{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-63-63-1-1110","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-1-1110","heading":"Misbranding of food","body":"A food shall be deemed to be misbranded:\n\n(a) if its labeling is false or misleading in any particular.\n\n(b) if it is offered for sale under the name of another food.\n\n(c) 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(d) if its container is so made, formed, or filled as to be\n\nmisleading.\n\n(e) if in package form, unless it bears a label containing (1)\n\nthe name and place of business of the manufacturer, packer, or\n\ndistributor; (2) an accurate statement of the quantity of the\n\ncontents in terms of weight, measure, or numerical count; provided,\n\nthat under clause (2) of this paragraph reasonable variations shall\n\nbe permitted, and exemptions as to small packages shall be\n\nestablished, by reasonable rules and regulations prescribed by the\n\nState Board of Health.\n\n(f) if any word, statement, or other information required by or\n\nunder authority of this article to appear on the label or 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(g) if it purports to be or is represented as a food for which a\n\ndefinition and standard of identity has been prescribed by\n\nreasonable rules and regulations as provided by Section 1108 of this\n\narticle, unless (1) it conforms to such definition and standard, and\n\n(2) its label bears the name of the food specified in the definition\n\nand standard, and, insofar as may be required by such reasonable\n\nrules and regulations, the common names of optional ingredients\n\n(other than spices, flavoring, and coloring) present in such food.\n\n(h) if it purports to be or is represented as:\n\n(1) a food for which a standard of quality has been prescribed\n\nby reasonable rules and regulations as provided by Section 1108 of\n\nthis article, and its quality falls below such standard, unless its\n\nlabel bears, in such manner and form as such reasonable rules and\n\nregulations specify, a statement that it falls below such standard;\n\nor\n\n(2) a food for which a standard or standards of fill of\n\ncontainer have been prescribed by reasonable rules and regulations\n\nas provided by Section 1108 of this article, and it falls below the\n\nstandard of fill or container applicable thereto, unless its label\n\nbears, in such manner and form as such reasonable rules and\n\nregulations specify, a statement that it falls below such standard.\n\n(i) if it is not subject to the provisions of paragraph (g) of\n\nthis section, unless it bears labeling clearly giving (1) the common\n\nor usual name of the food, if any there be, and (2) in case it is\n\nfabricated from two or more ingredients, the common or usual name of\n\neach such ingredient; except that spices, flavorings, and colorings,\n\nother than those sold as such, may be designated as spices,\n\nflavorings, and colorings, without naming each; provided, that to\n\nthe extent that compliance with the requirements of clause (2) of\n\nthis paragraph is impractical or results in deception or unfair\n\ncompetition, exemptions shall be established by reasonable rules and\n\nregulations promulgated by the State Board of Health; and provided,\n\nfurther, that the requirements of clause (2) of this paragraph shall\n\nnot apply to any carbonated beverage, the ingredients of which have\n\nbeen fully and correctly disclosed to the extent prescribed by said\n\nclause (2) to the Board in an affidavit.\nn or unfair\n\ncompetition, exemptions shall be established by reasonable rules and\n\nregulations promulgated by the State Board of Health; and provided,\n\nfurther, that the requirements of clause (2) of this paragraph shall\n\nnot apply to any carbonated beverage, the ingredients of which have\n\nbeen fully and correctly disclosed to the extent prescribed by said\n\nclause (2) to the Board in an affidavit.\n\n(j) 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 State Board of\n\nHealth determines to be, and by reasonable rules and regulations\n\nprescribed, as necessary in order to fully inform purchasers as to\n\nits value for such uses.\n\n(k) if it bears or contains any artificial flavoring, artificial\n\ncoloring, or chemical preservative, unless it bears labeling stating\n\nthat fact; provided, that to the extent that compliance with the\n\nrequirements of this paragraph is impracticable, exemptions shall be\n\nestablished by reasonable rules and regulations promulgated by the\n\nState Board of Health.","path":["OK Code","Title 63"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os63.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"d0fbc9e8cff4383fa54a5c8c7008b6079bed0f66e5641bdee1f011a192e2351e","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-63-63-1-1109","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-63-63-1-1111"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. 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