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MS Code § 69-7-403 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals|Chapter 7 - Markets and Marketing; Domestic Fish Farming|Article 9 - Vegetable Marketing|§ 69-7-403. Additional districts and committee

 A committee is hereby created to consist of nine members, six of whom shall be producers of fruits or vegetables and three of whom shall be handlers of fruits or vegetables, to be nominated and appointed as herein provided, from the following described districts:   District No. 1 shall be composed of Lamar County and shall be represented by one producer.   District No. 2 shall be composed of Stone County and shall be represented by one producer.   District No. 3 shall be composed of Perry County and shall be represented by one producer.   District No. 4 shall be composed of Jefferson Davis County and shall be represented by one producer.   District No. 5 shall be composed of Covington County and shall be represented by one producer.   District No. 6 shall be composed of a combination of all of the above named counties, and shall be represented by four handlers selected from the counties at large.   Committee members provided for in this section shall be chosen at meetings of growers or shippers held prior to March 15th of each year, such meetings to be called by the committee then serving. Members shall serve for a period of one year beginning April 1st, each year and shall serve without compensation. Any vacancy shall be filled in the same manner as the selection of a member.
MS Code § 69-7-405 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals|Chapter 7 - Markets and Marketing; Domestic Fish Farming|Article 9 - Vegetable Marketing|§ 69-7-405. Regulation of marketing

 Whenever either the committee created by Section 69-7-401 or the committee created by Section 69-7-403 deems it advisable to regulate the marketing of fresh vegetables in any manner considered by them to be helpful to the industry during any specified period, it may so recommend in writing to the commissioner of agriculture and commerce. At the time of submitting such recommendations the committee shall furnish to the commissioner of agriculture and commerce all pertinent data and information upon which it acted in making such recommendations, along with such other data and information as the commissioner of agriculture and commerce may request.   Based upon the recommendation of the committee created for the districts under consideration and upon the information submitted in connection therewith, and upon other available data, the commissioner of agriculture and commerce may regulate the marketing of fresh vegetables produced in the area defined by this article, for any specified period, by regulating the handling of any vegetable produced in the districts defined in Section 69-7-401 or Section 69-7-403 in one or more of the following manners:   By prohibiting unfair methods of competition and unfair trade practices in the purchase or sale thereof.   By limiting the grade, size, and maturity of any vegetable which each handler may purchase from or handle on behalf of any and all producers thereof during any specified period or periods.   Providing that any vegetable or any grade, size or quality thereof shall be purchased or sold or offered for sale by the handlers thereof only at prices filed by such handlers in the manner provided in such regulation.   Providing for the regulating of the handling of any vegetable in the same manner and for the same period in effect under any federal marketing agreement.   Specifying standard containers which may be used in the purchase or sale of any vegetables.   Requiring that all containers used in the sale of any vegetable shall be plainly marked with the grade and size of the contents therein.   With respect to the districts defined in Section 69-7-401, in order to provide proper maturity requiring that no vegetable may be sold prior to a date fixed in the regulation without permission from the commissioner of agriculture and commerce.   With respect to the districts defined in Section 69-7-403, in order to provide proper maturity requiring that no vegetable may be sold prior to a date fixed in the regulation.   The commissioner of agriculture and commerce shall immediately make publication for the issuance of any such regulations.
MS Code § 69-7-407 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals|Chapter 7 - Markets and Marketing; Domestic Fish Farming|Article 9 - Vegetable Marketing|§ 69-7-407. Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce to enforce regulations

 The Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce shall have authority and police power to enforce any and all regulations issued pursuant thereto.
MS Code § 69-7-409 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals|Chapter 7 - Markets and Marketing; Domestic Fish Farming|Article 9 - Vegetable Marketing|§ 69-7-409. Penalties

 Every person, who by themselves, their agents or employees, violates any of the provisions of this article or any regulations issued under the provisions of this article shall for each offense be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine not exceeding $25.00, nor less than $5.00 or 30 days in jail for the first offense; not exceeding $50.00 nor less than $40.00 or 60 days in jail for the second offense; not exceeding $200.00 nor less than $100.00 or 90 days in jail or both for the third and all following offenses, and all costs for each and every offense.
MS Code § 69-7-501 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals|Chapter 7 - Markets and Marketing; Domestic Fish Farming|Article 11 - Domestic Fish Farming|§ 69-7-501. Definitions

