STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 54th Legislature
(2013)
HOUSE
BILL 1999 By: McNiel
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to meat inspection; amending
2 O.S. 2011, Sections 6-182 and 6-192, which relate to the Oklahoma Meat
Inspection Act; modifying definition; prohibiting the sale, possession and
transferring of certain horsemeat; specifying that certain requirements apply
to horsemeat for sale in this state; authorizing the State Commissioner of
Health to have access to certain vehicles and establishments; defining terms;
modifying definition; repealing 63 O.S. 2011, Sections 1-1135, 1-1136, 1-1137,
1-1138 and 1-1139, which relate to horsemeat; and providing an effective date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1.
AMENDATORY 2 O.S. 2011,
Section 6-182, is amended to read as follows:
Section 6-182. As used in this act the Oklahoma
Meat Inspection Act, except as otherwise specified, the following terms
shall have the meanings stated below:
(a) The term “Board” means the State Board of
Agriculture, or its delegate.
(b) The term “firm” means any partnership,
association, or other unincorporated business organization.
(c) The term “meat broker” means any person, firm
or corporation engaged in the business of buying or selling carcasses, parts of
carcasses, meat, or meat food products of cattle, bison, sheep, swine, goats,
horses, mules, or other equines on commission, or otherwise negotiating
purchases or sales of such articles other than for his own account or as an
employee of another person, firm, or corporation.
(d) The term “renderer” means any person, firm, or
corporation engaged in the business of rendering carcasses, or parts or
products of the carcasses, of cattle, bison, sheep, swine, goats, horses,
mules, or other equines, except rendering conducted under inspection under Sections
Section 6-181 et seq. of this title.
(e) The term “animal food manufacturer” means any
person, firm, or corporation engaged in the business of manufacturing or
processing animal food derived wholly or in part from carcasses, or parts or
products of the carcasses, of cattle, bison, sheep, swine, goats, horses,
mules, or other equines.
(f) The term “intrastate commerce” means commerce
within this state.
(g) The term “meat food product” means any product
capable of use as human food which is made wholly or in part from any meat or
other portion of the carcass of any cattle, bison, sheep, swine, or
goats, horses, mules, or other equines, excepting products which contain
meat or other portions of such carcasses only in a relatively small proportion
or historically have not been considered by consumers as products of the meat
food industry, and which are exempted from definition as a meat food product by
the Board under such conditions as it may prescribe to assure that the meat or
other portions of such carcasses contained in such product are not adulterated
and that such products are not represented as meat food products. This term as applied to food products of
equines shall have a meaning comparable to that provided in this paragraph with
respect to cattle, bison, sheep, swine, and goats.
(h) The term “capable of use as human food” shall
apply to any carcass, or part or product of a carcass, of any animal, unless it
is denatured or otherwise identified as required by regulations prescribed by
the Board to deter its use as human food, or it is naturally inedible by
humans.
(i) The term “prepared” means slaughtered, canned,
salted, rendered, boned, cut up, or otherwise manufactured or processed.
(j) The term “adulterated” shall apply to any
carcass, part thereof, meat or meat food product under one or more of the
following circumstances:
(1) if it bears or contains any poisonous or
deleterious substance which may render it injurious to health; but in case the
substance is not an added substance, such article shall not be considered
adulterated under this clause if the quantity of such substance in or on such
article does not ordinarily render it injurious to health;
(2) (A) if
it bears or contains (by reason of administration of any substance to the live
animal or otherwise) any added poisonous or added deleterious substance (other
than one which is (i) a pesticide chemical in or on a raw agricultural
commodity; (ii) a food additive; or (iii) a color additive) which may, in the
judgment of the Board, make such article unfit for human food;
(B) if it is, in whole or in part, a raw
agricultural commodity and such commodity bears or contains a pesticide chemical
which is unsafe within the meaning of Section 408 of the Federal Food, Drug,
and Cosmetic Act;
(C) if it bears or contains any food additive
which is unsafe within the meaning of Section 409 of the Federal Food, Drug,
and Cosmetic Act;
(D) if it bears or contains any color additive
which is unsafe within the meaning of Section 706 of the Federal Food, Drug,
and Cosmetic Act: Provided, that an
article which is not adulterated under clause (B), (C), or (D) shall
nevertheless be deemed adulterated if use of the pesticide chemical, food
additive, or color additive in or on such article is prohibited by regulations
of the Board in establishments at which inspection is maintained under Sections
Section 6-181 et seq. of this title;
(3) if it consists in whole or in part of any
filthy, putrid, or decomposed substance or is for any other reason unsound,
