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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 75-35-9 - Post-mortem examination and labeling of carcasses; destruction of condemned carcasses; reinspection

For the purposes hereinbefore set forth, the commissioner shall cause to be made by inspectors appointed for that purpose, as hereinafter provided, a post-mortem examination and inspection of the carcasses and parts thereof of all cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, and other equines, capable of use as human food, to be prepared at any slaughtering, meat-canning, salting, packing, rendering, or similar establishment in this state in which such products are prepared. The carcasses and parts thereof of all such animals found to be not adulterated shall be marked, stamped, tagged, or labeled, as "Inspected and Passed", or appropriate stamp or markings. Said inspectors shall label, mark, stamp, or tag as "Inspected and Condemned", or appropriate stamp or markings, all carcasses and parts thereof of animals found to be adulterated; and all carcasses and parts thereof thus inspected and condemned shall be destroyed for food purposes by the said establishment in the presence of an inspector. The commissioner may remove inspectors from any such establishment which fails to so destroy any such condemned carcass or part thereof. Said inspectors, after said first inspection shall, when they deem it necessary, reinspect said carcasses or parts thereof to determine whether since the first inspection the same have become adulterated, and if any carcass or any part thereof shall, upon examination and inspection subsequent to the first examination and inspection, be found to be adulterated, it shall be destroyed for food purposes by the said establishment in the presence of an inspector; and the commissioner may remove inspectors from any establishment which fails to so destroy any such condemned carcass or part thereof.
Codes, 1942, § 4575-154; Laws, 1968, ch. 245, § 4, 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 75-35-11 - Examination of carcasses brought into slaughtering or similar establishments, and of products issued therefrom or returned thereto; limitation on entry of carcasses or products into inspected establishments

The foregoing provisions shall apply to all carcasses or parts of carcasses of cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, and other equines or the meat or meat products thereof, capable of use as human food, which may be brought into any slaughtering, meat-canning, salting, packing, rendering, or similar establishment, where inspection under this article is maintained, and such examination and inspection shall be had before the said carcasses or parts thereof shall be allowed to enter into any department wherein the same are to be treated and prepared for meat food products. The foregoing provisions shall also apply to all such products which, after having been issued from any such slaughtering, meat-canning, salting, packing, rendering, or similar establishment, shall be returned to the same or to any similar establishment where such inspection is maintained. The commissioner may limit the entry of carcasses, part of carcasses, meat and meat food products, and other materials into any establishment at which inspection under this article is maintained, under such conditions as he may prescribe to assure that allowing the entry of such items or products into such inspected establishments will be consistent with the purposes of this chapter.
Codes, 1942, § 4575-155; Laws, 1968, ch. 245, § 5, 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 75-35-13 - Inspection of products in slaughtering or similar establishments; access; inspection marks or labels; destruction of condemned products

For the purposes hereinbefore set forth, the commissioner shall cause to be made by inspectors appointed for that purpose an examination and inspection of all meat food products prepared in any slaughtering, meat-canning, salting, packing, rendering, or similar establishment, where such products are prepared, and for the purposes of an examination and inspection said inspectors shall have access at all times, by day or night, whether the establishment be operated or not, to every part of said establishment. Said inspectors shall mark, stamp, tag, or label as "Mississippi inspected and passed" or appropriately mark all such products found to be not adulterated; and said inspectors shall label, mark, stamp, or tag as "Mississippi inspected and condemned" or appropriately mark all such products found adulterated. All such condemned meat food products shall be destroyed for food purposes, as hereinbefore provided, and the commissioner may remove inspectors from any establishment which fails to so destroy such condemned meat food products.
Codes, 1942, § 4575-156; Laws, 1968, ch. 245, § 6, 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 75-35-17 - Sanitary inspection and regulation of slaughtering or similar establishments; duty of commissioner with respect to adulterated meat or meat food products

The commissioner shall cause to be made, by experts in sanitation, or by other competent inspectors, such inspection of all slaughtering, meat-canning, salting, packing, rendering, or similar establishments in which cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, and other equines are slaughtered and the meat and meat food products thereof are prepared as may be necessary to inform himself concerning the sanitary conditions of the same, and to prescribe the rules and regulations of sanitation under which such establishments shall be maintained. Where the sanitary conditions of any such establishment are such that the meat or meat food products are rendered adulterated, he shall refuse to allow said meat or meat food products to be labeled, marked, stamped, or tagged as "Mississippi inspected and passed" or appropriately marked.
Codes, 1942, § 4575-158, Laws, 1968, ch. 245, § 8, 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 75-35-19 - Examination of animals and meat products thereof slaughtered or prepared during nighttime

