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1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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2 1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
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3 SENATE BILL 1080 By: Murdock
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to agriculture; amending 2 O.S. 2021,
7 Sections 7-403, 7-414, and 7-417, which relate to the
8 Oklahoma Milk and Milk Products Act; defining term;
8 excluding donkey milk from certain provisions of act
9 under certain circumstances; updating statutory
9 language; making language gender neutral; and
10 providing an effective date.
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12 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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13 SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 2 O.S. 2021, Section 7-403, is
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14 amended to read as follows:
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15 Section 7-403. As used in the Oklahoma Milk and Milk Products
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16 Act:
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17 1. "Bulk milk hauler/sampler" means any person collecting
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18 official samples who may transport raw milk from a farm or raw milk
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19 products to or from a milk plant, receiving station, or transfer
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20 station and has in his or her possession a permit from any state to
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21 sample these products;
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22 2. "Dairy farm" means any premises owned or operated by a "milk
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23 producer" milk producer where one or more cows or goats are kept,
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1 and from which a part or all of the milk or milk products is are
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2 sold or offered for sale;
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3 3. "Donkey milk" means the lacteal secretion, practically free
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4 from colostrum, obtained by the complete milking of one or more
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5 healthy donkeys;
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6 4. "Goat milk" means the lacteal secretion, practically free
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7 from colostrum, obtained by the complete milking of one or more
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8 healthy goats;
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9 4. 5. "Grade A milk and milk products" means milk and milk
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10 products at any stage from production through pasteurization and
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11 packaging, that are of the minimum quality and are produced, hauled,
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12 processed, and distributed under conditions which meet the
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13 requirements of the Oklahoma Milk and Milk Products Act;
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14 5. 6. "Inhibitor" means any chemical or antibiotic substance
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15 which inhibits or retards the growth of bacteria in milk;
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16 6. 7. "Milk" means the lacteal secretion, practically free from
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17 colostrum, obtained by the complete milking of one or more healthy
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18 cows, which contains not less than eight and one-fourth percent (8
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19 1/4%) milk solids-not-fat and not less than three and one-fourth
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20 percent (3 1/4%) milk fat. The term "milk" milk shall include
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21 donkey milk, goat milk, fluid market milk, and milk products for the
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22 purpose of distribution to the consumer, and may contain optional
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23 ingredients defined by the State Board of Agriculture and shall
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24 include ungraded and Grade A milk;
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1 7. 8. "Milk contact surface" means any pipe, tank, equipment,
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2 or facility which contacts or may contact milk during the producing,
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3 transporting, processing, or distributing of milk and milk products;
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4 8. 9. "Milk distribution center" means any premises, owned or
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5 operated by a "milk distributor" milk distributor, which distributes
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6 and sells or offers to sell milk and milk products but does not
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7 include an establishment which sells or offers to sell Grade A milk
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8 and milk products at retail;
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9 9. 10. "Milk facility" means the producing, processing,
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10 transporting, or distributing premises and facilities which operate
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11 under an appropriate and valid permit issued by the Commissioner of
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12 Agriculture, in compliance with the Oklahoma Milk and Milk Products
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13 Act and the rules of the Board;
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14 10. 11. "Milk fat" or "butter fat" means the fat of milk;
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15 11. 12. "Milk plant" means any premises owned or operated by a
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16 "milk processor" milk processor where milk or milk products are
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17 collected, manufactured, processed, pasteurized, bottled, stored, or
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18 prepared for distribution for commercial purposes including, but not
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19 limited to, a receiving or transfer station;
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20 12. 13. "Milk products" means those products produced or
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21 obtained from milk or any component or product of milk and defined
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22 by the Board, including Grade A milk products, ungraded raw milk,
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23 and ungraded milk products;
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1 13. 14. "Milk tank truck cleaning facility" means any premises
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2 or establishment, separate from a milk plant, receiving station, or
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3 transfer station, where a milk tank truck is cleaned and sanitized;
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4 14. 15. "Milk tank truck driver" means any person transporting
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5 raw or pasteurized milk products between a milk plant, receiving
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6 station, or transfer station;
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7 15. 16. "Milk transportation company" means any person
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8 responsible for a milk tank truck;
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9 16. 17. "Pasteurized milk" means Grade A raw milk which has
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10 been pasteurized and stored in accordance with the chemical,
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11 bacteriological, and temperature standards required by the Board;
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12 17. 18. "Receiving station" means any premises where raw milk
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13 is received, collected, handled, stored, or cooled and prepared for
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14 further transporting;
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15 18. 19. "Retail food store" means any establishment which
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16 offers for retail sale packaged or bulk food goods for human
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17 consumption;
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18 19. 20. "Transfer station" means any establishment or premises
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19 where milk or milk products are transferred directly from one milk
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20 tank truck to another; and
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21 20. 21. "Ungraded milk products" and "manufacture grade milk
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22 products" include, but are not limited to, butter, cheese, dry milk,
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23 condensed milk, filled or evaporated milk, frozen dairy dessert, and
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24 mello-drink products.
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1 SECTION 2. AMENDATORY 2 O.S. 2021, Section 7-414, is
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2 amended to read as follows:
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3 Section 7-414. A. The provisions of the Oklahoma Milk and Milk
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4 Products Act shall not be construed to:
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5 1. Include incidental sales of raw milk directly to consumers
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6 at the farm where the milk is produced;
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7 2. Preclude the advertising of the incidental sale of goat milk
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8 or donkey milk; and
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9 3. Prohibit any farmer or producer from making cheese using
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10 milk or cream produced on the farm of such farmer or producer.
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11 B. For purposes of this section, incidental sales of goat milk
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12 or donkey milk are those sales where the average monthly number of
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13 gallons sold does not exceed one hundred (100).
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14 SECTION 3. AMENDATORY 2 O.S. 2021, Section 7-417, is
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16 Section 7-417. A. No person shall produce, haul, process, or
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17 distribute ungraded raw milk or milk products or hold himself or
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18 herself out as an ungraded milk producer, hauler, processor, or
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19 distributor unless such person possesses an appropriate and valid
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20 permit for the particular premises or facilities concerned. The
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21 processing of permit applications and inspections shall be similar
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22 to the Grade A permit process.
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1 permit; provided, that any producer of donkey milk shall adhere to
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2 the inspection and investigation provisions of the Oklahoma Milk and
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3 Milk Products Act.
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4 SECTION 4. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
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