{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-2-2-6-280.11","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-6-280.11","heading":"Suspension of plant approval - Denial or withdrawal of","body":"inspection service.\n\nA. 1. Any plant approval given pursuant to the Oklahoma Rabbit\n\nand Rabbit Products Inspection Act may be suspended by the\n\nDepartment for:\n\na. failure to maintain a plant and equipment in a\n\nsatisfactory state of repair;\n\nb. failure to maintain plant or equipment in a sanitary\n\nmanner on a continuing basis;\n\nc. the use of operating procedure which are not in\n\naccordance with the Oklahoma Rabbit and Rabbit\n\nProducts Inspection Act or regulations promulgated\n\nthereto;\n\nd. alterations of buildings, facilities, or equipment\n\nwhich cannot be approved in accordance with the\n\nOklahoma Rabbit and Rabbit Products Inspection Act or\n\nregulations promulgated thereto;\n\ne. assault on an agency of the Board; or\n\nf. failure to properly denature condemned and inedible\n\nmaterials.\n\n2. During such period of suspension, inspection service shall\n\nnot be rendered. However, the other provisions of the Oklahoma\n\nRabbit and Rabbit Products Inspection Act pertaining to providing\n\nsuch service on a resident basis will remain in effect unless such\n\nservice is terminated in accordance with duly authorized regulations\n\npromulgated by the Department. Upon suspension of inspection\n\nservice in an official plant, the plant approval shall also become\n\nsuspended, and all labels, seals, tags or packaging material bearing\n\nofficial identification shall be destroyed, or the official\n\nidentification completely obliterated, or sealed in a manner\n\nacceptable to the Department.\n\nB. 1. The Board may refuse to provide, or withdraw, inspection\n\nservice with respect to any establishment if it determines, after\n\nopportunity for a hearing is accorded to the applicant for, or\n\nrecipient of, such service, that such applicant or recipient is\n\nunfit to engage in any business requiring inspection because the\n\napplicant or recipient, or any person responsibly connected with the\n\napplicant or recipient, has been convicted, in any federal or state\n\ncourt of:\n\na. any felony, or\n\nb. more than one violation of any law, other than a\n\nfelony, based upon the acquiring, handling, or\n\ndistributing of unwholesome, mislabeled, or\n\ndeceptively packaged food or upon fraud in connection\n\nwith transactions in food.\n\n2. This section shall not affect in any way other provisions of\n\nthe Oklahoma Rabbit and Rabbit Products Inspection Act for\n\nwithdrawal of inspection services from establishments failing to\n\nmaintain sanitary conditions or to destroy condemned carcasses,\n\nparts, meats or meat food products.\n\n3. For the purpose of this subsection, a person shall be deemed\n\nto be responsibly connected with the business if he was a partner,\n\nofficer, director, holder, or owner of ten percent (10%) or more of\n\nits voting stock or employee in a managerial or executive capacity.\n\nThe determination and order of the Board with respect thereto\n\npursuant to this section shall be final and conclusive unless the\n\naffected applicant for, or recipient of, inspection service files\n\napplication for judicial review within thirty (30) days after the\n\neffective date of such order in the appropriate court. Judicial\n\nreview of any such order shall be upon the record upon which the\n\ndetermination and order are based.","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":"5cc543f09ab4529aee35ac7210a8b904bb6959c6a6ab95f1e4568291c55b97ae","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-2-2-6-280.10","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-2-2-6-280.12"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}