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MO Rev Stat § 265.442 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 265 - Regulation and Marketing of Agricultural Products|Section 265.442 - Transportation or sale of adulterated, misbranded or certain unmarked meats prohibited.

Effective - 28 Aug 1971   265.442. Transportation or sale of adulterated, misbranded or certain unmarked meats prohibited. — 1. No person shall sell, transport, offer for sale or transportation, or receive for transportation:  (1) Any meat or meat products which are capable of use as human food, and are adulterated or misbranded at the time of such sale, transportation, offer for sale or transportation, or receipt for transportation;  (2) Any meat or meat food products required to be inspected under sections 265.300 to 265.460 unless they have been so inspected and passed;  (3) Any meat or meat products with respect to any such articles which are capable of use as human food, on which is performed any act, while the articles are being transported, or held for sale after such transportation, which is intended to cause or has the effect of causing such articles to be adulterated or misbranded.  2. No person shall sell, transport, offer for sale or transportation, or receive for transportation any carcass of horses, mules, or other equines or parts of such carcasses, or the meat or meat food products thereof, unless they are plainly and conspicuously marked or labeled or otherwise identified as required by regulations prescribed by the director to show the kinds of animals from which they were derived.  3. No person shall buy, sell, transport, or offer for sale or transportation, or receive for transportation, any meat or meat products which are not intended for use as human food, unless they are denatured or otherwise identified as required by the regulations of the director, or are naturally inedible by humans. ­­-------- (L. 1971 S.B. 39 §§ 2, 3)
MO Rev Stat § 265.444 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 265 - Regulation and Marketing of Agricultural Products|Section 265.444 - Stop-sale order, when — seizure of product when, appeal.

Effective - 28 Aug 1971   265.444. Stop-sale order, when — seizure of product when, appeal. — 1. All poultry, meat or meat products intended for human consumption found by an inspector to be misbranded shall be ordered off-sale. Such stop-sale order shall specify the reason for its issuance and shall detail the character of the violation. No poultry, meat or meat products to which a stop-sale order applies shall be marketed until and unless the order has been withdrawn. The director shall withdraw a stop-sale order only upon his determination that the conditions leading to issuance of the order have been corrected.  2. If the conditions leading to the issuance of a stop-sale order have not been corrected within sixty days, the director may take possession or custody of the poultry, meat or meat products against which a stop-sale order has been issued. Upon ten days' notice to the owner, the poultry, meat or meat product shall be disposed of in a manner that is consistent with the public safety and interest. The owner or custodian of the poultry, meat or meat product shall not be entitled to any compensation or damages on account of such seizure or disposition. Any order for disposal of poultry, meat or meat products that have been seized shall be stayed by timely appeal as provided in chapter 536. ­­-------- (L. 1971 S.B. 39 § 4)
MO Rev Stat § 265.450 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 265 - Regulation and Marketing of Agricultural Products|Section 265.450 - Violation basis for suspension or refusal to license.

Effective - 28 Aug 1967   265.450. Violation basis for suspension or refusal to license. — The director may refuse to license or may suspend or revoke the license of any commercial plant for any violation of sections 265.300 to 265.470. ­­-------- (L. 1967 p. 371 § 16)
MO Rev Stat § 265.460 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 265 - Regulation and Marketing of Agricultural Products|Section 265.460 - Operation without license or selling adulterated or misbranded meat, penalty.

Effective - 28 Aug 1971   265.460. Operation without license or selling adulterated or misbranded meat, penalty. — Any person who shall operate a commercial plant without a license, or sell or offer for sale any adulterated or misbranded meat or meat product is guilty of a misdemeanor. Upon conviction of a first violation he shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars or by confinement in the county jail for not more than one year or by both such fine and confinement. Persons found guilty of subsequent offenses shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not less than five hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars or by confinement in the county jail for not more than one year or by both such fine and confinement. ­­-------- (L. 1967 p. 371 § 18, A.L. 1971 S.B. 39)
MO Rev Stat § 265.470 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 265 - Regulation and Marketing of Agricultural Products|Section 265.470 - Director and applicant placed under state department of elementary and secondary education relative to licenses.

