2016 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 2. Agriculture
§2-5-112. Standard of care for producer of livestock - Rebuttable presumption.
A. If an action against a producer of livestock arises as a result of consumption of a meat food product, there shall be a rebuttable presumption that the producer of livestock met the standard of ordinary care in the production of that livestock, so long as the livestock in question were inspected and passed in accordance with the provisions contained in the Oklahoma Meat Inspection Act, Oklahoma Poultry Products Inspection Act, Oklahoma Rabbit and Rabbit Products Inspection Act, and Exotic Livestock and Exotic Livestock Products Inspection Act.
B. In no event shall a producer of livestock in an action arising as a result of consumption of a meat food product be held to a standard higher than that of ordinary care if the livestock in question had been inspected and passed in accordance with the provisions contained in the Oklahoma Meat Inspection Act, Oklahoma Poultry Products Inspection Act, Oklahoma Rabbit and Rabbit Products Inspection Act, and Exotic Livestock and Exotic Livestock Products Inspection Act.
Added by Laws 2004, c. 544, § 2, eff. July 1, 2004.
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