Mississippi Catfish Processor Fair Practices Act
Mississippi · Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals · §§ 69-7-1 to 69-7-755 · 80 sections
Overview
The act regulates the marketing, handling, and sale of agricultural commodities, creating a state market board of appointed members with authority to adopt rules, employ a market manager, acquire and manage market facilities, and administer a dedicated fund. It requires dealers and handlers doing business in the covered trade to hold a license — with provisions for applications, fees, renewals, refusal, and appeal — and to keep records and file reports, while out-of-state operators must maintain a resident agent for service of process. It further authorizes an assessment on the commodity to fund advertising, consumer information, and sales promotion, sets minimum quality, weight, and container-labeling standards, and backs enforcement with inspection authority, injunctions, and civil and criminal penalties. One flag on the inputs: the section titles you supplied describe a general agricultural market board and an egg marketing/promotion program — nothing in them concerns catfish or processor fair-practice obligations. If the titles were pulled by chapter rather than by the act's own section range, this overview describes the wrong body of law, and the extraction is worth re-checking before it goes on the page.
Editorial summary generated from the text of this act. It is not part of the statute — read the sections below for the operative language.
Sections covered
- Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-1§§ 69-7-1 through 69-7-29. Repealed
- Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-101Central Market Board created
- Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-103Members; appointment and term of office
- Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-105Meetings of the board; compensation of members
- Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-107Headquarters; organization
- Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-109Powers and duties of the board
- Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-111State market manager; bond, duties, compensation
- Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-113State market manager to keep records and make reports
- Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-115Acquisition of facilities, equipment, etc
- Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-117Management and disposition of property
- Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-119Limitation on powers of board
- Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-121Central market fund
- Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-201What constitutes “doing business”; resident agent; service of process
- Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-203License required; fees; renewals
- Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-205Issuance and renewal or refusal of license
- Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-207Application for license
- Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-209Appeal from refusal to grant license
- Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-211Injunctions
- Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-213Penalties
- Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-251Definitions
- Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-253Board continued; membership; terms; vacancies
- Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-255Quorum; oath; compensation; board a body corporate; powers
- Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-257Administration of article; rules and regulations
- Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-259General powers and duties of board
- Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-261Commodity advertising, publicity, consumer information and sales promotion
- Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-263Assessment on eggs; costs of inspections; utilization of proceeds of assessment
- Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-265Records and reports of dealers and handlers
- Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-267Licenses
- Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-269Producers prohibited from distributing eggs on which assessment not paid; payment of assessment by dealer
- Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-271Civil penalties
- Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-273Criminal penalties
- Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-275Application
- Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-277Repealed
- Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-301§§ 69-7-301 through 69-7-319. Repealed
- Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-321Producers selling own production exempt from article; exemptions under federal “Eggs Products Inspection Act”
- Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-323Minimum requirements for eggs offered for sale
- Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-325Weight and size requirements of eggs
- Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-327Egg marketing containers to describe contents
- Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-329Marketing agents; maintenance of egg handling facilities
- Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-331Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce and his agents authorized to enter premises where eggs are sold
- Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-333Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce to enforce article
- Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-335Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce to promulgate regulations
- Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-337Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce may issue “stop sale order.”
- Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-339Penalties for violations
- Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-401Marketing committee and districts
- Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-403Additional districts and committee
- Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-405Regulation of marketing
- Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-407Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce to enforce regulations
- Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-409Penalties
- Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-501Definitions
- Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-503Construction of article
- Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-602Legislative findings
- Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-603Administration
- Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-605Definitions
- Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-607Labeling 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
- Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-608Misrepresentation in use of term “catfish”; regulation and inspection of retail and food service establishments; notice of violation; penalties
- Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-609Information as to origin of catfish products
- Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-610Identification by distributors, processors and wholesalers of catfish types upon request of commissioner; public disclosure of purchasers of catfish from distributors, processors and wholesalers
- Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-611Promulgation of rules and regulations
- Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-612Commissioner authorized to enter premises to take samples for testing to determine compliance
- Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-613Penalties; injunctive relief
- Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-614Repealed
- Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-615Cooperation
- Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-616Administrative proceedings; sanctions; appeals; danger to public health
- Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-617Information concerning production and sales of catfish products
- Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-619Repealed
- Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-651Short title
- Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-653Administration of article
- Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-655Legislative findings and purpose
- Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-657Definitions
- Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-659Methods of purchasing catfish products; bonds and other security requirements; unfair practices
- Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-661Registration of processors; orders with respect to insolvent registrants
- Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-663Unlawful practices
- Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-665Promulgation of rules and regulations
- Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-667Injunctions against violations; judicial review
- Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-669Liability of violators; enforcement
- Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-701Use of weighing device by catfish processors
- Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-751Legislative declaration and intent
- Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-753Food Products Certification Office; creation; establishment; and responsibilities
- Miss. Code Ann. § 69-7-755Hiring of marketing managers; qualifications and salaries; Producer Advisory Board
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