Okla. Admin. Code § 35:37-11-113

Current through Vol. 42, No. 8, January 2, 2025

Section 35:37-11-113 - Labels required; supervision by inspector

(a) When, in an official establishment, any inspected and passed product is placed in any receptacle or covering constituting an immediate container, there shall be affixed to the container a label as described in 35:37-11-114 except that the following do not have to bear a label.

(1) Wrappings of dressed carcasses and primal parts in an unprocessed state, bearing the official inspection legend, if the wrappings are intended solely to protect the product against soiling or excessive drying during transportation or storage and the wrappings bear no information except company brand names, trade marks, or code numbers that do not include any information required by 35:37-11-114;

(2) Uncolored transparent coverings, such as cellophane, that bear no written, printed, or graphic matter and that enclose any unpackaged or packaged product bearing all markings required by Part 31 of this Subchapter that are clearly legible through the coverings;

(3) Animal and transparent artificial casings bearing only the markings required by this Subchapter;

(4) Stockinettes used as "operative devices", such as those applied to cured meats in preparation for smoking, whether or not the stockinettes are removed following completion of the operations for which they were applied;

(5) Containers such as boil-in bags, trays of frozen dinners, and pie pans that bear no information except company brand names, trademarks, code numbers, directions for preparation and serving suggestions, and that are enclosed in a consumer size container that bears a label as described in 35:37-11-114;

(6) Containers of products passed for cooking or refrigeration and moved from an official establishment under 35:37-11-57.

(b) Folders and similar coverings made of paper or similar materials, whether or not they completely enclose the product and that bear any written, printed, or graphic matter, shall bear all features required on a label for an immediate container.

(c) No covering or other container that bears or is to bear a label shall be filled, in whole or in part, except with product that has been inspected and passed in compliance with the rules in this Subchapter, that is not adulterated and that is strictly in accordance with the statements on the label. No container shall be filled, in whole or in part, and no label shall be affixed to the container, except under supervision of an inspector.

Okla. Admin. Code § 35:37-11-113

Added at 21 Ok Reg 1181, eff 5-27-04