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2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 265 - Regulation and Marketing of Agricultural Products › Section 265.310 - All commercial slaughter plants and meat processors regulated.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 265
• Effective - 28 Aug 1967
265.310. All commercial slaughter plants and meat processors regulated. —
All commercial plants at which livestock or poultry are slaughtered, or at which meat or meat products are processed for human consumption, shall be operated in accordance with such sanitary practices as are provided by sections 265.300 to 265.470 and by the rules and regulations prescribed by the director.
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(L. 1967 p. 371 § 2)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 265 - Regulation and Marketing of Agricultural Products › Section 265.320 - Certain operations exempted.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 265
• Effective - 28 Aug 1971
265.320. Certain operations exempted. —
1. The director shall exempt from the provisions of sections 265.300 to 265.470, the operation of any person if and to the extent the operation would be exempt from the corresponding requirements under the Federal Meat Inspection Act or the Federal Poultry Products Inspection Act if the operation were conducted in or for interstate commerce or the state were designated under either federal act as one in which the federal requirements apply to intrastate commerce.
2. Persons granted exemption by this section shall be subject to periodic reviews. The director may, after giving reasonable notice, withdraw the exemption for any change in the conditions under which the exemption was granted. Any person aggrieved by the director's action may, within thirty days after receipt of notice, appeal as provided by chapter 536.
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(L. 1967 p. 371 § 13, A.L. 1971 S.B. 39)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 265 - Regulation and Marketing of Agricultural Products › Section 265.330 - Meats section created — head of section, appointment, qualifications, duties.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 265
• Effective - 28 Aug 1967
265.330. Meats section created — head of section, appointment, qualifications, duties. —
1. There is hereby created "The Meats Section of the Veterinary Division of the Department of Agriculture".
2. The director shall appoint a graduate veterinarian as the head of the meats section.
3. The head of the meats section shall enforce the rules and regulations prescribed by the commissioner, and shall perform such other duties as the director and the state veterinarian deem necessary.
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(L. 1967 p. 371 § 3)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 265 - Regulation and Marketing of Agricultural Products › Section 265.340 - Inspection supervisors, appointment, number, qualifications, compensation.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 265
• Effective - 28 Aug 1967
265.340. Inspection supervisors, appointment, number, qualifications, compensation. —
1. The director may appoint as inspection supervisors such licensed graduate veterinarians not to exceed ten as are necessary to carry out the provisions of sections 265.300 to 265.470, and may establish their compensation within the limits of the appropriation made for that purpose.
2. The director may appoint such full or part time inspectors as are necessary to carry out the provisions of sections 265.300 to 265.470, and may establish their compensation within the limits of the appropriation made for that purpose.
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(L. 1967 p. 371 § 4)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 265 - Regulation and Marketing of Agricultural Products › Section 265.350 - Inspectors, how assigned, duties.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 265
• Effective - 28 Aug 1967
265.350. Inspectors, how assigned, duties. —
1. Each of the inspection supervisors shall provide general supervision of the inspection program under the provisions of sections 265.300 to 265.470 and shall make assignments of inspectors to inspect commercial plants within a geographical territory assigned to his general supervision by the head of the meats section.
2. The inspectors shall inspect:
(1) All livestock and poultry slaughtered for human consumption;
(2) All meat and meat products processed for human consumption;
(3) The sanitary conditions at all commercial plants in this state which slaughter, store, or process livestock, poultry, meat or meat products for human consumption.
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(L. 1967 p. 371 § 5)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 265 - Regulation and Marketing of Agricultural Products › Section 265.360 - Inspections, when conducted.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 265
• Effective - 28 Aug 1967
265.360. Inspections, when conducted. —
The times of inspection of any commercial plant made under the provisions of sections 265.300 to 265.470 shall be within the regular hours of operation of the plant.
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(L. 1967 p. 371 § 6)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 265 - Regulation and Marketing of Agricultural Products › Section 265.370 - Unwholesome meat or meat products condemned — appeal, written notice, reinspection — director's determination subject to administrative review.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 265
• Effective - 28 Aug 1967
265.370. Unwholesome meat or meat products condemned — appeal, written notice, reinspection — director's determination subject to administrative review. —
1. All livestock, poultry, meat or meat products intended for human consumption found by an inspector to be unwholesome or adulterated shall be condemned and destroyed, unless the article can be rendered wholesome and unadulterated by reprocessing under the supervision of the inspector; except that any order for destruction shall be stayed by timely appeal.
