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MS Code § 75-35-315 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 35 - Meat Inspection|Article 7 - Auxiliary Provisions|§ 75-35-315. Attendance of witnesses and production of documentary evidence; issuance of, and obedience to, subpoenas; mandamus to compel compliance with law; depositions; witness fees

  For the purposes of this chapter, the commissioner shall at all reasonable times have access to, for the purpose of examination, and the right to copy, any documentary evidence of any person, firm, or corporation being investigated or proceeded against, and may require by subpoena the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of all documentary evidence of any person, firm, or corporation relating to any matter under investigation. The commissioner may issue and sign subpoenas and may administer oaths and affirmations, examine witnesses, and receive evidence.   Such attendance of witnesses, and the production of such documentary evidence, may be required at any designated place of hearing. In case of disobedience to a subpoena, the commissioner may invoke the aid of any court designated in Section 75-35-307 in requiring the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of documentary evidence.   Any of the courts designated in Section 75-35-307 within the jurisdiction of which such inquiry is carried on may, in case of contumacy or refusal to obey a subpoena issued to any person, firm, or corporation, issue an order requiring such person, firm, or corporation to appear before the commissioner, or to produce documentary evidence if so ordered, or to give evidence touching the matter in question; and any failure to obey such order of the court may be punished by such court as a contempt thereof.   Upon the application of the attorney general of this state at the request of the commissioner, the circuit court shall have jurisdiction to issue writs of mandamus commanding any person, firm, or corporation to comply with the provisions of this chapter or any order of the commissioner made in pursuance thereof.   The commissioner may order testimony to be taken by deposition in any proceeding or investigation pending under this chapter at any stage of such proceeding or investigation. Such depositions may be taken before any person designated by the commissioner and having power to administer oaths. Such testimony shall be reduced to writing by the person taking the deposition, or under his direction and shall then be subscribed by the deponent. Any person may be compelled to appear and depose and to produce documentary evidence in the same manner as witnesses may be compelled to appear and testify and produce documentary evidence before the commissioner as hereinbefore provided.   Witnesses summoned before the commissioner shall be paid the same fees and mileage that are paid witnesses in the courts of this state, and witnesses whose depositions are taken and the persons taking the same shall severally be entitled to the same fees as are paid for like services in such courts.
MS Code § 75-35-319 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 35 - Meat Inspection|Article 7 - Auxiliary Provisions|§ 75-35-319. Application of law to establishments, animals and products regulated by Federal Meat Inspection Act

 The requirements of this chapter shall apply to persons, firms, corporation establishments, animals, and products regulated under the Federal Meat Inspection Act only to the extent provided for in Section 408 of said federal act.
MS Code § 75-35-321 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 35 - Meat Inspection|Article 7 - Auxiliary Provisions|§ 75-35-321. Appropriations

 There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter.
MS Code § 75-35-323 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 35 - Meat Inspection|Article 7 - Auxiliary Provisions|§ 75-35-323. Repeal of existing statutes

 Nothing in this chapter, except for the purpose of providing for cooperation with the United States Department of Agriculture for the inspection of meat and related purposes, shall repeal or supersede any existing statutes regulating the same matters and subject.
MS Code § 75-40-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 40 - Importation and Sale of Animals or Birds|Article 1 - Skunks|§ 75-40-1. Importation and sale of live skunks prohibited; exceptions

 It shall be unlawful for any person to import or cause to be imported into this state any live skunk, or to sell, barter, exchange or otherwise transfer any live skunk; provided, however, that the provisions of this article shall not apply to bona fide zoos or research institutions. This article shall not be construed to prohibit the sale of live skunks to persons outside the state by a resident of Mississippi who is a skunk farmer approved by the United States Department of Agriculture.
MS Code § 75-40-3 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 40 - Importation and Sale of Animals or Birds|Article 1 - Skunks|§ 75-40-3. Penalty

 Any violation of this article shall be a misdemeanor and shall be punishable by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than ninety (90) days or by a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500.00), or both.
MS Code § 75-40-101 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 40 - Importation and Sale of Animals or Birds|Article 3 - Mississippi Bird Dealers Licensing Act|§ 75-40-101. Short title

 This article may be cited as the "Mississippi Bird Dealers Licensing Act."
MS Code § 75-40-103 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 40 - Importation and Sale of Animals or Birds|Article 3 - Mississippi Bird Dealers Licensing Act|§ 75-40-103. Definitions

