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MS Code § 69-7-255 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals|Chapter 7 - Markets and Marketing; Domestic Fish Farming|Article 6 - Egg Marketing Board|§ 69-7-255. Quorum; oath; compensation; board a body corporate; powers

 A majority of the members of the board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of all business and the carrying out of the duties of the board. Each member shall subscribe to the oath of office prescribed for state officers. No member shall receive any salary, but each member shall receive per diem compensation as authorized in Section 25-3-69, and shall be reimbursed for expenses in the manner and amount specified in Section 25-3-41.   The Mississippi Egg Marketing Board shall be and is hereby declared and created a corporate body. The board shall have the power to contract and be contracted with, and shall have and possess all the powers of a body corporate for all purposes necessary for fully carrying out the provisions of this article. The board shall adopt a corporate seal by which it shall authenticate its proceedings. Copies of the proceedings, records and acts of the board and certificates purporting to relate the facts concerning such proceedings, records and acts signed by the chairman of the board and authenticated by said seal shall be prima facie evidence thereof in all the courts of the state.
MS Code § 69-7-257 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals|Chapter 7 - Markets and Marketing; Domestic Fish Farming|Article 6 - Egg Marketing Board|§ 69-7-257. Administration of article; rules and regulations

 Except for the collections of the proceeds of the assessment levied hereunder, which shall be collected by the Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce, the administration of this article shall be vested in the Mississippi Egg Marketing Board. The board shall prescribe reasonable rules and regulations for the enforcement of the provisions of this article.
MS Code § 69-7-259 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals|Chapter 7 - Markets and Marketing; Domestic Fish Farming|Article 6 - Egg Marketing Board|§ 69-7-259. General powers and duties of board

 The powers and duties of the board shall include, but be not limited to, the following:   To elect a chairman and vice chairman and, from time to time, such other officers as it may deem advisable, and when necessary, to alter, rescind, modify or amend the rules and regulations necessary for the exercise of its powers and the performance of its duties. Such rules and regulations shall have the force and effect of law when not inconsistent therewith.   Employ such personnel as it deems necessary to carry out the purposes of this article, and to fix and pay the salaries thereof, including technical and professional services on a fee basis when necessary.   Make such advertising contracts and other agreements as it deems appropriate, including, particularly, cooperative agreements with other advertisers of similar allied products.   Make cooperative agreements with the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce and the Research and Marketing Administration of the United States Department of Agriculture and other associations, public or private, for conducting consumer and producer and dealer information as to the food value of eggs, and also for instruction on grades and packs and how to evaluate their merits in order to expand the market for Mississippi produced eggs. The board may use as much of its funds as it deems necessary for matching moneys available from the Research and Marketing Administration of the United States Department of Agriculture or of any agencies of the state or political subdivision thereof.   Keep books, records and accounts of all its proceedings, which shall be open to inspection and audit by the State Auditor at all times.   To purchase or authorize the purchase of all office equipment and supplies and to incur all other reasonable and necessary expenses and obligations necessary to carry out the purposes of this article.   Investigate and cause to be prosecuted any violators of this article.   Suspend, revoke or take other disciplinary action involving the licenses issued under the provisions of this article.
MS Code § 69-7-261 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals|Chapter 7 - Markets and Marketing; Domestic Fish Farming|Article 6 - Egg Marketing Board|§ 69-7-261. Commodity advertising, publicity, consumer information and sales promotion

 The board shall plan and conduct campaigns for commodity advertising, publicity, consumer information and sales promotion to increase consumption of eggs and may contract for any advertising, publicity, consumer information and sales promotion services. To accomplish such purposes, the board shall have power and it shall be the duty of the board to disseminate information:   Relating to eggs and the importance thereof in the diet of the people in preserving public health, economy thereof and the importance of eggs in the nutrition of children.   On the various economic aspects relating to the business of producing and marketing eggs in Mississippi.   To decide upon some distinctive and suggestive emblem for Mississippi produced eggs, and to promote the use of same in the advertisement of Mississippi eggs.
MS Code § 69-7-265 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals|Chapter 7 - Markets and Marketing; Domestic Fish Farming|Article 6 - Egg Marketing Board|§ 69-7-265. Records and reports of dealers and handlers

