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MS Code § 69-1-255 (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|§ 69-1-255. Cause of action for damages and appropriate relief

 Any producer of perishable agricultural or aquacultural food products who suffers damage as a result of another person's disparagement of any such perishable agricultural or aquacultural food product has a cause of action for damages and for any other appropriate relief in a court of competent jurisdiction.
MS Code § 69-1-257 (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|§ 69-1-257. Limitations of action

 Any civil action for damages for disparagement of perishable agricultural or aquacultural food products shall be commenced within one (1) year after the cause of action accrues.
MS Code § 69-1-301 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals|Chapter 1 - Agriculture and Commerce Department; Council on Agriculture|Mississippi Country of Origin Labeling Law of 2009|§ 69-1-301. Short title

 Sections 69-1-301 through 69-1-319 shall be known as the "Mississippi Country of Origin Labeling Law of 2009."
MS Code § 69-1-303 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals|Chapter 1 - Agriculture and Commerce Department; Council on Agriculture|Mississippi Country of Origin Labeling Law of 2009|§ 69-1-303. Definitions

 For purposes of Sections 69-1-301 through 69-1-319, the following terms shall have the meaning ascribed herein unless the context otherwise requires:   "Beef" means the meat produced from cattle, including veal.   "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce.   "Covered commodity" means any of the following:   Muscle cuts of beef, lamb and pork;   Ground beef, ground lamb and ground pork;   Farm-raised fish;   Wild fish;   Perishable agricultural products;   Peanuts;   Meat produced from goats;   Chicken, in whole and in part;   Ginseng;   Pecans; and   Macadamia nuts.   The term covered commodity does not include an item described in this paragraph if the item is an ingredient in a processed food item.   "Farm-raised fish" means farm-raised fish and shellfish and includes a fillet, steak, nugget and any other flesh from a farm-raised fish or shellfish. The term farm-raised fish shall not include catfish as defined in Section 69-7-605.   "Lamb" means meat, other than mutton, produced from sheep.   "Perishable agricultural product" means any of the following: fresh fruits and fresh vegetables of every kind and character, whether or not frozen or packed in ice.   "Pork" means meat produced from hogs or swine.   "Retailer" means any establishment licensed by the commissioner under Section 69-1-18.   "Supplier" means a person engaged in the business of supplying a covered commodity to a retailer.   "Wild fish" means naturally born or hatchery-raised fish and shellfish harvested in the wild and includes a fillet, steak, nugget and any other flesh from wild fish or shellfish. The term wild fish does not include net-pen aquacultural or other farm-raised fish or catfish as defined in Section 69-7-605.
MS Code § 69-1-305 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals|Chapter 1 - Agriculture and Commerce Department; Council on Agriculture|Mississippi Country of Origin Labeling Law of 2009|§ 69-1-305. Requirements imposed upon retailers and suppliers of covered commodities; means of providing information

  A retailer of a covered commodity shall inform consumers, at the final point of sale of the covered commodity to consumers, of the country of origin of the covered commodity.     The information may be provided to consumers by means of a label, stamp, mark, placard or other clear and visible sign on the covered commodity or on the package, display, holding unit or bin containing the commodity at the final point of sale to consumers.   If the covered commodity is already individually labeled for retail sale regarding country of origin, the retailer shall not be required to provide any additional information to comply with this section.     A supplier shall provide information to the retailer indicating the country of origin of the covered commodity.
MS Code § 69-1-307 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals|Chapter 1 - Agriculture and Commerce Department; Council on Agriculture|Mississippi Country of Origin Labeling Law of 2009|§ 69-1-307. Designation of country of origin of beef, lamb, pork, chicken or goat meat; contents of notice for ground beef, pork, lamb, chicken or goat