The commissioner shall cause an examination and inspection of all cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, and other equines, and the food products thereof, slaughtered and prepared in the establishments hereinbefore described to be made during the nighttime as well as during the daytime when the slaughtering of said cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, and other equines, or the preparation of said food products is conducted during the nighttime.
Codes, 1942, § 4575-159, Laws, 1968, ch. 245, § 9, 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 75-35-21 - Prohibitions with respect to slaughtering, preparation, sale, transportation, adulteration or misbranding of carcasses or meat food products

No person, firm, or corporation shall, with respect to any cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, or other equine, or any carcasses, parts of carcasses, meat or meat food products of any such animals:
(a)
Slaughter any such animals or prepare any such products which are capable of use as human food, at any establishment preparing such articles, except in compliance with the requirements of this chapter;
(b)
Sell, transport, offer for sale or transportation, or receive for transportation, in intrastate commerce, (i) any such products which (1.) are capable of use as human food, and (2.) are adulterated or misbranded at the time of such sale, transportation, offer for sale or transportation, or receipt for transportation; or (ii) any items required to be inspected under this article unless they have been so inspected and passed;
(c)
Do, with respect to any such items which are capable of use as human food, any act while they are being transported in intrastate commerce or held for sale after such transportation, which is intended to cause or has the effect of causing such items to be adulterated or misbranded;
(d)
Slaughter or handle in connection with such slaughter any such animals in any manner not declared to be humane under Section
75-35-8
.
Codes, 1942, § 4575-160, Laws, 1968, ch. 245, § 10; Laws, 2006, ch. 345, § 3, 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 75-35-23 - Unlawful manufacture, forgery, adulteration or unauthorized use of marks, labels or other identification devices or certificates; false statements or representations

(1)
No brand manufacturer, printer, or other person, firm, or corporation shall cast, print, lithograph, or otherwise make any device containing any official mark or simulation thereof, or any label bearing any such mark or simulation, or any form of official certificate or simulation thereof, except as authorized by the commissioner.
(2)
No person, firm, or corporation shall
(a)
forge any official device, mark, or certificates;
(b)
without authorization from the commissioner, use any official device, mark, or certificate, or simulation thereof, or alter, detach, deface, or destroy any official device, mark, or certificate;
(c)
contrary to the regulations prescribed by the commissioner, fail to use, or to detach, deface, or destroy any official device, mark, or certificate;
(d)
knowingly possess, without promptly notifying the commissioner, or his representative, any official device or any counterfeit, simulated, forged, or improperly altered official certificate or any device or label or any carcass of any animal, or part or product thereof, bearing any counterfeit, simulated, forged, or improperly altered official mark;
(e)
knowingly make any false statement in any shipper's certificate or other nonofficial or official certificate provided for in the regulations prescribed by the commissioner; or
(f)
knowingly represent that any item or product has been inspected and passed, or exempted, under this chapter when, in fact, it has, respectively, not been so inspected and passed, or exempted.
Codes, 1942, § 4575-161, Laws, 1968, ch. 245, § 11, 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 75-35-25 - Labeling and preparation of carcasses of horses and mules

No person, firm, or corporation shall sell, transport, offer for sale or transportation, or receive for transportation, any carcasses 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 commissioner to show the kinds of animals from which they were derived. When required by the commissioner with respect to establishments at which inspection is maintained under this article, such animals and their carcasses, parts thereof, meat and meat food products shall be prepared in establishments separate from those in which cattle, sheep, swine, or goats are slaughtered or their carcasses, parts thereof, meats or meat food products are prepared.
Codes, 1942, § 4575-162, Laws, 1968, ch. 245, § 12, 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 75-35-27 - Appointment and duties of inspectors

