official method of

identification approved by USDA, as described by 9 C.F.R. § 86.1, or

the State Veterinarian. Official identification for specific

species may be further defined within the applicable section of the

Oklahoma Administrative Code. Backtags shall not be considered

official identification unless the animal is shipped directly to

slaughter. The term "official ear tag" is synonymous with "official

identification";

11. "Permit" means a written document issued by the Board

giving consent for a person to engage in an activity;

12. "Person" means the state, any municipality, political

subdivision, institution, individual, public or private corporation,

partnership, association, firm, company, public trust, joint-stock

company, trust, estate, state or federal agency, other governmental

entity, or any other legal entity or an agent, employee,

representative, assignee or successor thereof;

13. "Pork" means the flesh of a porcine animal;

14. "Pork products" means a product or byproduct produced in

whole or in part from pork;

15. "President" means the President of the State Board of

Agriculture. The President of the State Board of Agriculture shall

also be designated as the Commissioner of Agriculture;

16. "Producer" means any person planting, raising, growing, or

harvesting agricultural products;

17. "Quarantine" means a written document issued by the Board

to restrict the movement of animals, birds, plants, or agricultural

commodities into or out of a specified area for the control or

prevention of diseases or pests; and

18. "Stop sale order" or "stop use order" means a written or

printed order signed by the President or authorized agent of the

Board, prohibiting the sale, offering for sale, exposure for sale,

or use of any agricultural product, article, device, service, or

commodity covered by the Oklahoma Agricultural Code.