mRNA vaccinations; prohibit use of in food products and livestock intended for human consumption.

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To: Public Health and Human
Services; Agriculture
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE REGULAR SESSION 2026

By: Representative Eubanks

HOUSE BILL NO. 811

AN ACT TO AMEND TO PROHIBIT THE ADMINISTRATION OR INOCULATION 1
OF ANY VACCINE DEVELOPED USING MESSENGER RIBONUCLEIC ACID (MRNA) 2
TECHNOLOGY FOR USE IN ANY LIVESTOCK, AQUACULTURAL SPECIMEN, 3
POULTRY, PRODUCE OR OTHER FOOD PRODUCT INTENDED FOR HUMAN 4
CONSUMPTION IN THIS STATE; TO PROVIDE THAT A VIOLATION CONSTITUTES 5
A MISDEMEANOR; TO AMEND SECTIONS 75-35-3 AND 75-33-3, MISSISSIPPI 6
CODE OF 1972, TO DEFINE THE TERM MESSENGER RIBONUCLEIC ACID (MRNA) 7
VACCINE; TO AMEND SECTION 75-35-7, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO 8
PRESCRIBE DUTIES TO LIVESTOCK AND MEAT INSPECTORS APPOINTED BY THE 9
COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE AND COMMERCE; TO AMEND SECTION 10
75-35-15, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT NOTHING 11
PROHIBITS A PERSON FROM LABELING MEAT OR A MEAT PRODUCT AS "MRNA 12
FREE" IF THE ANIMALS FROM WHICH THE MEAT OR MEAT PRODUCT WAS 13
DERIVED WERE NOT ADMINISTERED AN MRNA VACCINE; AND FOR RELATED 14
PURPOSES. 15
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI: 16
SECTION 1. (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law 17
to the contrary, no person shall provide or administer a vaccine 18
developed using messenger ribonucleic acid technology for use in 19
any livestock, aquacultural specimen, poultry, produce or other 20
food product intended for human consumption in this state. 21
(2) Any person who violates this section is guilty of a 22
misdemeanor. 23
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SECTION 2. Section 75-35-3, Mississippi Code of 1972, is 24
amended as follows: 25
75-35-3. As used in this chapter, except as otherwise 26
specified, the following terms shall have the meanings stated 27
below: 28
(a) The term "commissioner" means the "Commissioner of 29
Agriculture and Commerce of the State of Mississippi," or his duly 30
authorized deputies. 31
(b) The term "firm" means any partnership, association, 32
or other unincorporated business organization. 33
(c) The term "meat broker" means any person, firm, or 34
corporation engaged in the business of buying or selling 35
carcasses, parts of carcasses, meat, or meat-food products of 36
cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, or other equines on 37
commission, or otherwise negotiating purchases or sales of such 38
item or products other than for his own account or as an employee 39
of another person, firm, or corporation. 40
(d) The term "renderer" means any person, firm, or 41
corporation engaged in the business of rendering carcasses, or 42
parts or products of the carcasses, of cattle, sheep, swine, 43
goats, horses, mules, or other equines, except rendering conducted 44
under inspection under this article. 45
(e) The term "animal food manufacturer" means any 46
person, firm, or corporation engaged in the business of 47
manufacturing or processing animal food derived wholly or in part 48
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from carcasses or parts or products of the carcasses, of cattle, 49
sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, or other equines. 50
(f) The term "unfit for human food" means as defined in 51
the "Meat, Meat-Food and Poultry Regulation and Inspection Law of 52
1960," appearing in subsection (c) of Section 75-33-3, Mississippi 53
Code of 1972. 54
(g) The term "meat-food product" means any product 55
capable of use as human food which is made wholly or in part from 56
any meat or other portion of the carcass of any cattle, sheep, 57
swine, or goats, excepting products which contain meat or other 58
portions of such carcasses only in a relatively small proportion 59
or historically have not been considered by consumers as products 60
of the meat-food industry, and which are exempted from definition 61
as a meat-food product by the commissioner under such conditions 62
as he may prescribe to assure that the meat or other portions of 63
such carcasses contained in such product are not adulterated and 64
that such products are not represented as meat-food products. 65
This term as applied to food products of equines shall have a 66
meaning comparable to that provided in this paragraph with respect 67
to cattle, sheep, swine, and goats. 68
(h) The term "capable of use as human food" shall apply 69
to any carcass, or part or product of a carcass, of any animal, 70
unless it is denatured or otherwise identified as required by 71
regulations prescribed by the commissioner to deter its use as 72
human food, or it is naturally inedible by humans. 73
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(i) The term "prepare" means slaughtered, canned, 74
salted, rendered, boned, cut up, or otherwise manufactured or 75
processed. 76
(j) The term "adulterated" shall apply to any carcass, 77
part thereof, meat or meat-food product under one or more of the 78