2. At any time within twenty-four hours after the order of the inspector, any person aggrieved by the order may object to the inspector's determination by filing a written notice with the director, stating the specific grounds for the objection.
3. The director may cause an inspection of the condemned article to be made by two additional inspectors, and shall rule on the objection seventy-two hours after receiving notice.
4. The determination of the director shall be subject to review as provided by chapter 536.
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(L. 1967 p. 371 § 7)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 265 - Regulation and Marketing of Agricultural Products › Section 265.380 - Unwholesome or adulterated meat to be marked, how.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 265
• Effective - 28 Aug 1967
265.380. Unwholesome or adulterated meat to be marked, how. —
All meat found to be unwholesome or adulterated shall be marked with the official condemned mark. The mark shall state that the article was inspected and condemned.
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(L. 1967 p. 371 § 8)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 265 - Regulation and Marketing of Agricultural Products › Section 265.390 - Containers to bear inspection mark and plant number — containers to state ingredients, net weight or measure.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 265
• Effective - 28 Aug 1967
265.390. Containers to bear inspection mark and plant number — containers to state ingredients, net weight or measure. —
1. When any meat or meat product which is prepared for human consumption shall be placed in a shipping container in a commercial plant where inspection is maintained under sections 265.300 to 265.470, the person preparing the meat or meat product shall cause to be attached to the container a label bearing the official inspection mark and the approved plant number.
2. In addition, the container which directly contains the meat or meat product shall bear a statement of the ingredients including a declaration of artificial flavors, colors, or preservatives, net weight or other measure of contents and the official inspection mark.
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(L. 1967 p. 371 § 9)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 265 - Regulation and Marketing of Agricultural Products › Section 265.400 - Labels must be approved — appeal from director's determination.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 265
• Effective - 28 Aug 1967
265.400. Labels must be approved — appeal from director's determination. —
1. The use of any label upon or accompanying any livestock, poultry, meat or meat products inspected under sections 265.300 to 265.470 shall be approved by the director before being used, and if the director finds that any label is false or misleading, he may prohibit the use of the label unless modified.
2. Any person aggrieved by the director's determination may appeal within thirty days after receipt of notice, as provided by chapter 536.
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(L. 1967 p. 371 § 10)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 265 - Regulation and Marketing of Agricultural Products › Section 265.410 - License required, application, fee.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 265
• Effective - 28 Aug 1967
265.410. License required, application, fee. —
1. A license shall be required for each commercial plant which slaughters livestock or poultry, processes meat or meat products for human consumption, or keeps meat or meat products in a cold storage warehouse. Before any license is issued or renewed an inspection shall be made to determine that the plant has complied with sections 265.300 to 265.470.
2. Applications for the license shall be made on forms furnished by the director. The license fee shall be ten dollars for one year, and the license may be renewed.
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(L. 1967 p. 371 § 11)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 265 - Regulation and Marketing of Agricultural Products › Section 265.420 - Records required, inspection permitted, records to be retained.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 265
• Effective - 28 Aug 1967
265.420. Records required, inspection permitted, records to be retained. —
1. The director may require any commercial plant which slaughters, processes, renders, transports, stores, ships or receives livestock, poultry, meat or meat products intended for human consumption to maintain records relative to the above transactions and may require it to permit an authorized representative of the director to have access to copy such records at reasonable times.
2. All records required by this section shall be preserved for two years after the transaction has taken place.
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(L. 1967 p. 371 § 12)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 265 - Regulation and Marketing of Agricultural Products › Section 265.430 - Federal or other approved inspection basis for exemption.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 265
• Effective - 28 Aug 1967
265.430. Federal or other approved inspection basis for exemption. —
Any commercial plant at which livestock or poultry are slaughtered or meat or meat products are processed for human consumption shall be exempted by the director from the inspection provisions of sections 265.300 to 265.470 if he finds that it has federal inspection or other approved inspection.
