Okla. Admin. Code § 35:37-11-126

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

Section 35:37-11-126 - Products and other articles entering official establishments

(a) Except as otherwise provided in Subsections (e) and (f) of this Section or 35:37-11-134, no product shall be brought into an official establishment unless it has been prepared only in an official establishment, State or Federal, and previously inspected and passed by such and is identified by an official inspection legend as inspected and passed. Products received in an official establishment during the inspector's absence shall be identified and maintained in a manner acceptable to the inspector. Product entering any official establishment shall not be used or prepared until it has been reinspected in accordance with 35:37-11-127. Any product originally prepared at any official establishment may not be returned into any part of establishment, except the receiving area approved under 35:37-11-128, until it has been reinspected by the inspector.

(b) The operator of the official establishment shall furnish information as is necessary to determine the origin of any product or other article entering the official establishment. Information shall include, but is not limited to, the name and address of the seller or supplier, transportation company, agent, or broker involved in the sale or delivery of the product or article in question.

(c) Every article for use as an ingredient in the preparation of meat food products, when entering any official establishment and at all times while it is in the establishment, shall bear a label showing the name of the article, the amount or percentage of any substances restricted by this Part or Part 33 of this Subchapter, and a list of ingredients in the article if composed of two or more ingredients. In addition, the label must show the name and address of the shipper.

(d) Dyes, chemicals, or other substances, the use of which is restricted to certain products, may be brought into or kept in an official establishment only if the products are prepared at the establishment. No prohibited dye, chemical, preservative or other substance shall be brought into or kept in an official establishment.

(e) Carcasses of game animals, and carcasses derived from the slaughter by any person of livestock of the person's own raising and parts of the carcasses, may be brought into an official establishment for preparation, packaging, and storing in accordance with the provisions of this Subchapter.

(f) Glands and organs, such as cotyledons, ovaries, prostrate glands, tonsils, spinal cords, and detached lymphatic, pineal, pituitary, parathyroid, suprarenal, pancreatic and thyroid glands, used in preparing pharmaceutical, organotherapeutic or technical products and that are not used as human food (whether or not prepared at official establishments) may be brought into and stored in edible product departments of inspected establishments if packaged in suitable containers so that the presence of the glands and organs will in no way interfere with the maintenance of sanitary conditions or constitute an interference with inspection. Glands or organs that are regarded as human food products, such as livers, testicles, and thymus glands, may be brought into official establishments for pharmaceuticals organotherapeutic or technical purposes, only if inspected and passed and identified.

(g) Any product or other article that is brought into an official establishment contrary to any provision of this Section may be required by the Director to be removed immediately from the establishment by the operator, and failure to comply with the requirement shall be deemed a violation of this Subchapter.

Okla. Admin. Code § 35:37-11-126

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