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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2nd Session of the 58th Legislature (2022)
SENATE BILL 1110 By: Bullard
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to meat inspections; limiting remote
inspections to intrastate commerce; requiring certain
standards for remote i nspections; requiring real-time
viewing; providing certain exception; allowing
digital technical assistant onsite to assist with
inspections; requiring experience and qualification
by rule for certain assistant ; requiring time and
date stamp; establishing high quality and resolution
viewing; providing for reco rding of identity of
assistant; establishing requirements for certain
stages of processing; requiring view and angle
adjustment capabilities; directing certain compliance
with regulations at certain stages of processing;
providing for temperature reading and recording;
directing labeling for remotely inspected products;
stating content of label; providing for disapproval
on inspection; directing removal of c ertain animal or
product by rule and regulatio n for failure of
inspection; directing the Oklahoma Department of
Agriculture, Food, and Forestry to promulgate certain
rules; providing for codification ; and providing an
effective date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 6-181.2 of Title 2, unless there
is created a duplication in nu mbering, reads as follows:
A. Meat inspected by remote viewing technology sha ll remain
within the boundaries and authority of this state for intrastate
commerce only.
B. For purposes of meat inspections performed by remote
technology authorized pursuant to Section 6-182.1 of Title 2 of the
Oklahoma Statutes, and the rules promulgated thereto, the meat
processer shall use remotely located certified inspectors to conduct
meat inspections on the cattle and bison to be processed at the
facility provided, the remote viewing technology meets the
requirements of this section.
C. Remote viewing technologies for meat inspections shall
require real-time viewing of the cattle and bison at the processing
facility by a remotely located certified inspector who se inspection
is conducted through use of uninterrupted live-stream video, digital
live-feed recordings, real-time filming or other technologies
approved by the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and
Forestry. The technology and equipment used for remote viewing
inspections shall be installed at the processing facility and
connected to the remote certified inspector allowing the inspector
to conduct actual real-time viewing of all cattle and bison from the
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animal’s entry at the facility to the end of the processing, except
while the carcass is placed in cold storage .
D. To assist with remote inspections, a digital technical
assistant may be onsite at the processing facility and qualified as
provided by the rules promulgated by the Oklahoma Department of
Agriculture, Food, and Forestry. The digital technical assistant
shall perform any physical handling of the animal or equipment
required for accurate assessment of the animal’s health, condition
and processing by the remote certified inspector. The digital
technical assistant shall not be a certified inspector but shall
have experience sufficient to assist the certified inspector while
conducting the remote inspection.
E. Technologies utilized at the processing facility for remote
inspections shall be required to have an accurate time and date
stamp imbedded on the inspection video, recording or film. The
image quality of the inspection video, recording or film shall be of
high quality and resolution to allow the remote certified inspector
to accurately assess the animal and the entirety of the process.
When utilized, the onsite digital technical assistant shall be
recorded in real-time by name and image to identify the person
assisting with the inspection. Every remote inspection shall
require:
1. Before slaughter: Viewing in real-time of the animal to be
processed for purpose of identification and details on each animal
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including, but not limited to, any discoloration, spots on the hide
or any other known markers used to identify illness and injury and
to show the ability of the animal to walk under its own power
without assistance in compliance with regulations;
2. Views of the animal: Each animal to be processed shall be
viewed by whole body and close-up images and angles that clearly
show details of the animal including, but not limited to, hooves,
mouth, nose, eyes, udders, hair and hide and the whole-body
composition in a manner sufficient for the remote inspector to
determine any injury and potential illness. The technologies
utilized by the processing facility shall permit view and angle
adjustments and enhanced imaging for each animal being inspected;
3. At slaughter: Slaughter of the animal shall be viewable in
real-time by the inspector to determine whether the kill was
conducted in compliance with humane slaughter regulati ons;
4. Carcass processing: Processing of the carcass during
suspension, exsanguination, hide removal, splitting and
evisceration shall be viewable by the inspector during the entirety
of the process with adjustable angles and enhanced imaging that can
show either single or multiple carcasses at the discretion of the
inspector to determine whether the processing is conducted in
compliance with regulations ;
5. Butchering: The entirety of the butchering process shall be
viewable by the inspector with adjustments on angles and enhanced
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imaging to view single or multiple carcasses at the discretion of
the inspector to determine whether the process is conducted in
compliance with regulations;
6. Temperature readings : During processing and pursuant to
rule and regulation, the temperature readings of the carcasses,
processing rooms and cold storage areas shall be inspected and
recorded on the inspection video, recording or film. Each recorded
temperature reading shall be accompanied by an accurate
synchronized time and date stamp on the video, recording or film;
and
7. Labels: All remotely inspected meat shall require a label
to be attached and prominently displayed that states: “Inspected
by ODAFF for sale only in Oklahoma.” Labels shall include batch
numbers required by the Department rules.
F. Any animal, carcass, hide, meat or organ that fails to
comply with the regulations for inspection shall be disapproved for
intrastate commerce and shall be promptly culled, removed,
destroyed or otherwise handled as required by the rules or
regulations promulgated by the Department for failure to meet
inspection standards.
G. The Department shall promulgate rules and regulations to
implement and enforce the provisions of this section . Such rules
and regulations may be promulgated pursuant to federal guidelines,
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if any, regarding meat inspections for human consumption that are
limited to intrastate commerce only.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2022.
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