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(L. 1967 p. 371 § 14)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 265 - Regulation and Marketing of Agricultural Products › Section 265.440 - Inspector may serve two or more plants.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 265
• Effective - 28 Aug 1967
265.440. Inspector may serve two or more plants. —
If two or more commercial plants are located in the same area, the director may authorize inspection of all plants by a single inspector; except that the times of inspection for any commercial plant shall be within the normal working hours of the plant.
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(L. 1967 p. 371 § 15)
2023 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.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 265
• 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.
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(L. 1971 S.B. 39 §§ 2, 3)
2023 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.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 265
• 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.
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(L. 1971 S.B. 39 § 4)
2023 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.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 265
• 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.
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(L. 1967 p. 371 § 16)
2023 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.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 265
• 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.
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(L. 1967 p. 371 § 18, A.L. 1971 S.B. 39)
2023 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.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 265
• 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.
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(L. 1967 p. 371 § 20)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 265 - Regulation and Marketing of Agricultural Products › Section 265.471 - Rules, Federal Meat Inspection Act.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 265
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.
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(L. 2004 H.B. 1192 merged with S.B. 740, et al. § 265.475)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 265 - Regulation and Marketing of Agricultural Products › Section 265.490 - Definitions.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 265
• 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.
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(L. 1985 H.B. 409 & 532 § 27, A.L. 2018 S.B. 627 & 925)
2023 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.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 265
• 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.
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(L. 1985 H.B. 409 & 532 § 28)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 265 - Regulation and Marketing of Agricultural Products › Section 265.496 - Penalty.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 265
• 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.
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(L. 1985 H.B. 409 & 532 § 30)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 265 - Regulation and Marketing of Agricultural Products › Section 265.497 - Inspections, department of agriculture.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 265
• 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.
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(L. 1985 H.B. 409 & 532 § 31)
2023 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.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 265
• 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.
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(L. 1985 H.B. 409 & 532 §§ 32, 33)
2023 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.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 265
• 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.
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(L. 1975 S.B. 57 §§ 1, 2)
*Word "are" appears in original rolls.
2023 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.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 265
• 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.
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(L. 1975 S.B. 57 § 3)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 265 - Regulation and Marketing of Agricultural Products › Section 265.510 - Violation, penalty for.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 265
• 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.
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(L. 1975 S.B. 57 § 4)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 265 - Regulation and Marketing of Agricultural Products › Section 265.515 - Rules of director, ratification of.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 265
• 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.
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(L. 1975 S.B. 57 § 5)
CROSS REFERENCE:
Rules, procedure for making and rescinding, Chap. 536
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 266 - Seeds, Fertilizers and Feeds › Section 266.011 - Short title.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 266
• Effective - 28 Aug 1979
266.011. Short title. —
Sections 266.011 to 266.111
*
shall be cited as "The Missouri Seed Law".
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(L. 1951 p. 5 § 266.010, A.L. 1979 H.B. 57)
*Words "this law" appear in original rolls.
2023 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.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 266
• 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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14279, A.L. 1951 p. 5, A.L. 1979 H.B. 57)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 266 - Seeds, Fertilizers and Feeds › Section 266.061 - Contents of statement on label or tag.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 266
• 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.
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(L. 1951 p. 5 § 266.060, A.L. 1979 H.B. 57)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 266 - Seeds, Fertilizers and Feeds › Section 266.071 - Sales, offers for sale and acts prohibited.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 266
• 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.
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(L. 1951 p. 5 § 266.070, A.L. 1957 p. 13, A.L. 1979 H.B. 57)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 266 - Seeds, Fertilizers and Feeds › Section 266.076 - Records required — inspection — retention.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 266
• 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.
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(L. 1979 H.B. 57)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 266 - Seeds, Fertilizers and Feeds › Section 266.080 - Exemptions.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 266
• 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.
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(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
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 266 - Seeds, Fertilizers and Feeds › Section 266.095 - Seed certification agency, designation.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 266
• 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.
