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Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 75 - REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE AND INVESTMENTS (§§ 75-1-101 — 75-NEW-NEW-007) › Chapter 31 - MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS (§§ 75-31-1 — 75-31-511) › Article 5 - FARM MILK TANK LAW (§§ 75-31-201 — 75-31-229) › Section 75-31-205 - Definitions

"Commissioner" shall mean the commissioner of agriculture and commerce of the State of Mississippi.
"Farm milk transport operator" shall mean one who grades, samples and gauges milk in farm milk tanks and transports milk from farms to milk plants.
"Commissioner's representative" shall mean one who is designated by the commissioner to enforce the provisions of this article.
"Farm milk tank" shall mean a unit for measuring milk or other fluid dairy product, comprising a combination of:
(a)
A stationary tank, whether or not equipped for cooling its contents.
(b)
Means for reading the level of liquid on the tank, such as a removable gauge rod or surface gauge.
(c)
A chart for converting level-of-liquid readings to gallons and pounds.
(d)
Chart readings shall also be shown in avoirdupois weight in conjunction with gallon readings on the basis of eight and six-tenths (8.6) pounds milk per gallon.
(e)
Each compartment of a subdivided tank shall, for purposes of this article, be construed to be a farm milk tank. (These units are variously known commercially as farm bulk tanks, farm cooling tanks, farm holding tanks, and producers' tanks.)
(f)
"Gauge rod" shall mean a graduated, "dip stick" type of measuring rod designed to be partially immersed in the liquid and to be read at the point where the liquid surface crosses the rod.
(g)
"Surface gauge" shall mean a combination of a stationary indicator and a moveable, graduated element designed to be brought into contact with the surface of the liquid from above.
(h)
"Other measuring device" shall mean any other means of measuring contents of tank, which must be approved by the commissioner.
Codes, 1942, § 4560-73; Laws, 1958, ch. 156, § 3, eff. 5/6/1958.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 75 - REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE AND INVESTMENTS (§§ 75-1-101 — 75-NEW-NEW-007) › Chapter 31 - MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS (§§ 75-31-1 — 75-31-511) › Article 5 - FARM MILK TANK LAW (§§ 75-31-201 — 75-31-229) › Section 75-31-209 - Gauge rod bracket or support

If a tank is designed for use with a gauge rod, a substantial and rigid gauge rod bracket or other suitable supporting elements for positioning the gauge rod shall be so constructed that whenever the rod is placed in engagement with the bracket or supports and released, the rod will automatically seat itself at a fixed height and in a vertical position. When a gauge rod is properly seated on its bracket or supports, there shall be a clearance of at least three (3) inches between the graduated face of the rod and any tank wall or other surface that it faces.
The arrangements shall be such that it shall be impossible to reverse the reading position. The part of the gauge rod bracket which is designed to hold the gauge rod and which comes in contact with the gauge rod shall be sufficiently hardened that, under continual usage or careless handling, it will not become so worn that it will allow the gauge rod to hang to an improper depth in the tank, thereby causing an error in the measure of the milk in the tank.
Codes, 1942, § 4560-75; Laws, 1958, ch. 156, § 5, eff. 5/6/1958.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 75 - REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE AND INVESTMENTS (§§ 75-1-101 — 75-NEW-NEW-007) › Chapter 31 - MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS (§§ 75-31-1 — 75-31-511) › Article 5 - FARM MILK TANK LAW (§§ 75-31-201 — 75-31-229) › Section 75-31-211 - Surface gauge bracket or supports

If a tank is designed for use with a surface gauge, a substantial or rigid surface gauge bracket or other suitable supporting elements for positioning the surface gauge shall be provided. A surface gauge and its bracket or other supporting elements shall be so constructed that whenever the gauge assembly is placed in engagement with the bracket or supports, the indicator, if not permanently mounted on the tank, will automatically seat itself in correct operating position, and the graduated element will be vertically positioned and will be securely held at any height to which it may be manually set.
Codes, 1942, § 4560-76; Laws, 1958, ch. 156, § 6, eff. 5/6/1958.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 75 - REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE AND INVESTMENTS (§§ 75-1-101 — 75-NEW-NEW-007) › Chapter 31 - MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS (§§ 75-31-1 — 75-31-511) › Article 5 - FARM MILK TANK LAW (§§ 75-31-201 — 75-31-229) › Section 75-31-213 - Indicating means

(1)
Gauge rod. -
When properly seated in position, a rod shall not touch the bottom of the tank unless this is required by the design of the supporting elements. The rod shall be graduated throughout at intervals corresponding to the gallonage range within which the readings of liquid level to be made. Farm holding tanks shall be so constructed that nothing shall prevent vertical insertion of the gauge rod. That part of the gauge rod designed to hold the gauge rod in the gauge rod bracket and which comes in contact with the gauge and bracket, shall be sufficiently hardened that, under continual usage or careless handling, it will not become so worn that it will permit the gauge rod to hang to an improper depth in the tank, thereby causing an error in the measuring of the milk in the tank.
(2)
Surface gauge. -
When properly engaged with its bracket and set to its lowest position, the surface gauge shall not touch the bottom of the tank. The gauge shall be graduated throughout at intervals corresponding to the gallonage range within which the readings of liquid level are to be made.
Codes, 1942, § 4560-77; Laws, 1958, ch. 156, § 7, eff. 5/6/1958.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 75 - REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE AND INVESTMENTS (§§ 75-1-101 — 75-NEW-NEW-007) › Chapter 31 - MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS (§§ 75-31-1 — 75-31-511) › Article 5 - FARM MILK TANK LAW (§§ 75-31-201 — 75-31-229) › Section 75-31-217 - Portable tank