The commissioner shall appoint from time to time inspectors to make examination and inspection of all cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, and other equines the inspection of which is hereby provided for, and of all carcasses and parts thereof, and of all meats and meat food products thereof, and of the sanitary conditions of all establishments in which such meat and meat food products hereinbefore described are prepared. Said inspectors shall refuse to stamp, mark, tag or label any carcass or any part thereof, or meat food product therefrom, prepared in any establishment hereinbefore mentioned, until the same shall have actually been inspected and found to be not adulterated; and shall perform such other duties as are provided by this chapter and by the rules and regulations to be prescribed by said commissioner. Said commissioner shall, from time to time, make such rules and regulations as are necessary for the efficient execution of the provisions of this chapter, and all inspections and examinations made under this chapter shall be such and made in such manner as described in the rules and regulations prescribed by said commissioner not inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter.
Codes, 1942, § 4575-163, Laws, 1968, ch. 245, § 13, 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 75-35-29 - Bribery of inspectors or other officers; acceptance of gifts

Any person, firm, or corporation, or any agent or employee of any person, firm, or corporation, who shall give, pay, or offer, directly or indirectly, to any inspector, deputy inspector, chief inspector, or any other officer or employee of this state authorized to perform any of the duties prescribed by this chapter or by the rules and regulations of the commissioner, any money or other thing of value, with intent to influence said inspector, deputy inspector, chief inspector, or other officer or employee of this state in the discharge of any duty herein provided for, shall be deemed guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine not less than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), nor more than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) and by imprisonment not less than one (1) year nor more than three (3) years. Any inspector, deputy inspector, chief inspector, or other officer or employee of this state authorized to perform any of the duties prescribed by this chapter who shall accept any money, gift, or other thing of value from any person, firm, or corporation, or officers, agents, or employees thereof, given with intent to influence his official action, or who shall receive or accept from any person, firm, or corporation engaged in intrastate commerce any gift, money, or other thing of value given with any purpose or intent whatsoever, shall be deemed guilty of a felony and shall, upon conviction thereof, be summarily discharged from office and shall be punished by a fine not less than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) nor more than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) and by imprisonment not less than one (1) year nor more than three (3) years.
Codes, 1942, § 4575-164, Laws, 1968, ch. 245, § 14; Laws, 2002, ch. 394, § 1, eff. 7/1/2002.
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 75-35-31 - Exemptions from inspection requirements; compliance with sanitary regulations; application of adulteration and misbranding provisions to products not required to be inspected

(1)
The provisions of this article requiring inspection of the slaughter of animals and the preparation of the carcasses, parts thereof, meat and meat food products at establishments conducting such operations shall not (a) apply to the slaughtering by any person of animals of his own raising, and the preparation by him and transportation in intrastate commerce of the carcasses, parts thereof, meat and meat food products of such animals exclusively for use by him and members of his household and his nonpaying guests and employees; nor (b) to the custom slaughter by any person, firm, or corporation of cattle, sheep, swine, or goats, delivered by the owner thereof for such slaughter, and the preparation by such slaughterer and transportation in intrastate commerce of the carcasses, parts thereof, meat and meat food products of such animals, exclusively for use, in the household of such owner, by him, and members of his household and his nonpaying guests and employees: provided, that such custom slaughterer does not engage in the business of buying or selling any carcasses, parts of carcasses, meat or meat food products of any cattle, sheep, swine, goats, or equines, capable of use as human food.
(2)
The provisions of this chapter requiring inspection of the slaughter of animals and the preparation of carcasses, parts thereof, meat and meat food products shall not apply to operations of types traditionally and usually conducted at retail stores and restaurants, when conducted at any retail store or restaurant or similar retail-type establishment for sale in normal retail quantities or service of such items or products to consumers at such establishments.
(3)
The slaughter of animals and preparation of items or products referred to in subsections (1)(b) and (2) of this section shall be conducted in accordance with such sanitary conditions as the commissioner may by regulations prescribe. Violation of any such regulation is prohibited.
(4)
The adulteration and misbranding provisions of this article, other than the requirement of the inspection legend, shall apply to items or products which are not required to be inspected under this section.
Codes, 1942, § 4575-165, Laws, 1968, ch. 245, § 15, 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 75-35-33 - Regulations prescribing conditions for storage and handling

The commissioner may by regulations prescribe conditions under which carcasses, parts of carcasses, meat, and meat food products of cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, or other equines, capable of use as human food, shall be stored or otherwise handled by any person, firm, or corporation engaged in the business of buying, selling, freezing, storing, or transporting, in or for intrastate commerce, such articles, whenever the commissioner deems such action necessary to assure that such items or products will not be adulterated or misbranded when delivered to the consumer. Violation of any such regulation is prohibited.
Codes, 1942, § 4575-166, Laws, 1968, ch. 245, § 16, 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 3 - MEAT PROCESSORS AND RELATED INDUSTRIES (§§ 75-35-101 — 75-35-107) › Section 75-35-101 - Inspection not to be provided for establishments preparing carcasses or products not intended for use as human food; denaturation or other identification of certain items

