(1) A food product is misbranded as a meat product if all of the following apply:(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), the food product is a manufactured-protein food product or the food product contains a manufactured-protein food product;(b) The food product is not misbranded as a meat product only because it contains a trace amount of one or more plant-protein food products as determined by the department;(c) The food product is offered for sale in Mississippi;(d) A label that is part of or placed on the package or other container storing the food product includes an identifying meat term; and
(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), the food product is a manufactured-protein food product or the food product contains a manufactured-protein food product;
(b) The food product is not misbranded as a meat product only because it contains a trace amount of one or more plant-protein food products as determined by the department;
(c) The food product is offered for sale in Mississippi;
(d) A label that is part of or placed on the package or other container storing the food product includes an identifying meat term; and
(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, a food product is not misbranded if the label contains a conspicuous and prominent qualifying term in close proximity to an identifying meat term.
(3) A food processing plant, retail or food establishment shall not offer for sale or sell a food product that is misbranded as a meat product as provided in this section.