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MS Code § 69-1-25 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals|Chapter 1 - Agriculture and Commerce Department; Council on Agriculture|General Provisions|§ 69-1-25. Commissioner, Governor and Attorney General to enforce regulations as to products coming in

  The State Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce, the Governor and the Attorney General of the State of Mississippi, are hereby authorized and empowered, in their discretion, to protect the welfare of the people of the State of Mississippi by guaranteeing that seeds, feeds, fertilizers, bulbs, vegetables, or any and all other product of farm, grove, forest, garden and minerals, including but not limited to coal and lime, coming into the State of Mississippi meet the proper standards, in accordance with the laws of the State of Mississippi and rules and regulations drawn by the State Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce, with the approval of the Attorney General, governing the labeling as to net weight, source of origin, purity, and grade thereof. In the case of coal or lime, the State Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce, with the approval of the Attorney General, may promulgate rules and regulations setting up a form or forms to be used in guaranteeing the net weight at the point of delivery, to be weighed on approved scales in the presence of the purchaser.   Any person, firm or corporation violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not exceeding Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding six months, or both, and each sale of any such goods or products without meeting the requirements of this section shall constitute a separate offense.
MS Code § 69-1-27 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals|Chapter 1 - Agriculture and Commerce Department; Council on Agriculture|General Provisions|§ 69-1-27. Commissioner to co-operate with U. S. Department

 The Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce is hereby authorized to co-operate with the secretary of the United States Department of Agriculture or any of his authorized agents or representatives in carrying out the purpose of this chapter.
MS Code § 69-1-28 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals|Chapter 1 - Agriculture and Commerce Department; Council on Agriculture|General Provisions|§ 69-1-28. State regulations governing free-range poultry shall be no more stringent than federal regulations on free-range chickens

 Any regulations or best management practices adopted by the Commissioner of Agriculture regulating free-range poultry only shall be no more stringent or extensive in scope, coverage, or effect than federal regulations and best management practices. For purposes of this section, "free-range poultry" means poultry having free access to the outdoors through their normal growing cycle.
MS Code § 69-1-29 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals|Chapter 1 - Agriculture and Commerce Department; Council on Agriculture|General Provisions|§ 69-1-29. Inspection of seed and fertilizer furnished by the federal government

 The Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce of the State of Mississippi, is authorized and empowered to enter into an agreement and execute any contract pursuant thereto, with the secretary of agriculture of the United States for the purpose of, and providing for, inspection, by the Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce of the State of Mississippi, of superphosphate, liming materials and seed furnished to producers by the department of agriculture of the United States as grants-in-aid to producers under its soil conservation program.
MS Code § 69-1-30 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals|Chapter 1 - Agriculture and Commerce Department; Council on Agriculture|General Provisions|§ 69-1-30. Security guards for Jim Buck Ross Mississippi Agriculture and Forestry Museum

 The Department of Agriculture and Commerce is hereby authorized to employ or to contract with private security agencies to provide security for the Jim Buck Ross Mississippi Agriculture and Forestry Museum. The jurisdiction of the security guards shall be limited to the museum property and shall not supplant the authority or jurisdiction of any state or local law enforcement officer.
MS Code § 69-1-32 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals|Chapter 1 - Agriculture and Commerce Department; Council on Agriculture|General Provisions|§ 69-1-32. "Jim Buck Ross Mississippi Agriculture and Forestry Museum" designated

 The Mississippi Agriculture and Forestry Museum shall be renamed and known as the Jim Buck Ross Mississippi Agriculture and Forestry Museum. The Department of Agriculture and Commerce shall have an appropriate sign or signs placed at the museum displaying the new name of the museum.
MS Code § 69-1-40 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals|Chapter 1 - Agriculture and Commerce Department; Council on Agriculture|General Provisions|§ 69-1-40. Warehouses for storage of lime

 The Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce is hereby authorized at his discretion, and when the funds are available to construct or lease, operate and maintain warehouses to be utilized as a storage place for lime to be used for agricultural purposes. Said warehouses shall be located in the area of the state commonly referred to as the "Mississippi Delta." The Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce is further authorized and directed to operate said lime warehouses in such a way as to provide adequate amounts of lime needed for agricultural purposes.
MS Code § 69-1-45 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals|Chapter 1 - Agriculture and Commerce Department; Council on Agriculture|General Provisions|§ 69-1-45. Construction and purpose of chapter