Inspection shall not be provided under Article 1 of this chapter at any establishment for the slaughter of cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, or other equines, or the preparation of any carcasses or parts or products of such animals, which are not intended for use as human food, but such products shall, prior to their offer for sale or transportation in intrastate commerce, unless naturally inedible by humans, be denatured or otherwise identified as prescribed by regulations of the commissioner to deter their use for human food. No person, firm, or corporation shall buy, sell, transport, or offer for sale or transportation, or receive for transportation, in commerce, any carcasses, parts thereof, meat or meat food products of any such animals, which are not intended for use as human food unless they are denatured or otherwise identified as required by the regulations of the commissioner or are naturally inedible by humans.
Codes, 1942, § 4575-167, Laws, 1968, ch. 245, § 17, 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 3 - MEAT PROCESSORS AND RELATED INDUSTRIES (§§ 75-35-101 — 75-35-107) › Section 75-35-103 - Records required to be kept; access to places of business; examination of facilities, inventory and records; copies of records; samples of inventory

(1)
The following classes of persons, firms, and corporations shall keep such records as will fully and correctly disclose all transactions involved in their businesses; and all persons, firms, and corporations subject to such requirements shall, at all reasonable times, upon notice by a duly authorized representative of the commissioner afford such representative and any duly authorized representative of the secretary of agriculture of the United States accompanied by such representative of the commissioner access to their places of business and opportunity to examine the facilities, inventory, and records thereof, to copy all such records, and to take reasonable samples of their inventory upon payment when requested of the fair market value thereof:
(a)
Any persons, firms, or corporations that engage in the business of slaughtering any cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, or other equines, or preparing, freezing, packaging, or labeling any carcasses, or parts or products of carcasses, of any such animals, for use as human food or animal food;
(b)
Any persons, firms, or corporations that engage in the business of buying or selling (as meat brokers, wholesalers or otherwise), or transporting, or storing, any carcasses, or parts or products of carcasses, of any such animals;
(c)
Any persons, firms, or corporations that engage in business, as renderers, or engage in the business of buying, selling, or transporting, any dead, dying, disabled, or diseased cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, or other equines, or parts of the carcasses of any such animals that died otherwise than by slaughter.
(2)
Any record required to be maintained by this section shall be maintained for such period of time as the commissioner may by regulations prescribe.
Codes, 1942, § 4575-168, Laws, 1968, ch. 245, § 18, 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 3 - MEAT PROCESSORS AND RELATED INDUSTRIES (§§ 75-35-101 — 75-35-107) › Section 75-35-105 - Registration of name, business address and trade names with commissioner

No person, firm, or corporation shall engage in business, as a meat broker, renderer, or animal food manufacturer, or engage in business as a wholesaler of any carcasses, or parts or products of the carcasses, of any cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, or other equines, whether intended for human food or other purposes, or engage in business as a public warehouseman storing any such items or products, or engage in the business of buying, selling, or transporting, any dead, dying, disabled, or diseased animals of the specified kinds, or parts of the carcasses of any such animals that died otherwise than by slaughter, unless, when required by regulations of the commissioner, he has registered with the commissioner his name, and the address of each place of business at which, and all trade names under which, he conducts such business.
Codes, 1942, § 4575-169, Laws, 1968, ch. 245, § 19, 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 3 - MEAT PROCESSORS AND RELATED INDUSTRIES (§§ 75-35-101 — 75-35-107) › Section 75-35-107 - Regulation of transactions in, or transportation of, dead, dying or diseased animals to prevent use of parts or products as human food

No person, firm, or corporation engaged in the business of buying, selling, or transporting, dead, dying, disabled, or diseased animals, or any parts of the carcasses of any animals that died otherwise than by slaughter, shall buy, sell, transport, offer for sale or transportation, or receive for transportation, any dead, dying, disabled, or diseased cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules or other equines, or parts of the carcasses of any such animals that died otherwise than by slaughter, unless such transaction or transportation is made in accordance with such regulations as the commissioner may prescribe to assure that such animals, or the unwholesome parts or products thereof, will be prevented from being used for human food purposes.
Codes, 1942, § 4575-170, Laws, 1968, ch. 245, § 20, 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 5 - FEDERAL AND STATE COOPERATION (§ 75-35-201) › Section 75-35-201 - Department of agriculture and commerce to cooperate with secretary of agriculture of United States; acceptance of advisory assistance; expenditure of public funds

