Mississippi Code
Miss. Code Ann. § 75-35-21 (2026)
Prohibitions with respect to slaughtering, preparation, sale, transportation, adulteration or misbranding of carcasses or meat food products
✓ current as of July 2026
No person, firm, or corporation shall, with respect to any cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, or other equine, or any carcasses, parts of carcasses, meat or meat food products of any such animals:
- (a) Slaughter any such animals or prepare any such products which are capable of use as human food, at any establishment preparing such articles, except in compliance with the requirements of this chapter;
- (b) Sell, transport, offer for sale or transportation, or receive for transportation, in intrastate commerce, (i) any such products which (1.) are capable of use as human food, and (2.) are adulterated or misbranded at the time of such sale, transportation, offer for sale or transportation, or receipt for transportation; or (ii) any items required to be inspected under this article unless they have been so inspected and passed;
- (c) Do, with respect to any such items which are capable of use as human food, any act while they are being transported in intrastate commerce or held for sale after such transportation, which is intended to cause or has the effect of causing such items to be adulterated or misbranded;
- (d) Slaughter or handle in connection with such slaughter any such animals in any manner not declared to be humane under Section 75-35-8.
Codes, 1942, § 4575-160, Laws, 1968, ch. 245, § 10; Laws, 2006, ch. 345, § 3, eff. 7/1/2006.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1
case, 2001–2001 · leading case: Slay v. Spell, 828 So. 2d 1257 (Miss. Ct. App. 2001).
Slay v. Spell, 828 So. 2d 1257 (Miss. Ct. App. 2001). “Miss.Code Ann. § 75-35-21(a) (Rev.2000). According to the statements by Creel and Slay, the calf did not receive an ante-mortem inspection.”
— Miss. Code Ann. § 75-35-21(a) — 1 case
Slay v. Spell, 828 So. 2d 1257 (Miss. Ct. App. 2001). “Miss.Code Ann. § 75-35-21(a) (Rev.2000). According to the statements by Creel and Slay, the calf did not receive an ante-mortem inspection.”
— Miss. Code Ann. § 75-35-21(b) — 1 case
Slay v. Spell, 828 So. 2d 1257 (Miss. Ct. App. 2001). “Miss.Code Ann. § 75-35-21(a) (Rev.2000). According to the statements by Creel and Slay, the calf did not receive an ante-mortem inspection.”
— Miss. Code Ann. § 75-35-21(b)(2) — 1 case
Slay v. Spell, 828 So. 2d 1257 (Miss. Ct. App. 2001). “Miss.Code Ann. § 75-35-21(a) (Rev.2000). According to the statements by Creel and Slay, the calf did not receive an ante-mortem inspection.”
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