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MO Rev Stat § 265.200 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 265 - Regulation and Marketing of Agricultural Products|Section 265.200 - Powers and duties of Missouri state horticultural society.

Effective - 28 Aug 2008   265.200. Powers and duties of Missouri state horticultural society. — The executive board of the Missouri state horticultural society shall have the power and duty:  (1) To authorize the director to expend, within the appropriations provided therefor, a designated amount of the moneys in the apple merchandising fund in the enforcement of sections 265.130 and 265.140, referring to the labeling of apples;  (2) To authorize the director to expend, within the appropriations provided therefor, a reasonable amount of the moneys in the apple merchandising fund in the administration of sections 265.150 to 265.180, referring to the collection of levies imposed by this chapter;  (3) To authorize the director to apportion, within the appropriations provided therefor, a reasonable amount of the moneys in the apple merchandising fund to the agriculture business development fund;  (4) To plan and to authorize the director to conduct a campaign of education, advertising, publicity and sales promotion to increase the consumption of Missouri apples and the director may contract for any advertising, publicity and sales promotion service. To accomplish such purpose the director shall have power and it shall be the duty of the director, within the appropriations provided therefor, to disseminate information:  (a) Relating to apples and the importance thereof in preserving the public health, the economy thereof in the diet of the people, and the importance thereof in the nutrition of children;  (b) Relating to the problem of furnishing the consumer at all times with a supply of good quality apples at reasonable prices;  (c) Relating to such other, further and additional information as shall tend to promote increased consumption of Missouri apples, and as may foster a better understanding and more efficient cooperation between producers, dealers and the consuming public;  (5) To cooperate with other state, regional and national agricultural organizations and may at its discretion authorize the director to expend within the appropriations provided therefor moneys of the apple merchandising fund for such purposes. ­­-------- (L. 1941 p. 305 § 14303f, A.L. 1957 p. 25, A.L. 2008 S.B. 931)
MO Rev Stat § 265.210 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 265 - Regulation and Marketing of Agricultural Products|Section 265.210 - Duty of state and county officers.

Effective - 28 Aug 1941   265.210. Duty of state and county officers. — It shall be the duty of all state and county law enforcement officers to assist in the enforcement of sections 265.130 to 265.210. ­­-------- (L. 1941 p. 305 § 14303g)
MO Rev Stat § 265.220 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 265 - Regulation and Marketing of Agricultural Products|Section 265.220 - Prosecutions, procedure.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   265.220. Prosecutions, procedure. — Prosecutions under this chapter shall be begun and carried on in the same manner as other prosecutions for misdemeanors in this state. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 14305)  Prior revision: 1929 § 12639
MO Rev Stat § 265.280 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 265 - Regulation and Marketing of Agricultural Products|Section 265.280 - Definitions.

Effective - 28 Aug 1999   265.280. Definitions. — As used in sections 265.280 to 265.289, the following terms mean:  (1) "Fresh meat", any quarter, half or whole carcass of beef, pork or mutton, or any cut or portion thereof which has not been canned or cooked;  (2) "Ground meat" includes any meat subsequently ground or commingled and any portion of which is imported from a foreign nation;  (3) "Person", any individual, firm, partnership, association or corporation;  (4) "Sales at retail", sales at any retail grocery store, butcher shop, delicatessen, or other place where fresh meat is sold at retail for consumption off-premises. ­­-------- (L. 1999 S.B. 310 § 7)
MO Rev Stat § 265.283 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 265 - Regulation and Marketing of Agricultural Products|Section 265.283 - Sale of fresh meat from a foreign nation, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1999   265.283. Sale of fresh meat from a foreign nation, when. — No person shall knowingly sell at wholesale or retail any fresh meat imported from any foreign nation without complying with all of the provisions of sections 265.280 to 265.289. ­­-------- (L. 1999 S.B. 310 § 8)
MO Rev Stat § 265.286 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 265 - Regulation and Marketing of Agricultural Products|Section 265.286 - Label to include country of origin.

Effective - 28 Aug 1999   265.286. Label to include country of origin. — On each quarter, half or whole carcass of imported fresh meat offered for sale at wholesale or retail, and also on any individually wrapped or packaged cut or portion thereof, there shall either be placed a label or brand clearly indicating the country of origin of the meat or a conspicuous, legible and clearly visible sign indicating the country of origin of the meat. Where unwrapped or unpackaged cuts or slices are displayed in a tray or case for selection by the patron, each tray or case shall have a conspicuous, legible and clearly visible sign or label indicating the country of origin. Every tray or other container of hamburger, ground meat, sausage, or other fresh meat displayed in the bulk shall have a sign or label conforming to the same requirements. All signs required by this section* shall be placed to clearly indicate for which cuts of meat or trays of meat such sign is intended. ­­-------- (L. 1999 S.B. 310 § 9)  *Word "subsection" appears in original rolls.
MO Rev Stat § 265.289 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 265 - Regulation and Marketing of Agricultural Products|Section 265.289 - Department to enforce provisions — violations, procedure, penalty.

