{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-2-2-6-182","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-6-182","heading":"Definitions","body":"As used in the Oklahoma Meat Inspection Act, except as otherwise\n\nspecified, the following terms shall have the meanings stated below:\n\n(a) The term \"Board\" means the State Board of Agriculture, or\n\nits delegate.\n\n(b) The term \"firm\" means any partnership, association, or\n\nother unincorporated business organization.\n\n(c) The term \"meat broker\" means any person, firm or\n\ncorporation engaged in the business of buying or selling carcasses,\n\nparts of carcasses, meat, or meat food products of cattle, bison,\n\nsheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, or other equines on commission,\n\nor otherwise negotiating purchases or sales of such articles other\n\nthan for his own account or as an employee of another person, firm,\n\nor corporation.\n\n(d) The term \"renderer\" means any person, firm, or corporation\n\nengaged in the business of rendering carcasses, or parts or products\n\nof the carcasses, of cattle, bison, sheep, swine, goats, horses,\n\nmules, or other equines, except rendering conducted under inspection\n\nunder Section 6-181 et seq. of this title.\n\n(e) The term \"animal food manufacturer\" means any person, firm,\n\nor corporation engaged in the business of manufacturing or\n\nprocessing animal food derived wholly or in part from carcasses, or\n\nparts or products of the carcasses, of cattle, bison, sheep, swine,\n\ngoats, horses, mules, or other equines.\n\n(f) The term \"intrastate commerce\" means commerce within this\n\nstate.\n\n(g) The term \"meat food product\" means any product capable of\n\nuse as human food which is made wholly or in part from any meat or\n\nother portion of the carcass of any cattle, bison, sheep, swine,\n\ngoats, horses, mules, or other equines, excepting products which\n\ncontain meat or other portions of such carcasses only in a\n\nrelatively small proportion or historically have not been considered\n\nby consumers as products of the meat food industry, and which are\n\nexempted from definition as a meat food product by the Board under\n\nsuch conditions as it may prescribe to assure that the meat or other\n\nportions of such carcasses contained in such product are not\n\nadulterated and that such products are not represented as meat food\n\nproducts.\n\n(h) The term \"capable of use as human food\" shall apply to any\n\ncarcass, or part or product of a carcass, of any animal, unless it\n\nis denatured or otherwise identified as required by regulations\n\nprescribed by the Board to deter its use as human food, or it is\n\nnaturally inedible by humans.\n\n(i) The term \"prepared\" means slaughtered, canned, salted,\n\nrendered, boned, cut up, or otherwise manufactured or processed.\n\n(j) The term \"adulterated\" shall apply to any carcass, part\n\nthereof, meat or meat food product under one or more of the\n\nfollowing circumstances:\n\n(1) if it bears or contains any poisonous or deleterious\n\nsubstance which may render it injurious to health; but in case the\n\nsubstance is not an added substance, such article shall not be\n\nconsidered adulterated under this clause if the quantity of such\n\nsubstance in or on such article does not ordinarily render it\n\ninjurious to health;\n\n(2) (A) if it bears or contains (by reason of administration\n\nof any substance to the live animal or otherwise) any added\n\npoisonous or added deleterious substance (other than one which is\nstance is not an added substance, such article shall not be\n\nconsidered adulterated under this clause if the quantity of such\n\nsubstance in or on such article does not ordinarily render it\n\ninjurious to health;\n\n(2) (A) if it bears or contains (by reason of administration\n\nof any substance to the live animal or otherwise) any added\n\npoisonous or added deleterious substance (other than one which is\n\n(i) a pesticide chemical in or on a raw agricultural commodity; (ii)\n\na food additive; or (iii) a color additive) which may, in the\n\njudgment of the Board, make such article unfit for human food;\n\n(B) if it is, in whole or in part, a raw agricultural commodity\n\nand such commodity bears or contains a pesticide chemical which is\n\nunsafe within the meaning of Section 408 of the Federal Food, Drug,\n\nand Cosmetic Act;\n\n(C) if it bears or contains any food additive which is unsafe\n\nwithin the meaning of Section 409 of the Federal Food, Drug, and\n\nCosmetic Act;\n\n(D) if it bears or contains any color additive which