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2010 Mississippi Code
TITLE 75 - REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE AND INVESTMENTS
Chapter 35 - Meat Inspection.
- 75-35-1 - Short title.
- 75-35-3 - Definitions.
- 75-35-5 - Legislative finding.
- 75-35-7 - Inspection of cattle and other equine prior to entry into slaughtering establishments; separation and slaughtering of diseased animals; commissioner authorized to examine and inspect for methods of slaughtering and to provide for suspension of inspection services where animals slaughtered in inhumane manner.
- 75-35-8 - Humane methods of slaughtering and handling.
- 75-35-9 - Post-mortem examination and labeling of carcasses; destruction of condemned carcasses; reinspection.
- 75-35-11 - Examination of carcasses brought into slaughtering or similar establishments, and of products issued therefrom or returned thereto; limitation on entry of carcasses or products into inspected establishments.
- 75-35-13 - Inspection of products in slaughtering or similar establishments; access; inspection marks or labels; destruction of condemned products.
- 75-35-15 - Labeling of receptacles or covering of meat or meat food products; labeling requirements generally; standards of identity or fill; false or misleading labels.
- 75-35-17 - Sanitary inspection and regulation of slaughtering or similar establishments; duty of commissioner with respect to adulterated meat or meat food products.
- 75-35-19 - Examination of animals and meat products thereof slaughtered or prepared during nighttime.
- 75-35-21 - Prohibitions with respect to slaughtering, preparation, sale, transportation, adulteration or misbranding of carcasses or meat food products.
- 75-35-23 - Unlawful manufacture, forgery, adulteration or unauthorized use of marks, labels or other identification devices or certificates; false statements or representations.
- 75-35-25 - Labeling and preparation of carcasses of horses and mules.
- 75-35-27 - Appointment and duties of inspectors.
- 75-35-29 - Bribery of inspectors or other officers; acceptance of gifts.
- 75-35-31 - Exemptions from inspection requirements; compliance with sanitary regulations; application of adulteration and misbranding provisions to products not required to be inspected.
- 75-35-33 - Regulations prescribing conditions for storage and handling.
- 75-35-101 - Inspection not to be provided for establishments preparing carcasses or products not intended for use as human food; denaturation or other identification of certain items.
- 75-35-103 - Records required to be kept; access to places of business; examination of facilities, inventory and records; copies of records; samples of inventory.
- 75-35-105 - Registration of name, business address and trade names with commissioner.
- 75-35-107 - Regulation of transactions in, or transportation of, dead, dying or diseased animals to prevent use of parts or products as human food.
- 75-35-201 - Department of agriculture and commerce to cooperate with secretary of agriculture of United States; acceptance of advisory assistance; expenditure of public funds.
- 75-35-301 - Refusal or withdrawal of inspection services; grounds; judicial review of order and determination of commissioner.
- 75-35-303 - Detention of carcasses or meat food products by representative of commissioner pending judicial action or notification of federal authorities; duration; release.
- 75-35-305 - Seizure and condemnation of carcasses, meat products or animals; destruction or sale of condemned items; delivery of items to owner giving bond; chancery court proceedings; jury trial.
- 75-35-307 - Jurisdiction of chancery courts.
- 75-35-309 - Punishment for assaulting, killing, resisting or impeding persons while in performance of their official duties.
- 75-35-311 - Punishment for violations for which no other criminal penalty is provided; effect of good faith; minor violations.
- 75-35-313 - Power of commissioner to compile information, make investigations, and to require reports to be filed.
- 75-35-315 - Attendance of witnesses and production of documentary evidence; issuance of, and obedience to, subpoenas; mandamus to compel compliance with law; depositions; witness fees.
- 75-35-317 - Penalty for failure to give testimony or to furnish documentary evidence, making false reports, failure to file report or making of wrongful disclosure.
- 75-35-319 - Application of law to establishments, animals and products regulated by Federal Meat Inspection Act.
- 75-35-321 - Appropriations.
- 75-35-323 - Repeal of existing statutes.
- 75-35-325 - Administrative procedures concerning fines and other penalties for violations of the meat inspection law.
- 75-35-327 - Repealed.
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