Effective - 28 Aug 1999   265.289. Department to enforce provisions — violations, procedure, penalty. — 1. The department of agriculture shall enforce the provisions of sections 265.280 to 265.289.  2. Any person found to be in violation of any provision of sections 265.280 to 265.289 shall be issued a notice of violation. The notice shall state the date issued, the name and address of the person to whom issued, the nature of the violation, the statute or regulation violated, and the name and position of the person issuing the notice. The notice shall also contain a warning that the violation may result in an informal or formal administrative hearing or both.  3. Any person issued a notice of violation may be afforded an opportunity by the director of the department of agriculture to explain such facts at an informal hearing to be conducted within fourteen days of such notification. In the event that such person fails to timely respond to such notification or upon unsuccessful resolution of any issues relating to an alleged violation, such person may be summoned to a formal administrative hearing before the director or a designated hearing officer conducted in conformance with chapter 536, and if found to have committed two or more violations within twelve months, may be ordered to cease and desist from such violations, such order may be enforced in the circuit court, and, in addition, may be required to pay a penalty of not more than five hundred dollars per violation. Any party to such hearing aggrieved by a determination of a hearing officer may appeal to the circuit court of the county in which the party resides, or if the party is the state, in Cole County, in accordance with chapter 536.  4. Any penalty assessed and collected by the director shall be deposited with the state treasurer to the credit of the general revenue fund of the state. ­­-------- (L. 1999 S.B. 310 § 10)
MO Rev Stat § 265.300 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 265 - Regulation and Marketing of Agricultural Products|Section 265.300 - Definitions.

Effective - 28 Aug 2018, 2 histories   265.300. Definitions. — The following terms as used in sections 265.300 to 265.470, unless the context otherwise indicates, mean:  (1) "Adulterated", any meat or meat product under one or more of the circumstances listed in Title XXI, Chapter 12, Section 601 of the United States Code as now constituted or hereafter amended;  (2) "Capable of use as human food", any carcass, or part or product of a carcass, of any animal unless it is denatured or otherwise identified, as required by regulation prescribed by the director, to deter its use as human food, or is naturally inedible by humans;  (3) "Cold storage warehouse", any place for storing meat or meat products which contains at any one time over two thousand five hundred pounds of meat or meat products belonging to any one private owner other than the owner or operator of the warehouse;  (4) "Commercial plant", any establishment in which livestock, poultry, or captive cervids are slaughtered for transportation or sale as articles of commerce intended for or capable of use for human consumption, or in which meat or meat products are prepared for transportation or sale as articles of commerce, intended for or capable of use for human consumption;  (5) "Director", the director of the department of agriculture of this state, or his authorized representative;  (6) "Livestock", cattle, calves, sheep, swine, ratite birds including but not limited to ostrich and emu, aquatic products as defined in section 277.024, llamas, alpaca, buffalo, bison, elk documented as obtained from a legal source and not from the wild, goats, or horses, other equines, or rabbits raised in confinement for human consumption;  (7) "Meat", any edible portion of livestock, poultry, or captive cervid carcass or part thereof;  (8) "Meat product", anything containing meat intended for or capable of use for human consumption, which is derived, in whole or in part, from livestock, poultry, or captive cervids;  (9) "Misbranded", any meat or meat product under one or more of the circumstances listed in Title XXI, Chapter 12, Section 601 of the United States Code as now constituted or hereafter amended;  (10) "Official inspection mark", the symbol prescribed by the director stating that an article was inspected and passed or condemned;  (11) "Poultry", any domesticated bird intended for human consumption;  (12) "Prepared", slaughtered, canned, salted, rendered, boned, cut up, or otherwise manufactured or processed;  (13) "Unwholesome":  (a) Processed, prepared, packed or held under unsanitary conditions;  (b) Produced in whole or in part from livestock, poultry, or captive cervids which have died other than by slaughter. ­­-------- (L. 1967 p. 371 § 1, A.L. 1971 S.B. 39, A.L. 1993 H.B. 566 merged with S.B. 84, A.L. 1995 S.B. 109, A.L. 2005 S.B. 355, A.L. 2018 S.B. 627 & 925)
MO Rev Stat § 265.310 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 265 - Regulation and Marketing of Agricultural Products|Section 265.310 - All commercial slaughter plants and meat processors regulated.

