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28	28	STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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30	30	1st Session of the 58th Legislature (2021)
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32	32	HOUSE BILL 1646 By: Humphrey
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38	38	AS INTRODUCED
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40	40	An Act relating to agriculture; amending Section 1,
41	41	Chapter 82, O.S.L. 2020 (2 O.S. Supp. 2020, Section
42	42	6-182.1), which relates to the Oklahoma Meat
43	43	Inspection Act; defi ning term; requiring certain
44	44	inspector present during slaughtering, processing, or
45	45	butchering of cattle or bison; requiring inspection
46	46	costs be paid by processor; allowing certain
47	47	cooperative agreements; providing inspecto r
48	48	qualifications; requiring certai n certification;
49	49	providing remote inspection requirements; requiring
50	50	certain meat labelling; modifying certain rule -making
51	51	authority; and providing an effective date .
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58	58	BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE O F OKLAHOMA:
59	59	SECTION 1. AMENDATORY Section 1, Chapter 82, O.S.L. 2020
60	60	(2 O.S. Supp. 2020, Section 6 -182.1), is amended to read as follows:
61	61	Section 6-182.1 A. As used in this section, "intrastate
62	62	processor" means a facility that p roduces meat food products or meat
63	63	by-products from cattle or bison for wholesale or retail only within
64	64	the State of Oklahoma. The facility processes no more than ten
65	65	thousand head of cattle and bison in a calendar year. Mobile
66	66	slaughter facilities that produce meat food products or meat by-
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93	93	products from cattle or bison for wholesale or retail only within
94	94	the State of Oklahoma may be considered an intrastate processor.
95	95	B. All intrastate processors shall have a n Oklahoma Department
96	96	of Agriculture, Food, a nd Forestry inspector, a contracte d
97	97	Department certified inspector, or operating remote inspection
98	98	capabilities present during the slaughtering, processing, or
99	99	butchering of cattle or bison. All costs of inspections shall be
100	100	paid by the processor. Proces sing facilities that slaughter mor e
101	101	than ten thousand (10,000) head of cattle and bison in a calendar
102	102	year shall pay for on site inspectors of the Department.
103	103	C. Cooperative agreements may be facilitated by counties,
104	104	municipalities, extensions services, i ntrastate processors, or
105	105	livestock producers to pay the costs to retain a contract inspector
106	106	as required in subsection B of this section.
107	107	D. Persons who provide inspections of intrastate processors
108	108	remotely or on-site for the Department and persons certi fied by the
109	109	Department to provide contract inspections of intrastate processors
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111	111	1. Possess the necessary qualifications required of the United
112	112	States Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service
113	113	meat inspectors;
114	114	2. Have ten (10) or more years of experience in meat processing
115	115	and possess certification by a relevant food safety course provided
116	116	by Oklahoma Career Tech or any university; or
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143	143	3. Possess a bachelor's degree in Animal Science or other
144	144	related field approved by the Departme nt, and possess the American
145	145	Meat Science Association Meat Evaluatio n Certification or complete
146	146	the 20-day Basic Livestock Slaughter Inspection Training Course of
147	147	United States Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection,
148	148	or other relevant trainin g certification approved by the De partment.
149	149	E. Persons who meet the qualifications provided in subsection D
150	150	of this section shall be certified by the Department to contract
151	151	with intrastate processors to conduct in person inspections.
152	152	F. Intrastate processers who utilize remote inspection s shall
153	153	provide an uninterrupted video feed of each cattle or bison from
154	154	their entry of the facility to the end of processing, except while
155	155	the carcass is placed in cold storage.
156	156	1. Multiple cameras with an accurate time stamp may be used to
157	157	film the entirety of the process.
158	158	2. Video provided of the cattle or bison before slaughter shall
159	159	be high resolution and with enough lighting to show any
160	160	discoloration, spots on the hide or any other known markers used by
161	161	remote inspectors to identify illness or injur y and show the ability
162	162	of the animal to walk under its own power without assistance.
163	163	3. Video angles shall be shown that provide close footage of
164	164	the hooves, mouth, nose, eyes, udders, hair and hide, and the whole
165	165	of the body in a manner sufficient to all ow the remote inspector to
166	166	determine a potential illness.
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193	193	4. Slaughtering of the animal shall be filmed in a manner
194	194	sufficient to determine that it is conducted in compliance with
195	195	humane slaughter regulations.
196	196	5. There shall be available to the remote in spectors video of
197	197	the processing of the carcass during suspension, exsanguination,
198	198	hide removal, splitting, and evisceration from angles that may show
199	199	multiple carcasses or processing operations, provided they are
200	200	sufficient to determine compliance with re gulations.
201	201	6. There shall be available to the remote inspectors video of
202	202	the entire butchering process of the carcass from angles that may
203	203	show multiple carcasses or butchering and processing operations,
204	204	provided they are sufficient to determine complianc e with
205	205	regulations.
206	206	G. Intrastate processors shall provide the remote inspectors
207	207	temperature readings of the carcass, processing rooms, and cold
208	208	storage as required by regulations. Temperature readings provided
209	209	shall be accompanied with an accurate time of measurement that is
210	210	synchronized with the required video feed.
211	211	H. All packaging of meat food products or meat by -products
212	212	produced by intrastate processors shall have an attached label,
213	213	prominently displayed, that stat es "Inspected by ODAFF only for sa le
214	214	in Oklahoma." Labels shall include batch numbers that are provided
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242	242	I. Intrastate processors may place a brand label on the package
243	243	that is agreed upon by the intrastate processor and the livestock
244	244	producer that provided the cattle o r bison.
245	245	J. Upon approval by the United States Department of
246	246	Agriculture, the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and
247	247	Forestry may establish additional standards for Oklahoma producers
248	248	that market and sell beef and bison in intrastate commerce.
249	249	B. K. The Department is authorized to promulgate rules
250	250	regarding slaughter facilities that provide for the following:
251	251	1. Establish additional standards that allow for flexibility in
252	252	beef and bison inspection, including, but not limited to,
253	253	establishing the number of inspectors at a facility and the use of
254	254	technologies to digitally inspect meat;
255	255	2. Establish additional standards for the labeling of beef and
256	256	bison products sold intrastate;
257	257	3. Establish additional standards for the number of head over
258	258	which a facility shall pay for a state inspector; and
259	259	4. Establish any other standards necessary to increase the
260	260	ability of producers to market and sell beef and bison in intrastate
261	261	commerce.
262	262	C. L. Any rules promulgated pursuant to this section shall
263	263	ensure that food safety will not be compromised in any way and will
264	264	ensure that consumers are protected.
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291	291	SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2021.
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293	293	58-1-5152 AMM 01/10/21

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