2014 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 2. Agriculture
§2-14-81. Analytical laboratory - Purposes.

The State Department of Agriculture is directed to establish, at the earliest practicable time, as a function of the State Department of Agriculture, analytical laboratory facilities for the following purposes:

1. Conducting analyses to determine the qualitative and quantitative amounts of pesticidal residues or other objectionable, harmful, or deficient materials in crops, foodstuffs, water, and other materials destined for human consumption or for animal feeds including forage crops and whole grains which are shipped in intrastate commerce in Oklahoma or which are sold or to be sold for human consumption or for animal feeds in Oklahoma;

2. Conducting tests and making qualitative and quantitative analyses to determine:

a.the quality or wholesomeness of manufactured milk and manufactured dairy products,

b.diseases affecting animal health, and

c.various ingredients or components of feed, fertilizer, and pesticides; or

3. Any other chemical tests or analyses concerning agricultural products regulated or monitored by the State Board of Agriculture.

Added by Laws 1965, c. 497, § 1, emerg. eff. July 19, 1965. Amended by Laws 2000, c. 243, § 20, emerg. eff. May 24, 2000. Renumbered from § 2-19 of this title by Laws 2000, c. 243, § 126, emerg. eff. May 24, 2000.