(1)
The department of agriculture and commerce is hereby designated as the state agency which shall be responsible for cooperating with the secretary of agriculture of the United States under the provisions of Section 301 of the Federal Meat Inspection Act and such agency is directed to cooperate with the secretary of agriculture of the United States in developing and administering the meat inspection program of this state under this chapter to assure that not later than November 15, 1969, its requirements will be at least equal to those imposed under Titles I and IV of the Federal Meat Inspection Act and in developing and administering the program of this state under Article 3 of this chapter in such a manner as will effectuate the purposes of this chapter and said federal act.
(2)
In such cooperative efforts, the department of agriculture and commerce is authorized to accept from said secretary advisory assistance in planning and otherwise developing the state program, technical and laboratory assistance and training (including necessary curricular and instructional materials and equipment), and financial and other aid for administration of such a program. The department of agriculture and commerce is further authorized to spend public funds of this state appropriated for administration of this chapter to pay fifty per centum (50%) of the estimated total cost of the cooperative program.
(3)
The department of agriculture and commerce is further authorized to recommend to the said secretary of agriculture such officials or employees of this state as the department of agriculture and commerce shall designate, for appointment to the advisory committees provided for in Section 301 of the Federal Meat Inspection Act; and the department of agriculture and commerce shall serve as the representative of the governor for consultation with said secretary under paragraph (c) of this section of said act unless the governor shall select another representative.
Codes, 1942, § 4575-171, Laws, 1968, ch. 245, § 21, 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 7 - AUXILIARY PROVISIONS (§§ 75-35-301 — 75-35-327) › Section 75-35-301 - Refusal or withdrawal of inspection services; grounds; judicial review of order and determination of commissioner

The commissioner may (for such period, or indefinitely, as he deems necessary to effectuate the purposes of this chapter) refuse to provide, or withdraw, inspection service under Article 1 of this chapter with respect to any establishment if he determines, after opportunity for a hearing is accorded to the applicant for, or recipient of, such service, that such applicant or recipient is unfit to engage in any business requiring inspection under Article 1 because the applicant or recipient, or anyone responsibly connected with the applicant or recipient, has been convicted, in any federal or state court, of (1) any felony, or (2) more than one violation of any law, other than a felony, based upon the acquiring, handling, or distributing of unwholesome, mislabeled, or deceptively packaged food or upon fraud in connection with transactions in food. This section shall not affect in any way other provisions of this chapter for withdrawal of inspection services under Article 1 from establishments failing to maintain sanitary conditions or to destroy condemned carcasses, parts, meat or meat food products.
For the purpose of this section, a person shall be deemed to be responsibly connected with the business if he was a partner, officer, director, holder, or owner of ten per centum (10%) or more of its voting stock or employee in a managerial or executive capacity. The determination and order of the commissioner with respect thereto under this section shall be final and conclusive unless the affected applicant for, or recipient of, inspection service files application for judicial review within thirty (30) days after the effective date of such order in the appropriate court as provided in Section
75-35-15
. Judicial review of any such order shall be upon the record made before the commissioner upon which the determination and order are based.
Codes, 1942, § 4575-172, Laws, 1968, ch. 245, § 22, 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 7 - AUXILIARY PROVISIONS (§§ 75-35-301 — 75-35-327) › Section 75-35-303 - Detention of carcasses or meat food products by representative of commissioner pending judicial action or notification of federal authorities; duration; release