 The provisions of this chapter shall not be construed in any way to conflict with the work and scope of the Mississippi State University of Agriculture and Applied Science and the Mississippi Experiment Station. It is the purpose of this chapter to secure the co-operation by the Department of Agriculture and Commerce with the said university and experiment station in the dissemination and publicity of such useful information as may come into the possession of said departments.
MS Code § 69-1-47 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals|Chapter 1 - Agriculture and Commerce Department; Council on Agriculture|General Provisions|§ 69-1-47. Funding for repairs and renovations at farmers' market

 The Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce is hereby authorized and empowered, subject to the approval of the Department of Finance and Administration to borrow, from time to time, an amount not to exceed One Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($150,000.00) in the aggregate for repairs and renovations at the Farmers' Market in Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi.   The rental proceeds received by the Central Market Board shall be pledged for the payment of the principal of and interest on such loan, which shall not exceed a term of ten (10) years and shall bear an interest rate not to exceed that provided in Section 75-17-101, Mississippi Code of 1972.
MS Code § 69-1-49 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals|Chapter 1 - Agriculture and Commerce Department; Council on Agriculture|General Provisions|§ 69-1-49. Studies concerning commodity exchange entity, Farm Assistance in Rural Mississippi (FARM) Program, and marketing outlets; federal assistance; reports

  The Department of Agriculture and Commerce and the Mississippi Cooperative Extension Service shall study the merits of establishing a commodity exchange entity whose purpose shall be to coordinate and enhance the marketing of Mississippi crops, poultry and livestock in national and international markets. Such entity would have the authority to consign and broker such crops, poultry and livestock. A report of the study shall be submitted on or before August 1, 1987, to the Governor, Lieutenant Governor and the Legislature.   The Department of Agriculture and Commerce and the Mississippi Cooperative Extension Service shall evaluate the merits of creating a Farm Assistance in Rural Mississippi (FARM) Program, which shall have as its primary features a price enhancement program and a debt reduction assistance program for crop producers. A report on this program shall be submitted on or before September 1, 1987, to the Governor, Lieutenant Governor and the Legislature.   The Department of Agriculture and Commerce shall request the Agri-Marketing Service, marketing affiliate branch of the United States Department of Agriculture to conduct a feasibility study on marketing outlets. The Department of Agriculture and Commerce shall provide the assistance necessary to accomplish the purpose of this section. A report on this study shall be submitted on or before January 1, 1988, to the Governor, Lieutenant Governor and the Legislature.
MS Code § 69-1-53 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals|Chapter 1 - Agriculture and Commerce Department; Council on Agriculture|General Provisions|§ 69-1-53. Studies concerning the market feasibility of the sale of hybrid bream and hybrid black stripe crappie

 The Division of Agriculture, Forestry and Veterinary Medicine at Mississippi State University shall in cooperation with the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce and the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks: (a) study the development of a test that can be used in the field for identifying differences between wild species of game fish and game fish produced in an aquacultural facility; and (b) research the culture feasibility and market potential of the sale of hybrid bream and hybrid black stripe crappie as authorized in Section 79-22-9.
MS Code § 69-1-55 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals|Chapter 1 - Agriculture and Commerce Department; Council on Agriculture|General Provisions|§ 69-1-55. Prohibition against misrepresentation of country of origin of shrimp and crawfish by restaurant that sells imported crawfish or shrimp; penalties for violation

  No owner or manager of a restaurant that sells imported crawfish or shrimp shall misrepresent to the public, either verbally, on a menu, or on a sign displayed on the premises, that the imported crawfish or shrimp is domestic.   A restaurant may designate a shrimp or crawfish as having a United States country of origin if:   The farm-raised shrimp or crawfish is hatched, raised, harvested and processed in the United States; or   The wild shrimp or crawfish is harvested in the waters of the United States, a state or a territory of the United States and processed in the United States, a state or a territory of the United States.       The Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce and the Attorney General shall regulate restaurants under this section.   The commissioner shall notify, in writing, any restaurant violating this section and shall give the owner or manager three (3) days to correct the violation.No penalties under this section shall apply to any owner or manager that corrects the violation within three (3) days from the date notified by the commissioner.     In addition to any other civil or criminal penalties, any person who violates this section or who otherwise misrepresents imported crawfish or shrimp as domestic may be punished by a fine of not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00).For a second offense, a person may be punished by a fine of not more than Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00). For any subsequent violations, a person may be punished by a fine of not more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) or by having the license for the restaurant suspended indefinitely or until the restaurant has corrected the violation, or both. Any person against whom a complaint is made or who has been made subject to a fine or license suspension as provided by this subsection may avail themselves of a due process administrative hearing as provided by Section 69-7-616.
MS Code § 69-1-101 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals|Chapter 1 - Agriculture and Commerce Department; Council on Agriculture|Mississippi Marketing of Agricultural Products and Industry Program Act of 1988|§ 69-1-101. Short title