Effective - 28 Aug 1967   265.470. Director and applicant placed under state department of elementary and secondary education relative to licenses. — Insofar as issuance, revocation or suspension of any license hereunder is concerned, the director and the licensee or applicant for license shall come under the provisions of chapter 621. ­­-------- (L. 1967 p. 371 § 20)
MO Rev Stat § 265.471 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 265 - Regulation and Marketing of Agricultural Products|Section 265.471 - Rules, Federal Meat Inspection Act.

Effective - 28 Aug 2004   265.471. Rules, Federal Meat Inspection Act. — The director shall promulgate rules and regulations consistent with and equal to the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Federal Poultry Products Inspection Act, and all related federal regulations and shall adopt such rules and regulations as necessary to implement the inspection programs authorized under sections 265.300 to 265.470. ­­-------- (L. 2004 H.B. 1192 merged with S.B. 740, et al. § 265.475)
MO Rev Stat § 265.490 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 265 - Regulation and Marketing of Agricultural Products|Section 265.490 - Definitions.

Effective - 28 Aug 2018, 2 histories   265.490. Definitions. — As used in sections 265.490 to 265.499:  (1) "Bulk meat" means beef sold by hanging weight, consisting of whole carcasses and the following primal cuts:  (a) "Side of beef", one-half of a split beef, comprising the frontquarter and hindquarter;  (b) "Frontquarter of beef", the foreward portion of a side, back to and including the twelfth rib;  (c) "Back of beef", chuck and rib with plate and brisket removed;  (d) "Arm chuck of beef", arm chuck with brisket removed, back to and including the fifth rib;  (e) "Rib of beef", from the sixth to the twelfth rib, inclusive, not to exceed ten inches from tip of chine bone to top of rib without plate;  (f) "Hindquarter of beef", the rear section of a side from and including the thirteenth rib, consisting of round, loin and flank;  (g) "Trimmed loin of beef", short loin and hip (sirloin), and that section of hindquarter including thirteenth rib and separated one inch to two inches below aitchbone, without flank or kidney;  (h) "Full loin of beef", loin of beef, including flank and kidney;  (i) "Round of beef", that portion of hindquarter separated from loin one inch to two inches below aitchbone back to the shin bone;  (2) "Buyer" means both actual and prospective purchasers but does not include persons purchasing for resale;  (3) "Food plan" means any plan offering meat for sale or the offering of such product in combination with each other or with any other food or nonfood product or service for a single price;  (4) "Livestock", means the same as defined in section 265.300;  (5) "Meat", means the same as defined in section 265.300;  (6) "Misrepresent" means the use of any untrue, misleading or deceptive oral or written statement, advertisement, label, display, picture, illustration or sample;  (7) "Person" means individual, partnership, firm, corporation, association, or other entity;  (8) "Poultry", means the same as defined in section 265.300;  (9) "Represent" means the use of any form of oral or written statement, advertisement, label, display, picture, illustration or sample;  (10) "Seller" means any person, individual or business entity, corporation, league, franchise, franchisee, franchisor or any authorized representative or agent thereof who offers meat, or combinations of such items, for retail purchase to the public for preparation and consumption off the premises where sold or for direct purchase by an individual at his residence. ­­-------- (L. 1985 H.B. 409 & 532 § 27, A.L. 2018 S.B. 627 & 925)
MO Rev Stat § 265.492 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 265 - Regulation and Marketing of Agricultural Products|Section 265.492 - Meat advertising to be truthful, accurate.