  United States country of origin. A retailer of a covered commodity that is beef, lamb, pork, chicken or goat meat may designate the covered commodity as exclusively having a United States country of origin only if the covered commodity is derived from an animal that was:   Exclusively born, raised and slaughtered in the United States; or   Born and raised in Alaska or Hawaii and transported for a period of not more than sixty (60) days through Canada to the United States and slaughtered in the United States.     A retailer of a covered commodity that is beef, lamb, pork, chicken or goat meat may designate the country of origin of the covered commodity as all of the countries in which the animal may have been born, raised or slaughtered, if the commodity is derived from an animal that was:   Not exclusively born, raised and slaughtered in the United States; or   Born, raised or slaughtered in the United States; and   Not imported into the United States for immediate slaughter.     A retailer of a covered commodity that is beef, lamb, pork, chicken or goat meat that is derived from an animal imported into the United States for immediate slaughter shall designate the origin as:   The country from which the animal was imported; and   The United States.     A retailer of a covered commodity that is beef, lamb, pork, chicken or goat meat derived from an animal not born, raised or slaughtered in the United States shall designate a country other than the United States as the country of origin.   The notice of country of origin for ground beef, ground pork, ground lamb, ground chicken or ground goat shall include:   A list of all countries of origin of the ground beef, ground pork, ground lamb, ground chicken or ground goat; or   A list of all possible countries of origin of the ground beef, ground pork, ground lamb, ground chicken or ground goat.
MS Code § 69-1-309 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals|Chapter 1 - Agriculture and Commerce Department; Council on Agriculture|Mississippi Country of Origin Labeling Law of 2009|§ 69-1-309. Designation of country of origin of farm-raised fish or wild fish; notice to distinguish between wild fish and farm-raised fish

  A retailer of a covered commodity that is farm-raised fish or wild fish may designate the covered commodity as having a United States country of origin only if:   In the case of farm-raised fish, it is hatched, raised, harvested and processed in the United States; or   In the case of wild fish, it is:   Harvested in waters of the United States, a territory of the United States or a state, including the waters thereof; and   Processed in the United States, a territory of the United States or a state, including the waters thereof.       The notice of country of origin for wild fish and farm-raised fish shall distinguish between wild fish and farm-raised fish.
MS Code § 69-1-311 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals|Chapter 1 - Agriculture and Commerce Department; Council on Agriculture|Mississippi Country of Origin Labeling Law of 2009|§ 69-1-311. Designation of country of origin of perishable agricultural products, ginseng, peanuts, pecans or macadamia nuts

  A retailer of a covered commodity that is a perishable agricultural product, ginseng, peanut, pecan or macadamia nut may designate the covered commodity as having a United States country of origin only if the covered commodity is exclusively produced in the United States.   If the covered commodity that is a perishable agricultural product, ginseng, peanut, pecan or macadamia nut is produced exclusively in the United States, designation of the state, region or locality of the United States where the commodity was produced shall be sufficient to identify the United States as the country of origin.
MS Code § 69-1-313 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals|Chapter 1 - Agriculture and Commerce Department; Council on Agriculture|Mississippi Country of Origin Labeling Law of 2009|§ 69-1-313. Promulgation of rules and regulations; authority to enter certain premises to conduct label reviews

  The commissioner is authorized to promulgate any rules and regulations as are necessary for the efficient enforcement of Sections 69-1-301 through 69-1-319.   The commissioner shall have authority to enter the premises of any person that prepares, stores, handles or supplies any covered commodity for retail sale to conduct label reviews of covered commodities in order to determine compliance with Sections 69-1-301 through 69-1-319.
MS Code § 69-1-315 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals|Chapter 1 - Agriculture and Commerce Department; Council on Agriculture|Mississippi Country of Origin Labeling Law of 2009|§ 69-1-315. Authority to enter into cooperative agreements with federal government

 The commissioner may cooperate with and enter into agreement with agencies of the federal government in order to carry out the purpose and provisions of Sections 69-1-301 through 69-1-319. In this cooperative effort, the commissioner is authorized to accept from the federal government any advisory assistance planning and any financial aid or other aid for the program.
MS Code § 69-1-317 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals|Chapter 1 - Agriculture and Commerce Department; Council on Agriculture|Mississippi Country of Origin Labeling Law of 2009|§ 69-1-317. Authority to conduct audit of retailer that prepares, stores, handles or supplies covered commodities; retailer required to provide information to verify country of origin; injunctive relief for failure to provide information

  The commissioner may conduct an audit of any person that prepares, stores, handles or supplies any covered commodity for retail sale to verify compliance with Sections 69-1-301 through 69-1-319.   Any person subject to an audit under this section shall provide information to the commissioner that verifies the country of origin of the covered commodities. Records maintained in the course of the normal conduct of the business of those persons, including animal health papers, import or customs documents or producer affidavits, may serve as verification.   The commissioner may seek injunctive relief if a person fails to provide the information required under this section.
MS Code § 69-1-319 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals|Chapter 1 - Agriculture and Commerce Department; Council on Agriculture|Mississippi Country of Origin Labeling Law of 2009|§ 69-1-319. Written notification to retailer or supplier of violations; opportunity to correct violations; penalties; appeals

