Okla. Admin. Code § 35:37-11-4

Current through Vol. 42, No. 7, December 16, 2024
Section 35:37-11-4 - Additional definitions

The following words or terms, when used in this Subchapter, shall have the following meaning, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

"Artificial coloring" means a coloring containing any dye or pigment, which dye or pigment was manufactured by a process of synthesis other similar artifice, or a coloring that was manufactured by extracting a natural dye or natural pigment from a plant or other material in which such dye or pigment was naturally produced.

"Artificial flavoring" means a flavoring containing any sapid or aromatic constituent, which constituent was manufactured by a process of synthesis or other similar artifice.

"Biological residue" means any substance, including metabolites, remaining in exotic livestock at the time of slaughter or in any of its tissues after slaughter as a result of treatment or exposure of the exotic livestock to a pesticide, organic or inorganic compound, hormone, hormone like substance, growth promoter, antibiotic, anthelmintic, tranquilizer, or other therapeutic or prophylactic agent.

"CFR" means Code of Federal Regulations.

"Carcass" means all parts, including viscera, of any slaughtered exotic livestock.

"Chemical preservative" means any chemical that, when added to an exotic meat or exotic meat food product, tends to prevent or retard deterioration thereof, but does not include common salt, sugars, vinegars, spices, or oils extracted from spices, or substances added to exotic meat and exotic meat food products by exposure to wood smoke.

"Circuit supervisor" means an authorized employee of the Board who has supervisory responsibilities for enforcing the rules of this Subchapter with jurisdiction over a defined geographical area of Oklahoma which contains one or more districts, district supervisors, and inspectors assigned thereto.

"Commerce" means intrastate commerce within this State.

"Director" means the Director of Meat Inspection, employed by the Board to act for it in matters as prescribed by the rules of this Subchapter.

"District supervisor" means an authorized employee of the Board who has supervisory responsibilities for enforcing the rules of this Subchapter, and has jurisdiction over a defined geographical district of Oklahoma and the inspectors assigned thereto.

"Edible" means intended for use as human food.

"Immediate container" means the receptacle or other covering in which any product is directly contained or wholly or partially enclosed.

"Inedible" means adulterated, uninspected, or not intended for use as human food.

"Official establishment" means any slaughtering, cutting, boning, curing, smoking, salting, packing, rendering, or similar establishment at which inspection is maintained under the rules of this Subchapter.

"Oklahoma condemned" means that the exotic livestock so identified has been inspected and found to be in a dying condition, or to be affected with any other condition or disease that would require condemnation of its carcass.

"Oklahoma inspected and condemned" means that the carcass, viscera, or other part of carcass, or other product so identified has been inspected, found to be adulterated, and condemned under the rules in this Subchapter.

"Oklahoma inspected and passed" means that the meat, the byproducts, or the products derived from exotic livestock marked have been inspected and passed under the rules in this Subchapter, and at the time they were inspected, passed, and marked, they were found to be sound, healthful, wholesome, and fit for human food.

"Oklahoma passed for cooking" means that the meat or byproduct derived from exotic livestock so identified has been inspected and passed on condition that it be heat treated or rendered as prescribed by the rules in this Subchapter.

"Oklahoma passed for refrigeration" means that the meat or by- product derived from exotic livestock so identified has been inspected and passed on condition that it be refrigerated or handled as prescribed by the rules in this Subchapter.

"Oklahoma retained" means that the carcass, viscera, other part of the carcass, or other product, or article so identified, is held by an inspect or for further examination to determine its disposal.

"Oklahoma suspect" means that the exotic livestock so identified is suspected of being affected with a disease or condition which may require its condemnation, in whole or in part, when slaughtered, and is subject to further examination by a veterinarian to determine its disposal.

"Prepared" means slaughtered, salted, rendered, boned, cut up, or manufactured or processed.

"Shipping container" means the outside container (box, bag, barrel, crate, or other receptacle or covering) containing or wholly or partly enclosing any product packed in one or more immediate containers.

Okla. Admin. Code § 35:37-11-4

Added at 21 Ok Reg 1181, eff 5-27-04; Amended at 22 Ok Reg 2310, eff 7-11-05