Mo. Rev. Stat. ch. 265 – Regulation and Marketing of Agricultural Products | Midpage

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Chapter 265

Mo. Rev. Stat. ch. 265

Regulation and Marketing of Agricultural Products

265.010Definitions 265.020Director to promulgate standards — rulemaking, procedure 265.030Director to specify dates when standards become effective 265.040Authorized to cooperate with United States or any department 265.050Appointment of agents — bond — action on bond 265.060Appointment of inspectors — fees — suspension or revocation of license 265.070Appeal of inspector's decision — reasonable fee 265.080Certificate to be prima facie evidence 265.110Misrepresentation of grade, classification, quality or condition — penalty 265.120Rules for grading apples 265.130Apples — how marked — exemptions — penalty for violation 265.140Director to enforce — powers 265.150Merchandising fee imposed — exemptions 265.160Fees, when due — installment payments — records and reports of growers — penalty 265.170Unpaid fees to bear interest — manner of collection 265.180Creation of apple merchandising fund, not transferable 265.190Expenditure of moneys 265.200Powers and duties of Missouri state horticultural society 265.210Duty of state and county officers 265.220Prosecutions, procedure 265.280Definitions 265.283Sale of fresh meat from a foreign nation, when 265.286Label to include country of origin 265.289Department to enforce provisions — violations, procedure, penalty 265.300Definitions 265.310All commercial slaughter plants and meat processors regulated 265.320Certain operations exempted 265.330Meats section created — head of section, appointment, qualifications, duties 265.340Inspection supervisors, appointment, number, qualifications, compensation 265.350Inspectors, how assigned, duties 265.360Inspections, when conducted 265.370Unwholesome meat or meat products condemned — appeal, written notice, reinspection — director's determination subject to administrative review 265.380Unwholesome or adulterated meat to be marked, how 265.390Containers to bear inspection mark and plant number — containers to state ingredients, net weight or measure 265.400Labels must be approved — appeal from director's determination 265.410License required, application, fee 265.420Records required, inspection permitted, records to be retained 265.430Federal or other approved inspection basis for exemption 265.440Inspector may serve two or more plants 265.442Transportation or sale of adulterated, misbranded or certain unmarked meats prohibited 265.444Stop-sale order, when — seizure of product when, appeal 265.450Violation basis for suspension or refusal to license 265.460Operation without license or selling adulterated or misbranded meat, penalty 265.470Director and applicant placed under state department of elementary and secondary education relative to licenses 265.471Rules, Federal Meat Inspection Act 265.490Definitions 265.492Meat advertising to be truthful, accurate 265.494Prohibited practices, required disclosures 265.496Penalty 265.497Inspections, department of agriculture 265.499Remedies not to be exclusive, certain grocery retailers to be exempt 265.500Grain samples — sample sealed, when — state inspection, when — federal inspection, when — cost, how paid 265.505Duties and powers of director of the department of agriculture 265.510Violation, penalty for 265.515Rules of director, ratification of 265.525Citation of law — definitions — council created, members, terms, meetings, powers and duties — department authority — fees, rulemaking authority — violations, penalty — fund created, use of moneys