following circumstances: 79
(1) If it bears or contains any poisonous or 80
deleterious substance which may render it injurious to health; but 81
in case the substance is not an added substance, such article 82
shall not be considered adulterated under this clause if the 83
quantity of such substance in or on such item or product does not 84
ordinarily render it injurious to health; 85
(2) (A) If it bears or contains (by reason of 86
administration of any substance to the live animal or otherwise) 87
any added poisonous or added deleterious substance (other than one 88
which is (i) a pesticide chemical in or on a raw agricultural 89
commodity; (ii) a food additive; or (iii) a color additive) which 90
may, in the judgment of the commissioner, make such item or 91
product unfit for human food; 92
(B) If it is, in whole or in part, a raw 93
agricultural commodity and such commodity bears or contains a 94
pesticide chemical which is unsafe within the meaning of Section 95
408 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, as amended; 96
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(C) If it bears or contains any food additive 97
which is unsafe within the meaning of Section 409 of the Federal 98
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, as amended; 99
(D) If it bears or contains any color 100
additive which is unsafe within the meaning of Section 706 of the 101
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: provided, that an article 102
which is not adulterated under clause (B), (C), or (D) shall 103
nevertheless be deemed adulterated if use of the pesticide 104
chemical, food additive, or color additive in or on such item or 105
product is prohibited by regulations of the commissioner in 106
establishments at which inspection is maintained under this 107
article; 108
(3) If it consists, in whole or in part, of any 109
filthy, putrid, or decomposed substance or is for any other reason 110
unsound, unhealthful, unwholesome, or otherwise unfit for human 111
food; 112
(4) If it has been prepared, packed, or held under 113
insanitary conditions whereby it may have become contaminated with 114
filth, or whereby it may have been rendered injurious to health; 115
(5) If it is, in whole or in part, the product of 116
an animal which has died otherwise than by slaughter; or which was 117
diseased or was in a dying condition at the time of slaughter; 118
(6) If its container is composed, in whole or in 119
part, of any poisonous or deleterious substance which may render 120
the contents injurious to health; 121
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(7) If it has been intentionally subjected to 122
radiation, unless the use of the radiation was in conformity with 123
a regulation or exemption in effect pursuant to Section 409 of the 124
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act; 125
(8) If any valuable constituent has been, in whole 126
or in part, omitted or abstracted therefrom; or if any substance 127
has been substituted, wholly or in part therefor; or if damage or 128
inferiority has been concealed in any manner; or if any substance 129
has been added thereto or mixed or packed therewith so as to 130
increase its bulk or weight, or reduce its quality or strength, or 131
make it appear better or of greater value than it is; or 132
(9) If it is margarine containing animal fat and 133
any of the raw material used therein consisted, in whole or in 134
part of, any filthy, putrid, or decomposed substance. 135
(k) The term "misbranded" shall apply to any carcass, 136
part thereof, meat or meat-food product under one or more of the 137
following circumstances: 138
(1) If its labeling is false or misleading in any 139
particular; 140
(2) If it is offered for sale under the name of 141
another food; 142
(3) If it is an imitation of another food, unless 143
its label bears, in type of uniform size and prominence, the word 144
"imitation" and immediately thereafter, the name of the food 145
imitated; 146
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(4) If its container is so made, formed, or filled 147
as to be misleading; 148
(5) If in a package or other container unless it 149
bears a label showing (A) the name and place of business of the 150
manufacturer, packer, or distributor; and (B) an accurate 151
statement of the quantity of the contents in terms of weight, 152
measure, or numerical count; provided, that under clause (B) of 153
this subparagraph (5), reasonable variations may be permitted, and 154
exemptions as to small packages may be established, by regulations 155
prescribed by the commissioner; 156
(6) If any word, statement, or other information 157
required by or under authority of this chapter to appear on the 158
label or other labeling is not prominently placed thereon with 159
such conspicuousness (as compared with other words, statements, 160
designs, or devices, in the labeling) and in such terms as to 161
render it likely to be read and understood by the ordinary 162
individual under customary conditions of purchase and use; 163
(7) If it purports to be or is represented as a 164