A portable tank shall be of the center-reading type.
Codes, 1942, § 4560-79; Laws, 1958, ch. 156, § 9, eff. 5/6/1958.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 75 - REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE AND INVESTMENTS (§§ 75-1-101 — 75-NEW-NEW-007) › Chapter 31 - MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS (§§ 75-31-1 — 75-31-511) › Article 5 - FARM MILK TANK LAW (§§ 75-31-201 — 75-31-229) › Section 75-31-219 - Installation

(1)
Farm milk tanks and farm milk tank installations shall in every instance meet the State of Mississippi specifications and tolerances, as provided in this article, and conform with the rules and regulations of the commissioner of agriculture and commerce, as provided herein.
(2)
Farm milk tanks with adjustable legs. -
Adjustable legs shall be flat across the bottom and shall have permanently attached thereto a metal plate four (4) inches square by at least 1/4 inch in thickness, or in lieu thereof, a metal flange of comparable dimensions permanently affixed to the bottom of the legs.
(3)
Milk house floor. -
If the concrete floor of the dairyman's milk house is less than four (4) inches thick or is in poor condition, a concrete pier shall be provided for each leg of the farm milk tank.
(4)
Concrete piers. -
Concrete piers shall not be less than six (6) inches by six (6) inches across the top and shall taper to not less than twelve (12) inches by twelve (12) inches across the bottom and shall not be less than eighteen (18) inches in depth. The top of each pier shall extend only to a point approximately two (2) inches below the surface of the milk house floor; in locations where the weather is very cold, all piers must go below the "frost line" for their foundations.
(5)
All farm milk tanks shall be filled to capacity during leveling operations and shall be completely filled prior to the calibration thereof, for the purpose of setting the tank to a permanent position.
Codes, 1942, § 4560-80; Laws, 1958, ch. 156, § 10, eff. 5/6/1958.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 75 - REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE AND INVESTMENTS (§§ 75-1-101 — 75-NEW-NEW-007) › Chapter 31 - MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS (§§ 75-31-1 — 75-31-511) › Article 5 - FARM MILK TANK LAW (§§ 75-31-201 — 75-31-229) › Section 75-31-221 - Tolerances

(1)
Minimum tolerance values. -
On all farm milk tanks, the maintenance and acceptance tolerances applied shall not be smaller than one-half (1/2) the value of the minimum graduated interval on the gauge rod or surface gauge.
(2)
Basic tolerance values. -
Basic maintenance and acceptance tolerance on underregistration and overregistration shall be as follows: (The error, at any liquid level, of a tank to which the tolerance is applied, is the difference between the gallonage shown for that level on the gallonage chart and the corresponding gallonage determined by test.) Basic maintenance and acceptance tolerances, on underregistration and on overregistration on farm milk tanks are not more than 1/3
2
of an inch, if graduated in inches, or one (1) millimeter, if graduations are in centimeters.
Codes, 1942, § 4560-81; Laws, 1958, ch. 156, § 11; Laws, 1978, ch. 352, § 2, eff. 7/1/1978.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 75 - REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE AND INVESTMENTS (§§ 75-1-101 — 75-NEW-NEW-007) › Chapter 31 - MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS (§§ 75-31-1 — 75-31-511) › Article 5 - FARM MILK TANK LAW (§§ 75-31-201 — 75-31-229) › Section 75-31-223 - Right of inspection

The commissioner or his duly appointed representative shall have authority to enter, at any daylight hour, dairy farms, dairy barns, or milk houses for the purpose of inspecting farm operations and to correct or have corrected any part of farm milk tank operations found to be incorrect or improperly operated.
No person shall be employed or contracted with as a farm milk transport operator unless he has taken the required examination for milk grader, milk sampler, milk weigher and has secured his licenses from the commissioner.
Sampling for butterfat must conform to requirements of the Dairy and Creamery Law and to regulations promulgated by the commissioner. Samples must be properly refrigerated from dairy farm to plant.
Codes, 1942, § 4560-82; Laws, 1958, ch. 156, § 12, eff. 5/6/1958.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 75 - REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE AND INVESTMENTS (§§ 75-1-101 — 75-NEW-NEW-007) › Chapter 31 - MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS (§§ 75-31-1 — 75-31-511) › Article 5 - FARM MILK TANK LAW (§§ 75-31-201 — 75-31-229) › Section 75-31-225 - Regulations

The commissioner of agriculture and commerce is hereby authorized and empowered to adopt, promulgate, change and amend any and all necessary regulations in order to carry out the provisions of this article.
Codes, 1942, § 4560-83; Laws, 1958, ch. 156, § 13, eff. 5/6/1958.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 75 - REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE AND INVESTMENTS (§§ 75-1-101 — 75-NEW-NEW-007) › Chapter 31 - MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS (§§ 75-31-1 — 75-31-511) › Article 5 - FARM MILK TANK LAW (§§ 75-31-201 — 75-31-229) › Section 75-31-227 - Liability of farm milk transport operators; insurance

Farm milk transport operators hauling milk from the producer to the dairy plant, processing plant, creamery, or other destination, shall be liable for any and all damage or destruction to said milk en route and shall be required to carry cargo and casualty insurance covering such milk en route in an amount approved by the commissioner of agriculture and commerce with an insurance company authorized to do business in the state. In the event such farm milk transport operator does not obtain and have such insurance at all times, his license to grade, sample and weigh milk shall be subject to cancellation.
Codes, 1942, § 4560-84; Laws, 1958, ch. 156, § 14, eff. 5/6/1958.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 75 - REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE AND INVESTMENTS (§§ 75-1-101 — 75-NEW-NEW-007) › Chapter 31 - MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS (§§ 75-31-1 — 75-31-511) › Article 5 - FARM MILK TANK LAW (§§ 75-31-201 — 75-31-229) › Section 75-31-229 - Article to apply to previously installed farm milk tanks