unhealthful, unwholesome, or otherwise unfit for human food;
(4) if it has been prepared, packed, or held under
unsanitary conditions whereby it may have become contaminated with filth, or
whereby it may have been rendered injurious to health;
(5) if it is, in whole or in part, the product of
an animal which has died otherwise than by slaughter;
(6) if its container is composed, in whole or in
part, of any poisonous or deleterious substance which may render the contents
injurious to health;
(7) if it has been intentionally subjected to
radiation, unless the use of the radiation was in conformity with a regulation
or exemption in effect pursuant to Section 409 of the Federal Food, Drug, and
Cosmetic Act;
(8) if any valuable constituent has been, in whole
or in part, omitted or abstracted therefrom; or if any substance has been
substituted, wholly or in part, therefor; or if damage or inferiority has been concealed
in any manner; or if any substance has been added thereto or mixed or packed
therewith so as to increase its bulk or weight, or reduce its quality or
strength, or make it appear better or of greater value than it is; or
(9) if it is margarine containing animal fat and
any of the raw material used therein consisted, in whole or in part, of any
filthy, putrid, or decomposed substance.
(k) The term “misbranded” shall apply to any
carcass, part thereof, meat or meat food product under one or more of the
following circumstances:
(1) if its labeling is false or misleading in any
particular;
(2) if it is offered for sale under the name of
another food;
(3) if it is an imitation of another food, unless
its label bears, in type of uniform size and prominence, the word “imitation”,
and, immediately thereafter, the name of the food imitated;
(4) if its container is so made, formed, or filled
as to be misleading;
(5) if in a package or other container unless it
bears a label showing (A) the name and place of business of the manufacturer,
packer, or distributor; and (B) an accurate statement of the quantity of the
contents in terms of weight, measure, or numerical count: Provided, that, under
clause (B) of this subparagraph (5), reasonable variations may be permitted,
and exemptions as to small packages may be established, by regulations
prescribed by the Board;
(6) if any word, statement, or other information
required by or under authority of this act to appear on the label or other
labeling is not prominently placed thereon with such conspicuousness (as
compared with other words, statements, designs, or devices in the labeling) and
in such terms as to render it likely to be read and understood by the ordinary
individual under customary conditions of purchase and use;
(7) if it purports to be or is represented as a
food for which a definition and standard of identity or composition has been
prescribed by regulations of the Board under Section 6-187 of this title unless
(A) it conforms to such definition and standard, and (B) its label bears the
name of the food specified in the definition and standard and, insofar as may
be required by such regulations, the common names of optional ingredients
(other than spices, flavoring, and coloring) present in such food;
(8) if it purports to be or is represented as a
food for which a standard or standards of fill of container have been
prescribed by regulations of the Board under Section 6-187 of this title, and
it falls below the standard of fill of container applicable thereto, unless its
label bears, in such manner and form as such regulations specify, a statement
that it falls below such standard;
(9) if it is not subject to the provisions of
subparagraph (7), unless its label bears (A) the common or usual name of the
food, if any there be, and (B) in case it is fabricated from two or more
ingredients, the common or usual name of each such ingredient; except that
spices, flavorings, and colorings may, when authorized by the Board, be
designated as spices, flavorings, and colorings without naming each: Provided, that, to the extent that compliance
with the requirements of clause (B) of this subparagraph (9) is impracticable,
or results in deception or unfair competition, exemptions shall be established
by regulations promulgated by the Board;
(10) if it purports to be or is represented for
special dietary uses, unless its label bears such information concerning its
vitamin, mineral, and other dietary properties as the Board, after consultation
with the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States, determines to be, and
by regulations prescribes as, necessary in order fully to inform purchasers as
to its value for such uses;
(11) if it bears or contains any artificial
flavoring, artificial coloring, or chemical preservative, unless it bears
labeling stating that fact: Provided,
that, to the extent that compliance with the requirements of this subparagraph
(11) is impracticable, exemptions shall be established by regulations promulgated
by the Board; or
(12) if it fails to bear, directly thereon or on
its container, as the Board may by regulations prescribe, the inspection legend
and, unrestricted by any of the foregoing, such other information as the Board
may require in such regulations to assure that it will not have false or
misleading labeling and that the public will be informed of the manner of
handling required to maintain the article in a wholesome condition.