food for which a definition standard of identity or composition 165
has been prescribed by regulations of the commissioner under 166
Section 75-35-15 unless (A) it conforms to such definition and 167
standard, and (B) its label bears the name of the food specified 168
in the definition and standard and, insofar as may be required by 169
such regulations, the common names of optional ingredients (other 170
than spices, flavoring, and coloring) present in such food; 171
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(8) If it purports to be or is represented as a 172
food for which a standard or standards of fill of container have 173
been prescribed by regulations of the commissioner under Section 174
75-35-15, and it falls below the standard of fill of container 175
applicable thereto, unless its label bears, in such manner and 176
form as such regulations specify, a statement that it falls below 177
such standard; 178
(9) If it is not subject to the provisions of 179
subparagraph (7), unless its label bears (A) the common or usual 180
name of the food, if any there be, and (B) in case it is 181
fabricated from two (2) or more ingredients, the common or usual 182
name of each such ingredient; except that spices, flavorings, and 183
colorings may, when authorized by the commissioner, be designated 184
as spices, flavorings, and colorings without naming each: 185
provided, that to the extent that compliance with the requirements 186
of clause (B) of this subparagraph (9) is impracticable, or 187
results in deception or unfair competition, exemptions shall be 188
established by regulations promulgated by the commissioner; 189
(10) If it purports to be or is represented for 190
special dietary uses, unless its label bears such information 191
concerning its vitamin, mineral, and other dietary properties as 192
the commissioner, after consultation with the Secretary of 193
Agriculture of the United States, determines to be, and by 194
regulations prescribes as, necessary in order fully to inform 195
purchasers as to its value for such uses; 196
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(11) If it bears or contains any artificial 197
flavoring, artificial coloring, or chemical preservative, unless 198
it bears labeling stating that fact: provided, that, to the 199
extent that compliance with the requirements of this subparagraph 200
(11) is impracticable, exemptions shall be established by 201
regulations promulgated by the commissioner; or 202
(12) If it fails to bear, directly thereon or on 203
its container, as the commissioner may by regulations prescribe, 204
the inspection legend and, unrestricted by any of the foregoing, 205
such other information as the commissioner may require in such 206
regulations to assure that it will not have false or misleading 207
labeling and that the public will be informed of the manner of 208
handling required to maintain the item or product in a wholesome 209
condition. 210
(l) The term "label" means a display of written, 211
printed, or graphic matter upon any container storing a food 212
product that is offered for sale or sold on a wholesale or retail 213
basis, regardless of whether the label is printed on the 214
container's packaging or a sticker affixed to the container. 215
(m) The term "labeling" means all labels and other 216
written, printed, or graphic matter (1) upon any item or product 217
or any of its containers or wrappers, or (2) accompanying such 218
item or product. 219
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(n) The term "Federal Meat Inspection Act" means the 220
act so entitled approved March 4, 1907 (34 Stat 1260), as amended 221
by the Wholesome Meat Act (8 Stat 584). 222
(o) The term "Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act" 223
means the act so entitled, approved June 25, 1938 (52 Stat 1040), 224
and acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto. 225
(p) The term "pesticide chemical," "food additive," 226
"color additive" and "raw agricultural commodity" shall have the 227
same meanings for purposes of this chapter as under the Federal 228
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. 229
(q) The term "official mark" means the official 230
inspection legend or any other symbol prescribed by regulations of 231
the commissioner to identify the status of any product or animal 232
under this chapter. 233
(r) The term "official inspection legend" means any 234
symbol prescribed by regulations of the commissioner showing that 235
an item or product was inspected and passed in accordance with 236
this chapter. 237
(s) The term "official certificate" means any 238
certificate prescribed by regulations of the commissioner for 239
issuance by an inspector or other person performing official 240
functions under this chapter. 241
(t) The term "official device" means any device 242
prescribed or authorized by the commissioner for use in applying 243
any official mark. 244
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(u) "Cultivated-protein food product" means a food 245
product having one or more sensory attributes that resemble a type 246