This article shall apply to farm milk tanks which have already been installed and such tanks shall be required to meet the standards and specifications provided by this article. The commissioner of agriculture and commerce shall allow a reasonable time within which such farm milk tanks may be brought up to standard.
Codes, 1942, § 4560-85; Laws, 1958, ch. 156, § 15, eff. 5/6/1958.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 75 - REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE AND INVESTMENTS (§§ 75-1-101 — 75-NEW-NEW-007) › Chapter 31 - MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS (§§ 75-31-1 — 75-31-511) › Article 7 - MILK PRODUCTS SALES LAW [Repealed] (§ 75-31-301) › Section 75-31-301 - through 75-31-329 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws, 1980, ch. 318, eff.4/7/1980.
Codes, 1942, §§ 4560-101 to 4560-121; Laws, 1960, ch. 156, §§ 1-21; Laws, 1970, ch. 258, § 3.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 75 - REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE AND INVESTMENTS (§§ 75-1-101 — 75-NEW-NEW-007) › Chapter 31 - MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS (§§ 75-31-1 — 75-31-511) › Article 9 - SALE OF CREAM AND CREAM PRODUCTS [Repealed] (§ 75-31-401) › Section 75-31-401 - through 75-31-427 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws, 1999, ch. 439, § 2, eff. 7/1/1999.
§§ 75-31-401 through 75-31-421. [Codes, 1942, §§ 4561 through 4571; Laws, 1936, ch. 292]  § 75-31-423. [Codes, 1930, § 4277; 1942, § 4572; Laws, 1928, ch. 296; Laws, 1936, ch. 292] §§ 75-31-425 and 75-31-427. [Codes, 1942, §§ 4573 and 4574; Laws, 1936, ch. 292.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 75 - REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE AND INVESTMENTS (§§ 75-1-101 — 75-NEW-NEW-007) › Chapter 31 - MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS (§§ 75-31-1 — 75-31-511) › Article 11 - MILK PROCESSOR'S REGULATION ACT OF 1988 (§§ 75-31-501 — 75-31-511) › Section 75-31-501 - Short title

This article shall be entitled the "Milk Processor's Regulation Act of 1988."
Laws, 1988, ch. 472, § 1, eff. 7/1/1988.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 75 - REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE AND INVESTMENTS (§§ 75-1-101 — 75-NEW-NEW-007) › Chapter 31 - MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS (§§ 75-31-1 — 75-31-511) › Article 11 - MILK PROCESSOR'S REGULATION ACT OF 1988 (§§ 75-31-501 — 75-31-511) › Section 75-31-503 - Definitions

The following words shall have the following meaning unless context shall indicate otherwise:
(a)
"Cooperative association" means any group in which farmers act together in the market preparation, processing, or marketing of farm products or any association organized under Section
79-19-1
et seq., Mississippi Code of 1972.
(b)
"Dairy farmer" means a farmer engaged in the business of producing milk for sale to milk processors or to a cooperative association of which the dairy farmer is a member.
(c)
"Milk processor" means a person who operates a milk, milk products, or frozen desserts processing plant that is located in the State of Mississippi.
(d)
"Purchase price" means an amount of money, based on estimated butterfat content at the time of delivery, that a milk processor agrees to pay a dairy farmer for the purchase of raw milk.
Laws, 1988, ch. 472, § 2, eff. 7/1/1988.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 75 - REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE AND INVESTMENTS (§§ 75-1-101 — 75-NEW-NEW-007) › Chapter 31 - MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS (§§ 75-31-1 — 75-31-511) › Article 11 - MILK PROCESSOR'S REGULATION ACT OF 1988 (§§ 75-31-501 — 75-31-511) › Section 75-31-505 - Payments from sale of milk to be held in trust; exceptions

(1)
Except as provided by subsection (2) of this section, a milk processor shall hold in trust all payments received from the sale of milk or milk products for the benefit of the dairy farmer from whom the milk was purchased until the dairy farmer has received full payment of the purchase price for the milk.
(2)
A milk processor shall not be required to maintain the payments in trust when:
(a)
Payment of the purchase price is not received and the dairy farmer does not give written notice to the milk processor by the end of the thirtieth day after the final date for payment of the purchase price as specified by Section
75-31-507
; or
(b)
A payment instrument received by dairy farmer is dishonored, and the dairy farmer does not give written notice to the milk processor, by the end of the fifteenth business day after the date that the notice of dishonor was received.
Laws, 1988, ch. 472, § 3, eff. 7/1/1988.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 75 - REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE AND INVESTMENTS (§§ 75-1-101 — 75-NEW-NEW-007) › Chapter 31 - MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS (§§ 75-31-1 — 75-31-511) › Article 11 - MILK PROCESSOR'S REGULATION ACT OF 1988 (§§ 75-31-501 — 75-31-511) › Section 75-31-507 - Conditions for purchase of raw milk from dairy farmer

A milk processor shall not purchase raw milk from a dairy farmer unless:
(a)
Payment of the purchase price is made according to the provisions prescribed by an applicable federal milk marketing order;
(b)
Any initial or additional provisions are agreed on by both the dairy farmer or his agent and the milk processor; and
(c)
The medium of exchange used is cash, a check for the full amount of the purchase price, or a wire transfer of money in the full amount.
Laws, 1988, ch. 472, § 4, eff. 7/1/1988.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 75 - REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE AND INVESTMENTS (§§ 75-1-101 — 75-NEW-NEW-007) › Chapter 31 - MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS (§§ 75-31-1 — 75-31-511) › Article 11 - MILK PROCESSOR'S REGULATION ACT OF 1988 (§§ 75-31-501 — 75-31-511) › Section 75-31-509 - Applicability to transactions between cooperative association and its members

