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Miss. Code Ann. § 75-35-9

Post-mortem examination and labeling of carcasses; destruction of condemned carcasses; reinspection

Known as the Mississippi Meat Inspection Law

The act spans §§ 75–75 (37 sections).

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Slay v. Spell (2001)

Most recently applied in Slay v. Spell (October 2001)

Codes, 1942, § 4575-154; Laws, 1968, ch. 245, § 4, eff from and after July 1, 1968.

For the purposes hereinbefore set forth, the commissioner shall cause to be made by inspectors appointed for that purpose, as hereinafter provided, a post-mortem examination and inspection of the carcasses and parts thereof of all cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, and other equines, capable of use as human food, to be prepared at any slaughtering, meat-canning, salting, packing, rendering, or similar establishment in this state in which such products are prepared. The carcasses and parts thereof of all such animals found to be not adulterated shall be marked, stamped, tagged, or labeled, as “Inspected and Passed”, or appropriate stamp or markings. Said inspectors shall label, mark, stamp, or tag as “Inspected and Condemned”, or appropriate stamp or markings, all carcasses and parts thereof of animals found to be adulterated; and all carcasses and parts thereof thus inspected and condemned shall be destroyed for food purposes by the said establishment in the presence of an inspector. The commissioner may remove inspectors from any such establishment which fails to so destroy any such condemned carcass or part thereof. Said inspectors, after said first inspection shall, when they deem it necessary, reinspect said carcasses or parts thereof to determine whether since the first inspection the same have become adulterated, and if any carcass or any part thereof shall, upon examination and inspection subsequent to the first examination and inspection, be found to be adulterated, it shall be destroyed for food purposes by the said establishment in the presence of an inspector; and the commissioner may remove inspectors from any establishment which fails to so destroy any such condemned carcass or part thereof.

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