Effective - 28 Aug 1985   265.492. Meat advertising to be truthful, accurate. — No person shall advertise for sale, solicit, offer to sell or sell foods by newspapers, handbills, placards, radio, television or other media unless the advertising is truthful and accurate. Such advertising shall not be misleading or deceiving in respect to grade, quality, quantity or price per pound or piece or in any other manner. ­­-------- (L. 1985 H.B. 409 & 532 § 28)
MO Rev Stat § 265.496 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 265 - Regulation and Marketing of Agricultural Products|Section 265.496 - Penalty.

Effective - 28 Aug 1985   265.496. Penalty. — Any person who violates any provision of sections 265.490 to 265.499 is guilty of a class A misdemeanor. ­­-------- (L. 1985 H.B. 409 & 532 § 30)
MO Rev Stat § 265.497 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 265 - Regulation and Marketing of Agricultural Products|Section 265.497 - Inspections, department of agriculture.

Effective - 28 Aug 1985   265.497. Inspections, department of agriculture. — Personnel designated by the director of the Missouri department of agriculture shall have access to places of business during regular business hours for the purpose of inspecting carcasses or parts of carcasses sold by the seller to determine compliance with the provisions of sections 265.490 to 265.499. The director of the Missouri department of agriculture, or personnel designated by the director, shall report any suspected violations of sections 265.490 to 265.499 to the prosecuting attorney of the county where the alleged violation occurred and to the attorney general. ­­-------- (L. 1985 H.B. 409 & 532 § 31)
MO Rev Stat § 265.499 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 265 - Regulation and Marketing of Agricultural Products|Section 265.499 - Remedies not to be exclusive, certain grocery retailers to be exempt.

Effective - 28 Aug 1985   265.499. Remedies not to be exclusive, certain grocery retailers to be exempt. — 1. The remedies provided in sections 265.490 to 265.499 are in addition to and not in substitution for any other remedies provided by law.  2. Sections 265.490 to 265.499 shall not apply to a regularly licensed mercantile establishment with a permanent place of business which has an inventory of other grocery products with a wholesale value in excess of fifteen thousand dollars. ­­-------- (L. 1985 H.B. 409 & 532 §§ 32, 33)
MO Rev Stat § 265.500 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 265 - Regulation and Marketing of Agricultural Products|Section 265.500 - Grain samples — sample sealed, when — state inspection, when — federal inspection, when — cost, how paid.

Effective - 28 Aug 1975   265.500. Grain samples — sample sealed, when — state inspection, when — federal inspection, when — cost, how paid. — 1. Whenever the value of grain is established by analysis of a drawn sample, the seller of the grain may request in writing at the time the sample is taken that the sample be divided into two equal parts, one of which shall be sealed in an airtight container.  2. Upon written request, the buyer must keep the sealed sample for a twenty-four hour period, except that weekends or holidays shall not be included in the mandatory twenty-four hour period. During the designated period the seller may cause the sample to be delivered to an official Missouri grain inspection office by the buyer. The seller shall bear all costs of securing the official test and the results of the official test shall be the basis of payment. If either the seller or buyer is* dissatisfied with the results of the test, an official federal test may be requested by either the buyer or seller at the cost of the person requesting the test and such findings shall be binding on all parties thereto. ­­-------- (L. 1975 S.B. 57 §§ 1, 2)  *Word "are" appears in original rolls.
MO Rev Stat § 265.505 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 265 - Regulation and Marketing of Agricultural Products|Section 265.505 - Duties and powers of director of the department of agriculture.

Effective - 28 Aug 1975   265.505. Duties and powers of director of the department of agriculture. — The director of the department of agriculture is hereby authorized and may establish all necessary and reasonable regulations and fees for carrying out the provisions of sections 265.500 to 265.515. No regulation, or any amendment or repeal thereof, provided for in sections 265.500 to 265.515 shall be adopted, except after public hearing to be held after no less than twenty days prior legal notice by advertisement of the date, time, and place of hearing. In establishing regulations for carrying out the provisions of sections 265.500 to 265.515 the director shall by regulation provide for containers for samples which will maintain the sample in the same condition as when taken, and provide for seals for the sample containers which will insure against tampering. ­­-------- (L. 1975 S.B. 57 § 3)
MO Rev Stat § 265.510 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 265 - Regulation and Marketing of Agricultural Products|Section 265.510 - Violation, penalty for.