This article does not apply to transactions between a cooperative association, while it is acting as a marketing agent, and its members.
Laws, 1988, ch. 472, § 5, eff. 7/1/1988.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 75 - REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE AND INVESTMENTS (§§ 75-1-101 — 75-NEW-NEW-007) › Chapter 31 - MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS (§§ 75-31-1 — 75-31-511) › Article 11 - MILK PROCESSOR'S REGULATION ACT OF 1988 (§§ 75-31-501 — 75-31-511) › Section 75-31-511 - Liability for failure to pay as provided

A milk processor who fails to pay for raw milk as provided by this article shall be liable to the dairy farmer for:
(a)
The purchase price of the raw milk;
(b)
Interest on the purchase price at the highest legal rate from the date possession is transferred until the date the payment is made in accordance with this article; and
(c)
A reasonable attorney's fee for the collection of the payment.
Laws, 1988, ch. 472, § 6, eff. 7/1/1988.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 75 - REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE AND INVESTMENTS (§§ 75-1-101 — 75-NEW-NEW-007) › Chapter 33 - MEAT, MEAT-FOOD AND POULTRY REGULATION AND INSPECTION (§§ 75-33-1 — 75-33-101) › Article 1 - MEAT, MEAT-FOOD AND POULTRY REGULATION AND INSPECTION LAW OF 1960 (§§ 75-33-1 — 75-33-39) › Section 75-33-1 - Short title of article

This article may be cited as "The Meat, Meat-Food and Poultry Regulation and Inspection Law of 1960."
Codes, 1942, § 4575-01; Laws, 1960, ch. 141, § 1, eff. 4/21/1960.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 75 - REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE AND INVESTMENTS (§§ 75-1-101 — 75-NEW-NEW-007) › Chapter 33 - MEAT, MEAT-FOOD AND POULTRY REGULATION AND INSPECTION (§§ 75-33-1 — 75-33-101) › Article 1 - MEAT, MEAT-FOOD AND POULTRY REGULATION AND INSPECTION LAW OF 1960 (§§ 75-33-1 — 75-33-39) › Section 75-33-5 - Public meetings; rules and regulations; records; amendments to regulations

The commissioner may adopt, amend or repeal rules and regulations for the administration and enforcement of this article.
The commissioner shall not promulgate any rules and regulations which are inconsistent with the rules and regulations of the U.S. Department of Agriculture governing the businesses covered by this article.
Every licensee shall be furnished a copy of such rules and regulations when a license is issued. The commissioner shall prescribe and supply the forms to be used to comply with this article.
Codes, 1942, § 4575-03; Laws, 1960, ch. 141, § 3; Laws, 2004, ch. 518, § 4, eff. 7/1/2005.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 75 - REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE AND INVESTMENTS (§§ 75-1-101 — 75-NEW-NEW-007) › Chapter 33 - MEAT, MEAT-FOOD AND POULTRY REGULATION AND INSPECTION (§§ 75-33-1 — 75-33-101) › Article 1 - MEAT, MEAT-FOOD AND POULTRY REGULATION AND INSPECTION LAW OF 1960 (§§ 75-33-1 — 75-33-39) › Section 75-33-9 - Requirements as to buildings

The buildings used in connection with any establishment shall be of sound construction and kept in good repair and shall be of such construction as to prevent the entrance or harboring of vermin.
Floors, side walls and ceilings shall be constructed of impervious material and so constructed that they can be readily kept clean.
Floors shall slope so all waste water will flow to a floor drain.
Floor drains shall be equipped with strainers and traps.
All rooms shall be provided with abundant light, both natural and artificial, and shall be ventilated to eliminate objectionable odors and moisture condensation.
In abattoirs where poultry is processed, the eviscerating, cutting and packaging operation must be separated from the killing, scalding and dressing operations either by the use of separate rooms or by a thorough and complete cleanup prior to the eviscerating, cutting and packaging operations.
Provided, however, any existing buildings now being used in the operation of any establishment covered by this article, which do not meet the requirements set out herein, shall be rigidly inspected and diligently cleaned in an effort to provide a maximum of sanitary conditions and to insure sanitary meat, meat-food products and poultry. The commissioner shall endeavor to improve the quality of all existing buildings until they have been made to conform to the full requirements of this article, but he shall not close down any establishment for the failure for such existing facilities to meet the requirements outlined above.
Provided, however, any alteration, remodeling or additions to any existing facility shall meet the requirements specified by this article and no such new buildings, establishments, and/or repairs, remodeling and/or alterations shall be made until after the commissioner has approved the same and is satisfied that such new construction or such changes in existing facilities do comply with the provisions of this article.
Codes, 1942, § 4575-05; Laws, 1960, ch. 141, § 5, eff. 4/21/1960.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 75 - REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE AND INVESTMENTS (§§ 75-1-101 — 75-NEW-NEW-007) › Chapter 33 - MEAT, MEAT-FOOD AND POULTRY REGULATION AND INSPECTION (§§ 75-33-1 — 75-33-101) › Article 1 - MEAT, MEAT-FOOD AND POULTRY REGULATION AND INSPECTION LAW OF 1960 (§§ 75-33-1 — 75-33-39) › Section 75-33-11 - Employees

