No person, firm or corporation shall, with respect to any cattle, bison, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules or other equines, or any carcasses, parts of carcasses, meat or meat food products of any such animals:

1. (a) Slaughter any such animals or prepare any such articles which are capable of use as human food at any establishment preparing such articles for intrastate commerce, except in compliance with the requirements of this act. Any person who violates the provisions of this paragraph shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a Class D3 felony offense and shall be punished by imprisonment as provided for in subsections B through F of Section 20P of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes;
2. (b) Slaughter or handle in connection with slaughter any such animals in any manner not in accordance with Section 6-183 of this title. Any person who violates the provisions of this paragraph shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a Class D3 felony offense and shall be punished by imprisonment as provided for in subsections B through F of Section 20P of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes;
3. (c) Sell, transport, offer for sale or transportation, or receive for transportation, in intrastate commerce, (1) any such articles which (A) are capable of use as human food, and (B) are adulterated or misbranded at the time of such sale, transportation, offer for sale or transportation, or receipt for transportation; or (2) any articles required to be inspected under Sections 6-181 through 6-196 of this title unless they have been so inspected and passed;
4. (d) Do, with respect to any such articles which are capable of use as human food, any act while they are being transported in intrastate commerce or held for sale after such transportation, which is intended to cause or has the effect of causing such articles to be adulterated or misbranded.

Laws 1986, SB 657, c. 63, § 10, emerg. eff. March 19, 1968; Amended by Laws 1980, HB 1683, c. 35, § 2, eff. October 1, 1980; Amended by Laws 1985, SB 124, c. 38, § 7, eff. November 1, 1985; Amended by Laws 2025, HB 2104, c. 486, § 614, eff. January 1, 2026 (superseded document available).