Effective - 28 Aug 1975   265.510. Violation, penalty for. — An intentional violation of the provisions of sections 265.500 to 265.515 by any person or persons sampling grain for the purpose of determining the price thereof shall be deemed a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined a sum not to exceed five hundred dollars. ­­-------- (L. 1975 S.B. 57 § 4)
MO Rev Stat § 265.515 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 265 - Regulation and Marketing of Agricultural Products|Section 265.515 - Rules of director, ratification of.

Effective - 28 Aug 1975   265.515. Rules of director, ratification of. — All rules and regulations promulgated by the director of the department of agriculture under the terms of sections 265.500 to 265.515 shall stand ratified unless rescinded by the general assembly by bill or concurrent resolution. ­­-------- (L. 1975 S.B. 57 § 5)  CROSS REFERENCE:  Rules, procedure for making and rescinding, Chap. 536
MO Rev Stat § 266.011 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 266 - Seeds, Fertilizers and Feeds|Section 266.011 - Short title.

Effective - 28 Aug 1979   266.011. Short title. — Sections 266.011 to 266.111* shall be cited as "The Missouri Seed Law". ­­-------- (L. 1951 p. 5 § 266.010, A.L. 1979 H.B. 57)   *Words "this law" appear in original rolls.
MO Rev Stat § 266.040 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 266 - Seeds, Fertilizers and Feeds|Section 266.040 - Limit to number of free tests — regulations authorized — fee for excess.

Effective - 28 Aug 1979   266.040. Limit to number of free tests — regulations authorized — fee for excess. — Any citizen of this state shall have the privilege of submitting to the director of the department of agriculture samples of agriculture and vegetable seeds for test and analysis, subject to such regulations as may be adopted by the director; provided, that the director may by regulations fix the maximum number of samples that may be tested free of charge for any one citizen in a specified period of time, and fix charges for tests on samples submitted in excess of those tested free of charge. The fees collected for testing seed shall be paid to the Missouri department of agriculture and shall be deposited in the state treasury. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 14279, A.L. 1951 p. 5, A.L. 1979 H.B. 57)
MO Rev Stat § 266.061 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 266 - Seeds, Fertilizers and Feeds|Section 266.061 - Contents of statement on label or tag.

Effective - 28 Aug 1979   266.061. Contents of statement on label or tag. — No statements regarding the quality or purity of such agricultural or vegetable seeds, if inconsistent with the requirements of this law, shall be written or printed on the label or tag, or placed inside or affixed to any container of agricultural or vegetable seed sold, offered for sale, transported or exposed for sale within this state for seeding purposes, except this section shall not prohibit the use of a limited warranty statement, provided such statement shall in no way modify or deny the labeling information required in this law or constitute a defense of any violation of this law. ­­-------- (L. 1951 p. 5 § 266.060, A.L. 1979 H.B. 57)
MO Rev Stat § 266.071 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 266 - Seeds, Fertilizers and Feeds|Section 266.071 - Sales, offers for sale and acts prohibited.