 Every dealer or handler shall keep a complete and accurate record of all eggs handled by him. Such records shall be in such form and contain such other information as the board shall, by rule or regulation, prescribe. The records shall be preserved by said dealers or handlers for a period of one (1) year and shall be offered for inspection at any time upon oral or written demand by the board, the Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce, or any duly authorized agent or representative of either.   Every dealer or handler, at such time or times as the board or the Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce may require, shall submit reports or other documentary information deemed necessary for the efficient and equitable collection of the assessment imposed under this article.
MS Code § 69-7-267 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals|Chapter 7 - Markets and Marketing; Domestic Fish Farming|Article 6 - Egg Marketing Board|§ 69-7-267. Licenses

 Every person owning over three thousand (3,000) hens, or who is engaged or who engages in the business of selling eggs to a retailer who retails eggs in the State of Mississippi shall prior to offering for sale or selling eggs to a retailer, secure a license for such business from the Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce, which license shall first be approved by the board. Applications for licenses shall be on forms furnished by the Department of Agriculture and Commerce, and shall show the name and address of the applicant and such other information as to identity, kind and type of business engaged in as the commissioner shall deem pertinent. Each license application shall be accompanied by a fee of Fifty Dollars ($50.00). All licenses issued shall expire on June 30 each year. The license may be revoked or suspended by the board for violation of any provision of this article or rules and regulations duly promulgated by the board for the enforcement of this article, or for the violation of any laws of the State of Mississippi pertaining to producing, grading, classifying or marketing eggs in Mississippi or regulations of the State Department of Agriculture and Commerce duly promulgated for such purposes. For the first offense, the license may be suspended for a period of not more than thirty (30) days; for the second offense, the license may be suspended for not more than sixty (60) days; for the third offense, the license may be suspended for not more than one (1) year. For any subsequent offense, the license may be suspended for any period, or may be revoked. Such disciplinary action shall be the result of not less than board action. Any person against whom such disciplinary action has been taken may apply to the board for a hearing in order to show cause why the disciplinary action shall not be taken. Such petition for a hearing shall act as supersedeas of the disciplinary action until such time as the board shall give the applicant an opportunity for a hearing; provided, however, that if such hearing is granted and any continuation or delay is the result of the action of the applicant, the supersedeas shall not continue past the date set by the board for such hearing.   Application for reinstatement of a revoked license may be made upon expiration of the period of revocation or if permanently revoked, then after twelve (12) months from date of said revocation. Each reinstatement application shall be accompanied by a reinstatement fee of Fifty Dollars ($50.00). All licenses shall be valid until suspended or revoked as herein provided or until cancelled by the licensee. Licenses shall not be transferable. Proceeds from the license fees collected under this article shall be transmitted to the State Treasurer for credit to the special fund as provided for elsewhere in this article.
MS Code § 69-7-269 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals|Chapter 7 - Markets and Marketing; Domestic Fish Farming|Article 6 - Egg Marketing Board|§ 69-7-269. Producers prohibited from distributing eggs on which assessment not paid; payment of assessment by dealer

 No egg producer with over three thousand (3,000) hens nor any egg handler or dealer shall sell or offer for sale any lot of eggs produced, distributed or marketed in Mississippi upon which the assessment imposed herein has not been paid. The assessment imposed herein shall be paid at such time or times as is fixed by the board. In the event such assessment is paid by any dealer who is not a producer, the dealer may bill the producer of such eggs in the amount of the assessment paid by him.
MS Code § 69-7-271 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals|Chapter 7 - Markets and Marketing; Domestic Fish Farming|Article 6 - Egg Marketing Board|§ 69-7-271. Civil penalties

 Any dealer or handler who fails to file a report or to pay any assessment within the time required by the board shall forfeit to the commissioner a penalty of five percent (5%) of the assessment determined to be due, plus one percent (1%) of such amount for each month of delay or fraction thereof after the first month after such report was required to be filed or such assessment became due. The commissioner, if satisfied that the delay was excusable, may remit all or any part of such penalty. The penalty shall be paid to the commissioner and shall be disposed of by him in the same manner as funds derived from the payment of the assessment imposed herein.   The commissioner shall collect the penalties levied herein, together with the delinquent assessment, by any or all of the following methods:   By voluntary payment by the person liable;   By legal proceedings instituted in a court of competent jurisdiction;   By injunctive relief to enjoin any dealer or handler or other person owing such assessment and/or penalties from operating his business or engaging in business as a dealer or handler of eggs until the delinquent assessment and/or penalties are paid.
MS Code § 69-7-273 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals|Chapter 7 - Markets and Marketing; Domestic Fish Farming|Article 6 - Egg Marketing Board|§ 69-7-273. Criminal penalties