Whenever any carcass, part of a carcass, meat or meat food product of cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, or other equines, or any product exempted from the definition of a meat food product, or any dead, dying, disabled, or diseased cattle, sheep, swine, goat, or equine is found by any authorized representative of the commissioner upon any premises where it is held for purposes of, or during or after distribution, and there is reason to believe that any such item or product is adulterated or misbranded and is capable of use as human food, or that it has not been inspected, in violation of the provisions of Article 1 of this chapter or of the Federal Meat Inspection Act or the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, or that such products or animal has been or is intended to be, distributed in violation of any such provisions, it may be detained by such representative for a period not to exceed twenty (20) days, pending action under Section
75-35-305
or notification of any Federal authorities having jurisdiction over such article or animal, and shall not be moved by any person, firm or corporation from the place at which it is located when so detained, until released by such representative. All official marks may be required by such representative to be removed from such products or animal before it is released unless it appears to the satisfaction of the commissioner that the products or animal is eligible to retain such marks.
Codes, 1942, § 4575-173, Laws, 1968, ch. 245, § 23, 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 7 - AUXILIARY PROVISIONS (§§ 75-35-301 — 75-35-327) › Section 75-35-305 - Seizure and condemnation of carcasses, meat products or animals; destruction or sale of condemned items; delivery of items to owner giving bond; chancery court proceedings; jury trial

(1)
Any carcass, part of a carcass, meat or meat food product of cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules or other equines, or any dead, dying, disabled, or diseased cattle, sheep, swine, goat, or equine, that is being transported in intrastate commerce, or is held for sale in this state after such transportation, and that (a) is or has been prepared, sold, transported, or otherwise distributed or offered or received for distribution in violation of this chapter, or (b) is capable of use as human food and is adulterated or misbranded, or (c) in any other way is in violation of this chapter, shall be liable to be proceeded against and seized and condemned, at any time, on a bill of complaint in the chancery court as provided in Section
75-35-307
within the jurisdiction of which the products or animal is found. If the products or animal is condemned it shall, after entry of the decree, be disposed of by destruction or sale as the court may direct and the proceeds, if sold, less the court costs and fees, and storage and other proper expenses, shall be paid into the general fund of the treasury of this state, but the products or animals shall not be sold contrary to the provisions of this chapter, or the Federal Meat Inspection Act or the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: provided, that upon the execution and delivery of a good and sufficient bond conditioned that the products or animal shall not be sold or otherwise disposed of contrary to the provisions of this chapter, or the laws of the United States, the court may direct that such products or animal be delivered to the owner thereof subject to such supervision by authorized representatives of the commissioner as is necessary to insure compliance with the applicable laws. When a decree of condemnation is entered against the products or animal and it is released under bond, or destroyed, court costs and fees, and storage and other proper expenses shall be awarded against the person, if any, intervening as claimant of the product or animal. The proceedings in such chancery court cases shall conform, as nearly as may be, to the usual proceedings in chancery, except that either party may demand trial by jury of any issue of fact joined in any case, and all such proceedings shall be removed at the suit of and in the name of this state in the circuit court.
(2)
The provisions of this section shall in no way derogate from authority for condemnation or seizure conferred by other provisions of this chapter, or other laws.
Codes, 1942, § 4575-174, Laws, 1968, ch. 245, § 24, 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 7 - AUXILIARY PROVISIONS (§§ 75-35-301 — 75-35-327) › Section 75-35-307 - Jurisdiction of chancery courts

Except as otherwise specifically provided for in this chapter, the chancery courts are vested with jurisdiction specifically to enforce, and to prevent and restrain violations of this chapter, and shall have jurisdiction in all other kinds of cases arising under this chapter.
Codes, 1942, § 4575-175, Laws, 1968, ch. 245, § 25; Laws, 1997, ch. 521, § 2, eff. 7/1/1997.
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 7 - AUXILIARY PROVISIONS (§§ 75-35-301 — 75-35-327) › Section 75-35-309 - Punishment for assaulting, killing, resisting or impeding persons while in performance of their official duties

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 chapter 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 chapter shall be punished as provided under general laws of this state.
Codes, 1942, § 4575-176, Laws, 1968, ch. 245, § 26, 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 7 - AUXILIARY PROVISIONS (§§ 75-35-301 — 75-35-327) › Section 75-35-311 - Punishment for violations for which no other criminal penalty is provided; effect of good faith; minor violations

