75-33-25 - Unlawful acts or omissions by agent or meat-hygiene agent. - Mississippi Statutes

§ 75-33-25. Unlawful acts or omissions by agent or meat-hygiene agent.
 

It is unlawful for any agent of the commissioner, or any meat-hygiene agent: 
 

1. To approve or pass any diseased animal intended to be slaughtered for food, or any unwholesome meat, or any unwholesome meat-food product; 

2. To fail to condemn and mark, and cause to be rendered unfit for food, any diseased animal, unwholesome meat, or unwholesome meat-food product, found on examination of any establishment to be unfit for food; 

3. To fail to report as required any violation of this article; 

4. Directly or indirectly to accept or agree to accept anything of value, monetary or otherwise, given or offered to such agent to influence him in the discharge of his duties. 
 

Sources: Codes, 1942, § 4575-13; Laws,  1960, ch. 141, § 13, eff from and after passage (approved April 21, 1960).