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Article 3 - Mississippi Central Market Board
§ 69-7-101. Central Market Board created - For the purpose of aiding, establishing and providing proper facilities...
§ 69-7-103. Members; appointment and term of office - The board shall consist of the State Commissioner of Agriculture...
§ 69-7-105. Meetings of the board; compensation of members - The board shall meet at least once each quarter during...
§ 69-7-107. Headquarters; organization - The board shall be domiciled at or near Jackson, Mississippi,...
§ 69-7-109. Powers and duties of the board - The board shall have the power to: Fix salaries of...
§ 69-7-111. State market manager; bond, duties, compensation - The board is authorized to select an executive officer to...
§ 69-7-113. State market manager to keep records and make reports - The market manager shall keep, or have kept, records of...
§ 69-7-115. Acquisition of facilities, equipment, etc. - The board is hereby authorized subject to the approval of...
§ 69-7-119. Limitation on powers of board - The board shall not have the power to: acquire, construct,...
§ 69-7-121. Central market fund - All funds collected under this article shall be deposited in...
Article 5 - Poultry and Poultry Products
§ 69-7-201. What constitutes "doing business"; resident agent; service of process - For the purposes of this article, every person, firm, corporation,...
§ 69-7-203. License required; fees; renewals - Every person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, or other legal entity...
§ 69-7-205. Issuance and renewal or refusal of license - The commissioner of agriculture and commerce is hereby authorized, empowered...
§ 69-7-207. Application for license - The Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce shall prescribe and furnish...
§ 69-7-209. Appeal from refusal to grant license - Any person feeling aggrieved with the decision of the commissioner...
§ 69-7-211. Injunctions - Should any person continue to operate such business without having...
§ 69-7-213. Penalties - Any person who continues the operation of any of the...
Article 6 - Egg Marketing Board
§ 69-7-251. Definitions - As used in this article, the terms defined in this...
§ 69-7-253. Board continued; membership; terms; vacancies - There is hereby continued the Mississippi Egg Marketing Board with...
§ 69-7-255. Quorum; oath; compensation; board a body corporate; powers - A majority of the members of the board shall constitute...
§ 69-7-257. Administration of article; rules and regulations - Except for the collections of the proceeds of the assessment...
§ 69-7-259. General powers and duties of board - The powers and duties of the board shall include, but...
§ 69-7-261. Commodity advertising, publicity, consumer information and sales promotion - The board shall plan and conduct campaigns for commodity advertising,...
§ 69-7-263. Assessment on eggs; costs of inspections; utilization of proceeds of assessment - There is hereby imposed and levied an assessment at a...
§ 69-7-265. Records and reports of dealers and handlers - Every dealer or handler shall keep a complete and accurate...
§ 69-7-267. Licenses - Every person owning over three thousand (3,000) hens, or who...
§ 69-7-269. Producers prohibited from distributing eggs on which assessment not paid; payment of assessment by dealer - No egg producer with over three thousand (3,000) hens nor...
§ 69-7-271. Civil penalties - Any dealer or handler who fails to file a report...
§ 69-7-273. Criminal penalties - Any person required to pay the assessment provided for in...
§ 69-7-275. Application - The provisions of this article shall not apply to any...
Article 7 - Egg Marketing
§ 69-7-321. Producers selling own production exempt from article; exemptions under federal "Eggs Products Inspection Act" - Producers selling eggs of their own production, when offered on...
§ 69-7-323. Minimum requirements for eggs offered for sale - No person, firm, organization or corporation shall sell, offer for...
§ 69-7-325. Weight and size requirements of eggs - The net weight and size requirements that are now or...
§ 69-7-327. Egg marketing containers to describe contents - Any container or subcontainer in which eggs are marketed to...
§ 69-7-329. Marketing agents; maintenance of egg handling facilities - Any person, business, cooperative, partnership, corporation or the like engaged...
§ 69-7-331. Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce and his agents authorized to enter premises where eggs are sold - In carrying out the provisions of this article, the Commissioner...
§ 69-7-333. Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce to enforce article - The powers of enforcement of this article shall be vested...
§ 69-7-335. Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce to promulgate regulations - The Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce of Mississippi is authorized...
§ 69-7-337. Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce may issue "stop sale order." - If an authorized representative of the Commissioner of Agriculture and...
§ 69-7-339. Penalties for violations - Every person, firm, corporation or organization who by himself or...
Article 9 - Vegetable Marketing
§ 69-7-401. Marketing committee and districts - A committee is hereby created to consist of seven members,...
§ 69-7-403. Additional districts and committee - A committee is hereby created to consist of nine members,...
§ 69-7-405. Regulation of marketing - Whenever either the committee created by Section 69-7-401 or the...
§ 69-7-407. Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce to enforce regulations - The Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce shall have authority and...
§ 69-7-409. Penalties - Every person, who by themselves, their agents or employees, violates...
Article 11 - Domestic Fish Farming
§ 69-7-501. Definitions - In recognition of the fact that domestic fish farming has...
§ 69-7-503. Construction of article - This article shall not be construed to permit the sale...
Article 13 - Catfish Marketing
§ 69-7-601. Short title - This article shall be known as the "Mississippi Catfish Marketing...
§ 69-7-602. Legislative findings - The Legislature finds that aquaculture sales and consumption have increased...
§ 69-7-603. Administration - This article shall be administered by the Commissioner of Agriculture...
§ 69-7-605. Definitions - For purposes of this article, the following terms shall have...
§ 69-7-607. Labeling of catfish and fish products; notice of country of origin; method of notification; record-keeping audit trail; commissioner authorized to inspect businesses for compliance; exceptions - 1. In case of "Farm-raised Catfish or Farm-raised Fish," it...
§ 69-7-609. Information as to origin of catfish products - All distributors, processors or wholesalers of catfish products, distributing or...
§ 69-7-612. Commissioner authorized to enter premises to take samples for testing to determine compliance - The commissioner shall have authority to enter the premises of...
§ 69-7-615. Cooperation - The commissioner may cooperate with and enter into agreements with...
§ 69-7-617. Information concerning production and sales of catfish products - The commissioner shall publish at least biannually, in such form...
Article 15 - Mississippi Catfish Processor Fair Practices Act
§ 69-7-651. Short title - This chapter shall be known and may be cited as...
§ 69-7-653. Administration of article - This article shall be administered by the Commissioner of Agriculture...
§ 69-7-655. Legislative findings and purpose - The Legislature finds that a burden on and an obstruction...
§ 69-7-657. Definitions - For purposes of this article, the following terms shall have...
§ 69-7-661. Registration of processors; orders with respect to insolvent registrants - On and after July 1, 1986, every catfish processor shall...
§ 69-7-663. Unlawful practices - It shall be unlawful, with respect to catfish or catfish...
Article 17 - Weighing Devices for Farm-Raised Catfish -
Article 19 - Grading and Certification of Fruits and Nuts
§ 69-7-751. Legislative declaration and intent - The Legislature declares a need to promote Mississippi agricultural products...
§ 69-7-753. Food Products Certification Office; creation; establishment; and responsibilities - There is created in the Department of Agriculture and Commerce...
§ 69-7-755. Hiring of marketing managers; qualifications and salaries; Producer Advisory Board - The Department of Agriculture and Commerce shall hire not more...