Understanding Oklahoma’s Law on Feeding Garbage to Pigs
Hello, I’m Oklahoma City business law attorney Dillan Savage of Wirth Law Office, and I practice primarily in the Oklahoma City, Oklahoma area. Today we are going to be discussing the feeding of garbage to swine, otherwise known as pigs. Oklahoma’s law against feeding garbage to swine appears to be targeted at larger industries—individuals who raise large numbers of pigs for slaughter and sale in the food industry.
Key Provisions of the Statute
This statute can be found in Title 2, Section 6-27, and it starts off with a strong statement: “No person shall feed garbage to swine.” There are no exceptions in that first provision.
“Garbage,” as defined by this statute, means putrescible animal and vegetable waste resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking, and consumption of foods. It includes fish, poultry, or animal carcasses.
However, there are exceptions. These provisions do not apply to individuals who feed only their own household garbage to their own swine or institutions that feed their own garbage to swine raised for the institution’s own use.
Understanding the Exceptions
So, if you have your own pigs and are feeding them your own household garbage, you’re fine. Similarly, if an institution feeds its own garbage to pigs it raises for its own use, that’s also permitted.
But if either an individual or an institution feeds garbage to pigs and then attempts to sell those pigs elsewhere, that would violate Oklahoma law.
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My name is Dillan Savage, and I’m the Oklahoma City attorney with Wirth Law Office. Thank you for watching.
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