of tissue originating from an agricultural food animal but 247
that, in lieu of being derived from meat processing, is derived 248
from manufacturing cells, in which one or more stem cells are 249
initially isolated from an agricultural food animal, are grown 250
in vitro, and may be manipulated, as part of a manufacturing 251
operation. 252
(v) "Insect-protein food product" means a food product 253
having one or more sensory attributes that resemble a type of 254
tissue originating from an agricultural food animal but that, in 255
lieu of being derived from meat processing, is derived from 256
manufacturing insect parts. 257
(w) "Manufactured-protein food product" means a 258
cultivated-protein food product, insect-protein food product 259
or plant-protein food product. 260
(x) "Plant-protein food product" means a food product 261
having one or more sensory attributes that resemble a type of 262
tissue found in a species of agricultural food animal but that, in 263
lieu of being derived from meat processing, is derived from 264
manufacturing plant parts. 265
(y) The term "mRNA vaccine or vaccine material" means a 266
substance to stimulate the production of antibodies and provide 267
immunity against disease by introducing messenger ribonucleic acid 268
(mRNA) that corresponds to a viral protein. 269
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SECTION 3. Section 75-35-7, Mississippi Code of 1972, is 270
amended as follows: 271
75-35-7. ( * * *1) For the purpose of preventing the use in 272
intrastate commerce, as hereinafter provided, of meat and meat 273
food products which are adulterated, the commissioner shall cause 274
to be made, by inspectors appointed for that purpose, an 275
examination and inspection of all cattle, sheep, swine, goats, 276
horses, mules, and other equine before they shall be allowed to 277
enter into any slaughtering, packing, meat canning, rendering, or 278
similar establishment in this state in which slaughtering and 279
preparation of meat and meat food products of such animals are 280
conducted; and all cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, and 281
other equine found on such inspection to show symptoms of disease 282
shall be set apart and slaughtered separately from all other 283
cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, or other equine, and 284
when so slaughtered, the carcasses of said cattle, sheep, swine, 285
goats, horses, mules, or other equine shall be subject to a 286
careful examination and inspection, all as provided by the rules 287
and regulations to be prescribed by the commissioner as herein 288
provided for. 289
( * * *2) For the purpose of preventing the inhumane 290
slaughtering of livestock, the commissioner shall cause to be 291
made, by inspectors appointed for that purpose, an examination and 292
inspection of the method by which cattle, sheep, swine, ratites, 293
nontraditional livestock, rabbits, goats, horses, mules and other 294
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equine are slaughtered and handled in connection with slaughter in 295
the slaughtering establishments inspected under this article. The 296
commissioner may refuse to provide inspection to a new 297
slaughtering establishment or may cause inspection to be suspended 298
temporarily at a slaughtering establishment if the commissioner 299
finds that any cattle, sheep, swine, ratites, nontraditional 300
livestock, rabbits, goats, horses, mules or other equine have been 301
slaughtered or handled in connection with slaughter at such 302
establishment by any method not in accordance with Sections 303
75-35-21(d) and 75-35-8 until the establishment furnishes 304
assurances satisfactory to the commissioner that all slaughtering 305
and handling in connection with slaughter of livestock shall be in 306
accordance with such a method. 307
(3) The commissioner shall appoint inspectors who are 308
authorized to: 309
(a) Order tests of animals within this state or 310
imported into this state for the purpose of protecting the health 311
of animals in this state; 312
(b) Recommend vaccinations of livestock, as defined in 313
Section 69-29-103, within this state or imported into this state 314
for the purpose of protecting the health of livestock in this 315
state; and 316
(c) Order vaccinations of nonlivestock animals within 317
this state or imported into this state for the purpose of 318
protecting the health of nonlivestock animals in this state. 319
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SECTION 4. Section 75-35-15, Mississippi Code of 1972, is 320
amended as follows: 321
75-35-15. (1) When any meat or meat-food product has been 322
inspected as hereinbefore provided and marked "Mississippi 323
inspected and passed" or appropriate marking shall be placed or 324
packed in any can, pot, tin, canvas, or other receptacle or 325
covering in any establishment where inspection under the 326
provisions of this chapter is maintained, the person, firm, or 327
corporation preparing said product shall cause a label to be 328
attached to said can, pot, tin, canvas, or other receptacle or 329