is unsafe\n\nwithin the meaning of Section 706 of the Federal Food, Drug, and\n\nCosmetic Act: Provided, that an article which is not adulterated\n\nunder clause (B), (C), or (D) shall nevertheless be deemed\n\nadulterated if use of the pesticide chemical, food additive, or\n\ncolor additive in or on such article is prohibited by regulations of\n\nthe Board in establishments at which inspection is maintained under\n\nSection 6-181 et seq. of this title;\n\n(3) if it consists in whole or in part of any filthy, putrid,\n\nor decomposed substance or is for any other reason unsound,\n\nunhealthful, unwholesome, or otherwise unfit for human food;\n\n(4) if it has been prepared, packed, or held under unsanitary\n\nconditions whereby it may have become contaminated with filth, or\n\nwhereby it may have been rendered injurious to health;\n\n(5) if it is, in whole or in part, the product of an animal\n\nwhich has died otherwise than by slaughter;\n\n(6) if its container is composed, in whole or in part, of any\n\npoisonous or deleterious substance which may render the contents\n\ninjurious to health;\n\n(7) if it has been intentionally subjected to radiation, unless\n\nthe use of the radiation was in conformity with a regulation or\n\nexemption in effect pursuant to Section 409 of the Federal Food,\n\nDrug, and Cosmetic Act;\n\n(8) if any valuable constituent has been, in whole or in part,\n\nomitted or abstracted therefrom; or if any substance has been\n\nsubstituted, wholly or in part, therefor; or if damage or\n\ninferiority has been concealed in any manner; or if any substance\n\nhas been added thereto or mixed or packed therewith so as to\n\nincrease its bulk or weight, or reduce its quality or strength, or\n\nmake it appear better or of greater value than it is; or\n\n(9) if it is margarine containing animal fat and any of the raw\n\nmaterial used therein consisted, in whole or in part, of any filthy,\n\nputrid, or decomposed substance.\noncealed in any manner; or if any substance\n\nhas been added thereto or mixed or packed therewith so as to\n\nincrease its bulk or weight, or reduce its quality or strength, or\n\nmake it appear better or of greater value than it is; or\n\n(9) if it is margarine containing animal fat and any of the raw\n\nmaterial used therein consisted, in whole or in part, of any filthy,\n\nputrid, or decomposed substance.\n\n(k) The term \"misbranded\" shall apply to any carcass, part\n\nthereof, meat or meat food product under one or more of the\n\nfollowing circumstances:\n\n(1) if its labeling is false or misleading in any particular;\n\n(2) if it is offered for sale under the name of another food;\n\n(3) if it is an imitation of another food, unless its label\n\nbears, in type of uniform size and prominence, the word \"imitation\",\n\nand, immediately thereafter, the name of the food imitated;\n\n(4) if its container is so made, formed, or filled as to be\n\nmisleading;\n\n(5) if in a package or other container unless it bears a label\n\nshowing (A) the name and place of business of the manufacturer,\n\npacker, or distributor; and (B) an accurate statement of the\n\nquantity of the contents in terms of weight, measure, or numerical\n\ncount: Provided, that, under clause (B) of this subparagraph (5),\n\nreasonable variations may be permitted, and exemptions as to small\n\npackages may be established, by regulations prescribed by the Board;\n\n(6) if any word, statement, or other information required by or\n\nunder authority of this act to appear on the label or other labeling\n\nis not prominently placed thereon with such conspicuousness (as\n\ncompared with other words, statements, designs, or devices in the\n\nlabeling) and in such terms as to render it likely to be read and\n\nunderstood by the ordinary individual under customary conditions of\n\npurchase and use;\n\n(7) if it purports to be or is represented as a food for which\n\na definition and standard of identity or composition has been\n\nprescribed by regulations of the Board under Section 6-187 of this\n\ntitle unless (A) it conforms to such definition and standard, and\n\n(B) its label bears the name of the food specified in the definition\n\nand standard and, insofar as may be required by such regulations,\n\nthe common names of optional ingredients (other than spices,\n\nflavoring, and coloring) present in such food;\n\n(8) if it purports to be or is represented as a food for which\n\na standard or standards of fill of container have been prescribed by\n\nregulations of the Board under Section 6-187 of this title, and it\n\nfalls below the standard of