Oklahoma Code § 2-5-303

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.

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