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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
SENATE BILL 1078 By: Murdock
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to agriculture; amending 2 O.S. 2021,
Section 5-107, which relates to the Oklahoma Meat
Consumer Protection Act; defi ning term; prohibiting
production of certain product; providing penalties;
providing for promulgation of rules; updating
statutory reference; providing for codification; and
providing an effective date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STA TE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 2 O.S. 2021, Se ction 5-107, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 5-107. A. There is hereby created the “Oklahoma Meat
Consumer Protection Act ”.
B. As used in the Oklahoma Meat Consumer Pr otection Act:
1. “Cell-cultured meat”, also referred to as lab -grown meat,
cultivated meat, clean meat, in vitro meat, imitation meat,
synthetic meat, and fake meat, means a food product developed from
animal cell cultures rather than through traditional raising and
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slaughtering of livestock. Cell -cultured meat does not include
imitation meat made of non -meat ingredients including, but not
limited to, plant-based protein;
2. “Livestock” means animals defined by paragraph 9 of Section
1-3 of Title 2 of the Oklahoma Statutes this title;
2. 3. “Meat” means any edible portion of livestock or part
thereof;
3. 4. “Misrepresent” means the use of any untrue, misleading ,
or deceptive oral or written statement, advertisement, label,
display, picture, illustration , or sample; and
4. 5. “Represent” means the use of any form of oral or writte n
statement, advertisement, label, display, picture, illustration , or
sample.
C. Pursuant to the Oklahoma Meat Consumer Protection Act, no
person advertising, offering for sale , or selling meat shall engage
in any misleading or deceptive practices, including, but not limited
to, the following:
1. Misrepresenting the cut, grade, brand, trade name , or weight
or measure of any meat, or misrepresenting a product as meat that is
not derived from harvested production livestock; provided, product
packaging for plant-based items shall not be considered in violation
of the provisions of this paragraph so long as the packaging
displays that the product is derived from plant -based sources in
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type that is uniform in size and prominence to the name of the
product;
2. Using a USDA-quality grade on a product not graded by the
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) or Oklahoma
Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry (ODAFF); or
3. Failing to fully and conspicuously disclose the correct
government grade for any product if the product is represented as
having been graded by the USDA or ODAFF.
D. No person, firm, association, corporation, or any other
entity of this state shall manu facture or sell cell -cultured meat.
SECTION 2. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 5 -107.1 of Title 2, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. Any person who knowingly violates subsection D of Section 5 -
107 of Title 2 of the Oklahoma Statutes shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor.
B. Any food establishment licensed pursuant to Section 1 -1118
of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes whose owner or employee
knowingly violates subsection D of Section 5 -107 of Title 2 of the
Oklahoma Statutes shall have its license revoked upon the conviction
of an owner or employee for a violation of subsection D of Section
5-107 of Title 2 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
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C. The Oklahoma Department of Agriculture , Food, and Forestry
shall promulgate rules necessary to implement the provisions of this
section.
SECTION 3. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
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