The commissioner is hereby authorized and empowered to designate or assign any employee of the department of agriculture and commerce to perform and carry out the provisions of this article. Also, he is authorized to employ such other personnel as he may consider necessary to assist him in promulgating the rules and regulations authorized hereunder and employ such other personnel as he may consider necessary to assist him in promulgating the rules and regulations authorized hereunder and employ such inspectors as he may consider necessary for the faithful administration and enforcement of this article and the rules and regulations promulgated hereunder.
The commissioner shall endeavor to appoint, designate and employ persons qualified in the respective job assignments for the enforcement of this article. Any employee may be dismissed at any time for failure to perform the duties required of him.
Codes, 1942, § 4575-06; Laws, 1960, ch. 141, § 6, eff. 4/21/1960.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 75 - REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE AND INVESTMENTS (§§ 75-1-101 — 75-NEW-NEW-007) › Chapter 33 - MEAT, MEAT-FOOD AND POULTRY REGULATION AND INSPECTION (§§ 75-33-1 — 75-33-101) › Article 1 - MEAT, MEAT-FOOD AND POULTRY REGULATION AND INSPECTION LAW OF 1960 (§§ 75-33-1 — 75-33-39) › Section 75-33-13 - Employees; qualifications of agents

Each employee assigned to serve as agent under this article shall have knowledge of the diseases of meat-producing animals, and shall be versed in the conditions that affect the wholesomeness of animal-food products. An appropriate standard of fitness for such agents shall be maintained by the commissioner.
Codes, 1942, § 4575-07; Laws, 1960, ch. 141, § 7, eff. 4/21/1960.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 75 - REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE AND INVESTMENTS (§§ 75-1-101 — 75-NEW-NEW-007) › Chapter 33 - MEAT, MEAT-FOOD AND POULTRY REGULATION AND INSPECTION (§§ 75-33-1 — 75-33-101) › Article 1 - MEAT, MEAT-FOOD AND POULTRY REGULATION AND INSPECTION LAW OF 1960 (§§ 75-33-1 — 75-33-39) › Section 75-33-15 - Employees; authority to enter and examine establishment

Any duly authorized agent or employee of the commissioner may at any time enter any establishment and examine the same, to ascertain whether the provisions of this article are being observed.
Codes, 1942, § 4575-08; Laws, 1960, ch. 141, § 8, eff. 4/21/1960.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 75 - REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE AND INVESTMENTS (§§ 75-1-101 — 75-NEW-NEW-007) › Chapter 33 - MEAT, MEAT-FOOD AND POULTRY REGULATION AND INSPECTION (§§ 75-33-1 — 75-33-101) › Article 1 - MEAT, MEAT-FOOD AND POULTRY REGULATION AND INSPECTION LAW OF 1960 (§§ 75-33-1 — 75-33-39) › Section 75-33-17 - Unlawful to prevent entrance and examination of establishment

It is unlawful to hinder, impede, or prevent any duly authorized agent or employee of the department from entering any establishment in the performance of his duty, or from making any examination duly ordered in enforcing this article.
Codes, 1942, § 4575-09; Laws, 1960, ch. 141, § 9, eff. 4/21/1960.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 75 - REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE AND INVESTMENTS (§§ 75-1-101 — 75-NEW-NEW-007) › Chapter 33 - MEAT, MEAT-FOOD AND POULTRY REGULATION AND INSPECTION (§§ 75-33-1 — 75-33-101) › Article 1 - MEAT, MEAT-FOOD AND POULTRY REGULATION AND INSPECTION LAW OF 1960 (§§ 75-33-1 — 75-33-39) › Section 75-33-19 - Designation of animal, meat or meat-products found to be fit for food

Any agent authorized under this article to examine, may, under the rules and regulations prescribed by the commissioner, mark, stamp, or otherwise designate, any animal or meat or meat-food product found on examination to be wholesome and fit for food.
Codes, 1942, § 4575-10; Laws, 1960, ch. 141, § 10, eff. 4/21/1960.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 75 - REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE AND INVESTMENTS (§§ 75-1-101 — 75-NEW-NEW-007) › Chapter 33 - MEAT, MEAT-FOOD AND POULTRY REGULATION AND INSPECTION (§§ 75-33-1 — 75-33-101) › Article 1 - MEAT, MEAT-FOOD AND POULTRY REGULATION AND INSPECTION LAW OF 1960 (§§ 75-33-1 — 75-33-39) › Section 75-33-21 - Animal, meat or meat-products found unwholesome

If, upon examination of any establishment, any diseased animal, or any unwholesome meat, or any unwholesome meat-food product is found, such animal or meat or product shall be condemned, properly marked or designated, and treated in such a way it cannot thereafter be used for food.
Codes, 1942, § 4575-11; Laws, 1960, ch. 141, § 11, eff. 4/21/1960.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 75 - REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE AND INVESTMENTS (§§ 75-1-101 — 75-NEW-NEW-007) › Chapter 33 - MEAT, MEAT-FOOD AND POULTRY REGULATION AND INSPECTION (§§ 75-33-1 — 75-33-101) › Article 1 - MEAT, MEAT-FOOD AND POULTRY REGULATION AND INSPECTION LAW OF 1960 (§§ 75-33-1 — 75-33-39) › Section 75-33-23 - Unsanitary establishment or equipment; reports; notice; suspension or revocation of license on failure to remedy; appeals