 In recognition of the fact that domestic fish farming has become an important part of the agricultural economy of this state, the Legislature hereby determines and declares that whenever any of the statutes, laws, or regulations promulgated pursuant thereto, shall use any of the following terms, such terms so used and when used, shall be deemed and construed to include within the common or statutory definition thereof, the following:   The term "agriculture" or "agricultural pursuit" or any similar term shall include the cultivation, growing, harvesting and/or marketing of domesticated fish.   The term "cultivated crop" shall include domesticated fish which are grown, managed or harvested on an annual, semiannual, biennial or short interval basis.   The term "livestock" shall include domesticated fish which are grown, managed, harvested and/or marketed as a cultivated crop.   The term "domesticated fish" shall be understood to mean any fish that are spawned and grown, managed, harvested and marketed on an annual, semiannual, biennial or short term basis, in privately owned waters.
MS Code § 69-7-503 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals|Chapter 7 - Markets and Marketing; Domestic Fish Farming|Article 11 - Domestic Fish Farming|§ 69-7-503. Construction of article

 This article shall not be construed to permit the sale of any fish prohibited from being sold by law, but shall be supplementary thereto.
MS Code § 69-7-601 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals|Chapter 7 - Markets and Marketing; Domestic Fish Farming|Article 13 - Catfish Marketing|§ 69-7-601. Short title

 This article shall be known as the "Mississippi Catfish Marketing Law of 1975."
MS Code § 69-7-602 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals|Chapter 7 - Markets and Marketing; Domestic Fish Farming|Article 13 - Catfish Marketing|§ 69-7-602. Legislative findings

 The Legislature finds that aquaculture sales and consumption have increased worldwide and that the use of antibiotics or chemicals not approved for use in food-producing animals in the United States is permitted in aquaculture in other countries and that consumers of aquaculture in Mississippi should be provided clear information as to where the aquaculture product originates from to protect the health and welfare of Mississippi consumers; and the Legislature also finds that food-misrepresentation or the passing off of less expensive aquaculture products as pricier aquaculture products to unknowing customers and retailers has become an issue in the marketplace and is a deceitful practice used on consumers and retailers alike and that consumers and retailers should be informed of the country and species of fish.
MS Code § 69-7-603 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals|Chapter 7 - Markets and Marketing; Domestic Fish Farming|Article 13 - Catfish Marketing|§ 69-7-603. Administration

 This article shall be administered by the Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce.
MS Code § 69-7-608 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals|Chapter 7 - Markets and Marketing; Domestic Fish Farming|Article 13 - Catfish Marketing|§ 69-7-608. Misrepresentation in use of term "catfish"; regulation and inspection of retail and food service establishments; notice of violation; penalties

  The term "catfish" shall not be used as a common name or used to advertise, distribute or label any fish or fish product except for those species within the definition of catfish in Section 69-7-605.   It is unlawful to use the term "catfish" in the advertising, distributing, labeling or selling of any of those species within the family of Siluridae, Clariidae and Pangasiidae or any other fish not within the definition of catfish in Section 69-7-605.     The commissioner shall regulate and inspect retail and food service establishments under this article.   The commissioner shall notify, in writing, any retailer or food service establishment violating this article and shall give the retailer or food service establishment three (3) days to correct the violation. No penalties under this article shall apply to any retailer or food service establishment 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 any of the provisions of this chapter or who otherwise misrepresents as catfish any fish or fish product not defined as catfish under this article shall be punished by a fine of not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00). For a second offense, a person shall be punished by a fine of not more than Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00). For any subsequent violations, a person shall be punished by a fine of not more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) or by having the license for the retail or food establishment suspended indefinitely or until such establishment 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 § 69-7-609 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals|Chapter 7 - Markets and Marketing; Domestic Fish Farming|Article 13 - Catfish Marketing|§ 69-7-609. Information as to origin of catfish products

 All distributors, processors or wholesalers of catfish products, distributing or selling catfish products, shall provide information to each person, firm or corporation to whom they distribute or sell catfish products for resale as to the labeling information required in subsection (1) of Section 69-7-607.
MS Code § 69-7-610 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals|Chapter 7 - Markets and Marketing; Domestic Fish Farming|Article 13 - Catfish Marketing|§ 69-7-610. Identification by distributors, processors and wholesalers of catfish types upon request of commissioner; public disclosure of purchasers of catfish from distributors, processors and wholesalers

