Title 69, Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals

Except for the collections of the proceeds of the assessment levied hereunder, which shall be collected by the Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce, the administration of this article shall be vested in the Mississippi Egg Marketing Board. The board shall prescribe reasonable…

(a) The powers and duties of the board shall include, but be not limited to, the following:(a) To elect a chairman and vice chairman and, from time to time, such other officers as it may deem advisable, and when necessary, to alter, rescind, modify or amend the rules and regulati…

(a) The board shall plan and conduct campaigns for commodity advertising, publicity, consumer information and sales promotion to increase consumption of eggs and may contract for any advertising, publicity, consumer information and sales promotion services. To accomplish such pur…

There is hereby imposed and levied an assessment at a rate not to exceed Three Cents (3¢) per case on all eggs produced in Mississippi wherever distributed or marketed and on all eggs marketed in Mississippi wherever distributed or produced. The rate of assessment shall be determ…

Every dealer or handler shall keep a complete and accurate record of all eggs handled by him. Such records shall be in such form and contain such other information as the board shall, by rule or regulation, prescribe. The records shall be preserved by said dealers or handlers for…

Every person owning over three thousand (3,000) hens, or who is engaged or who engages in the business of selling eggs to a retailer who retails eggs in the State of Mississippi shall prior to offering for sale or selling eggs to a retailer, secure a license for such business fro…

No egg producer with over three thousand (3,000) hens nor any egg handler or dealer shall sell or offer for sale any lot of eggs produced, distributed or marketed in Mississippi upon which the assessment imposed herein has not been paid. The assessment imposed herein shall be pai…

Any dealer or handler who fails to file a report or to pay any assessment within the time required by the board shall forfeit to the commissioner a penalty of five percent (5%) of the assessment determined to be due, plus one percent (1%) of such amount for each month of delay or…

Any person required to pay the assessment provided for in this article who refuses to allow full inspection of the premises, or any books, records or other documents relating to the liability of such person for the assessment herein imposed, or who shall hinder or in any way dela…

The provisions of this article shall not apply to any egg producer who has less than three thousand (3,000) laying hens, nor to any eggs produced and also used for hatching purposes, nor eggs produced or purchased for further processing by egg breaking plants. For the purposes of…

Producers selling eggs of their own production, when offered on their own premises, or selling less than six (6) dozen eggs per week, are exempt from the provisions of this article. All eggs, egg products, egg handlers and egg producers which are exempt under the provisions of U.…

No person, firm, organization or corporation shall sell, offer for sale, or advertise for sale shell eggs that do not meet the minimum requirements for U. S. Consumer Grade AA, Grade A, or Grade B. Any change in the U. S. standards of quality for individual eggs made by the U. S.…

The net weight and size requirements that are now or may hereafter be established by the U. S. Department of Agriculture for shell eggs shall apply to all eggs sold, offered for sale or advertised for sale by any person, firm, organization or corporation. The grade and size shall…

(a) Any container or subcontainer in which eggs are marketed to consumers shall bear on the outside portion of the container, but shall not be limited to, the following:(a) The applicable consumer grade provided for in this article.(b) The applicable size or weight class provided…

Any person, business, cooperative, partnership, corporation or the like engaged in the marketing, processing, transporting, storing, displaying for sale or selling of eggs shall, in addition to maintaining all such egg handling facilities in a manner commensurate with laws govern…

In carrying out the provisions of this article, the Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce, his employees or agents are authorized to enter, on any business day, during the usual hours of business, any store, market or any other building or place where eggs are sold or offered …

The powers of enforcement of this article shall be vested in the Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce of the State of Mississippi.

The Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce of Mississippi is authorized to make and promulgate such regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this article.

If an authorized representative of the Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce shall determine, after inspection, that any lot of eggs is in violation of this article, he may issue a “stop sale order” as to such lot or lots of eggs and forthwith notify the owner or custodian of …

Every person, firm, corporation or organization who by himself or itself, or by his or its agents or employees violates any of the provisions of this article, or the regulations made under this article for carrying out its provisions, or who fails or refuses to comply with any of…

(a) A committee is hereby created to consist of seven members, four of whom shall be producers of vegetables and three of whom shall be handlers of vegetables, to be nominated and appointed as herein provided, from the following described districts:(a) District No. 1 shall be com…

(a) A committee is hereby created to consist of nine members, six of whom shall be producers of fruits or vegetables and three of whom shall be handlers of fruits or vegetables, to be nominated and appointed as herein provided, from the following described districts:(a) District …

Whenever either the committee created by Section 69-7-401 or the committee created by Section 69-7-403 deems it advisable to regulate the marketing of fresh vegetables in any manner considered by them to be helpful to the industry during any specified period, it may so recommend …

The Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce shall have authority and police power to enforce any and all regulations issued pursuant thereto.