If, upon examination, it is found that any establishment, or any part of an establishment, or any equipment, is in an unclean or unsanitary condition or is being conducted or used in such a manner as to make it probable that the meat or meat-food products therein or produced therein may be rendered unwholesome, or is being conducted or used in violation of this article, the agent making such examination shall report the unlawful condition to the commissioner, and shall at the same time notify in writing, the owner, lessee, or manager of the establishment.
Upon receipt of such report, the commissioner shall notify the proper owner, lessee, or manager of the result of the examination, and direct that the unlawful condition be remedied within the time specified in the notice: Provided, that the time so specified shall not be less than five (5) days, unless the unlawful condition mentioned in said notice is of such character and nature as, in the opinion of the commissioner, can be removed immediately, or its continued existence shall be a hazard and a danger to the health of the community.
If, upon the expiration of the time specified in the notice, the condition so reported to exist shall not have remedied, the commissioner may order the license suspended or revoked and the establishment closed. It is unlawful to operate an establishment, or any part thereof, which has been closed and the license suspended or revoked by the commissioner, until the unlawful condition reported to exist has been remedied to the satisfaction of the commissioner.
Any person aggrieved with the order of the commissioner, or any of his lawful and duly authorized agents, shall have immediate recourse by any appeal to the chancery court of the jurisdiction in which the establishment may be located. The chancery court shall have and it is hereby given full jurisdiction to hear and determine the appeal and enter any and all appropriate orders in term time or in vacation.
Codes, 1942, § 4575-12; Laws, 1960, ch. 141, § 12, eff. 4/21/1960.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 75 - REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE AND INVESTMENTS (§§ 75-1-101 — 75-NEW-NEW-007) › Chapter 33 - MEAT, MEAT-FOOD AND POULTRY REGULATION AND INSPECTION (§§ 75-33-1 — 75-33-101) › Article 1 - MEAT, MEAT-FOOD AND POULTRY REGULATION AND INSPECTION LAW OF 1960 (§§ 75-33-1 — 75-33-39) › Section 75-33-25 - Unlawful acts or omissions by agent or meat-hygiene agent

It is unlawful for any agent of the commissioner, or any meat-hygiene agent:
1.
To approve or pass any diseased animal intended to be slaughtered for food, or any unwholesome meat, or any unwholesome meat-food product;
2.
To fail to condemn and mark, and cause to be rendered unfit for food, any diseased animal, unwholesome meat, or unwholesome meat-food product, found on examination of any establishment to be unfit for food;
3.
To fail to report as required any violation of this article;
4.
Directly or indirectly to accept or agree to accept anything of value, monetary or otherwise, given or offered to such agent to influence him in the discharge of his duties.
Codes, 1942, § 4575-13; Laws, 1960, ch. 141, § 13, eff. 4/21/1960.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 75 - REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE AND INVESTMENTS (§§ 75-1-101 — 75-NEW-NEW-007) › Chapter 33 - MEAT, MEAT-FOOD AND POULTRY REGULATION AND INSPECTION (§§ 75-33-1 — 75-33-101) › Article 1 - MEAT, MEAT-FOOD AND POULTRY REGULATION AND INSPECTION LAW OF 1960 (§§ 75-33-1 — 75-33-39) › Section 75-33-27 - Gifts, etc., to agents or employees prohibited, when

It is unlawful to give or offer to give, directly or indirectly, to an agent or employee of the commissioner, or to an approved agent, anything of value, monetary or otherwise, with intent to influence such agent or employee in the discharge of his duties under the provisions of this article.
Codes, 1942, § 4575-14; Laws, 1960, ch. 141, § 14, eff. 4/21/1960.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 75 - REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE AND INVESTMENTS (§§ 75-1-101 — 75-NEW-NEW-007) › Chapter 33 - MEAT, MEAT-FOOD AND POULTRY REGULATION AND INSPECTION (§§ 75-33-1 — 75-33-101) › Article 1 - MEAT, MEAT-FOOD AND POULTRY REGULATION AND INSPECTION LAW OF 1960 (§§ 75-33-1 — 75-33-39) › Section 75-33-29 - Acts constituting violations

It shall be unlawful and a violation of this article for any person, without specific authority in writing from the commissioner:
(a)
To make or duplicate or reproduce or use or possess any stamp, mark, tag, certificate, or emblem in imitation of an official state stamp, mark, tag, certificate, or emblem that is used, or that is authorized to be used, by the commissioner for stamping, marking, or otherwise identifying meats, meat-food products and poultry, as having been inspected and passed or otherwise approved as being wholesome and fit for food.
(b)
To affix or attach any stamp, brand, emblem, tag, or other marking to any meat, meat-food product or poultry, or to any container or wrapping or covering of any meat-product, meat or poultry, indicating or suggesting that the meat, meat-food product or poultry, was slaughtered, manufactured, or prepared under inspection, unless the stamp, brand, emblem, tag, or other marking shall have been previously approved and the use thereof authorized by the commissioner.
Codes, 1942, § 4575-15; Laws, 1960, ch. 141, § 15, eff. 4/21/1960.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 75 - REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE AND INVESTMENTS (§§ 75-1-101 — 75-NEW-NEW-007) › Chapter 33 - MEAT, MEAT-FOOD AND POULTRY REGULATION AND INSPECTION (§§ 75-33-1 — 75-33-101) › Article 1 - MEAT, MEAT-FOOD AND POULTRY REGULATION AND INSPECTION LAW OF 1960 (§§ 75-33-1 — 75-33-39) › Section 75-33-31 - Grading and inspection services; establishment of grades and quality; minimum standards

Any person engaged in any of the businesses covered by this article may obtain from the commissioner a grading service and/or inspection service of the products of his business and the commissioner is hereby authorized and directed to provide such service to any person applying for same. The commissioner is authorized to establish grades and quality of the carcasses, or the parts thereof, of cattle, sheep, goats, other ruminants, rabbits and poultry, but each such grade or quality shall meet the minimum standards for the like grade or quality as required by the United States Department of Agriculture. However, the commissioner may, in his discretion, establish a grade of lower quality or designation than is now recognized by the United States Department of Agriculture, but such grade and quality so established and designated shall be clearly marked and with such identification as to avoid any confusion with grades or qualities as designated by the U. S. Department of Agriculture. However, no grade or quality shall be established or designated which will permit the sale of any meat, meat-food products or poultry unfit for human consumption.
Codes, 1942, § 4575-16; Laws, 1960, ch. 141, § 16, eff. 4/21/1960.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 75 - REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE AND INVESTMENTS (§§ 75-1-101 — 75-NEW-NEW-007) › Chapter 33 - MEAT, MEAT-FOOD AND POULTRY REGULATION AND INSPECTION (§§ 75-33-1 — 75-33-101) › Article 1 - MEAT, MEAT-FOOD AND POULTRY REGULATION AND INSPECTION LAW OF 1960 (§§ 75-33-1 — 75-33-39) › Section 75-33-35 - Advertising by person receiving grading and inspection services

