Oklahoma § 2-5-303 Definitions.

Oklahoma Statutes

§ 2-5-303 — Definitions.

Oklahoma § 2-5-303

Title 2Agriculture

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Bluebook

Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-5-303 (2026).

Text

For purposes of the Oklahoma Organic Food Act: 1. “Certification or certified” means a determination made by a certifying agent that a production or handling operation is in compliance with this subarticle and rules promulgated pursuant thereto; 2. “Certificate of Organic Production” means an official document issued by an accredited certifying agent to document the certification of a production or handling operation; 3. “Certifying agent” means a person accredited by the Secretary of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to certify a producer or handler for the purposes of the Oklahoma Organic Food Act or the Organic Food Production Act of 1990, as amended and rules promulgated pursuant thereto; 4. “Certified operation” means a crop or livestock production, wild-crop harvesti

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For purposes of the Oklahoma Organic Food Act: 1. “Certification or certified” means a determination made by a certifying agent that a production or handling operation is in compliance with this subarticle and rules promulgated pursuant thereto; 2. “Certificate of Organic Production” means an official document issued by an accredited certifying agent to document the certification of a production or handling operation; 3. “Certifying agent” means a person accredited by the Secretary of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to certify a producer or handler for the purposes of the Oklahoma Organic Food Act or the Organic Food Production Act of 1990, as amended and rules promulgated pursuant thereto; 4. “Certified operation” means a crop or livestock production, wild-crop harvesting, or handling operation, or portion of an operation that is certified by an accredited certifying agent as utilizing a system of organic production or handling as described by the Oklahoma Organic Food Act or the Organic Food Production Act of 1990, as amended and the rules promulgated pursuant thereto; 5. “Organic food” means edible consumer products produced, processed, packaged, and handled under a system of organic production; 6. “Organic production” means a production system that is managed in accordance with the Oklahoma Organic Food Act and rules promulgated pursuant thereto or the Organic Food Production Act of 1990, 7 U.S.C., Section 6501 et seq., as amended, to respond to site-specific conditions by integrating cultural, biological, and mechanical practices that foster recycling of resources, promote ecological balance, and conserve biodiversity; and 7. “Producer” means a person who engages in the business of planting, growing, or harvesting food, fiber, feed, and other agricultural-based consumer products.

Legislative History

Added by Laws 1989, c. 317, § 3, operative July 1, 1989. Amended by Laws 2000, c. 243, § 78, emerg. eff. May 24, 2000; Laws 2003, c. 242, § 2, emerg. eff. May 23, 2003.