Effective - 28 Aug 1979   266.071. Sales, offers for sale and acts prohibited. — 1. It is unlawful for any person to sell, distribute, offer for sale, or expose for sale any agricultural or vegetable seed within this state:  (1) Unless the test to determine the percentage of germination was performed within ten months of the time the seed is sold, exposed for sale, offered for sale or distributed. An exception shall be allowed for seed packaged in hermetically sealed containers, which may be sold, exposed for sale, offered for sale or transported up to thirty-six months after the test to determine the percentage of germination, if the seed is packaged according to the regulation governing hermetically packaged seed;  (2) Not labeled in accordance with the provisions of sections 266.011 to 266.111 or having a false or misleading labeling;  (3) Which has false or misleading advertisement;  (4) Containing prohibited weed seeds;  (5) Containing noxious weed seeds in excess of one-half percent, or in excess of the number declared on the label attached to the container of the seed;  (6) Containing more than two percent by weight of weed seeds, except for Brome grass, orchard grass or fescue which may not exceed three percent;  (7) Which is represented to be certified, registered, foundation, or any other term conveying a similar meaning when referring to seed unless it has been produced, processed, and labeled in accordance with procedures and in compliance with the rules and regulations of an officially recognized certifying agency.  2. It is unlawful for any person within this state:  (1) To detach, alter, deface or destroy any label provided for in sections 266.011 to 266.111, or the rules and regulations made and promulgated thereunder, or to alter or substitute seed, in a manner that may defeat the purposes of sections 266.011 to 266.111;  (2) To hinder or obstruct in any way any authorized person in the performance of his duties under sections 266.011 to 266.111;  (3) To fail to comply with a "stop-sale" order or to move or otherwise handle or dispose of any lot of seed held under a "stop-sale" order or tags attached thereto, except with express permission of the enforcing officer, and for the purpose specified thereby;  (4) To sell noxious or prohibitive weed seed except as provided in section 266.080;  (5) To sell seed to persons performing the seed sale functions listed in subdivision (1), (2), (3), or (4) of subsection 1 of section 266.031, unless the person buying has a retail permit to sell seed;  (6) To permit seed to move into this state which does not meet the standards of the seed certifying agency of the state in which the seed originated or the provisions of Missouri seed law. ­­-------- (L. 1951 p. 5 § 266.070, A.L. 1957 p. 13, A.L. 1979 H.B. 57)
MO Rev Stat § 266.076 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 266 - Seeds, Fertilizers and Feeds|Section 266.076 - Records required — inspection — retention.

Effective - 28 Aug 1979   266.076. Records required — inspection — retention. — All wholesale places of business shall maintain records showing kind of seed, quantity, date of shipment, consignee and consignor. Records on seed sales must be made available during normal business hours, at the seed dealer's place of business for the director when he has preceded the time of inspection by a request in writing. Seed records shall be maintained for a period of three years. ­­-------- (L. 1979 H.B. 57)
MO Rev Stat § 266.080 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 266 - Seeds, Fertilizers and Feeds|Section 266.080 - Exemptions.

Effective - 28 Aug 1979   266.080. Exemptions. — The provisions of sections 266.051, 266.061 and 266.071 shall not apply:  (1) To seed or grain not intended for seeding purposes;  (2) To seed in storage, or being transported or consigned to an establishment for cleaning or processing; provided, that the invoice or labeling accompanying any shipment of said seed bears the statement "seed for processing"; and provided that any labeling or other representation which may be made with respect to the uncleaned or unprocessed seed shall be subject to this law;  (3) To any carrier in respect to any seed transported or delivered for transportation in the ordinary course of its business as a carrier; provided, that such carrier is not engaged in producing, processing, or marketing agricultural or vegetable seed subject to the provisions of this law;  (4) To a farmer who sells unlabeled seed of his own production;  (5) To seed for use in experimental or breeding purposes, when approved by the director of agriculture on a form established by regulation. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 14270, A.L. 1951 p. 5, A.L. 1957 p. 13, A.L. 1979 H.B. 57)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 12606; 1919 § 12127
MO Rev Stat § 266.095 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 266 - Seeds, Fertilizers and Feeds|Section 266.095 - Seed certification agency, designation.

Effective - 28 Aug 1957   266.095. Seed certification agency, designation. — Certification of seed in the state of Missouri shall be carried out by an agency or association designated annually by the director of the Missouri agricultural experiment station at Columbia, Missouri. ­­-------- (L. 1957 p. 13 § 266.092)