 Any person required to pay the assessment provided for in this article who refuses to allow full inspection of the premises, or any books, records or other documents relating to the liability of such person for the assessment herein imposed, or who shall hinder or in any way delay or prevent such inspection, or who shall fail or refuse to properly and timely pay all costs incurred by the board or the commissioner in conducting such examinations, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or by imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed one (1) year, or both.   Whoever violates any other provision of this article or any rule or regulation of the board pursuant thereto shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Upon conviction of a first offense, he shall be punished by a fine not to exceed One Hundred Dollars ($100.00); upon a second offense, a fine not to exceed Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00); and upon a third or subsequent offense, a fine not to exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or by imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed thirty (30) days, or both.
MS Code § 69-7-275 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals|Chapter 7 - Markets and Marketing; Domestic Fish Farming|Article 6 - Egg Marketing Board|§ 69-7-275. Application

 The provisions of this article shall not apply to any egg producer who has less than three thousand (3,000) laying hens, nor to any eggs produced and also used for hatching purposes, nor eggs produced or purchased for further processing by egg breaking plants.   For the purposes of this article, anyone not the owner of the chickens or eggs who performs the services of caring for the chickens, gathering the eggs and related services for a contractor or employer, and who does not otherwise engage in distribution or sale of such eggs, shall be excepted from the provisions of this article, shall not be considered as a "producer" as defined herein, and shall not be liable for any assessments provided herein.
MS Code § 69-7-321 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals|Chapter 7 - Markets and Marketing; Domestic Fish Farming|Article 7 - Egg Marketing|§ 69-7-321. Producers selling own production exempt from article; exemptions under federal "Eggs Products Inspection Act"

 Producers selling eggs of their own production, when offered on their own premises, or selling less than six (6) dozen eggs per week, are exempt from the provisions of this article.   All eggs, egg products, egg handlers and egg producers which are exempt under the provisions of U. S. Public Law 91-597, commonly referred to as the "Egg Products Inspection Act", or the regulations pertaining thereto, shall likewise be exempt from the provisions of this article to the same extent that such eggs, egg products, egg handlers, and egg producers are exempt from said Public Law 91-597 and the regulations pertaining thereto.   The name and address of the producer, packer or distributor shall appear on the container.
MS Code § 69-7-323 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals|Chapter 7 - Markets and Marketing; Domestic Fish Farming|Article 7 - Egg Marketing|§ 69-7-323. Minimum requirements for eggs offered for sale

 No person, firm, organization or corporation shall sell, offer for sale, or advertise for sale shell eggs that do not meet the minimum requirements for U. S. Consumer Grade AA, Grade A, or Grade B. Any change in the U. S. standards of quality for individual eggs made by the U. S. Department of Agriculture not conforming to the above designated standards shall be adopted in lieu of the above designated standards.
MS Code § 69-7-325 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals|Chapter 7 - Markets and Marketing; Domestic Fish Farming|Article 7 - Egg Marketing|§ 69-7-325. Weight and size requirements of eggs

 The net weight and size requirements that are now or may hereafter be established by the U. S. Department of Agriculture for shell eggs shall apply to all eggs sold, offered for sale or advertised for sale by any person, firm, organization or corporation. The grade and size shall appear in all advertisements.
MS Code § 69-7-327 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals|Chapter 7 - Markets and Marketing; Domestic Fish Farming|Article 7 - Egg Marketing|§ 69-7-327. Egg marketing containers to describe contents