Every person, who by themselves, their agents or employees, violates any of the provisions of this article or any regulations issued under the provisions of this article shall for each offense be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall upon conviction thereof, be punished by a …

(a) In recognition of the fact that domestic fish farming has become an important part of the agricultural economy of this state, the Legislature hereby determines and declares that whenever any of the statutes, laws, or regulations promulgated pursuant thereto, shall use any of …

This article shall not be construed to permit the sale of any fish prohibited from being sold by law, but shall be supplementary thereto.

This article shall be known as the “Mississippi Catfish Marketing Law of 1975.”

The Legislature finds that aquaculture sales and consumption have increased worldwide and that the use of antibiotics or chemicals not approved for use in food-producing animals in the United States is permitted in aquaculture in other countries and that consumers of aquaculture …

This article shall be administered by the Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce.

(a) For purposes of this article, the following terms shall have the meaning ascribed herein unless the context otherwise requires:(a) “Capable of use as human food” means and shall apply to any catfish or part or product thereof unless it is denatured or otherwise identified as …

(1) Notice of country of origin.(a) General requirements:(i) All retailers of catfish and fish products, as defined in Section 69-7-605, shall inform consumers, at the final point of sale of the catfish or fish to the consumers, of the country of origin of the catfish or fish;(ii…

(1) The term “catfish” shall not be used as a common name or used to advertise, distribute or label any fish or fish product except for those species within the definition of catfish in Section 69-7-605. (2) It is unlawful to use the term “catfish” in the advertising, distributin…

All distributors, processors or wholesalers of catfish products, distributing or selling catfish products, shall provide information to each person, firm or corporation to whom they distribute or sell catfish products for resale as to the labeling information required in subsecti…

(1) All distributors, processors or wholesalers of catfish or other fish products, distributing or selling catfish or other fish products, shall provide information to the commissioner or his representative, upon request, and to each retailer to which such distributor, processor …

(1) The commissioner is authorized to promulgate such rules and regulations such as may be necessary for the efficient enforcement of this article. (2) Before the issuance, amendment, or repeal of any rule or regulation authorized by this article, the commissioner shall publish t…

The commissioner shall have authority to enter the premises of any wholesaler, distributor or retailer to pull samples of catfish and other similar fish for laboratory testing to test for species identification and/or any other testing as may be necessary to determine compliance …

(1) Any person who violates any provision of this article for which no other penalty is provided by this article shall upon conviction be subject to a fine of not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00). (2) The commissioner may apply for and the court may grant a temporary or p…

The commissioner may cooperate with and enter into agreements with governmental agencies of this state, agencies of the federal government, and private associations in order to carry out the purpose and provisions of this article.

(1) When a complaint is made against a person for violation of any of the provisions of this article, or any of the rules or regulations promulgated hereunder, the Director of the Regulatory Division of the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce, or his designee, shal…

The commissioner shall publish at least biannually, in such form as he may deem proper, information concerning the sale of catfish products, together with such data on their production and use as he may consider advisable provided that the information concerning production and sa…

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Mississippi Catfish Processor Fair Practices Act of 1986.”

This article shall be administered by the Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce.

The Legislature finds that a burden on and an obstruction to intrastate commerce in the catfish farming industry is caused when payment is not made for the catfish and that such arrangements are contrary to the public interest. This article is intended to remedy such burden on an…

(a) For purposes of this article, the following terms shall have the meaning ascribed herein unless the context otherwise requires:(a) “Capable of use as human food” means and shall apply to any catfish or part or product thereof unless it is denatured or otherwise identified as …

(1) Each processor shall use one of the following methods to purchase catfish products:(a) The processor may deliver to the producer or his duly authorized representative and any secured parties the full amount of the purchase price on the same day the catfish product is purchase…