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34	29		BILL NO. 1126 By: Grego of the House
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36	31		and
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38	33		Pederson of the Senate
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45	38		An Act relating to public health and safety; defining
46	39		terms; prohibiting the misbranding of food;
47	40		prohibiting the distribution of, offer for sale, and
48	41		the selling of any falsely advertised or misbranded
49	42		food; providing when food is misbranded; providing
50	43		when a manufactured-protein food product is falsely
51	44		advertised; requiring the Department of Agriculture,
52	45		Food, and Forestry to investigate all credible claims
53	46		of misbranded or falsely advertised food; providing
54	47		punishment for violation; providing the Department of
55	48		Agriculture, Food, and Forestry certain rulemaking
56	49		authority; providing for codification; and providing
57	50		an effective date.
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63	56		BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE O F THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
64	57		SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
65	58		in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1 -1150 of Title 63, unless there
66	59		is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
67	60		A. As used in this act:
	61	+	1. "Agricultural food animal" means any domesticated animal
	62	+	belonging to the bovine, caprine, ovine, or porcine species, or any
	63	+	domesticated chicken or turkey;
	64	+	2. "Cultivated-protein food product" means a food product
	65	+	having one or more sensory attributes that resemble a type of tissue
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95		-	1. "Agricultural food animal" means any domesticated animal
96		-	belonging to the bovine, caprine, ovine, or porcine species, or any
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98		-	2. "Cultivated-protein food product" means a food produc t
99		-	having one or more sensory attributes that resemble a type of tissue
100	92		originating from an agricultural food animal but that, in lieu of
101	93		being derived from meat processing, is derived from manufacturing
102	94		cells or nonanimal sources, including processes in which one or more
103	95		stem cells are initiall y isolated from an agricultural food animal,
104	96		are grown in vitro, and may be manipulated, as part of a
105	97		manufacturing operation;
106	98		3. "Identifying meat term" means any word or phrase that
107	99		states, indicates, suggests, or desc ribes a meat product and
108	100		includes any:
109	101		a. common name for the species of the agricultural food
110	102		animal subject to slaughter and processing, including
111	103		calf, chicken, cow, goat, hog, kid, lamb, pig,
112	104		poultry, sheep, or turkey,
113	105		b. any characteristic of a species of the agricultural
114	106		food animal subject to slaughter and processing,
115	107		including beef, broiler, cabrito, chevon, fryer, lamb,
116	108		mutton, pork, poulet, veal, or yearling, and
117	109		c. common name used to describe a major cut of a meat of
118	110		an agricultural food animal slaughtered and processed,
	111	+	including a major meat cut or any other common name
	112	+	that a reasonable purchaser would immediately and
	113	+	exclusively associate with a meat product prepared for
	114	+	sale in normal commercial channels, including bacon,
	115	+	bologna, bone, brat, bratwurst, brisket, burger, butt,
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146		-	including a major meat cut or any other common name
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148		-	exclusively associate with a meat product prepared for
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150		-	bologna, bone, brat, bratwurst, brisket, burger, butt,
151	142		chop, chuck, cold cut, cutlet, filet, flat iron,
152	143		frank, frankfurter, ham, hamburger, hock, hot dog,
153	144		jerky, liverwurst, loin, London broil, lunch meat, New
154	145		York strip, pepperoni, porterhouse, rib, ribeye,
155	146		roast, salami, sausage, shank, sirloin, sparerib,
156	147		tenderloin, or any comparable word or phrase;
157	148		4. "Insect-protein food product" means a food product having
158	149		one or more sensory attributes that resemble a type of tissue
159	150		originating from an agricultural food animal but that, in lieu of
160	151		being derived from me at processing, is derived from manufacturing
161	152		insect parts;
162	153		5. "Manufactured-protein food product" means a cultivated
163	154		protein food product, insect -protein food product, or plant -protein
164	155		food product containing more than a trace amount of plant -protein
165	156		food products;
166	157		6. "Plant-protein food product" means a food product having one
167	158		or more sensory attributes that resemble a type of tissue found in a
168	159		species of agricultural food animal but that, in lieu of being
	160	+	derived from meat processing, is derived from ma nufacturing plant
	161	+	parts; and
	162	+	7. "Qualifying term" means a word, compound word, or phrase
	163	+	that would clearly disclose to a reasonable purchaser of meat
	164	+	products that a food product is not a meat product including cell -
	165	+	cultivated, cell cultured, fake, grown in a lab, imitation, insect,
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196		-	derived from meat processing, is derived from manufacturing plant
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198		-	7. "Qualifying term" means a word, compound word, or phrase
199		-	that would clearly disclose to a reasonable purchaser of meat
200		-	products that a food product is not a meat product including cell -
201		-	cultivated, cell cultured, fake, grown in a lab, imitation, insect,
202	192		insect-based, insect protein, lab -created, lab-grown, meat-free,
203	193		meatless, plant, plant -based, vegan, vegetable, vegetarian, veggie,
204	194		or any comparable word or phrase.
205	195		B. No person shall falsely advertise or misbrand any food or
206	196		distribute, offer for sale, or sell any misbranded food.
207	197		C. A food shall be deemed to be falsely advertised or
208	198		misbranded if:
209	199		1. For any manufactured -protein food product that is labeled
210	200		with an identifying meat term , such manufactured-protein food
211	201		product is not labeled with a conspicuous and prominent qualifying
212	202		term in close proximity to the identifying meat term; or
213	203		2. For any manufactured -protein food product that is labeled
214	204		with an identifying meat term and offered for sale at a food
215	205		establishment, such manufactured -protein food product is not labeled
216	206		in a manner that is clearly and distinctly separate from any product
217	207		that is made from tissue originating from any agricultural food
218	208		animal.
	209	+	D. A manufactured-protein food product is falsely advert ised or
	210	+	misbranded if:
	211	+	1. All labeling or advertising for such manufactured -protein
	212	+	food product that lists an identifying meat term does not include a
	213	+	conspicuous and prominent qualifying term in close proximity to the
	214	+	identifying meat term; or
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246		-	D. A manufactured-protein food product is falsely advertised or
247		-	misbranded if:
248		-	1. All labeling or advertising for such manufactured -protein
249		-	food product that lists an identifying meat term does not include a
250		-	conspicuous and prominent qualifying term in close proximity to the
251		-	identifying meat term; or
252	241		2. For any manufactured-protein food product that is offered
253	242		for sale at a food establishment, such manufactured -protein food
254	243		product is not stored in a manner that:
255	244		a. keeps such product separate from tissue originating
256	245		from agricultural food animals, and
257	246		b. uses distinctive shelf tags or other posted
258	247		representations to identify and distinguish such
259	248		manufactured-protein food product from tissue
260	249		originating from agricultural food animals.
261	250		E. The Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry shall
262	251		investigate all credible complaints that food products are falsely
263	252		advertised or misbranded as meat products.
264	253		F. Any person who violates the provisions of this act shall,
265	254		upon conviction, be guilty of a misdemeanor.
266	255		G. A manufacturer of food under Sections 1 -1118, 1-1118.1, and
267	256		1-1119 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes that violates this act
268	257		shall be subject to all enforcement measures as provided by rule of
269	258		the Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry .
	259	+	H. The Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry may adopt
	260	+	rules as necessary to implement this section.
	261	+	SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
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297		-	H. The Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry may adopt
298		-	rules as necessary to implement this section.
299		-	SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
300		-	COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND WILDLIFE
301		-	April 14, 2025 - DO PASS
	289	+	Passed the House of Representatives the 24th day of March, 2025.
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	299	+	Passed the Senate the ___ day of __________, 2025.
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