covering, under supervision of an inspector, which label shall 330
state that the contents thereof have been "Mississippi inspected 331
and passed" or appropriate marking under the provisions of this 332
chapter, and no inspection and examination of meat or meat-food 333
products deposited or enclosed in cans, tins, pots, canvas, or 334
other receptacle or covering in any establishment where inspection 335
under the provisions of this chapter is maintained shall be deemed 336
to be complete until such meat or meat-food products have been 337
sealed or enclosed in said can, tin, pot, canvas, or other 338
receptacle or covering under the supervision of an inspector. 339
(2) All carcasses, parts of carcasses, meat and meat-food 340
products inspected at any establishment under the authority of 341
this chapter and found to be not adulterated, shall at the time 342
they leave the establishment bear, in distinctly legible form, 343
directly thereon or on their containers, as the commissioner may 344
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require, the information required under paragraph (k) of Section 345
75-35-3. 346
(3) The commissioner, whenever he determines such action is 347
necessary for the protection of the public, may prescribe: 348
(a) The styles and sizes of type to be used with 349
respect to material required to be incorporated in labeling to 350
avoid false or misleading labeling of any products or animals 351
subject to this article or Article 3 of this chapter; and 352
(b) Definitions and standards of identity or 353
composition for items subject to this article and standards of 354
fill of container for such products not inconsistent with any such 355
standards established under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic 356
Act, or under the Federal Meat Inspection Act, and there shall be 357
consultation between the commissioner and the Secretary of 358
Agriculture of the United States prior to the issuance of such 359
standards to avoid inconsistency between such standards and the 360
federal standards. 361
(4) (a) No item or product subject to this article shall be 362
sold or offered for sale by any person, firm, corporation, 363
retailer or food service establishment under any name or other 364
marking or labeling which is false or misleading, or in any 365
container of a misleading form or size, but established trade 366
names and other marking and labeling and containers which are not 367
false or misleading and which are approved by the commissioner, 368
are permitted. A food product or cultivated-protein food product 369
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that contains cultured animal tissue produced from animal cell 370
cultures outside of the organism from which it is derived shall 371
not be manufactured or sold within the state. A plant-based, 372
plant-protein, insect-based or insect-protein food product shall 373
not be labeled as meat or a meat-food product. A 374
manufactured-protein food product, as defined in Section 1 of this 375
act, shall not be labeled as meat or a meat-food product. 376
(b) Every person, firm, corporation, retailer or food 377
service establishment governed by the provisions of this chapter 378
shall inform consumers, at the final point of sale, of the 379
products' authenticity as a meat or nonmeat product with 380
appropriate labeling indicating such in a manner consistent with 381
the requirements of Section 75-36-15. 382
(5) If the commissioner has reason to believe that any 383
marking or labeling or the size or form of any container in use or 384
proposed for use with respect to any item subject to this article 385
is false or misleading in any particular, he may direct that such 386
use be withheld unless the marking, labeling, or container is 387
modified in such manner as he may prescribe so that it will not be 388
false or misleading. If the person, firm, or corporation using or 389
proposing to use the marking, labeling or container does not 390
accept the determination of the commissioner, such person, firm, 391
or corporation may request a hearing, but the use of the marking, 392
labeling, or container shall, if the commissioner so directs, be 393
withheld pending hearing and final determination by the 394
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commissioner. Any party aggrieved by such final determination 395
may, within thirty (30) days after receipt of notice of such final 396
determination, effect an appeal therefrom to the chancery court of 397
the county in which such party resides or in which the principal 398
place of his business is domiciled; and, on appeal, such chancery 399
court shall affirm, modify, or set aside the commissioner's final 400
determination. 401
(6) Nothing in this section or any other law prohibits a 402
person from labeling meat or a meat product as "mRNA free" or any 403
similar designation, if the animals from which the meat or meat 404
product was derived were not administered a mRNA vaccine or 405
vaccine material. 406
SECTION 5. Section 75-33-3, Mississippi Code of 1972, is 407
amended as follows: 408