 For the purposes of this article, the following words shall have the meanings ascribed herein unless the context clearly requires otherwise:   "Bird dealer" shall mean any person engaged in the business of dealing in, purchasing, breeding or offering for sale, whether at wholesale or retail, any exotic or pet birds or birds customarily kept as pets. For purposes of this article, ratites, including the ostrich, the rhea and the emu, are classified as commercial birds or livestock and not as exotic or pet birds.   "Board" shall mean the Mississippi Board of Animal Health.   "Person" shall mean any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, estate, trust, fiduciary or other group or combination acting as a unit.   "State Veterinarian" shall mean the officer appointed by the Board of Animal Health as provided by Section 69-15-7.
MS Code § 75-40-105 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 40 - Importation and Sale of Animals or Birds|Article 3 - Mississippi Bird Dealers Licensing Act|§ 75-40-105. Misdemeanor to deal in birds without bird dealer's license

 It shall be unlawful for any person to act as a bird dealer unless such person has a valid bird dealer's license. Acting as a bird dealer without a license in violation of this section constitutes a misdemeanor.
MS Code § 75-40-107 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 40 - Importation and Sale of Animals or Birds|Article 3 - Mississippi Bird Dealers Licensing Act|§ 75-40-107. Term of license; classes; fees

 Bird dealers' licenses shall be issued by the board for a period of one (1) year and shall be annually renewable. The board may establish separate classes of licenses, including wholesale and retail licenses. The board shall fix fees for licenses so that the revenue derived therefrom shall approximate the total direct and indirect costs of administering this article; provided, however, that the annual cost of a wholesale license shall not exceed Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) and the annual cost of a retail license shall not exceed Ten Dollars ($10.00).
MS Code § 75-40-109 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 40 - Importation and Sale of Animals or Birds|Article 3 - Mississippi Bird Dealers Licensing Act|§ 75-40-109. Dealer's records required; duration; reports; inspection of records; grounds for license revocation

  Every bird dealer shall keep records sufficient to identify:   Each exotic or pet bird in his possession or sold by him by species and description;   The name, address and telephone number of the person from whom each such bird was acquired and, if such person is a licensed bird dealer, his license number, or if such person is not a licensed dealer, his driver's license number or social security number or federal tax identification number, if any, or other such identification as may be available;   The name, address and telephone number of the person to whom each such bird is transferred and, if that person is a licensed bird dealer, his license number, or, if that person is not a licensed bird dealer, his driver's license number or social security number, if any, or other such identification as may be available; and   Any bird which the dealer knows to be or have been sick or diseased or to have died.     The board may require periodic reports of any or all of the records required by subsection (1) of this section and may require the keeping of additional records. All required records shall be made available for inspection by the board. Failure to keep or make available any required records shall be grounds for revocation of a license.   Every bird dealer shall keep all of such records for at least one (1) year.
MS Code § 75-40-111 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 40 - Importation and Sale of Animals or Birds|Article 3 - Mississippi Bird Dealers Licensing Act|§ 75-40-111. Quarantine, seizure and destruction of diseased birds authorized; indemnity to owner

 The State Veterinarian may quarantine, seize and destroy any birds which present a hazard of carrying exotic or untreatable disease as determined by rules and regulations promulgated by the board. The board shall pay an indemnity to the owner of any seized or destroyed birds from any federal funds made available for that purpose or any state funds hereafter appropriated for that purpose.
MS Code § 75-40-113 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 40 - Importation and Sale of Animals or Birds|Article 3 - Mississippi Bird Dealers Licensing Act|§ 75-40-113. Commissioner of agriculture and commerce to make regulations

 The board may make any rules and regulations not inconsistent with this article governing the business of dealing in or the transportation of exotic or pet birds.
MS Code § 75-40-117 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 40 - Importation and Sale of Animals or Birds|Article 3 - Mississippi Bird Dealers Licensing Act|§ 75-40-117. Legal actions for enforcement of law, regulation or order; injunctive relief

  The State Veterinarian may institute suits or other legal proceedings in any court of proper venue as may be required for the enforcement of any law or regulation governing activities for which registration with or a license or permit from the board is required by this article.   The State Veterinarian may institute an action in any court of proper venue to enforce any order made by him pursuant to the provisions of Section 75-40-115.   In cases in which the State Veterinarian institutes a suit or other legal proceeding to enforce his order, the court may, among other appropriate relief, issue a temporary restraining order or a preliminary, interlocutory or permanent injunction restraining or enjoining persons, and those in active concert with them, from engaging in any acts, practices or transactions prohibited by orders of the State Veterinarian or any law or regulation governing activities for which registration with or a license or permit from the Board of Animal Health is required.
MS Code § 75-45-151 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 45 - Commercial Feeds and Grains|Article 5 - Commercial Feed Law|§ 75-45-151. Title

