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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 22 By: Green
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to agriculture; amending 2 O.S. 2021,
7 Section 5-107, which relates to the Oklahoma Meat
8 Consumer Protection Act; defining term; prohibiting
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9 promulgation of rules; and providing an effective
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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 5-107, is
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14 amended to read as follows:
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15 Section 5-107. A. There is hereby created the "Oklahoma Meat
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16 Consumer Protection Act".
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17 B. As used in the Oklahoma Meat Consumer Protection Act:
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18 1. "Cell-cultured meat", also referred to as lab-grown meat,
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19 cultivated meat, clean meat, in vitro meat, imitation meat,
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20 synthetic meat, and fake meat, means a food product developed from
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21 animal cell cultures rather than through traditional raising and
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22 slaughtering of livestock. Cell-cultured meat does not include
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23 imitation meat made of non-meat ingredients including, but not
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24 limited to, plant-based protein;
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1 2. "Livestock" means animals defined by paragraph 9 of Section
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2 1-3 of Title 2 of the Oklahoma Statutes;
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3 2. 3. "Meat" means any edible portion of livestock or part
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5 3. 4. "Misrepresent" means the use of any untrue, misleading,
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6 or deceptive oral or written statement, advertisement, label,
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7 display, picture, illustration, or sample; and
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8 4. 5. "Represent" means the use of any form of oral or written
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9 statement, advertisement, label, display, picture, illustration, or
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10 sample.
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11 C. Pursuant to the Oklahoma Meat Consumer Protection Act, no
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12 person advertising, offering for sale, or selling meat shall engage
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13 in any misleading or deceptive practices, including, but not limited
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15 1. Misrepresenting the cut, grade, brand, trade name, or weight
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16 or measure of any meat, or misrepresenting a product as meat that is
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17 not derived from harvested production livestock; provided, product
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18 packaging for plant-based items shall not be considered in violation
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19 of the provisions of this paragraph so long as the packaging
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20 displays that the product is derived from plant-based sources in
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21 type that is uniform in size and prominence to the name of the
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1 2. Using a USDA-quality grade on a product not graded by the
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3 Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry (ODAFF); or
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4 3. Failing to fully and conspicuously disclose the correct
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7 D. No person, firm, association, corporation, or any other
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10 E. The State Board of Agriculture shall promulgate rules
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13 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
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