2015 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 2. Agriculture
§2-6-258. Marking and labeling.

A. All poultry products inspected at any official establishment under the authority of this act and found to be not adulterated shall at the time they leave the establishment bear, in distinctly legible form, on their shipping containers and immediate containers as the Board may require, the information required under paragraph 12 of Section 4 of this act. In addition, the Board whenever it determines such action is practicable and necessary for the protection of the public may require nonconsumer packaged carcasses at the time they leave the establishment to bear directly thereon in distinctly legible form any information required under such paragraph 12.

B. The Board, whenever it determines such action is necessary for the protection of the public, may prescribe:

1. the styles and sizes of type to be used with respect to material required to be incorporated in labeling to avoid false or misleading labeling in marking or otherwise labeling any articles or poultry subject to this act; and

2. definitions and standards of identity or composition for articles subject to this act and standards of fill of container for such articles not inconsistent with any such standards established under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, or under the Federal Poultry Products Inspection Act, and there shall be consultation between the Board and the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States prior to the issuance of such standards to avoid inconsistency between such standards and the Federal standards.

C. No article subject to this act shall be sold or offered for sale by any person in intrastate commerce, under any name or other marking or labeling which is false or misleading, or in any container of a misleading form or size, but established trade names and other marking and labeling and containers which are not false or misleading and which are approved by the Board are permitted.

D. If the Board has reason to believe that any marking or labeling or the size or form of any container in use or proposed for use with respect to any article subject to this act is false or misleading in any particular, it may direct that such use be withheld unless the marking, labeling, or container is modified in such manner as it may prescribe so that it will not be false or misleading. If the person using or proposing to use the marking, labeling or container does not accept the determination of the Board, such person may request a hearing, but the use of the marking, labeling, or container shall, if the Board so directs, be withheld pending hearing and final determination by the Board. Any such determination by the Board shall be conclusive unless, within thirty (30) days after receipt of notice of such final determination, the person adversely affected thereby appeals to the District Court of Oklahoma County. This provision would not apply to established trademarks or labeling approved by the U.S.D.A.

Laws 1970, c. 260, § 8, emerg. eff. April 22, 1970.