Any person desiring and obtaining the grading and inspection service as provided in the preceding sections, is hereby authorized to use such grades and designations of quality in advertising his products and displaying such products for sale.
Codes, 1942, § 4575-18; Laws, 1960, ch. 141, § 18, eff. 4/21/1960.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 75 - REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE AND INVESTMENTS (§§ 75-1-101 — 75-NEW-NEW-007) › Chapter 33 - MEAT, MEAT-FOOD AND POULTRY REGULATION AND INSPECTION (§§ 75-33-1 — 75-33-101) › Article 1 - MEAT, MEAT-FOOD AND POULTRY REGULATION AND INSPECTION LAW OF 1960 (§§ 75-33-1 — 75-33-39) › Section 75-33-37 - Penalties

(1)
Any person who violates the provisions of this article shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) or imprisoned not more than one (1) year, or both; however, if such violation involves intent to defraud, or any distribution or attempted distribution of an article that is adulterated (except as defined in Section 4(g)(8) of the U. S. Poultry Inspection Act as amended), such person shall be fined not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00) or imprisoned not more than three (3) years, or both. When construing or enforcing the provisions of said sections the act, omission, or failure of any person acting for or employed by any individual, partnership, corporation, or association within the scope of his employment or office shall in every case be deemed the act, omission, or failure of such individual, partnership, corporation, or association, as well as of such person.
(2)
No carrier for hire shall be subject to the penalties of this article, other than the penalties for violation of Section 11 of the U. S. Poultry Inspection Act as amended, by reason of his receipt, carriage, holding, or delivery, in the usual course of business, as a carrier, of poultry or poultry products, owned by another person unless the carrier has knowledge, or is in possession of facts which would cause a reasonable person to believe that such poultry or poultry products were not inspected or marked in accordance with the provisions of this article or were otherwise not eligible for transportation under this article or unless the carrier refuses to furnish on request of a representative of the commissioner of agriculture and commerce, the name and address of the person from whom he received such poultry or poultry products, and copies of all documents, if any there be, pertaining to the delivery of the poultry or poultry products to such carrier.
(3)
Any person who forcibly assaults, resists, opposes, impedes, intimidates, or interferes with any person while engaged in or on account of the performance of his official duties under this article shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) or imprisoned not more than three (3) years, or both. Whoever, in the commission of any such acts, uses a deadly or dangerous weapon, shall be fined not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00) or imprisoned not more than ten (10) years, or both. Whoever kills any person while engaged in or on account of the performance of his official duties under this article shall be punished as provided by the general laws of this state.
Codes, 1942, § 4575-19; Laws, 1960, ch. 141, § 19; Laws, 1972, ch. 477, § 3, eff. 6/8/1972.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 75 - REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE AND INVESTMENTS (§§ 75-1-101 — 75-NEW-NEW-007) › Chapter 33 - MEAT, MEAT-FOOD AND POULTRY REGULATION AND INSPECTION (§§ 75-33-1 — 75-33-101) › Article 1 - MEAT, MEAT-FOOD AND POULTRY REGULATION AND INSPECTION LAW OF 1960 (§§ 75-33-1 — 75-33-39) › Section 75-33-39 - Powers of commissioner regarding exotic animals

(1)
The commissioner has the same right of examination, inspection, condemnation and detention of live exotic animals and carcasses, parts of carcasses, meat and meat-food products of exotic animals slaughtered and prepared for shipment in interstate commerce as the commissioner has with respect to exotic animals slaughtered and prepared for shipment in intrastate commerce.
(2)
The commissioner has the same right of inspection of establishments in handling exotic animals slaughtered and prepared for shipment in interstate commerce as the commissioner has with respect to establishments handling exotic animals slaughtered and prepared for intrastate commerce.
(3)
The record-keeping requirements of Section
75-33-5
that apply to persons slaughtering, preparing, buying, selling, transporting, storing or rendering in intrastate commerce apply to persons performing similar functions with exotic animals in interstate commerce.
(4)
The rule-making power of the commissioner relating to animals in intrastate commerce applies to exotic animals in interstate commerce.
Laws, 1996, ch. 543, § 3, eff. 7/1/1996.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 75 - REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE AND INVESTMENTS (§§ 75-1-101 — 75-NEW-NEW-007) › Chapter 33 - MEAT, MEAT-FOOD AND POULTRY REGULATION AND INSPECTION (§§ 75-33-1 — 75-33-101) › Article 3 - IMPORTED MEATS [Repealed] (§ 75-33-101) › Section 75-33-101 - through 75-33-111 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws, 1997, ch. 312, § 1 eff. 7/1/1997.
§ 75-33-101. [Codes, 1942, § 4575-31; Laws, 1964, ch. 440, § 1] § 75-33-103. [Codes, 1942, § 4575-32; Laws, 1964, ch. 440, § 2] § 75-33-105. [Codes, 1942, § 4575-33; Laws, 1964, ch. 440, § 3] § 75-33-107. [Codes, 1942, § 4575-34; Laws, 1964, ch. 440, § 4] § 75-33-109. [Codes, 1942, § 4575-35; Laws, 1964, ch. 440, § 5] § 75-33-111. [Codes, 1942, §§ 4575-36, 4575-37; Laws, 1964, ch. 440, §§ 6, 7]
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 75 - REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE AND INVESTMENTS (§§ 75-1-101 — 75-NEW-NEW-007) › Chapter 35 - MEAT INSPECTION (§§ 75-35-1 — 75-35-327) › Article 1 - INSPECTION REQUIREMENTS; ADULTERATION AND MISBRANDING (§§ 75-35-1 — 75-35-33) › Section 75-35-1 - Short title