fill of container applicable thereto,\n\nunless its label bears, in such manner and form as such regulations\n\nspecify, a statement that it falls below such standard;\n\n(9) if it is not subject to the provisions of subparagraph (7),\n\nunless its label bears (A) the common or usual name of the food, if\n\nany there be, and (B) in case it is fabricated from two or more\n\ningredients, the common or usual name of each such ingredient;\n\nexcept that spices, flavorings, and colorings may, when authorized\n\nby the Board, be designated as spices, flavorings, and colorings\n\nwithout naming each: Provided, that, to the extent that compliance\n\nwith the requirements of clause (B) of this subparagraph (9) is\n\nimpracticable, or results in deception or unfair competition,\n\nexemptions shall be established by regulations promulgated by the\n\nBoard;\n\n(10) if it purports to be or is represented for special dietary\n\nuses, unless its label bears such information concerning its\n\nvitamin, mineral, and other dietary properties as the Board, after\n\nconsultation with the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States,\n\ndetermines to be, and by regulations prescribes as, necessary in\n\norder fully to inform purchasers as to its value for such uses;\nard;\n\n(10) if it purports to be or is represented for special dietary\n\nuses, unless its label bears such information concerning its\n\nvitamin, mineral, and other dietary properties as the Board, after\n\nconsultation with the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States,\n\ndetermines to be, and by regulations prescribes as, necessary in\n\norder fully to inform purchasers as to its value for such uses;\n\n(11) if it bears or contains any artificial flavoring,\n\nartificial coloring, or chemical preservative, unless it bears\n\nlabeling stating that fact: Provided, that, to the extent that\n\ncompliance with the requirements of this subparagraph (11) is\n\nimpracticable, exemptions shall be established by regulations\n\npromulgated by the Board; or\n\n(12) if it fails to bear, directly thereon or on its container,\n\nas the Board may by regulations prescribe, the inspection legend\n\nand, unrestricted by any of the foregoing, such other information as\n\nthe Board may require in such regulations to assure that it will not\n\nhave false or misleading labeling and that the public will be\n\ninformed of the manner of handling required to maintain the article\n\nin a wholesome condition.\n\n(l) The term \"label\" means a display of written, printed, or\n\ngraphic matter upon the immediate container (not including package\n\nliners) of any article.\n\n(m) The term \"labeling\" means all labels and other written,\n\nprinted, or graphic matter (1) upon any article or any of its\n\ncontainers or wrappers, or (2) accompanying such article.\n\n(n) The term \"Federal Meat Inspection Act\" means the act so\n\nentitled approved March 4, 1907 (34 Stat. 1260), as amended by the\n\nWholesome Meat Act (8 Stat. 584).\n\n(o) The term \"Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act\" means the\n\nact so entitled, approved June 25, 1938 (52 Stat. 1040), and acts\n\namendatory thereof or supplementary thereto.\n\n(p) The term \"pesticide chemical\", \"food additive\", \"color\n\nadditive\", and \"raw agricultural commodity\" shall have the same\n\nmeanings for purposes of this act as under the Federal Food, Drug,\n\nand Cosmetic Act.\n\n(q) The term \"official mark\" means the official inspection\n\nlegend or any other symbol prescribed by regulations of the Board to\n\nidentify the status of any article or animal under this act.\n\n(r) The term \"official inspection legend\" means any symbol\n\nprescribed by regulations of the Board showing that an article was\n\ninspected and passed in accordance with this act.\n\n(s) The term \"official certificate\" means any certificate\n\nprescribed by regulations of the Board for issuance by an inspector\n\nor other person performing official functions under this act.\n\n(t) The term \"official device\" means any device prescribed or\n\nauthorized by the Board for use in applying any official mark.","path":["OK Code","Title 2"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os2.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"54235a627f3e98a37ddcac65b9b4f2dbc51ed59ecdc549ce62ffc4a73b102431","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-2-2-6-181","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-2-2-6-182.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. 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