 Sections 69-1-101 through 69-1-117 shall be known and cited as the "Mississippi Marketing of Agricultural Products and Industry Program Act of 1988."
MS Code § 69-1-103 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals|Chapter 1 - Agriculture and Commerce Department; Council on Agriculture|Mississippi Marketing of Agricultural Products and Industry Program Act of 1988|§ 69-1-103. Creation of "Marketing of Agricultural Products and Industry Program" and "Marketing of Agricultural Products and Industry Council"; purpose

 There is hereby created within the Department of Agriculture and Commerce the Mississippi Marketing of Agricultural Products and Industry Program, to be administered by the Mississippi Marketing of Agricultural Products and Industry Council, hereinafter referred to as "the council," for the purposes of stimulating the development of new markets for Mississippi Agricultural Products and Industry, and further encouraging the establishment, particularly in the rural areas and smaller communities of Mississippi, of industrial operations processing agricultural products to an end-usage stage, ready for sale to the markets of the nation and the world.
MS Code § 69-1-107 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals|Chapter 1 - Agriculture and Commerce Department; Council on Agriculture|Mississippi Marketing of Agricultural Products and Industry Program Act of 1988|§ 69-1-107. Duties and responsibilities of the council

 The duties and responsibilities of the council shall be the following:    To conduct national and international market research to identify trade and investment opportunities.   To provide one-on-one business assistance with research, strategic planning, partner search, evaluation, negotiation and follow-up.   To identify joint ventures and licensing services.   To provide special assistance to Mississippi's agricultural producers and firms engaged in the marketing of agricultural products produced in Mississippi to develop markets.   To conduct market studies to identify agricultural products that can be manufactured in Mississippi from materials and resources available in or to Mississippi for which a profitable and growing market exists.   To assist with layout, design, plans and specifications of plants, machinery, equipment and other facilities necessary to products in profitable volume.   To advertise and solicit for production and industrial promotion purposes.   To provide assistance with financial packaging by utilizing all available fund resources provided by the State of Mississippi including, but not limited to, the Small Business Investment Act, Emerging Crop Fund and the Business Financial Investment Act.   To establish a Mississippi Register of Mississippi Agricultural Producers and set criteria for listing therein.   To coordinate purchasing agreements between state institutions and Mississippi agricultural producers.   To create, establish and organize the state into marketing districts for the most effective and efficient use of marketing resources.   To provide any other assistance and services necessary to accomplish the purposes of Sections 69-1-101 through 69-1-117.
MS Code § 69-1-109 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals|Chapter 1 - Agriculture and Commerce Department; Council on Agriculture|Mississippi Marketing of Agricultural Products and Industry Program Act of 1988|§ 69-1-109. Rules and regulations

 The council is hereby authorized and empowered to promulgate rules and regulations required to carry out the provisions of Sections 69-1-101 through 69-1-117.
MS Code § 69-1-111 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals|Chapter 1 - Agriculture and Commerce Department; Council on Agriculture|Mississippi Marketing of Agricultural Products and Industry Program Act of 1988|§ 69-1-111. Authorization to accept contributions, gifts and grants; agricultural marketing fund

 The Mississippi Marketing of Agricultural Products and Industry Council is hereby authorized and empowered to accept monetary or in-kind contributions, gifts and grants for use in the marketing program. Any such monies shall be deposited in a special fund hereby established in the State Treasury to be known as the "Agricultural Marketing Fund," to be appropriated by the Legislature for use by the Mississippi Marketing of Agricultural Products and Industry Council.
MS Code § 69-1-115 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals|Chapter 1 - Agriculture and Commerce Department; Council on Agriculture|Mississippi Marketing of Agricultural Products and Industry Program Act of 1988|§ 69-1-115. Authorization for payment of per diem compensation and actual expenses to council members; exceptions

 Members of the council shall serve without compensation, provided that they shall be entitled to per diem compensation as is authorized by law for each day occupied with the discharge of official duties as members of the council and all actual, necessary expenses incurred in the discharge of their official duties, including mileage as authorized by law. However, no member shall be authorized to receive reimbursement for expenses, including mileage, or per diem compensation unless such authorization appears in the minutes of the council and is signed by the chairman or vice chairman. The members of the council shall not receive per diem or expenses while the Legislature is in session. All expenses incurred by and on behalf of the council shall be paid from a sum to be provided in equal portion from the contingency funds of the Senate and House of Representatives.
MS Code § 69-1-117 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals|Chapter 1 - Agriculture and Commerce Department; Council on Agriculture|Mississippi Marketing of Agricultural Products and Industry Program Act of 1988|§ 69-1-117. Liberal construction; savings clause

