§ 69-1-49. Studies concerning commodity exchange entity, Farm Assistance in Rural Mississippi (FARM) Program, and marketing outlets; federal assistance; reports
The Department of Agriculture and Commerce and the Mississippi Cooperative Extension Service shall study the merits of establishing a commodity exchange entity whose purpose shall be to coordinate and enhance the marketing of Mississippi crops, poultry and livestock in national and international markets. Such entity would have the authority to consign and broker such crops, […]
§ 69-1-53. Studies concerning the market feasibility of the sale of hybrid bream and hybrid black stripe crappie
The Division of Agriculture, Forestry and Veterinary Medicine at Mississippi State University shall in cooperation with the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce and the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks: (a) study the development of a test that can be used in the field for identifying differences between wild species of game fish […]
§ 69-1-55. Prohibition against misrepresentation of country of origin of shrimp and crawfish by restaurant that sells imported crawfish or shrimp; penalties for violation
No owner or manager of a restaurant that sells imported crawfish or shrimp shall misrepresent to the public, either verbally, on a menu, or on a sign displayed on the premises, that the imported crawfish or shrimp is domestic. A restaurant may designate a shrimp or crawfish as having a United States country of origin […]
§ 69-1-56. Produce Safety Rule Program; cooperation with the FDA in developing and administering program; conditional repeal of section; penalty for violation of section
The Department of Agriculture and Commerce is hereby designated as the state agency responsible for cooperating with the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to enforce the provisions of 21 CFR Part 112. The department is further authorized to cooperate with the FDA in developing and administering the Produce Safety Rule Program of this […]
§ 69-1-101. Short title
Sections 69-1-101 through 69-1-117 shall be known and cited as the “Mississippi Marketing of Agricultural Products and Industry Program Act of 1988.”
§ 69-1-103. Creation of “Marketing of Agricultural Products and Industry Program” and “Marketing of Agricultural Products and Industry Council”; purpose
There is hereby created within the Department of Agriculture and Commerce the Mississippi Marketing of Agricultural Products and Industry Program, to be administered by the Mississippi Marketing of Agricultural Products and Industry Council, hereinafter referred to as “the council,” for the purposes of stimulating the development of new markets for Mississippi Agricultural Products and Industry, […]
§ 69-1-28. State regulations governing free-range poultry shall be no more stringent than federal regulations on free-range chickens
Any regulations or best management practices adopted by the Commissioner of Agriculture regulating free-range poultry only shall be no more stringent or extensive in scope, coverage, or effect than federal regulations and best management practices. For purposes of this section, “free-range poultry” means poultry having free access to the outdoors through their normal growing cycle.
§ 69-1-29. Inspection of seed and fertilizer furnished by the federal government
The Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce of the State of Mississippi, is authorized and empowered to enter into an agreement and execute any contract pursuant thereto, with the secretary of agriculture of the United States for the purpose of, and providing for, inspection, by the Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce of the State of Mississippi, […]
§ 69-1-30. Security guards for Jim Buck Ross Mississippi Agriculture and Forestry Museum
The Department of Agriculture and Commerce is hereby authorized to employ or to contract with private security agencies to provide security for the Jim Buck Ross Mississippi Agriculture and Forestry Museum. The jurisdiction of the security guards shall be limited to the museum property and shall not supplant the authority or jurisdiction of any state […]
§ 69-1-32. “Jim Buck Ross Mississippi Agriculture and Forestry Museum” designated
The Mississippi Agriculture and Forestry Museum shall be renamed and known as the Jim Buck Ross Mississippi Agriculture and Forestry Museum. The Department of Agriculture and Commerce shall have an appropriate sign or signs placed at the museum displaying the new name of the museum.