This chapter shall be designated as the "Mississippi Meat Inspection Law of 1968."
Codes, 1942, § 4575-185, Laws, 1968, ch. 245, § 33, eff. 7/1/1968.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 75 - REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE AND INVESTMENTS (§§ 75-1-101 — 75-NEW-NEW-007) › Chapter 35 - MEAT INSPECTION (§§ 75-35-1 — 75-35-327) › Article 1 - INSPECTION REQUIREMENTS; ADULTERATION AND MISBRANDING (§§ 75-35-1 — 75-35-33) › Section 75-35-5 - Legislative finding

Meat and meat food products are an important source of the nation's total supply of food. It is essential in the public interest that the health and welfare of consumers be protected by assuring that meat and meat food products distributed to them are wholesome, not adulterated, and properly marked, labeled, and packaged. Unwholesome, adulterated, or misbranded meat or meat food products are injurious to the public welfare, destroy markets for wholesome, not adulterated, and properly labeled and packaged meat and meat food products, and result in sundry losses to livestock producers and processors of meat and meat food products, as well as injury to consumers. The unwholesome, adulterated, mislabeled, or deceptively packaged products can be sold at lower prices and compete unfairly with the wholesome, not adulterated, and properly labeled and packaged products, to the detriment of consumers and the public generally. It is hereby found that regulation by the commissioner and cooperation by this state and the United States as contemplated by this chapter are appropriate to protect the health and welfare of consumers and otherwise effectuate the purposes of this chapter.
Codes, 1942, § 4575-152; Laws, 1968, ch. 245, § 2, eff. 7/1/1968.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 75 - REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE AND INVESTMENTS (§§ 75-1-101 — 75-NEW-NEW-007) › Chapter 35 - MEAT INSPECTION (§§ 75-35-1 — 75-35-327) › Article 1 - INSPECTION REQUIREMENTS; ADULTERATION AND MISBRANDING (§§ 75-35-1 — 75-35-33) › Section 75-35-7 - Inspection of cattle and other equine prior to entry into slaughtering establishments; separation and slaughtering of diseased animals; commissioner authorized to examine and inspect for methods of slaughtering and to provide for suspension of inspection services where animals slaughtered in inhumane manner

(a)
For the purpose of preventing the use in intrastate commerce, as hereinafter provided, of meat and meat food products which are adulterated, the commissioner shall cause to be made, by inspectors appointed for that purpose, an examination and inspection of all cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, and other equine before they shall be allowed to enter into any slaughtering, packing, meat canning, rendering, or similar establishment in this state in which slaughtering and preparation of meat and meat food products of such animals are conducted; and all cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, and other equine found on such inspection to show symptoms of disease shall be set apart and slaughtered separately from all other cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, or other equine, and when so slaughtered, the carcasses of said cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, or other equine shall be subject to a careful examination and inspection, all as provided by the rules and regulations to be prescribed by the commissioner as herein provided for.
(b)
For the purpose of preventing the inhumane slaughtering of livestock, the commissioner shall cause to be made, by inspectors appointed for that purpose, an examination and inspection of the method by which cattle, sheep, swine, ratites, nontraditional livestock, rabbits, goats, horses, mules and other equine are slaughtered and handled in connection with slaughter in the slaughtering establishments inspected under this article. The commissioner may refuse to provide inspection to a new slaughtering establishment or may cause inspection to be suspended temporarily at a slaughtering establishment if the commissioner finds that any cattle, sheep, swine, ratites, nontraditional livestock, rabbits, goats, horses, mules or other equine have been slaughtered or handled in connection with slaughter at such establishment by any method not in accordance with Sections
75-35-21(d)
and
75-35-8
until the establishment furnishes assurances satisfactory to the commissioner that all slaughtering and handling in connection with slaughter of livestock shall be in accordance with such a method.
Codes, 1942, § 4575-153; Laws, 1968, ch. 245, § 3; Laws, 2006, ch. 345, § 2, eff. 7/1/2006.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 75 - REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE AND INVESTMENTS (§§ 75-1-101 — 75-NEW-NEW-007) › Chapter 35 - MEAT INSPECTION (§§ 75-35-1 — 75-35-327) › Article 1 - INSPECTION REQUIREMENTS; ADULTERATION AND MISBRANDING (§§ 75-35-1 — 75-35-33) › Section 75-35-8 - Humane methods of slaughtering and handling

(1)
For purposes of this chapter, the following methods of slaughtering and handling are declared to be humane:
(a)
In the case of cattle, calves, horses, mules, sheep, swine, ratites, nontraditional livestock, rabbits and other livestock, all animals are to be rendered insensible to pain by a single blow or gunshot or by an electrical, chemical or other means which is rapid and effective before being shackled, hoisted, thrown, cast or cut; or
(b)
By slaughtering and handling in connection with such slaughtering in accordance with the ritual requirements of the Jewish faith or any other religious faith that prescribes a method of slaughter whereby the animal suffers loss of consciousness by anemia of the brain caused by the simultaneous and instantaneous severance of the carotid arteries with a sharp instrument.
(2)
In addition to the methods prescribed in subsection (1) of this section, the commissioner may designate as humane any methods of slaughtering and handling which have been so designated by the United States Secretary of Agriculture on or before April 7, 1981, pursuant to United States Code Section 7-1904. The commissioner is further authorized to designate as humane other methods of slaughtering and handling which have been demonstrated by research, investigation and experimentation to be humane with reference to the speed and scope of slaughtering operations and with reference to other existing methods and then current scientific knowledge.
Laws, 2006, ch. 345, § 1, eff. 7/1/2006.