Title 75, Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments

Upon showing of identification, representatives of the State Board of Health shall have free access at all reasonable hours to any place where foods are sold, and in calling for and taking a sample of any food, he shall tender the market price asked for it.

Any person or dealer who shall impede, obstruct, hinder, prevent or attempt to prevent a representative of the State Board of Health in the performance of his duties, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction, shall be fined not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00)…

(1) Whenever a duly authorized agent of the State Board of Health finds, or has probable cause to believe, that any food, as defined by this article, is adulterated or so misbranded as to be dangerous or fraudulent, within the meaning of this article, he shall affix to such artic…

It shall be the duty of each district attorney, county attorney or city attorney to whom the State Board of Health reports any violation of this article to cause appropriate proceedings to be instituted in the proper courts without delay and to be prosecuted in the manner require…

An article of food shall be deemed to be adulterated: If it is adulterated as defined in Section 402 of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, as amended, codified at 21 USC 342.

Nothing in this article shall be construed as requiring the State Board of Health to report for prosecution or for the institution of proceedings under this article minor violations of this article, whenever the board believes that the public interest will be adequately served in…

It shall be unlawful for any person, persons, firm or corporation, within this state, to manufacture for sale, produce for sale, knowingly expose for sale, have in his or their possession for sale, or sell any article of food which is adulterated, misbranded or insufficiently lab…

The term “food” as used in this article shall include every article used for, or entering into the composition of, or used or intended for use in the preparation of food or drink for human consumption, whether simple, mixed or compound.

An article shall be deemed to be misbranded: First. — If it be an imitation of or offered for sale under the name of another article. Second. — If it be labeled or branded so as to deceive or mislead the purchaser, or purport to be a foreign product when not so, or if the content…

The board of supervisors of every county, and the governing authority of every city, town, and village, respectively, may appoint and commission a suitable person to be inspector of food, and said boards may direct, from time to time, what kinds of food shall be inspected.

The said boards may respectively make and publish all needful regulations for the government of the inspectors, and of dealers in food, and may enforce such regulations by proper penalties, and they may prescribe and regulate the compensation of the inspector and his fees and per…

Every inspector of food, before he enters on his duties, shall take and subscribe the following oath, to be attached to his commission: “I, A B, do swear [or affirm] that, as inspector of food for the , I will not knowingly or wilfully injure any person, or suffer any injury to b…

Every inspector of food shall be liable, civilly and criminally, as other officers are, for fraud and any malfeasance or misfeasance in office.

In case it be necessary or proper, the board of supervisors, or the governing authority of every city, town, and village, shall supply the inspector with all the necessary instruments for gauging and ascertaining the contents of vessels of liquids; and such boards may direct and …

Any person who shall oppose or obstruct any inspector of food in the discharge of his official duties, shall, for every such offense, forfeit and pay two hundred dollars ($200.00), and shall, moreover, be liable for any injury or damage that may be sustained by any such oppositio…

(1) Every container of syrup sold, offered, or exposed for sale, through a retail outlet, by an individual, firm or corporation in the State of Mississippi shall have on the outside of each container a paper label, permanent type stamped imprint, or embossed material on the conta…

Distributors are required to keep records of the names and addresses of the manufacturers whose syrup they distribute for a period of three (3) years and to provide that information to the commissioner upon request to aid the commissioner in locating the source of adulterated syr…

The Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce is hereby vested with the authority and responsibility for carrying out the provisions of this article, and the Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce, or his representative, shall be furnished samples of syrup or syrup pro…

The Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce is authorized, in his discretion, to issue an order to stop the sale or distribution of any syrup or syrup products found to be in violation of this article. Upon written notice by the commissioner to the manufacturer or distributor of…

The commissioner of agriculture and commerce of the State of Mississippi is hereby authorized and empowered, in his discretion, to make and promulgate such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this article.

(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2) of this section, any person violating the provisions of this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished for such violation; and each infraction shall constitute a separate offense. (2) Any ma…

(1) For purposes of this article, “honey” shall mean the sweet, syrupy substance produced by honey bees from the nectar of plants (including honeydew) which the bees collect, transform, deposit, dehydrate and store, ripened and matured in the honeycombs. The consistency can be fl…

(1) The Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce is hereby charged with the responsibility of enforcing this article, including the provisions of Section 75-29-601, Mississippi Code of 1972, and the Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce or his representative shall be…

(1) When a written complaint is made against a person for violation of this article, or any of the rules or regulations, the commissioner, or his designee, shall conduct a full evidentiary hearing. The complaint shall be in writing and shall be filed in the office of the departme…

Any person violating the provisions of this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) or by imprisonment for not more than ninety (90) days, or …

Distributors are required to keep records of the names and addresses of the manufacturers whose honey they distribute for a period of three (3) years and to provide such information to the commissioner upon request in order to aid the commissioner in locating the source of adulte…

The State Board of Health shall have authority to make such sanitary investigations and prepare such rules and regulations governing the sanitation and labeling of bottled drinking water as it may deem necessary for the protection and improvement of health.

The State Board of Health shall certify each source or supply of bottled drinking water as meeting equivalent health protection standards as prescribed for drinking water under the Mississippi Safe Drinking Water Law, Section 41-26-1 et seq., Mississippi Code of 1972.

The board shall assess a fee in the following amount and for the following purpose: Annual bottled drinking water certification fee $200.00 Any increase in the fee charged by the board under this section shall be in accordance with the provisions of Section 41-3-65.

(1) The following acts and the causing thereof are prohibited:Failure by a supplier of bottled drinking water to comply with regulations promulgated pursuant to this article. (2) Any person who willfully violates or fails or refuses to comply with the provisions of this article o…

The State Department of Health is authorized and empowered to perform any and all acts necessary to carry out the purposes and requirements of this article.

The State Department of Health is authorized to allow restaurants and food establishments which have a current permit issued by the department to dispose of food that has been frozen or properly preserved for human consumption through donation to charitable facilities, charitable…

(1) As used in this section:(a) “Food nutrition information” includes, but is not limited to, the caloric, fat, carbohydrate, cholesterol, fiber, sugar, potassium, protein, vitamin, mineral, sodium, and allergen content of food. “Food nutrition information” also includes the desi…

(1) (a) A cottage food operation must comply with the applicable requirements of this section but is exempt from the permitting requirements of Section 41-3-18 if the cottage food operation complies with this section and has annual gross sales of cottage food products that do not…

(1) For the purposes of this section, the term “cultivated food product” means any food product produced from cultured animal cells. (2) (a) It shall be unlawful for any person to manufacture, sell, hold for sale, offer for sale or distribute any cultivated food product in this s…