§ 41-51-1. Short title
This chapter may be cited as The Animal and Poultry By-Products Disposal Law of 1964.
§ 41-51-11. Regulation of transportation and storage
All poultry and meats and their component parts or products having physical characteristics of an edible product or capable of being used for or diverted to human food, and all poultry and meats and their products which have become unsound, unwholesome, or any other way unfit for human food including any rendered or unrendered grease, […]
§ 41-51-13. Application for license to operate plant; fees
It shall be the duty of every person operating a disposal plant or rendering plant to apply to the commissioner for a license to operate such establishment, and no person shall engage in this state in the business of operating such a disposal plant or rendering plant without first having obtained for each such disposal […]
§ 41-51-15. Inspection of plant; issuance and term of licenses
Upon receipt of such application, the commissioner, or some person appointed and designated by him, shall, within thirty (30) days, inspect the plant, and the locality where such applicant is conducting or proposes to conduct such business, and shall ascertain whether such applicant is a responsible and suitable person, financially and otherwise, to be entrusted […]
§ 41-51-17. Additional inspections of non-complying applicants; fees therefor
Whenever the commissioner, by his first inspection of the applicant’s plant, shall find that the applicant has not complied with all the requirements of this chapter and of such rules and regulations, he shall at once notify the applicant in writing, delivered in person or by registered mail, with return receipt, specifying the particulars of […]
§ 41-51-19. Location of plants
No new plant shall be located or constructed, or any discontinued plant reconstructed or reopened, at any place in this state inside of, or within two (2) miles of the nearest point of, the existing corporate limits of any municipality with a population in excess of five hundred (500) according to the latest federal census, […]
§ 41-51-21. When plant may be deemed suitable or sanitary
No disposal plant or rendering plant shall be deemed a suitable or sanitary place for disposing of poultry by-products or the bodies of dead animals by any process of cooking or burning, unless it conforms to the following minimum specifications: The building must have four (4) walls complete and be provided with concrete or cement […]
§ 41-51-23. Annual inspection of plant
The commissioner, in person or by anyone authorized by him, shall inspect each plant and place licensed under this chapter, at least once each year, and as often as he may deem necessary, and shall see that the licensees and all other persons comply with this chapter and conduct such business in conformity to this […]
§ 41-51-25. Proceedings to suspend or revoke license
The commissioner shall have power to suspend for any fixed period, or to revoke, the license held by any licensee under this chapter in the event that such licensee shall violate and fail or refuse to obey any of the provisions of this chapter, or of the rules and regulations promulgated by the commissioner, or […]
§ 41-51-27. Recorded hearing
Any licensee or other interested person, aggrieved by a decision or order of the commissioner made under the provisions of this chapter but entered without a recorded hearing, may make written request to the commissioner for a recorded hearing thereon. The commissioner shall hear such party or parties within thirty (30) days after receipt of […]
§ 41-51-29. Appeals
Any licensee or other person, aggrieved by any final decision or order of the commissioner made or entered in or on such decision or order may appeal to the circuit court of the First Judicial District of Hinds County, by filing with the commissioner a petition for review within thirty (30) days from the date […]
§ 41-51-3. Declaration of public policy
It is hereby declared to be the public policy of the State of Mississippi, acting through its legislature, to control and regulate the transportation over the highways of this state and the disposal of poultry by-products, slaughter house offal and wastes, and meat processing plant bones, meat scraps, fats, and all otherwise inedible meats and […]
§ 41-51-31. Penalties
Violation of any of the provisions of this chapter, or the rules and regulations made in pursuance thereof, is hereby made a misdemeanor, and any person, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) nor more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00).
§ 41-51-33. Injunctive relief
The Attorney General of the State of Mississippi may bring an action in the name of the people of the State of Mississippi to enjoin the continued operation of any disposal or rendering plant found to be operating within this state for which no license has been obtained under this chapter or for which such […]
§ 41-51-5. Definitions
For purposes of this chapter, the words and terms used herein shall have ascribed to them the following meanings: The term “disposal plant,” or “rendering plant,” or “plant” shall apply to and include any plant and all equipment thereof described or referred to in any section of this chapter that is constructed and intended to […]
§ 41-51-7. Persons, matters or vocations not affected by chapter
Nothing contained in this chapter shall apply to or affect any of the following persons, matters, or vocations, to wit: Any persons legally engaged in the course of slaughtering, butchering, manufacturing, or selling, in any manner, any animal flesh and products, where such animals are killed for the purpose of being used solely for human […]
§ 41-51-9. Powers and duties of the commissioner
The commissioner shall promulgate rules and regulations for the orderly administration and enforcement of this chapter, not inconsistent with the provisions thereof, and shall spread same upon the minutes to be kept in his office. The commissioner shall prescribe and supply the necessary and proper forms to be used in carrying out the provisions of […]