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2017 Mississippi Code
Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals
Chapter 7 - Markets and Marketing; Domestic Fish Farming
Article 13 - Catfish Marketing
§ 69-7-608. Misrepresentation in use of term "catfish"; regulation and inspection of retail and food service establishments; notice of violation; penalties
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MS Code § 69-7-608 (2017)
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- (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, distributing, labeling or selling of any of those species within the family of Siluridae, Clariidae and Pangasiidae or any other fish not within the definition of catfish in Section 69-7-605.
- (3) (a) The commissioner shall regulate and inspect retail and food service establishments under this article.
- (b) The commissioner shall notify, in writing, any retailer or food service establishment violating this article and shall give the retailer or food service establishment three (3) days to correct the violation. No penalties under this article shall apply to any retailer or food service establishment that corrects the violation within three (3) days from the date notified by the commissioner.
- (4) In addition to any other civil or criminal penalties, any person who violates any of the provisions of this chapter or who otherwise misrepresents as catfish any fish or fish product not defined as catfish under this article shall be punished by a fine of not more than One Thousand Dollars ($ 1,000.00). For a second offense, a person shall be punished by a fine of not more than Two Thousand Dollars ($ 2,000.00). For any subsequent violations, a person shall be punished by a fine of not more than Five Thousand Dollars ($ 5,000.00) or by having the license for the retail or food establishment suspended indefinitely or until such establishment has corrected the violation, or both. Any person against whom a complaint is made or who has been made subject to a fine or license suspension as provided by this subsection, may avail themselves of a due process administrative hearing as provided by Section 69-7-616.
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