(1)
Any person, firm, or corporation who violates any provision of this chapter for which no other criminal penalty is provided by this chapter shall upon conviction be subject to imprisonment for not more than one (1) year, or a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), or both such imprisonment and fine; but if such violation involves intent to defraud, or any distribution or attempted distribution of an item or product that is adulterated (except as defined in Section
75-35-3(j)(8)
), such person, firm, or corporation shall be subject to imprisonment for not more than three (3) years or a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00) or both: provided, that no person, firm, or corporation shall be subject to penalties under this section for receiving for transportation any product or animal in violation of this chapter if such receipt was made in good faith, unless such person, firm, or corporation refuses to furnish on request of a representative of the commissioner the name and address of the person from whom he received such products or animal, and copies of all documents, if any there be, pertaining to the delivery of the products or animal to him.
(2)
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as requiring the commissioner to report for prosecution or for the institution of a bill of complaint or injunction proceedings, minor violations of this chapter whenever he believes that the public interest will be adequately served by a suitable written notice of warning.
Codes, 1942, § 4575-177, Laws, 1968, ch. 245, § 27, 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 7 - AUXILIARY PROVISIONS (§§ 75-35-301 — 75-35-327) › Section 75-35-313 - Power of commissioner to compile information, make investigations, and to require reports to be filed

The commissioner shall also have power:
(a)
To gather and compile information concerning, and to investigate from time to time the organization, business, conduct, practices, and management of any person, firm, or corporation engaged in intrastate commerce, and the relation thereof to other persons, firms, and corporations;
(b)
To require, by general or special orders, persons, firms, and corporations engaged in intrastate commerce, or any class of them, or any of them to file with the commissioner, in such form as the commissioner may prescribe, annual or special, or both annual and special, reports or answers in writing to specific questions, furnishing to the commissioner such information as he may require as to the organization, business, conduct, practices, management, and relation to other persons, firms, and corporations, of the person, firm, or corporation filing such reports or answers in writing. Such reports and answers shall be made under oath, or otherwise, as the commissioner may prescribe, and shall be filed with the commissioner within such reasonable period as the commissioner may prescribe, unless additional time be granted in any case by the commissioner.
Codes, 1942, § 4575-178, Laws, 1968, ch. 245, § 28(a), 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 7 - AUXILIARY PROVISIONS (§§ 75-35-301 — 75-35-327) › Section 75-35-319 - Application of law to establishments, animals and products regulated by Federal Meat Inspection Act

The requirements of this chapter shall apply to persons, firms, corporation establishments, animals, and products regulated under the Federal Meat Inspection Act only to the extent provided for in Section 408 of said federal act.
Codes, 1942, § 4575-181, Laws, 1968, ch. 245, § 29, 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 7 - AUXILIARY PROVISIONS (§§ 75-35-301 — 75-35-327) › Section 75-35-321 - Appropriations

There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter.
Codes, 1942, § 4575-182, Laws, 1968, ch. 245, § 30, 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 7 - AUXILIARY PROVISIONS (§§ 75-35-301 — 75-35-327) › Section 75-35-323 - Repeal of existing statutes

Nothing in this chapter, except for the purpose of providing for cooperation with the United States Department of Agriculture for the inspection of meat and related purposes, shall repeal or supersede any existing statutes regulating the same matters and subject.
Codes, 1942, § 4575-184, Laws, 1968, ch. 245, § 32, 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 7 - AUXILIARY PROVISIONS (§§ 75-35-301 — 75-35-327) › Section 75-35-327 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws, 2009, ch. 321, § 11, eff. 3/16/2009.
Laws, 2002, ch. 526, § 1, eff. 7/1/2002.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 75 - REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE AND INVESTMENTS (§§ 75-1-101 — 75-NEW-NEW-007) › Chapter 37 - OPERATION OF FROZEN FOOD LOCKER PLANTS [Repealed] (§ 75-37-1) › Section 75-37-1 - through 75-37-35 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws, 2000, ch. 366, § 4, eff. 7/1/2000.
§ 75-37-1. [Codes, 1942, § 7129-48.01; Laws, 1946, ch. 391, § 1] § 75-37-3. [Codes, 1942, § 7129-48.02; Laws, 1946, ch. 391, § 2] § 75-37-5. [Codes, 1942, § 7129-48.03; Laws, 1946, ch. 391, § 3] § 75-37-7. [Codes, 1942, § 7129-48.04; Laws, 1946, ch. 391, § 4] § 75-37-9. [Codes, 1942, § 7129-48.05; Laws, 1946, ch. 391, § 5] § 75-37-11. [Codes, 1942, § 7129-48.06; Laws, 1946, ch. 391, § 6] § 75-37-13. [Codes, 1942, § 7129-48.07; Laws, 1946, ch. 391, § 7 § 75-37-15. [Codes, 1942, § 7129-48.08; Laws, 1946, ch. 391, § 8] § 75-37-17. [Codes, 1942, § 7129-48.09; Laws, 1946, ch. 391, § 9] § 75-37-19. [Codes, 1942, § 7129-48.10; Laws, 1946, ch. 391, § 10] § 75-37-21. [Codes, 1942, § 7129-48.11; Laws, 1946, ch. 391, § 11] § 75-37-23. [Codes, 1942, § 7129-48.12; Laws, 1946, ch. 391, § 12] § 75-37-25. [Codes, 1942, § 7129-48.13; Laws, 1946, ch. 391, § 13] § 75-37-27. [Codes, 1942, § 7129-48.14; Laws, 1946, ch. 391, § 14] § 75-37-29. [Codes, 1942, § 7129-48.15; Laws, 1946, ch. 391, § 15; Laws, 1952, ch. 318] § 75-37-31. [Codes, 1942, § 7129-48.16; Laws, 1946, ch. 391, § 16] § 75-37-33. [Codes, 1942, § 7129-48.17; Laws, 1946, ch. 391, § 17] § 75-37-35. [Codes, 1942, § 7129-48.18; Laws, 1946, ch. 391, § 18]
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 75 - REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE AND INVESTMENTS (§§ 75-1-101 — 75-NEW-NEW-007) › Chapter 39 - SALE OF BABY CHICKS (§§ 75-39-1 — 75-39-13) › Section 75-39-1 - Definitions