 Any container or subcontainer in which eggs are marketed to consumers shall bear on the outside portion of the container, but shall not be limited to, the following:   The applicable consumer grade provided for in this article.   The applicable size or weight class provided for in this article.   The word "eggs."   The numerical count of the contents.   The name and address of the producer, packer or distributor.   The date the eggs were graded applied legibly to the carton or on the tape used to seal the carton. Such date shall be expressed as the consecutive day of the year.   The words "keep refrigerated" or words of similar meaning.   Words and numerals used to designate the grade and size shall be in clearly legible bold-faced type at least three-eighths (3/8) inch in height.   Any person intending to reuse a carton shall obscure any inappropriate labeling thereon and relabel the carton in accordance with this section prior to refilling the carton with eggs.
MS Code § 69-7-329 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals|Chapter 7 - Markets and Marketing; Domestic Fish Farming|Article 7 - Egg Marketing|§ 69-7-329. Marketing agents; maintenance of egg handling facilities

 Any person, business, cooperative, partnership, corporation or the like engaged in the marketing, processing, transporting, storing, displaying for sale or selling of eggs shall, in addition to maintaining all such egg handling facilities in a manner commensurate with laws governing food establishments, keep the eggs at an ambient temperature no greater than forty-five (45) degrees Fahrenheit.
MS Code § 69-7-331 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals|Chapter 7 - Markets and Marketing; Domestic Fish Farming|Article 7 - Egg Marketing|§ 69-7-331. Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce and his agents authorized to enter premises where eggs are sold

 In carrying out the provisions of this article, the Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce, his employees or agents are authorized to enter, on any business day, during the usual hours of business, any store, market or any other building or place where eggs are sold or offered for sale and to make such examination as is necessary to determine the quality and size of eggs sold or offered for sale.
MS Code § 69-7-333 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals|Chapter 7 - Markets and Marketing; Domestic Fish Farming|Article 7 - Egg Marketing|§ 69-7-333. Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce to enforce article

 The powers of enforcement of this article shall be vested in the Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce of the State of Mississippi.
MS Code § 69-7-335 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals|Chapter 7 - Markets and Marketing; Domestic Fish Farming|Article 7 - Egg Marketing|§ 69-7-335. Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce to promulgate regulations

 The Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce of Mississippi is authorized to make and promulgate such regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this article.
MS Code § 69-7-337 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals|Chapter 7 - Markets and Marketing; Domestic Fish Farming|Article 7 - Egg Marketing|§ 69-7-337. Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce may issue "stop sale order."

 If an authorized representative of the Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce shall determine, after inspection, that any lot of eggs is in violation of this article, he may issue a "stop sale order" as to such lot or lots of eggs and forthwith notify the owner or custodian of such eggs. Such order shall specify the reason for its issuance. A stop sale order shall prohibit the further marketing of the eggs subject to it until such eggs are released by the Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce or his duly authorized agent.
MS Code § 69-7-339 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals|Chapter 7 - Markets and Marketing; Domestic Fish Farming|Article 7 - Egg Marketing|§ 69-7-339. Penalties for violations

 Every person, firm, corporation or organization who by himself or itself, or by his or its agents or employees violates any of the provisions of this article, or the regulations made under this article for carrying out its provisions, or who fails or refuses to comply with any of the requirements of this article, or who willfully interferes with the Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce, his employees or agents in the carrying out of his duties prescribed in this article, shall for each offense be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) nor less than Five Dollars ($5.00) for the first offense, not exceeding Fifty Dollars ($50.00) nor less than Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) for the second, nor exceeding Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) nor less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) for the third and all following offenses, and all costs for each and every offense.
MS Code § 69-7-401 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals|Chapter 7 - Markets and Marketing; Domestic Fish Farming|Article 9 - Vegetable Marketing|§ 69-7-401. Marketing committee and districts

 A committee is hereby created to consist of seven members, four of whom shall be producers of vegetables and three of whom shall be handlers of vegetables, to be nominated and appointed as herein provided, from the following described districts:   District No. 1 shall be composed of Beat No. 5 of Copiah County and all of Simpson County and shall be represented by two producers and one handler.   District No. 2 shall be composed of Beats No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3 of Copiah County and all of the counties of Jefferson, Lincoln and Lawrence, and shall be represented by one producer and one handler.   District No. 3 shall be composed of Beat No. 4 of Copiah County and all of the counties of Hinds, Rankin and Claiborne, and shall be represented by one producer and one handler.   On or before March fifteenth of each year, the committee then serving shall call meetings and select a committee as herein authorized, the members of which shall serve for a period of one year beginning April first of each year, or until their successors have been appointed. A vacancy from any cause shall be filled in the same manner. Members shall serve without compensation.