75-35-101 - Inspection not to be provided for establishments preparing carcasses or products not intended for use as human food; denaturation or other identification of certain items. - Mississippi Statutes

§ 75-35-101. Inspection not to be provided for establishments preparing carcasses or products not intended for use as human food; denaturation or other identification of certain items.
 

Inspection shall not be provided under Article 1 of this chapter at any establishment for the slaughter of cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, or other equines, or the preparation of any carcasses or parts or products of such animals, which are not intended for use as human food, but such products shall, prior to their offer for sale or transportation in intrastate commerce, unless naturally inedible by humans, be denatured or otherwise identified as prescribed by regulations of the commissioner to deter their use for human food. No person, firm, or corporation shall buy, sell, transport, or offer for sale or transportation, or receive for transportation, in commerce, any carcasses, parts thereof, meat or meat food products of any such animals, which are not intended for use as human food unless they are denatured or otherwise identified as required by the regulations of the commissioner or are naturally inedible by humans. 
 

Sources: Codes, 1942, § 4575-167, Laws,  1968, ch. 245, § 17, eff from and after July 1, 1968.