The term "baby chick" as used in this chapter means any domestic fowl under the age of six (6) weeks. The term "person" includes also firms and corporations.
Codes, 1942, § 4863-06; Laws, 1944, ch. 247, § 6.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 75 - REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE AND INVESTMENTS (§§ 75-1-101 — 75-NEW-NEW-007) › Chapter 39 - SALE OF BABY CHICKS (§§ 75-39-1 — 75-39-13) › Section 75-39-3 - Sale of baby chicks at auction; permit required

Before any baby chicks are offered for sale at any auction or auction sale barn or community sale, except public sales conducted by farmers selling baby chicks raised on their own premises, a permit shall be granted to offer such baby chicks for sale by the livestock sanitary board or the state veterinarian.
Codes, 1942, § 4863-01; Laws, 1944, ch. 247, § 1.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 75 - REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE AND INVESTMENTS (§§ 75-1-101 — 75-NEW-NEW-007) › Chapter 39 - SALE OF BABY CHICKS (§§ 75-39-1 — 75-39-13) › Section 75-39-5 - Application for permit

Any person who desires to offer baby chicks for sale at any auction or auction sale barn or community sale, shall apply for a permit so to do to the state veterinarian or the livestock sanitary board, on a form which shall be prescribed and furnished by the livestock sanitary board. The application shall be signed by the person who proposes to conduct such sale, together with the person who owns the property in or on which such sale is to be conducted, if the person who proposes to conduct such sales does not own such property. The application shall designate the date of the proposed sale, the number, breed, and variety of the chicks which are to be offered for sale and the person by whom they were produced, and shall be accompanied by a fee in the sum of fifteen dollars ($15.00) for each and every day or fraction thereof during or on which it is proposed to sell such baby chicks. The state livestock sanitary board or the state veterinarian are hereby authorized in its or his discretion to grant or to deny the permit requested in such application, and, if deemed necessary or advisable, to require the applicant to submit a certificate, in such form as the livestock sanitary board or the state veterinarian may prescribe, certifying that the baby chicks which are to be offered for sale are in a healthy condition and free from such diseases as the board or state veterinarian may designate.
Codes, 1942, § 4863-02; Laws, 1944, ch. 247, § 2.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 75 - REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE AND INVESTMENTS (§§ 75-1-101 — 75-NEW-NEW-007) › Chapter 39 - SALE OF BABY CHICKS (§§ 75-39-1 — 75-39-13) › Section 75-39-7 - Labeling of containers

Before any such chicks are offered for sale or sold, each box, crate, coop or other container shall be plainly labeled with appropriate statements designating the kind and number of chicks in each such container, the date on which such chicks were hatched and by whom hatched, and any other representations made at or prior to the time of sale relative to the purity of the breed, the freedom of such chicks from disease and such tests as shall have been made on the parent stock for pullorum disease.
Codes, 1942, § 4863-03; Laws, 1944, ch. 247, § 3.