Effective - 28 Aug 1967   265.310. All commercial slaughter plants and meat processors regulated. — All commercial plants at which livestock or poultry are slaughtered, or at which meat or meat products are processed for human consumption, shall be operated in accordance with such sanitary practices as are provided by sections 265.300 to 265.470 and by the rules and regulations prescribed by the director. ­­-------- (L. 1967 p. 371 § 2)
MO Rev Stat § 265.320 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 265 - Regulation and Marketing of Agricultural Products|Section 265.320 - Certain operations exempted.

Effective - 28 Aug 1971   265.320. Certain operations exempted. — 1. The director shall exempt from the provisions of sections 265.300 to 265.470, the operation of any person if and to the extent the operation would be exempt from the corresponding requirements under the Federal Meat Inspection Act or the Federal Poultry Products Inspection Act if the operation were conducted in or for interstate commerce or the state were designated under either federal act as one in which the federal requirements apply to intrastate commerce.  2. Persons granted exemption by this section shall be subject to periodic reviews. The director may, after giving reasonable notice, withdraw the exemption for any change in the conditions under which the exemption was granted. Any person aggrieved by the director's action may, within thirty days after receipt of notice, appeal as provided by chapter 536. ­­-------- (L. 1967 p. 371 § 13, A.L. 1971 S.B. 39)
MO Rev Stat § 265.330 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 265 - Regulation and Marketing of Agricultural Products|Section 265.330 - Meats section created — head of section, appointment, qualifications, duties.

Effective - 28 Aug 1967   265.330. Meats section created — head of section, appointment, qualifications, duties. — 1. There is hereby created "The Meats Section of the Veterinary Division of the Department of Agriculture".  2. The director shall appoint a graduate veterinarian as the head of the meats section.  3. The head of the meats section shall enforce the rules and regulations prescribed by the commissioner, and shall perform such other duties as the director and the state veterinarian deem necessary. ­­-------- (L. 1967 p. 371 § 3)
MO Rev Stat § 265.340 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 265 - Regulation and Marketing of Agricultural Products|Section 265.340 - Inspection supervisors, appointment, number, qualifications, compensation.

Effective - 28 Aug 1967   265.340. Inspection supervisors, appointment, number, qualifications, compensation. — 1. The director may appoint as inspection supervisors such licensed graduate veterinarians not to exceed ten as are necessary to carry out the provisions of sections 265.300 to 265.470, and may establish their compensation within the limits of the appropriation made for that purpose.  2. The director may appoint such full or part time inspectors as are necessary to carry out the provisions of sections 265.300 to 265.470, and may establish their compensation within the limits of the appropriation made for that purpose. ­­-------- (L. 1967 p. 371 § 4)
MO Rev Stat § 265.350 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 265 - Regulation and Marketing of Agricultural Products|Section 265.350 - Inspectors, how assigned, duties.

Effective - 28 Aug 1967   265.350. Inspectors, how assigned, duties. — 1. Each of the inspection supervisors shall provide general supervision of the inspection program under the provisions of sections 265.300 to 265.470 and shall make assignments of inspectors to inspect commercial plants within a geographical territory assigned to his general supervision by the head of the meats section.  2. The inspectors shall inspect:  (1) All livestock and poultry slaughtered for human consumption;  (2) All meat and meat products processed for human consumption;  (3) The sanitary conditions at all commercial plants in this state which slaughter, store, or process livestock, poultry, meat or meat products for human consumption. ­­-------- (L. 1967 p. 371 § 5)
MO Rev Stat § 265.360 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 265 - Regulation and Marketing of Agricultural Products|Section 265.360 - Inspections, when conducted.

Effective - 28 Aug 1967   265.360. Inspections, when conducted. — The times of inspection of any commercial plant made under the provisions of sections 265.300 to 265.470 shall be within the regular hours of operation of the plant. ­­-------- (L. 1967 p. 371 § 6)
MO Rev Stat § 265.370 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 265 - Regulation and Marketing of Agricultural Products|Section 265.370 - Unwholesome meat or meat products condemned — appeal, written notice, reinspection — director's determination subject to administrative review.