(l) The term “label” means a display of written,
printed, or graphic matter upon the immediate container (not including package
liners) of any article.
(m) The term “labeling” means all labels and other
written, printed, or graphic matter (1) upon any article or any of its
containers or wrappers, or (2) accompanying such article.
(n) The term “Federal Meat Inspection Act” means
the act so entitled approved March 4, 1907 (34 Stat. 1260), as amended by the
Wholesome Meat Act (8 Stat. 584).
(o) The term “Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic
Act” means the act so entitled, approved June 25, 1938 (52 Stat. 1040), and
acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto.
(p) The term “pesticide chemical”, “food
additive”, “color additive”, and “raw agricultural commodity” shall have the
same meanings for purposes of this act as under the Federal Food, Drug, and
Cosmetic Act.
(q) The term “official mark” means the official
inspection legend or any other symbol prescribed by regulations of the Board to
identify the status of any article or animal under this act.
(r) The term “official inspection legend” means
any symbol prescribed by regulations of the Board showing that an article was
inspected and passed in accordance with this act.
(s) The term “official certificate” means any
certificate prescribed by regulations of the Board for issuance by an inspector
or other person performing official functions under this act.
(t) The term “official device” means any device
prescribed or authorized by the Board for use in applying any official mark.
SECTION 2.
AMENDATORY 2 O.S. 2011,
Section 6-192, is amended to read as follows:
Section 6-192. A. It shall be unlawful for any person to sell,
offer or exhibit for sale, or have in his or her possession with intent to
sell, any quantity of horsemeat for human consumption in Oklahoma.
B. It shall be unlawful for any person to
transfer the possession of any horsemeat to any other person when the person so
transferring knows, or in the exercise of a reasonable discretion should have
known, that the person receiving the horsemeat intends to sell it in this state,
offer it for sale in this state, exhibit it for sale in this state, or keep it
in his possession with intent to sell it for human consumption in this state.
C. No person, firm, or
corporation shall sell in this state, transport, offer for sale in this
state or transportation, or receive for transportation, in intrastate
commerce, any carcasses of horses, mules, or other equines or parts of such
carcasses, or the meat or meat food products thereof, unless they are plainly
and conspicuously marked or labeled or otherwise identified as required by
regulations prescribed by the Board to show the kinds of animals from which
they were derived. When required by the
Board with respect to establishments at which inspection is maintained under Sections
1-16 Section 6-181 et seq., such animals and their carcasses, parts
thereof, meat and meat food products shall be prepared in establishments
separate from those in which cattle, sheep, swine, or goats are slaughtered or
their carcasses, parts thereof, meat or meat food products are prepared.
D. The State Commissioner of Health or his or her
authorized representative shall have free access to any transport vehicle,
factory, warehouse or establishment in which horsemeat or feed suspected of
containing horsemeat is transported, manufactured, processed, packed, sold, or
prepared for serving to secure, after payment or offer to pay therefor, samples
or specimens of such products found therein, to examine any and all sales
records, shipping records relating to foods or horsemeat, to embargo any
article of food or horsemeat suspected of being in violation of law, and to
determine whether any law is being violated.
E. For the purpose of this section:
1.
The term “horsemeat” shall mean the meat or flesh of any animal of the
equine genus;
2.
The term “package” or “container” shall mean the original, properly
labeled package or container in which the horsemeat was packaged by the packer
or processor at the point of origin; and
3.
The term “properly labeled” shall mean a display of written, printed or
graphic matter upon the outside package or container, or wrapper if there be
one, stating the name and address of the original packer or processor, and in
addition thereto shall include the word “horsemeat”. All letters and words of the label shall be
legible and of such size as to be easily read and understood by the ordinary
individual under customary conditions of purchase and use.
SECTION 3.
REPEALER 63 O.S. 2011, Sections
1-1135, 1-1136, 1-1137, 1-1138 and 1-1139 are hereby repealed.
SECTION 4.
This act shall become effective November 1, 2013.
54-1-5008 AMM 01/16/13