As used in the Oklahoma Beef Improvement and Market Development Act: 1. 'Beef' and 'beef products' mean the meat intended for human consumption from any cattle, including, but not limited to, veal;2. 'Cattle' means all bovine animals, regardless of age;3. 'Council' means the Oklahoma Beef Council established under the Oklahoma Beef Improvement and Market Development Act to administer and govern the program;4. 'Market agent' means any person or entity who sells, offers for sale, markets, distributes, trades, or processes cattle purchased or acquired from a producer, or marketed on behalf of a producer, and includes, but is not limited to, cattle feeders and meatpacking firms and their agents that purchase or consign to purchase cattle;5. 'Person' includes individuals, partnerships, firms, corporations, associations, trusts, estates, limited liability companies and any other legal entities recognized to do business in Oklahoma; and6. 'Producer' means a person that owned or sold cattle in the previous calendar year or presently owns cattle.Added by Laws 2004, c. 34, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2004.
Oklahoma Legal Code