Missouri Revised Statutes
Chapter 265 - Regulation and Marketing of Agricultural Products
Section 265.460 - Operation without license or selling adulterated or misbranded meat, penalty.

Effective - 28 Aug 1971
265.460. Operation without license or selling adulterated or misbranded meat, penalty. — Any person who shall operate a commercial plant without a license, or sell or offer for sale any adulterated or misbranded meat or meat product is guilty of a misdemeanor. Upon conviction of a first violation he shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars or by confinement in the county jail for not more than one year or by both such fine and confinement. Persons found guilty of subsequent offenses shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not less than five hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars or by confinement in the county jail for not more than one year or by both such fine and confinement.
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(L. 1967 p. 371 § 18, A.L. 1971 S.B. 39)

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Structure Missouri Revised Statutes

Missouri Revised Statutes

Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals

Chapter 265 - Regulation and Marketing of Agricultural Products

Section 265.010 - Definitions.

Section 265.020 - Director to promulgate standards — rulemaking, procedure.

Section 265.030 - Director to specify dates when standards become effective.

Section 265.040 - Authorized to cooperate with United States or any department.

Section 265.050 - Appointment of agents — bond — action on bond.

Section 265.060 - Appointment of inspectors — fees — suspension or revocation of license.

Section 265.070 - Appeal of inspector's decision — reasonable fee.

Section 265.080 - Certificate to be prima facie evidence.

Section 265.110 - Misrepresentation of grade, classification, quality or condition — penalty.

Section 265.120 - Rules for grading apples.

Section 265.130 - Apples — how marked — exemptions — penalty for violation.

Section 265.140 - Director to enforce — powers.

Section 265.150 - Merchandising fee imposed — exemptions.

Section 265.160 - Fees, when due — installment payments — records and reports of growers — penalty.

Section 265.170 - Unpaid fees to bear interest — manner of collection.

Section 265.180 - Creation of apple merchandising fund, not transferable.

Section 265.190 - Expenditure of moneys.

Section 265.200 - Powers and duties of Missouri state horticultural society.

Section 265.210 - Duty of state and county officers.

Section 265.220 - Prosecutions, procedure.

Section 265.280 - Definitions.

Section 265.283 - Sale of fresh meat from a foreign nation, when.

Section 265.286 - Label to include country of origin.

Section 265.289 - Department to enforce provisions — violations, procedure, penalty.

Section 265.300 - Definitions.

Section 265.310 - All commercial slaughter plants and meat processors regulated.

Section 265.320 - Certain operations exempted.

Section 265.330 - Meats section created — head of section, appointment, qualifications, duties.

Section 265.340 - Inspection supervisors, appointment, number, qualifications, compensation.

Section 265.350 - Inspectors, how assigned, duties.

Section 265.360 - Inspections, when conducted.

Section 265.370 - Unwholesome meat or meat products condemned — appeal, written notice, reinspection — director's determination subject to administrative review.

Section 265.380 - Unwholesome or adulterated meat to be marked, how.

Section 265.390 - Containers to bear inspection mark and plant number — containers to state ingredients, net weight or measure.

Section 265.400 - Labels must be approved — appeal from director's determination.

Section 265.410 - License required, application, fee.

Section 265.420 - Records required, inspection permitted, records to be retained.

Section 265.430 - Federal or other approved inspection basis for exemption.

Section 265.440 - Inspector may serve two or more plants.

Section 265.442 - Transportation or sale of adulterated, misbranded or certain unmarked meats prohibited.

Section 265.444 - Stop-sale order, when — seizure of product when, appeal.

Section 265.450 - Violation basis for suspension or refusal to license.

Section 265.460 - Operation without license or selling adulterated or misbranded meat, penalty.

Section 265.470 - Director and applicant placed under state department of elementary and secondary education relative to licenses.

Section 265.471 - Rules, Federal Meat Inspection Act.

Section 265.490 - Definitions.

Section 265.492 - Meat advertising to be truthful, accurate.

Section 265.494 - Prohibited practices, required disclosures.

Section 265.496 - Penalty.

Section 265.497 - Inspections, department of agriculture.

Section 265.499 - Remedies not to be exclusive, certain grocery retailers to be exempt.

Section 265.500 - Grain samples — sample sealed, when — state inspection, when — federal inspection, when — cost, how paid.

Section 265.505 - Duties and powers of director of the department of agriculture.

Section 265.510 - Violation, penalty for.

Section 265.515 - Rules of director, ratification of.

Section 265.525 - Citation of law — definitions — council created, members, terms, meetings, powers and duties — department authority — fees, rulemaking authority — violations, penalty — fund created, use of moneys.