 The provisions of Sections 69-1-101 through 69-1-117 shall be liberally construed to accomplish the purposes of Sections 69-1-101 through 69-1-117. The powers granted and the duties imposed in Sections 69-1-101 through 69-1-117 shall be construed to be independent and severable. If any one or more sections, subsections, sentences or parts of any of Sections 69-1-101 through 69-1-117 shall be adjudged unconstitutional or invalid, such adjudication shall not affect, impair or invalidate the remaining provisions thereof, but shall be confined in its operation to the specific provisions so held unconstitutional or invalid.
MS Code § 69-1-201 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals|Chapter 1 - Agriculture and Commerce Department; Council on Agriculture|Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce Reorganization Act of 1991|§ 69-1-201. Short title

 This act [Laws, 1991, ch 530] shall be known and may be cited as the "Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce Reorganization Act of 1991."
MS Code § 69-1-203 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals|Chapter 1 - Agriculture and Commerce Department; Council on Agriculture|Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce Reorganization Act of 1991|§ 69-1-203. Functions of department; organization of department into offices; duties of offices

 The Department of Agriculture and Commerce shall promote the development of agriculture and aquaculture for both native and nonnative species. The department shall be organized into the Administration Office, the Regulatory Office, and the Marketing, Agricultural Development and Finance Office. Each office shall have the duties hereinafter specified in addition to any other duties assigned to it by the commissioner.   The Administration Office shall consist of such employees as may be assigned to it by the commissioner and shall have exclusive responsibility for the following functions of the department:   Accounting;   Payroll;   Purchasing;   Data processing;   Personnel;   Motor pool and vehicles;   Maintenance; and   Printing and records.   The Regulatory Office shall administer those laws relating to the regulation of the labels of syrup containers; the regulation of the sale of planting seed; the regulation of the sale of livestock by weight; the protection of the health of swine; the inspection of grain crops; the testing of the accuracy of petroleum pumps; the inspection of milk manufacturing plants and producers; the establishment of standards for frozen desserts sold in Mississippi; the licensing of exotic bird dealers; the regulation of the disposition of animal and poultry inedible waste; the regulation of the labeling of catfish; the adoption of systems of weights and measures for all commercial purposes in Mississippi; the inspection of meat and poultry and the licensing of facilities used for the processing thereof; and the regulation of the measurement and receiving of pulpwood.   The Marketing, Agricultural Development and Finance Office shall develop direct contact with potential buyers worldwide for the Mississippi agricultural community to expand domestic and international markets; develop and regulate aquaculture production as provided in the Mississippi Aquaculture Act of 1988; and operate and administer the Mississippi Market Bulletin, the Market News Service, the Mississippi Agriculture and Forestry Museum and the Centennial Farm Family Program. This office shall also be responsible for the collection, analysis and dissemination of statistical data concerning the production, supply, price and other aspects of the state's agricultural economy.
MS Code § 69-1-251 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals|Chapter 1 - Agriculture and Commerce Department; Council on Agriculture|Disparagement of Perishable Agricultural or Aquacultural Food Product|§ 69-1-251. Legislative findings

 The Legislature finds that the production of agricultural and aquacultural food products constitutes an important and significant portion of the state economy and that it is beneficial to the citizens of this state to protect the vitality of the agricultural and aquacultural economy by providing a cause of action for producers of perishable agricultural food products to recover damages for the disparagement of any perishable agricultural or aquacultural food product.
MS Code § 69-1-253 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals|Chapter 1 - Agriculture and Commerce Department; Council on Agriculture|Disparagement of Perishable Agricultural or Aquacultural Food Product|§ 69-1-253. Definitions

 As used in Sections 69-1-251 through 69-1-257, the following terms shall have the following meanings:   "Disparagement" means dissemination to the public in any manner of any false information that the disseminator knows to be false, and which states or implies that a perishable agricultural or aquacultural food product is not safe for consumption by the consuming public. Such information is presumed to be false when not based upon reasonable and reliable scientific inquiry, facts or data.   "Perishable agricultural or aquacultural food product" means any food product of agriculture or aquaculture which is sold or distributed in a form that will perish or decay beyond marketability within a period of time.