HB 1153

An act to amend section 75-36-1, 75-36-3, 75-36-5, 75-36-7, 75-36-9, 75-36-11, 75-36-13 and 75-36-15, mississippi code of 1972, which provides for the labeling of products at food processing plants, retails OR other establishment, to clarify and expand definitions relating to meat, manufactured-protein, cultivated-protein, insect-protein, plant-protein and cell-cultured dairy products; To prohibit the manufacture, sale OR offer for sale of cell-cultured dairy products IN this state; To strengthen and clarify misbranding prohibitions involving the use of identifying meat terms and required qualifying disclosures; To revise inspection authority, complaint-based enforcement procedures, stop-sale and embargo powers and judicial enforcement mechanisms of the mississippi department of agriculture and commerce; To revise CIVIL penalties, deposit and use of fines and appeal rights for violations; To require state agencies, public schools and institutions of higher learning to adopt procurement policies preventing the purchase of misbranded OR cultivated-protein food products; To require clear consumer disclosure at the final point of sale by retailers, distributors, wholesalers and food service establishments regarding the authenticity of meat and nonmeat products; To authorize record-keeping and audit trail requirements to ensure compliance; To make technical and conforming amendments for consistency, enforceability and clarity; And for related purposes.