75-29-5 - Prohibiting manufacture and sale of adulterated, misbranded or insufficiently labeled foods. - Mississippi Statutes

§ 75-29-5. Prohibiting manufacture and sale of adulterated, misbranded or insufficiently labeled foods.
 

It shall be unlawful for any person, persons, firm or corporation, within this state, to manufacture for sale, produce for sale, knowingly expose for sale, have in his or their possession for sale, or sell any article of food which is adulterated, misbranded or insufficiently labeled within the meaning of this article; and any person, persons, firm or corporation who shall manufacture for sale, produce for sale, expose for sale, have in his or their possession for sale, or sell any article of food which is adulterated, misbranded or insufficiently labeled within the meaning of this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00), nor more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or be imprisoned not to exceed ninety (90) days, or both such fine and imprisonment; provided, however, it shall be lawful to sell any article named herein which complies with all federal statutes regulating or governing the manufacture, sale or labeling of such article. 
 

Sources: Codes, Hemingway's 1917, § 4665; 1930, § 4959; 1942, § 7109; Laws, 1910, ch. 132; Laws, 1997, ch. 430, § 3, eff from and after July 1, 1997.