  All distributors, processors or wholesalers of catfish or other fish products, distributing or selling catfish or other fish products, shall provide information to the commissioner or his representative, upon request, and to each retailer to which such distributor, processor or wholesaler distributes or sells catfish or other fish products as to whether such product is Farm-raised Catfish, River or Lake Catfish, Imported Catfish, or Other Fish a Product of (country of origin). In addition, any wholesaler or distributor shall provide his sales and purchases records of catfish and other fish upon request by the commissioner. Other fish includes those fish in the taxonomic family of Siluridae, Clariidae and Pangasiidae.   The commissioner may disclose to the public the names and addresses of businesses that purchase domestic and/or foreign catfish and other fish from wholesalers, distributors and processors.
MS Code § 69-7-611 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals|Chapter 7 - Markets and Marketing; Domestic Fish Farming|Article 13 - Catfish Marketing|§ 69-7-611. Promulgation of rules and regulations

  The commissioner is authorized to promulgate such rules and regulations such as may be necessary for the efficient enforcement of this article.   Before the issuance, amendment, or repeal of any rule or regulation authorized by this article, the commissioner shall publish the proposed regulation, amendment, or notice to repeal an existing regulation in a manner reasonably calculated to give interested parties adequate notice and shall afford all interested persons an opportunity to present their views thereon, orally or in writing, within a reasonable period of time. After consideration of all views presented by interested persons, the commissioner shall take appropriate action to issue the proposed rules or regulations or to amend or repeal an existing rule or regulation.
MS Code § 69-7-612 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals|Chapter 7 - Markets and Marketing; Domestic Fish Farming|Article 13 - Catfish Marketing|§ 69-7-612. Commissioner authorized to enter premises to take samples for testing to determine compliance

 The commissioner shall have authority to enter the premises of any wholesaler, distributor or retailer to pull samples of catfish and other similar fish for laboratory testing to test for species identification and/or any other testing as may be necessary to determine compliance with this article.
MS Code § 69-7-613 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals|Chapter 7 - Markets and Marketing; Domestic Fish Farming|Article 13 - Catfish Marketing|§ 69-7-613. Penalties; injunctive relief

  Any person who violates any provision of this article for which no other penalty is provided by this article shall upon conviction be subject to a fine of not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00).   The commissioner may apply for and the court may grant a temporary or permanent injunction restraining any person from violating or continuing to violate any of the provisions of this article or any rule or regulation promulgated under this article, notwithstanding the existence of other remedies at law. The injunction shall be issued without bond.
MS Code § 69-7-615 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals|Chapter 7 - Markets and Marketing; Domestic Fish Farming|Article 13 - Catfish Marketing|§ 69-7-615. Cooperation

 The commissioner may cooperate with and enter into agreements with governmental agencies of this state, agencies of the federal government, and private associations in order to carry out the purpose and provisions of this article.
MS Code § 69-7-617 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals|Chapter 7 - Markets and Marketing; Domestic Fish Farming|Article 13 - Catfish Marketing|§ 69-7-617. Information concerning production and sales of catfish products

 The commissioner shall publish at least biannually, in such form as he may deem proper, information concerning the sale of catfish products, together with such data on their production and use as he may consider advisable provided that the information concerning production and sales of catfish products shall not disclose the operation of any person.
MS Code § 69-7-651 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals|Chapter 7 - Markets and Marketing; Domestic Fish Farming|Article 15 - Mississippi Catfish Processor Fair Practices Act|§ 69-7-651. Short title

 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Mississippi Catfish Processor Fair Practices Act of 1986."
MS Code § 69-7-653 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals|Chapter 7 - Markets and Marketing; Domestic Fish Farming|Article 15 - Mississippi Catfish Processor Fair Practices Act|§ 69-7-653. Administration of article

 This article shall be administered by the Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce.
MS Code § 69-7-655 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals|Chapter 7 - Markets and Marketing; Domestic Fish Farming|Article 15 - Mississippi Catfish Processor Fair Practices Act|§ 69-7-655. Legislative findings and purpose

 The Legislature finds that a burden on and an obstruction to intrastate commerce in the catfish farming industry is caused when payment is not made for the catfish and that such arrangements are contrary to the public interest. This article is intended to remedy such burden on and obstruction to intrastate commerce in catfish and to protect the public interest.
MS Code § 69-7-657 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals|Chapter 7 - Markets and Marketing; Domestic Fish Farming|Article 15 - Mississippi Catfish Processor Fair Practices Act|§ 69-7-657. Definitions