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(L. 1957 p. 13 § 266.092)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 266 - Seeds, Fertilizers and Feeds › Section 266.101 - Seed subject to seizure, when — proceedings — disposition of condemned seed.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 266
• Effective - 28 Aug 1979
266.101. Seed subject to seizure, when — proceedings — disposition of condemned seed. —
Any lot of agricultural or vegetable seed found in the possession of a single owner or custodian and not in compliance with the provisions of this law shall be subject to seizure upon complaint of the director of the department of agriculture to the circuit court of the county or city in which such seed is located. Such seizure shall not be made until the owner or custodian of the seed has been given sixty days from the date of a "stop-sale" order to bring the seed in compliance with the provisions of this law. In the event the court finds that the seed does not comply with this law, it shall order the condemnation thereof, and the seed shall be denatured, processed, destroyed, relabeled, or otherwise disposed of by the court; provided, that either party may demand a trial by jury on any issue of fact joined in any such case; and provided further, that in no instance shall the court order such disposition of said seed without first having given the claimant an opportunity to apply to the court for the release of said seed or permission to process or relabel said seed to bring it into compliance with this law.
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(L. 1951 p. 5 § 266.100, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634, A.L. 1979 H.B. 57)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 266 - Seeds, Fertilizers and Feeds › Section 266.105 - Injunctive relief — bond required.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 266
• Effective - 28 Aug 1979
266.105. Injunctive relief — bond required. —
When in the performance of his duties the director of agriculture applies to any court for a temporary or permanent injunction restraining any person from violation or continuing to violate any of the provisions of this law or any rules and regulations under this law, the court may cause a temporary restraining order or a temporary or permanent injunction to issue. The provisions of chapter 526 to the contrary notwithstanding, the state, when acting as party plaintiff in an action for a temporary restraining order or temporary or permanent injunction under this section, shall execute a bond to the other party, in such sum as the court deems sufficient to secure the amount or other matter to be restrained or enjoined, and all changes that may be occasioned by the restraining order or injunction to the parties restrained or enjoined, or to any party interested in the subject matter of the controversy, conditioned that the state will abide the decision in the controversy, and pay all sums of money, damages and costs that shall be adjudged against the state if the temporary restraining order or injunction is dissolved.
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(L. 1979 H.B. 57)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 266 - Seeds, Fertilizers and Feeds › Section 266.111 - Penalties for violations — attorney general to act on request, when, procedure — publication by director of result of legal action.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 266
• Effective - 28 Aug 1979
266.111. Penalties for violations — attorney general to act on request, when, procedure — publication by director of result of legal action. —
1. Every violation of the provisions of this law shall be deemed a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars for the first offense and not exceeding one thousand dollars for each subsequent similar offense.
2. The director may report any violation of the provisions of sections 266.011 to 266.111 to the prosecuting attorney of the county where the violation occurs. The prosecuting attorney may institute appropriate proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction. If any prosecuting attorney refuses or fails to act on request of the director, the attorney general shall so act; however, no prosecution under this law shall be instituted without the defendant first having been given an opportunity to appear before the director of agriculture or his duly authorized agent, to introduce evidence either in person or by agent or attorney at a private hearing. If, after such hearing, or without such hearing in case the defendant or his agent or attorney fails or refuses to appear, the director of agriculture is of the opinion that the evidence warrants prosecution, he shall proceed as herein provided.
3. It is the duty of the director of agriculture or the attorney general, as the case may be, to institute proceedings at once against any person charged with a violation of this law, if, in the judgment of such officer, the information submitted warrants such action.
4. After judgment by the court in any case arising under this law, the director of agriculture shall publish any information pertinent to the issuance of the judgment by the court in such media as he may designate.
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(L. 1951 p. 5 § 266.110, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634, A.L. 1979 H.B. 57)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 266 - Seeds, Fertilizers and Feeds › Section 266.152 - Title of law.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 266
• Effective - 01 Jan 1998, see footnote
266.152. Title of law. —
Sections 266.152 to 266.220 shall be known as the "Missouri Commercial Feed Law".
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(L. 1972 S.B. 506 § 2, A.L. 1997 H.B. 211)
Effective 1-01-98
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 266 - Seeds, Fertilizers and Feeds › Section 266.155 - Director of agriculture to administer.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 266
• Effective - 01 Jan 1973, see footnote
266.155. Director of agriculture to administer. —
Sections 266.152 to 266.220 shall be administered by the director of the department of agriculture of the state of Missouri, hereinafter referred to as the "director".