 This article shall be known as the "Mississippi Commercial Feed Law of 1972."
MS Code § 75-45-155 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 45 - Commercial Feeds and Grains|Article 5 - Commercial Feed Law|§ 75-45-155. Administration of article

 This article shall be administered by the commissioner of agriculture and commerce, hereinafter referred to as commissioner, and the state chemist, as specified in the following sections.
MS Code § 75-45-157 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 45 - Commercial Feeds and Grains|Article 5 - Commercial Feed Law|§ 75-45-157. Promulgation of rules and regulations

  The commissioner and State Chemist may promulgate such rules and regulations for commercial feeds and pet foods as are specifically authorized in this article and such other reasonable rules and regulations as may be necessary for the efficient enforcement of this article. In the interest of uniformity the commissioner and State Chemist shall adopt by regulation, unless they determine that they are inconsistent with the provisions of this article or are not appropriate to conditions which exist in this state, the following:   The official definitions of feed ingredients and official feed terms adopted by the Association of American Feed Control officials and published in the official publication of that organization; and   Any regulation promulgated pursuant to the authority of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 USCS Section 301 et seq.); provided, that the commissioner and State Chemist would have the authority under this article to promulgate such regulations.     Before the issuance, amendment, or repeal of any rule or regulation authorized by this article, the commissioner and State Chemist shall publish the proposed rule or regulation, amendment, or notice to repeal an existing rule or regulation in a manner reasonably calculated to give interested parties, including all current registrants, adequate notice and they 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 and State Chemist shall take appropriate action to issue the proposed rule or regulation or to amend or repeal an existing rule or regulation. The provisions of this subsection notwithstanding, if the commissioner and State Chemist pursuant to the authority of this article, adopt the official definitions of feed ingredients or official feed terms as adopted by the Association of American Feed Control officials, or regulations promulgated pursuant to the authority of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, any amendment or modification adopted by said association or by the Secretary of Health and Human Services in the case of regulations promulgated pursuant to the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, shall be adopted automatically under this article without regard to the publications of the notice required by this subsection, unless the commissioner and State Chemist by order specifically determine that said amendment or modification shall not be adopted.
MS Code § 75-45-159 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 45 - Commercial Feeds and Grains|Article 5 - Commercial Feed Law|§ 75-45-159. Registration

  No person shall manufacture or distribute a commercial or customer-formula feed for sale in this state, unless he has filed with the commissioner and State Chemist on forms provided by the commissioner, his name, place of business and location of each manufacturing facility, has paid his registration fee of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) for each location and has been issued his facility registration permit by the department.   The registration and fee is due on or before January 1 of each year. A late fee of Fifty Dollars ($50.00) shall be charged for any facility registration that is more than thirty (30) days late. The funds shall be deposited monthly in the State Treasury. A registration shall continue in effect unless it is cancelled by the commissioner and State Chemist pursuant to subsection (3) of this section.   The commissioner and the State Chemist may refuse registration of any feed manufacturing facility not in compliance with this article and to cancel any registration subsequently found not to be in compliance with any provision of this article. No registration shall be refused, cancelled or suspended unless the registrant shall have been given an opportunity to be heard before the commissioner and State Chemist and to amend his application in order to comply with the requirements of this article.
MS Code § 75-45-161 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 45 - Commercial Feeds and Grains|Article 5 - Commercial Feed Law|§ 75-45-161. Labeling