 For purposes of this article, the following terms shall have the meaning ascribed herein unless the context otherwise requires:   "Capable of use as human food" means and shall apply to any catfish or part or product thereof unless it is denatured or otherwise identified as required by regulations prescribed by the commissioner to deter its use as human food, or unless it is naturally inedible by humans.   "Cash sale" means a sale in which the seller does not expressly extend credit to the buyer.   "Catfish" means any species within the family of Ictaluridae.   "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce of the State of Mississippi.   "Direct retail sale" means the sale of catfish products directly to the consumer.   "Person" includes any individual, partnership, corporation and association or other legal entity.   "Processor" means any person engaged in handling, storing, preparing, manufacturing, packing or holding catfish products.   "Producer" means any person engaged in the business of producing catfish, by any method.   "Product" means any catfish product capable of use as human food which is made wholly or in part from any catfish or portion thereof.   "Secured party" means a lender who has a perfected security interest pursuant to the Uniform Commercial Code in the catfish being sold.
MS Code § 69-7-659 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals|Chapter 7 - Markets and Marketing; Domestic Fish Farming|Article 15 - Mississippi Catfish Processor Fair Practices Act|§ 69-7-659. Methods of purchasing catfish products; bonds and other security requirements; unfair practices

  Each processor shall use one of the following methods to purchase catfish products:   The processor may deliver to the producer or his duly authorized representative and any secured parties the full amount of the purchase price on the same day the catfish product is purchased and possession is transferred.   The processor may before the close of the twenty-eighth (28th) calendar day following the purchase of the catfish products and transfer of possession thereof, deliver to the producer or his duly authorized representative and any secured parties the full amount of the purchase price. If the producer or his duly authorized representative or secured parties are not present to receive payment at the point of transfer or possession, as herein provided, the processor shall wire transfer funds or place a check in the United States mail for the full amount of the purchase price, properly addressed to the producer and any secured parties, within the time limits specified in this subsection. Such action shall be deemed in compliance with the requirement for prompt payment under this paragraph.   The parties to the purchase and sale of catfish products may expressly agree in writing, before such purchase or sale, to effect payment in a manner other than that required in paragraphs (a) or (b) provided the manner of payment does not interfere with the rights of secured parties. Any such agreement shall be disclosed in the records of any producer selling the catfish, and in the processors records and on the accounts or other documents issued by the processors relating to the transaction.     In the event the processor shall elect the method prescribed in subparagraph (1)(b) of this section, to purchase catfish products, such processor shall, prior to such transaction, be required to:   Be bonded in the amount of Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000.00) or in an amount which may be determined by the commissioner;   Post a security bond in the amount of Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000.00) or in an amount which may be determined by the commissioner; or   Provide cash security, letters of credit and/or such other evidences of security as shall be authorized by the commissioner.     Any delay or attempt to delay, by a processor purchasing catfish products, the collection of funds as herein provided, or otherwise, for the purpose of or resulting in extending the normal period of payment for such catfish shall be considered an "unfair practice" in violation of this article.
MS Code § 69-7-661 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals|Chapter 7 - Markets and Marketing; Domestic Fish Farming|Article 15 - Mississippi Catfish Processor Fair Practices Act|§ 69-7-661. Registration of processors; orders with respect to insolvent registrants

 On and after July 1, 1986, every catfish processor shall register with the Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce. The commissioner shall promulgate such rules and regulations as he may deem necessary to secure the performance of catfish purchasing obligations, and whenever, after due notice and hearing, the commissioner finds any registrant is insolvent or has violated any provisions of this article he may issue an order suspending such registrant for a reasonable specified period. Such order of suspension shall take effect within not less than five (5) days, unless suspended or modified or set aside by the commissioner or a court of competent jurisdiction. If the commissioner finds any processor is insolvent, he may after notice and hearing issue an order requiring such processor to cease and desist from purchasing catfish while insolvent except under such conditions as the commissioner may prescribe to effectuate the purposes of this article. Provided, however, that (a) those processors whose average annual purchases do not exceed Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00), and (b) those processors who deliver to the producer or his duly authorized representative the full amount of the purchase price on the same day the catfish product is purchased and possession thereof is transferred, shall be exempt from the provisions of this section.
MS Code § 69-7-663 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals|Chapter 7 - Markets and Marketing; Domestic Fish Farming|Article 15 - Mississippi Catfish Processor Fair Practices Act|§ 69-7-663. Unlawful practices

 It shall be unlawful, with respect to catfish or catfish products, for any processor to engage in or use any unfair, unjustly discriminatory, or deceptive practice.