Title XII — PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE

196.190. To what places law applies. — Every building, room, basement, or cellar occupied or used as a bakery, confectionery, cannery, packinghouse, slaughterhouse, restaurant, hotel, dining car, grocery, meat market, dairy, creamery, butter factory, cheese factory, or other plac…

196.195. Contents of places and utensils used must be protected. — 1. The floors, sidewalks, ceilings, lockers, closets, furniture, receptacles, implements and machinery of every establishment or place where food is manufactured, packed, stored, sold or distributed, and all cars,…

196.210. Toilet rooms provided. — 1. Every building, room, basement or cellar, occupied or used for the preparation, manufacture, packing, canning, sale or distribution of food, shall have convenient toilet or toilet rooms, separate and apart from the room or rooms where the proc…

196.220. Not used for sleeping purposes. — No person or persons shall be allowed to live or sleep in any room of a bakeshop, kitchen, dining room, confectionary or place where food is prepared, served or sold. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 9894) Prior revisions: 1929 § 13045; 1919 § 56…

196.225. Employees with communicable disease prohibited, where. — No employer shall require or permit a person, nor shall a person work, affected with any disease in a communicable form or while a carrier of such disease, to work in any building or vehicle occupied or used for th…

196.230. Abatement of violations by director. — The director of the department of health and senior services and his assistants or agents by him appointed, the state, county, city and town health officers shall have full power at any time to enter and inspect every building, room…

196.235. Penalty. — Any person who violates any of the provisions of sections 196.190 to 196.230, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction, shall be punished for the first offense by a fine of not less than ten dollars nor more than one hundred dollars, or be imprison…

196.240. Authorization by director to close health menace. — It shall be the duty of the director of the department of health and senior services, and he is hereby authorized and empowered, to close any market place, grocery store, general store, bakery, confectionery, butcher sh…

196.245. Order to specify what — revocation — reopening. — Any order issued by the director of the department of health and senior services for the closing of any place or places mentioned in section 196.240, shall specify the cause or causes for which such order was issued, and …

196.250. Construction of the word close. — The word "close", as used in sections 196.190 to 196.265, shall be construed to mean a suspension of business, and it shall be unlawful for the proprietor, manager, or person having charge of any place mentioned in section 196.240 to tra…

196.265. Penalty for violation. — Any person who shall fail, or refuse, to obey any order of the director of the department of health and senior services to close any place, or places, mentioned in section 196.240, or who shall exhibit or expose for sale in any show window upon a…

196.271. Food manufacturers or distributors may register. — All establishments engaged in the manufacture of food or distribution of foods to wholesale accounts may register with the department of health and senior services as a food manufacturer or food distributor. ­­-------- (…

196.276. Food delivery platform — definitions — certification or registration — limitations — agreements, requirements — violation, penalties. — 1. As used in this section, the following terms mean: (1) "Consent", a mutual acknowledgment by both a restaurant and a food delivery p…

196.291. Food sold at religious events or charitable functions exempt from food inspection laws and regulations, when. — All sales of foods which are not potentially hazardous foods, as defined by regulation, sold by religious, charitable, or nonprofit organizations at their reli…

196.298. Definitions — operation not deemed food service establishment, when — no state or local regulation. — 1. As used in this section, the following terms shall mean: (1) "Baked good", includes cookies, cakes, breads, danish, donuts, pastries, pies, and other items that are p…

196.311. Definitions. — Unless otherwise indicated by the context, when used in sections 196.311 to 196.361: (1) "Consumer" means any person who purchases eggs for such person's own family use or consumption; or any restaurant, hotel, boardinghouse, bakery, or other institution o…

196.313. License to sell eggs required — exceptions. — No person shall buy, sell, trade or traffic in eggs in this state without a license with the following exceptions: (1) Those who sell only eggs produced by their own flocks, provided such eggs are not sold at an established p…

196.316. License requirements — applications — kinds of licenses — fees — posting. — 1. All persons engaged in buying, selling, trading or trafficking in, or processing eggs, except those listed in section 196.313, shall be required to be licensed under sections 196.311 to 196.36…

196.318. Licensees to keep records. — All persons licensed under the provisions of sections 196.311 to 196.361 shall keep records of purchases and sales of eggs, of the grades of eggs bought and sold, and other related information necessary for the proper enforcement of sections …

196.321. Standards and grades to be fixed. — The quality standards for grades of eggs, the size designation and standards therefor by weight, and tolerances within grades, shall be established by the director through the promulgation and issuance of regulations; provided, the qua…

196.323. Kinds of eggs which may be sold. — 1. Only eggs of the quality standard designated Grade "AA", Grade "A", Grade "B", or Grade "C", shall be sold to any consumer by any person. 2. Inedible eggs shall not be bought, sold or trafficked in and any inedible eggs found in the …

196.326. Egg containers to be marked or labeled. — Eggs, which have been graded as to quality and size for sale to consumers, shall not be prepared, packed, placed, delivered for shipment or sale, loaded, shipped, transported, or sold in bulk or in containers or subcontainers: (1…

196.328. Containers not required to be marked, when. — No markings are required on containers or subcontainers of eggs: (1) When sold at retail from a properly marked bulk display and packaged in the presence of the purchaser for the immediate purpose of the sale; (2) When sales …

196.331. Sign required on sale from bulk lots. — Eggs shall not be sold to consumers, from bulk lots without displaying a plainly legible sign or placard conspicuously placed and posted in such a position as to clearly and accurately identify the eggs designated thereby, marked w…