  If the commissioner determines that a retailer is in violation of Sections 69-1-301 through 69-1-319, the commissioner shall:   Notify the retailer of the determination of the commissioner; and   Provide the retailer a thirty-day period, during which the retailer must take necessary steps to comply with Sections 69-1-301 through 69-1-319.     If the commissioner determines that a supplier is in violation, the commissioner shall:   Notify the supplier of the determination of the commissioner; and   Provide the supplier a thirty-day period, beginning on the date on which the person receives the notice, during which the supplier shall:   Provide the required information to the retailer; and   Provide to the commissioner a detailed plan of distribution of the required information to all retailers that are supplied covered commodities by the supplier.       If at the end of the thirty-day period, the commissioner determines that the retailer or supplier failed to make a good faith effort to correct the violation or continues to be in violation, the commissioner, in addition to any other civil or criminal penalties, may fine the retailer or supplier not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) for each violation. An appeal may be filed as provided under Section 69-25-59.
MS Code § 69-1-353 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals|Chapter 1 - Agriculture and Commerce Department; Council on Agriculture|Interagency Farm to School Council|§ 69-1-353. Definitions

 For purposes of Sections 69-1-351 and 69-1-353, the following terms shall have the meanings herein ascribed unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:   "Council" means the Interagency Farm to School Council created in Section 69-1-351.   "Farm to school program" means any commercial relationship where a school purchases locally grown or locally raised agricultural products to serve in school meals and can include educational programs for students on local agriculture and nutrition;   "Locally grown or locally raised agricultural products" means any food products grown on Mississippi farms or gardens, and includes, but is not limited to, fruits, vegetables, and nuts grown in Mississippi, meat, poultry, eggs, dairy, fish, seafood and other aquatic products produced in Mississippi, and products processed into value-added products that are grown or produced in Mississippi;   "School" means any K-12 accredited public or private institution for learning and also includes public and private preschools.
MS Code § 69-1-371 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals|Chapter 1 - Agriculture and Commerce Department; Council on Agriculture|Certificates of Free Sale for Agricultural Products Exported From Mississippi|§ 69-1-371. Purpose

 A certificate of free sale is sometimes required for agricultural products from Mississippi to enter importing states and foreign countries. Persons exporting products from Mississippi are often asked by importing states and foreign countries to supply a certificate for products registered with or regulated by the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce. The purpose of Sections 69-1-371 through 69-1-375 is to authorize the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce to issue a certificate of free sale for agricultural products and those products registered with or regulated by the department for the purpose of exporting these products from Mississippi.
MS Code § 69-1-373 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals|Chapter 1 - Agriculture and Commerce Department; Council on Agriculture|Certificates of Free Sale for Agricultural Products Exported From Mississippi|§ 69-1-373. Definitions

 As used in Sections 69-1-371 through 69-1-375:   "Agricultural products" means, but is not limited to, any agricultural commodity or product, whether raw or processed, including any commodity or product derived from livestock that is marketed for human or livestock consumption or products that are used for agricultural purposes such as fertilizers and soil and plant amendments.   "Department" means the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce.
MS Code § 69-1-375 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals|Chapter 1 - Agriculture and Commerce Department; Council on Agriculture|Certificates of Free Sale for Agricultural Products Exported From Mississippi|§ 69-1-375. Certificates of free trade for agricultural products grown or manufactured in, or distributed and sold from Mississippi; contents of request for certificate

  The department is authorized to issue certificates of free sale for products grown or manufactured in Mississippi or distributed and sold from Mississippi. The business must be in good standing with the Mississippi Secretary of State's office.   All requests for certificates must be in writing and shall contain at least the following information:   The name under which the business is conducted and/or licensed;   The physical address where the business is conducted;   The type of operation conducted by the requesting establishment;   The product's full, common or usual name of the product, the name of the manufacturer and the size of the product. Each product size shall be submitted as a separate product. Products on the certificate will be listed exactly as submitted;   The country or countries to where the product is being shipped; and   The number of certificates requested.       Labeling information, promotional information, website information, master formulas, marketing clearance letters, distribution records, and advertising affixed to, accompanying, or relating to the products may be required to be submitted for each product upon request by the department.  If labeling is in a foreign language, applicant shall provide English translation. Labeling information shall be in final format. Label prototypes and drafts shall not be accepted.    The certificate will list the product name, the manufacturer's name, and the product size, if applicable.     The department assumes no legal liability by issuing these certificates, but merely serves to promote the export of agricultural products from the State of Mississippi.
MS Code § 69-2-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals|Chapter 2 - Mississippi Farm Reform Act|General Provisions|§ 69-2-1. Short title

