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2010 Mississippi Code
TITLE 69 - AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE, AND ANIMALS
Chapter 1 - Agriculture and Commerce Department; Council on Agriculture.
- 69-1-1 - Department of Agriculture and Commerce created.
- 69-1-3 - Term of office of commissioner.
- 69-1-5 - Oath and bond of commissioner.
- 69-1-7 - Place of office.
- 69-1-9 - Appointment of clerk; oath and term of office.
- 69-1-11 - Duties and salary of clerk.
- 69-1-13 - Duties of commissioner.
- 69-1-14 - Employment of counsel by commissioner; compensation and expenses.
- 69-1-15 - Commissioner to make report.
- 69-1-17 - State institutions to aid in furnishing data; free transportation.
- 69-1-18 - Definitions; authority of commissioner to promulgate rules and regulations and to conduct sanitation inspections in retail food stores; licensing; penalties.
- 69-1-19 - Commissioner to establish grades and standards of farm products.
- 69-1-21 - Certifying grade and condition of farm products.
- 69-1-23 - Inspection of grain crops; definitions; licensing of inspectors; grading samples.
- 69-1-25 - Commissioner, Governor and Attorney General to enforce regulations as to products coming in.
- 69-1-27 - Commissioner to co-operate with U. S. Department.
- 69-1-28 - State regulations governing free-range poultry shall be no more stringent than federal regulations on free-range chickens.
- 69-1-29 - Inspection of seed and fertilizer furnished by the federal government.
- 69-1-30 - Security guards for Jim Buck Ross Mississippi Agriculture and Forestry Museum.
- 69-1-31 - Repealed.
- 69-1-32 - "Jim Buck Ross Mississippi Agriculture and Forestry Museum" designated.
- 69-1-33 - through 69-1-39. Repealed.
- 69-1-40 - Warehouses for storage of lime.
- 69-1-41 - and 69-1-43. Repealed.
- 69-1-45 - Construction and purpose of chapter.
- 69-1-47 - Funding for repairs and renovations at farmers' market.
- 69-1-49 - Studies concerning commodity exchange entity, Farm Assistance in Rural Mississippi (FARM) Program, and marketing outlets; federal assistance; reports.
- 69-1-51 - Repealed.
- 69-1-53 - Studies concerning the market feasibility of the sale of hybrid bream and hybrid black stripe crappie.
- 69-1-61 - Council created; composition; objectives; meetings.
- 69-1-81 - through 69-1-95. Repealed.
- 69-1-96 - through 69-1-98. Repealed.
- 69-1-101 - Short title.
- 69-1-103 - Creation of "Marketing of Agricultural Products and Industry Program" and "Marketing of Agricultural Products and Industry Council"; purpose.
- 69-1-105 - Membership of council; cooperative agreement between agencies represented on council; authority to enter into agreements and contracts; annual report; agricultural marketing director; expenses of council.
- 69-1-107 - Duties and responsibilities of the council.
- 69-1-109 - Rules and regulations.
- 69-1-111 - Authorization to accept contributions, gifts and grants; agricultural marketing fund.
- 69-1-113 - Agricultural Marketing Advisory Task Force.
- 69-1-115 - Authorization for payment of per diem compensation and actual expenses to council members; exceptions.
- 69-1-117 - Liberal construction; savings clause.
- 69-1-201 - Short title.
- 69-1-203 - Functions of department; organization of department into offices; duties of offices.
- 69-1-251 - Legislative findings.
- 69-1-253 - Definitions.
- 69-1-255 - Cause of action for damages and appropriate relief.
- 69-1-257 - Limitations of action.
- 69-1-301 - Short title.
- 69-1-303 - Definitions.
- 69-1-305 - Requirements imposed upon retailers and suppliers of covered commodities; means of providing information.
- 69-1-307 - Designation of country of origin of beef, lamb, pork, chicken or goat meat; contents of notice for ground beef, pork, lamb, chicken or goat.
- 69-1-309 - Designation of country of origin of farm-raised fish or wild fish; notice to distinguish between wild fish and farm-raised fish.
- 69-1-311 - Designation of country of origin of perishable agricultural products, ginseng, peanuts, pecans or macadamia nuts.
- 69-1-313 - Promulgation of rules and regulations; authority to enter certain premises to conduct label reviews.
- 69-1-315 - Authority to enter into cooperative agreements with federal government.
- 69-1-317 - Authority to conduct audit of retailer that prepares, stores, handles or supplies covered commodities; retailer required to provide information to verify country of origin; injunctive relief for failure to provide information.
- 69-1-319 - Written notification to retailer or supplier of violations; opportunity to correct violations; penalties; appeals.
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