75-33-3. (1) For the purpose of this article, the words and 409
terms used herein shall have ascribed to them the following 410
meanings: 411
(a) The word "person" shall include individuals, 412
partnerships, corporations, associations, and any other legal 413
entity recognized by law. 414
(b) The terms "meat" and "meat-food products" whenever 415
used in this article, shall include the carcasses or parts 416
thereof, of cattle, sheep, goats, other ruminants, including 417
exotic animals, swine, horses, mules, rabbits, poultry and ratites 418
and the meat and meat-food products of such animals. 419
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(c) The term "food unfit for human consumption" shall 420
be construed to include the meat and meat-food products of horses 421
and mules and all meats or meat-food products which are so 422
affected with disease that it would be dangerous to use the meat 423
or other parts for human food; also, all meats or meat-food 424
products which are contaminated, putrid, unsound, unhealthful, or 425
otherwise unfit for food, or which have been derived from any 426
animal which has died as a result of disease or accident, or which 427
was in a dying condition at the time of slaughter. 428
(d) The word "establishment" as used in this article, 429
shall include: (i) any building or structure in which 430
slaughtering, butchering, meat processing, meat canning, meat 431
packing, meat manufacturing or rendering is carried on; and (ii) 432
the ground upon which such building or structure is erected, and 433
so much ground adjacent thereto as is used in carrying on the 434
business of such establishment, including drains, gutters, waste 435
disposal and cesspools used in connection with the establishment. 436
(e) The word "equipment" as used in this article, shall 437
include all machinery, fixtures, containers, vessels, tools, 438
implements and apparatus used in and about an establishment. 439
(f) The word "commissioner" as used in this article, 440
shall mean the Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce, or his 441
duly authorized deputies. 442
(g) The word "ratite" means a member of a group of 443
large flightless birds including the ostrich, rhea and emu. 444
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(h) The words "exotic animal" mean a member of a 445
species of game not indigenous to this state, including axis deer, 446
fallow deer, red deer or other cloven-hooved ruminant animals and 447
ratites. 448
(i) The term "food establishment" means any place, 449
vehicle, or vessel that prepares, stores, holds, transports, 450
serves, or dispenses food for human consumption. 451
(j) The term "mRNA vaccine or vaccine material" means a 452
substance to stimulate the production of antibodies and provide 453
immunity against disease by introducing messenger ribonucleic acid 454
(mRNA) that corresponds to a viral protein. 455
(2) All persons engaged in business as a meat broker, 456
jobber, dealer, distributor, peddler, transporter, or wholesaler 457
of any carcasses of meat animals or poultry or parts or products 458
thereof, whether fresh, frozen, cured or otherwise and whether 459
canned, wrapped, packaged or prepackaged, but not otherwise 460
handled, whether intended for human food or other purposes, or any 461
person engaged in the business as a public warehouseman storing 462
any such items or products shall register with the commissioner on 463
forms provided and shall operate under the applicable inspection 464
authority provided in this article and by the Mississippi Meat 465
Inspection Act of 1968 [Chapter 35 of Title 75], provided persons 466
operating the aforementioned nonslaughter and nonprocessing 467
businesses are exempt from the license and fee specified in 468
Section 75-33-7. 469
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products and livestock intended for human
consumption.
(3) The slaughtering by any person of animals and poultry of 470
his own raising, and the processing and transportation by him of 471
animals and poultry products exclusively for use by him and 472
members of his household and his nonpaying guests and employees, 473
shall be exempt from the provisions of this article. Any other 474
operations of an unlicensed, unapproved slaughterhouse and/or 475
processing facility to escape the provisions of this article shall 476
be unlawful, and any person found guilty of such violation shall 477
be punished as provided in Section 75-33-37. 478
(4) The provisions of this article shall not apply to 479
poultry producers with respect to poultry of their own raising on 480
their own farms on the same basis as now provided in the United 481
States Wholesome Poultry Products Act and regulations thereunder, 482
and such exemptions shall be consistent with said act and 483
regulations. However, the adulteration and misbranding provisions 484
of said act, other than the requirement of the inspection legend, 485
shall apply to articles which are exempt from inspection by said 486
act and regulations. 487
SECTION 6. This act shall take effect and be in force from 488
and after July 1, 2026. 489