Effective - 28 Aug 1967   265.370. Unwholesome meat or meat products condemned — appeal, written notice, reinspection — director's determination subject to administrative review. — 1. All livestock, poultry, meat or meat products intended for human consumption found by an inspector to be unwholesome or adulterated shall be condemned and destroyed, unless the article can be rendered wholesome and unadulterated by reprocessing under the supervision of the inspector; except that any order for destruction shall be stayed by timely appeal.  2. At any time within twenty-four hours after the order of the inspector, any person aggrieved by the order may object to the inspector's determination by filing a written notice with the director, stating the specific grounds for the objection.  3. The director may cause an inspection of the condemned article to be made by two additional inspectors, and shall rule on the objection seventy-two hours after receiving notice.  4. The determination of the director shall be subject to review as provided by chapter 536. ­­-------- (L. 1967 p. 371 § 7)
MO Rev Stat § 265.380 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 265 - Regulation and Marketing of Agricultural Products|Section 265.380 - Unwholesome or adulterated meat to be marked, how.

Effective - 28 Aug 1967   265.380. Unwholesome or adulterated meat to be marked, how. — All meat found to be unwholesome or adulterated shall be marked with the official condemned mark. The mark shall state that the article was inspected and condemned. ­­-------- (L. 1967 p. 371 § 8)
MO Rev Stat § 265.390 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 265 - Regulation and Marketing of Agricultural Products|Section 265.390 - Containers to bear inspection mark and plant number — containers to state ingredients, net weight or measure.

Effective - 28 Aug 1967   265.390. Containers to bear inspection mark and plant number — containers to state ingredients, net weight or measure. — 1. When any meat or meat product which is prepared for human consumption shall be placed in a shipping container in a commercial plant where inspection is maintained under sections 265.300 to 265.470, the person preparing the meat or meat product shall cause to be attached to the container a label bearing the official inspection mark and the approved plant number.  2. In addition, the container which directly contains the meat or meat product shall bear a statement of the ingredients including a declaration of artificial flavors, colors, or preservatives, net weight or other measure of contents and the official inspection mark. ­­-------- (L. 1967 p. 371 § 9)
MO Rev Stat § 265.400 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 265 - Regulation and Marketing of Agricultural Products|Section 265.400 - Labels must be approved — appeal from director's determination.

Effective - 28 Aug 1967   265.400. Labels must be approved — appeal from director's determination. — 1. The use of any label upon or accompanying any livestock, poultry, meat or meat products inspected under sections 265.300 to 265.470 shall be approved by the director before being used, and if the director finds that any label is false or misleading, he may prohibit the use of the label unless modified.  2. Any person aggrieved by the director's determination may appeal within thirty days after receipt of notice, as provided by chapter 536. ­­-------- (L. 1967 p. 371 § 10)
MO Rev Stat § 265.410 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 265 - Regulation and Marketing of Agricultural Products|Section 265.410 - License required, application, fee.

Effective - 28 Aug 1967   265.410. License required, application, fee. — 1. A license shall be required for each commercial plant which slaughters livestock or poultry, processes meat or meat products for human consumption, or keeps meat or meat products in a cold storage warehouse. Before any license is issued or renewed an inspection shall be made to determine that the plant has complied with sections 265.300 to 265.470.  2. Applications for the license shall be made on forms furnished by the director. The license fee shall be ten dollars for one year, and the license may be renewed. ­­-------- (L. 1967 p. 371 § 11)
MO Rev Stat § 265.420 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 265 - Regulation and Marketing of Agricultural Products|Section 265.420 - Records required, inspection permitted, records to be retained.

Effective - 28 Aug 1967   265.420. Records required, inspection permitted, records to be retained. — 1. The director may require any commercial plant which slaughters, processes, renders, transports, stores, ships or receives livestock, poultry, meat or meat products intended for human consumption to maintain records relative to the above transactions and may require it to permit an authorized representative of the director to have access to copy such records at reasonable times.  2. All records required by this section shall be preserved for two years after the transaction has taken place. ­­-------- (L. 1967 p. 371 § 12)
MO Rev Stat § 265.430 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 265 - Regulation and Marketing of Agricultural Products|Section 265.430 - Federal or other approved inspection basis for exemption.

Effective - 28 Aug 1967   265.430. Federal or other approved inspection basis for exemption. — Any commercial plant at which livestock or poultry are slaughtered or meat or meat products are processed for human consumption shall be exempted by the director from the inspection provisions of sections 265.300 to 265.470 if he finds that it has federal inspection or other approved inspection. ­­-------- (L. 1967 p. 371 § 14)
MO Rev Stat § 265.440 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 265 - Regulation and Marketing of Agricultural Products|Section 265.440 - Inspector may serve two or more plants.

Effective - 28 Aug 1967   265.440. Inspector may serve two or more plants. — If two or more commercial plants are located in the same area, the director may authorize inspection of all plants by a single inspector; except that the times of inspection for any commercial plant shall be within the normal working hours of the plant. ­­-------- (L. 1967 p. 371 § 15)