Okla. Admin. Code § 35:37-3-2

Current through Vol. 42, No. 7, December 16, 2024
Section 35:37-3-2 - Definitions
(a) All words or terms defined or used in the Federal regulations incorporated by reference shall mean the state equivalent or counterpart to those word or terms.
(b) The following words or terms, when used in this subchapter, shall have the following meaning, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

"Act" means the Oklahoma Meat Inspection Act, 2 O.S. §§ 6-181 through 6-213(2001).

"Director" means the Director of Meat Inspection.

"Livestock" means cattle, bison, sheep, swine, goat, horse, mule, or other equine.

"Meat" means the part of the muscle of any cattle, bison, sheep, swine, or goats, that is skeletal or that is found in the tongue, in the diaphragm, in the heart, or in the esophagus, with or without the accompanying and overlying fat, and the portions of bone, skin, sinew, nerve, and blood vessels which normally accompany the muscle tissue and that are not separated from it in the process of dressing. It does not include the muscle found in the lips, snout, or ears.

"Meat by-product" means any part capable of use as human food, other than meat that has been derived from one or more cattle, bison, sheep, swine, or goats.

"Meat food product" means any article capable of use as human food that is made wholly or in part from any meat or other portion of the carcass from any cattle, bison, sheep, swine, or goats. However, "meat food product" shall not include those exempted from definition as a meat food product by the Director in specific cases or by the rules, in Title 9 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Part 317 due to a determination that they contain meat or other portions of carcasses only in a relatively small proportion or historically have not been considered by consumers as products of the meat food industry. Those exempted shall comply with any requirements that are imposed as conditions of the exemptions to assure that the meat or other portions of carcasses contained in the articles are not adulterated and are not represented as meat food products.

Okla. Admin. Code § 35:37-3-2

Added at 21 Ok Reg 1181, eff 5-27-04; Amended at 28 Ok Reg 2197, eff 7-25-11