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(L. 1972 S.B. 506 § 3)
Effective 1-01-73
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 266 - Seeds, Fertilizers and Feeds › Section 266.170 - Commercial feed, how labeled.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 266
• Effective - 01 Jan 1998, 2 histories, see footnote
266.170. Commercial feed, how labeled. —
A commercial feed shall be labeled as follows:
(1) In case of a commercial feed, except a customer-formula feed, it shall be accompanied by a label bearing the following information:
(a) The product name, and the brand name if any, under which the commercial feed is distributed. Single ingredient feeds shall have a product name in accordance with the designated definition of feed ingredients as recognized by the Association of American Feed Control Officials unless the director designates otherwise;
(b) The guaranteed analysis stated in such terms as the director by rule determines is required to advise the user of the composition of the feed or to support claims made in the labeling, and in all cases the substances or elements shall be determinable by laboratory methods from generally recognized sources such as the methods published by the Association of Official Analytical Chemists;
(c) The name of each ingredient used in the manufacture of the commercial feed shall be that established by rule or the common or usual name. The director by rule may permit the use of a collective term for a group of ingredients which perform a similar function, or the director may exempt such commercial feeds, or any group thereof, from this requirement of an ingredient statement if the director finds that such statement is not required in the interest of consumers;
(d) The name and principal mailing address of the manufacturer or the person responsible for distributing the commercial feed;
(e) Adequate directions for use for all commercial feeds containing drugs and for such other feeds as the director may require by rule as necessary for their safe and effective use;
(f) Such precautionary statements as the director by rule determines are necessary for the safe and effective use of the commercial feed;
(g) The quantity statement;
(2) 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:
(a) Name and address of the manufacturer;
(b) Name and address of the purchaser;
(c) Date of delivery;
(d) The product name and brand name, if any, and the net weight of each commercial feed used in the mixture, and the net weight of each other ingredient used;
(e) Adequate directions for use for all customer-formula feeds containing drugs and for such other feeds as the director may require by rule as necessary for their safe and effective use;
(f) Such warning or caution statements as the director by rule determines are necessary for the safe and effective use of the customer-formula feed.
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(L. 1972 S.B. 506 § 6, A.L. 1997 H.B. 211)
Effective 1-01-98
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 266 - Seeds, Fertilizers and Feeds › Section 266.175 - Misbranding, what constitutes.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 266
• Effective - 01 Jan 1998, see footnote
266.175. Misbranding, what constitutes. —
A commercial feed shall be deemed to be misbranded:
(1) If its labeling is false or misleading in any particular;
(2) If it is distributed under the name of another commercial feed;
(3) If it is not labeled as required in section 266.170, and the rules promulgated thereunder;
(4) 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 rules by the director;
(5) If it is not appropriate for its intended or purported use;
(6) If any word, statement, or other information required by or under authority of sections 266.152 to 266.220 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.
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(L. 1972 S.B. 506 § 7, A.L. 1997 H.B. 211)
Effective 1-01-98
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 266 - Seeds, Fertilizers and Feeds › Section 266.185 - Prohibited acts.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 266
• Effective - 28 Aug 1998
266.185. Prohibited acts. —
The following acts and the causing thereof within the state of Missouri are hereby prohibited:
(1) The manufacture or distribution of any commercial feed that is adulterated or misbranded;
(2) The adulteration or misbranding of any commercial feed;
(3) The distribution of agricultural commodities such as whole seed, raw meat, hay, straw, stover, silage, cobs, husks, and hulls, which are adulterated within the meaning of subdivisions (1) and (5) of section 266.180;
(4) The removal or disposal of a commercial feed in violation of an order pursuant to section 266.205;
(5) The failure or refusal to obtain a commercial feed license;
(6) The violation of subsection 6 of section 266.210;
(7) Failure to pay inspection fees and file reports or submit product listings as required by section 266.190;
(8) The distribution of commercial feed to an unlicensed distributor on which inspection fees have not been paid.
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(L. 1972 S.B. 506 § 9, A.L. 1997 H.B. 211, A.L. 1998 H.B. 1600)