 A commercial feed shall be labeled as follows:    In case of a commercial feed, except a customer-formula feed, it shall be accompanied by a label bearing the following information:   The quantity statement.   The product name and the brand name, if any, under which the commercial feed is distributed.   The guaranteed analysis, stated in such terms which the commissioner and State Chemist by regulation determine are required to advise the user of the composition of the feed or to support claims made in the labeling. In all cases the substances or elements must be determinable by laboratory methods such as the methods published by the AOAC International.   The common or usual name of each ingredient used in the manufacture of the commercial feed; the commissioner and State Chemist by regulation may permit the use of a collective term for a group of ingredients which perform a similar function, or they may exempt such commercial feeds, or any group thereof, from this requirement of an ingredient statement if they find that such statement is not required in the interest of consumers.   The name and principal mailing address of the manufacturer or the person responsible for distributing the commercial feed.   Adequate directions for use of all commercial feeds containing drugs and for such other feeds as the commissioner and State Chemist may require by regulation as necessary for their safe and effective use.   Such precautionary statements as the commissioner and State Chemist by regulation determine are necessary for the safe and effective use of the commercial feed.     In the case of a customer-formula feed, it shall be accompanied by a label, invoice, delivery slip, or other shipping document, bearing the following information:   Name and address of the manufacturer.   Name and address of the purchaser.   Date of delivery.   The product name and brand name, if any, and the net weight of each registered commercial feed used in the mixture, and the net weight of each other ingredient used.   Adequate directions for use for all customer-formula feeds containing drugs and for such other feeds as the commissioner and State Chemist may require by regulation as necessary for their safe and effective use of the customer-formula feed.
MS Code § 75-45-163 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 45 - Commercial Feeds and Grains|Article 5 - Commercial Feed Law|§ 75-45-163. Misbranding

 A commercial feed shall be deemed to be misbranded:   If its labeling is false or misleading in any particular.   If it is distributed under the name of another commercial feed.   If it is not labeled as required in Section 75-45-161.   If it purports to be or is represented as a commercial feed, or if it purports to contain or is represented as containing a commercial feed ingredient, unless such commercial feed or feed ingredient conforms to the definition, if any, prescribed by regulation by the commissioner and state chemist.   If any word, statement, or other information required by or under authority of this article to appear on the label or labeling is not prominently placed thereon with such conspicuousness (as compared with other words, statements, designs, or devices in the labeling) and in such terms as to render it likely to be read and understood by the ordinary individual under customary conditions of purchase and use.
MS Code § 75-45-167 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 45 - Commercial Feeds and Grains|Article 5 - Commercial Feed Law|§ 75-45-167. Inspection fees

  An inspection fee at the rate of Twenty-five Cents (25¢) per ton shall be paid on commercial feeds distributed in this state by the person whose name appears on the label as the manufacturer, guarantor or distributor, subject to the following:   No fee shall be paid on a commercial feed if the payment has been made by a previous distributor.   No fee shall be paid on customer-formula feeds if the inspection fee is paid on the commercial feeds which are used as ingredients therein.   No fee shall be paid on commercial feeds which are used as ingredients for the manufacture of commercial feeds. If the fee has already been paid, credit shall be given for such payment.     In the case of a commercial feed which is distributed in the state only in packages of ten (10) pounds or less, an annual fee of Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) per brand shall be paid on or before January 1 of each year in lieu of the inspection fee specified in subsection (1).   The minimum inspection fee shall be Twenty Dollars ($20.00) annually.   Any feed manufactured in the state which is used by a distributor or his contract feeders to feed his own livestock, poultry, or fish, or feed which is distributed in tonnage bulk to any commercial grower of an aquatic species, including, but not limited to, catfish, shall be exempt from the inspection fee on both purchased ingredients and finished feed. To qualify for the above exemption, a permit must be obtained from the commissioner annually and the permit used to obtain exemption on feed ingredients. Any services the Mississippi State Chemical Laboratory or the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce provide for permit holders will be paid for according to mutually agreeable prices between both parties.
MS Code § 75-45-169 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 45 - Commercial Feeds and Grains|Article 5 - Commercial Feed Law|§ 75-45-169. Reports, records and penalty fees

 Each person who is liable for the payment of an inspection fee shall:   File, not later than the last day of January of each year, an annual statement, setting forth the number of net tons of commercial feeds distributed in this state during the preceding calendar year, and upon filing such statement shall pay the inspection fee at the rate stated in Section 75-45-167. Inspection fees which are due and owing and have not been remitted to the Department of Agriculture and Commerce within fifteen (15) days following the due date shall have a penalty fee of ten percent (10%) (minimum Ten Dollars ($10.00)) added to the amount due when payment is finally made. The assessment of this penalty fee shall not prevent the department from taking other actions as provided in this article.   Keep such records as may be necessary or required by the commissioner to indicate accurately the tonnage of commercial feed distributed in this state; the commissioner shall have the right to examine such records to verify statements of tonnage. Failure to make an accurate statement of tonnage or to pay the inspection fee or comply as provided herein shall constitute sufficient cause for the cancellation of the facilities' permit to sell commercial feeds in Mississippi.