196.333. Markings in case of eggs from different species of fowl. — No person shall sell or represent eggs from any other species of fowl as chicken eggs, or sell mixed eggs from more than one species of fowl, or eggs from ducks, turkeys, geese, or any species of fowl other than …

196.336. Advertisements of price to give size and quality. — No person shall advertise by sign, placard, or otherwise, the price at which eggs are offered for sale without marking the full, correct, and unabbreviated designation of size and quality of such eggs on such advertisem…

196.338. Dealer to furnish retailer with invoice showing size and quality. — Every dealer selling eggs to a retailer shall furnish an invoice showing the size and quality of such eggs according to the standards prescribed by sections 196.311 to 196.361 and by the rules and regula…

196.341. Processing plants kept clean — standards — inspection — rulemaking, procedure. — The premises, plants and facilities operated and maintained by egg processors shall be operated and maintained in a clean and sanitary condition. The director shall adopt and promulgate rule…

196.343. Inspection of business premises and records. — The director, or his authorized agents or representatives, may enter, during the regular business hours, any establishment where eggs are bought, stored, sold, offered for sale, or processed, in order to inspect and examine …

196.346. Stop-sale orders, effect — appeals. — The director, or his authorized agents or representatives, are authorized and empowered to issue and enforce a written or printed "Stop-Sale" order to the owner or custodian of any eggs which are found to be in violation of any of th…

196.348. Court may order seizure of eggs, when — condemnation. — Any eggs found in the possession of an owner or custodian and not in compliance with the provisions of sections 196.311 to 196.361, or the rules or regulations adopted hereunder, shall be subject to seizure upon com…

196.351. License suspended or revoked, when, procedure — appeal. — The director is hereby authorized and empowered to suspend or revoke the license of any dealer, processor, or retailer, or to refuse to issue a license to any applicant therefor if the director, after a public hea…

196.352. Civil penalty authorized, when. — In addition to the penalties and remedies provided in sections 196.311 to 196.361, if the director determines, after inquiry and opportunity for a hearing, that any individual is in violation of any provision of sections 196.311 to 196.3…

196.354. Duties of director of agriculture — rules and regulations. — The duty of enforcing sections 196.311 to 196.361 is vested in the director who shall adopt and promulgate such rules and regulations as are necessary to secure the enforcement of and carry out the provisions o…

196.357. Violations may be enjoined. — In addition to the remedies provided for in sections 196.311 to 196.361 or by law, the prosecuting attorney of any county in which a violation of any provision of sections 196.311 to 196.361 occurs or the attorney general of the state, is he…

196.361. Violation a misdemeanor. — Any person who violates any of the provisions of sections 196.311 to 196.361 shall, upon conviction, be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. ­­-------- (L. 1955 p. 701 § 196.360)

196.450. Definitions. — When used in sections 196.450 to 196.515, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Chill room" means a room or space in a locker plant, artificially cooled, provided for the temporary holding or storage of food prior to its processing or freezing for st…

196.455. Annual license required. — It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, copartnership or corporation to operate a locker plant in this state unless such person, firm, copartnership or corporation has secured an annual license therefor from the department. A separate licens…

196.465. Semiannual inspection of plants. — Upon receipt of the application for a license accompanied by the required fee, the department shall inspect the plant to be licensed and if it finds that such plant complies with the provisions of law, the department shall issue such li…

196.470. Form and expiration of license. — The license issued under sections 196.450 to 196.515 shall be in such form as the department may prescribe. Licenses shall expire December thirty-first following date of issue. All licenses must be conspicuously displayed by the licensee…

196.475. Gas masks, alarm bell, and illumination required. — 1. Any plant using a toxic gas refrigerant shall have at least one gas mask of a type approved by the department and shall keep the same where it will be readily accessible. 2. An alarm bell or buzzer provided with a su…

196.480. Requirements before issuance of license. — No locker plant shall be licensed if located in insanitary, unclean or contaminating surroundings which might endanger public health, and all rooms and equipment of a locker plant shall at all times be maintained in a clean and …

196.485. Temperature requirements and record. — 1. The refrigeration system for a locker plant shall be equipped with accurate and reliable controls for the automatic maintenance of uniform temperatures, provided this shall not apply to locker plants having constant temperature s…

196.490. Food to be quick frozen before placed in locker. — All food, before being placed in a locker shall be quick or sharp frozen in a quick or sharp freeze room, unless the locker room temperature is maintained at not more than the maximum temperature required by sections 196…

196.495. Record of name and address of user. — Every operator of a locker plant shall keep an accurate record of the name and address of the user of each locker. ­­-------- (L. 1945 p. 940 § 11)

196.500. Accurate and complete report of weight of food. — If requested by the user, the locker plant operator shall supply the person delivering the carcass or parts of carcasses an accurate and complete report showing the carcass weight at time of delivery, and disposition of c…

196.505. Designation of food not for human consumption. — Any food not intended for human consumption, if acceptable by the operator for storage, may be stored in the chill room, sharp freeze room or locker room of any locker plant only when such items of animal or vegetable matt…

196.510. Operator to have lien on property for rentals — furnish content insurance. — 1. Every operator shall have a lien upon all property of every kind stored in the locker plant for all locker rentals, processing, handling, and other charges due from owner of such property; an…

196.515. Revocation of license — enforcement. — 1. Failure on the part of any locker plant operator to properly comply with the provisions of sections 196.450 to 196.515 shall authorize and empower the director to refuse to license or to revoke or suspend any license of the offen…

196.520. Short title. — Sections 196.520 to 196.610 shall be known as "The Missouri Manufacturing Milk and Dairy Market Testing Law". ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 14097, A.L. 1981 H.B. 52)