 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Mississippi Farm Reform Act of 1987.
MS Code § 69-2-3 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals|Chapter 2 - Mississippi Farm Reform Act|General Provisions|§ 69-2-3. Legislative intent

 The Legislature hereby finds and declares that there exists within the state a serious emergency as a result of the nation's agricultural crisis and that there is a need to ensure that services are available for farmers, farm laborers, farm families and small businesses who have been adversely affected by the declining agricultural economy. Existing state programs need to be dedicated to meet these needs to the extent possible without creating additional administration. It is important that existing programs and services be coordinated into a network so that those in the agricultural and small business community can learn of these programs and services and obtain their benefits as expeditiously as possible.
MS Code § 69-2-7 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals|Chapter 2 - Mississippi Farm Reform Act|General Provisions|§ 69-2-7. Encouragement of new crops and more profitable enterprises

  The Legislature states that the purpose of Sections 69-2-7 through 69-2-17 of this chapter is to encourage the production of crops (plant or animal) on Mississippi farms which have not been previously produced commercially.   It is the intent of the Legislature to encourage the farm sector of this state to shift from enterprises with low profit margins to those with higher profit margins.
MS Code § 69-2-9 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals|Chapter 2 - Mississippi Farm Reform Act|General Provisions|§ 69-2-9. Definitions

 For the purposes of Sections 69-2-7 through 69-2-41, the following words shall have the meanings ascribed in this section unless the context otherwise requires:   "Department" means the Mississippi Department of Economic and Community Development.   "Emerging crop" means any new, nontraditional plant or animal crop (as designated by a board consisting of the executive directors of the department, the Mississippi Cooperative Extension Service and the Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station) or as specified in Section 69-2-11 which has a development time from beginning of production to harvest or initial sale of the product of not more than five (5) years.   "Farmer" means a resident of Mississippi who engages in or wishes to engage in the commercial production of an emerging crop on land in Mississippi. This term shall include individuals, partnerships and corporations.   "Fund" means the Emerging Crops Fund established in Section 69-2-13.   "Interest loan" means a loan made from the fund to pay the interest on a loan made by a lender to a farmer to finance the nonland capital costs of establishing production of an emerging crop.   "Lender" means a commercial bank, savings bank, savings and loan association, federal land bank, farm credit bank, production credit association or other farm credit agency which is domiciled or qualified to do business in Mississippi, or the Farmers Home Administration.   "Agribusiness" means any agricultural, aquacultural, horticultural, industrial, manufacturing, research and development or processing enterprise or enterprises.
MS Code § 69-2-11 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals|Chapter 2 - Mississippi Farm Reform Act|General Provisions|§ 69-2-11. Emerging crop designations

 Emerging crop designations shall include, but not be limited to:   Blueberries;   Muscadines;   Christmas trees;   Aquaculture, including any species from the Gulf of Mexico and its tributaries;   Horticulture;   Rabbit farming and processing; and   Others designated by the Board of Economic Development or Legislature.
MS Code § 69-2-15 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals|Chapter 2 - Mississippi Farm Reform Act|General Provisions|§ 69-2-15. Interest loans from Emerging Crops Fund

  Any lender which has made a loan to a farmer to finance the nonland capital costs of establishing production of an emerging crop on land in Mississippi may make application to the department for payment of the interest on the loan during the period from beginning of production to harvest or initial sale of the product, which payment shall be made from the fund. The maximum amount of interest loans from the fund for the benefit of any one (1) farmer shall be Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00). During the period that the department pays the interest on a loan, the maximum rate of interest which may be charged on the loan by the lender shall be four percent (4%) per annum above the New York prime rate. By payment of the interest on a loan, neither the department nor the State of Mississippi shall be a guarantor of the loan, but the state shall have a lien junior to any lien that the lender may have on the loan.   If a farmer defaults on the interest loan the Attorney General of the State of Mississippi shall take the necessary legal action, as soon as practicable, to recover the monies due and owing to the State of Mississippi. A suit against a defaulting party under this section may be brought in the county in which the lender is located, or in any Hinds County court.