75-33-29 - Acts constituting violations. - Mississippi Statutes

§ 75-33-29. Acts constituting violations.
 

It shall be unlawful and a violation of this article for any person, without specific authority in writing from the commissioner: 
 

(a) To make or duplicate or reproduce or use or possess any stamp, mark, tag, certificate, or emblem in imitation of an official state stamp, mark, tag, certificate, or emblem that is used, or that is authorized to be used, by the commissioner for stamping, marking, or otherwise identifying meats, meat-food products and poultry, as having been inspected and passed or otherwise approved as being wholesome and fit for food. 

(b) To affix or attach any stamp, brand, emblem, tag, or other marking to any meat, meat-food product or poultry, or to any container or wrapping or covering of any meat-product, meat or poultry, indicating or suggesting that the meat, meat-food product or poultry, was slaughtered, manufactured, or prepared under inspection, unless the stamp, brand, emblem, tag, or other marking shall have been previously approved and the use thereof authorized by the commissioner. 
 

Sources: Codes, 1942, § 4575-15; Laws,  1960, ch. 141, § 15, eff from and after passage (approved April 21, 1960).