Mississippi Department of Agriculture and CommerceThe mission of the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce is to regulate and promote agricultural-related businesses within the state and to promote Mississippi’s products throughout both the state and the rest of the world for the benefit of all Mississippi citizens.
» Application for Rendering Plants (PDF) » Application for Meat Plant Inspection (PDF) » Complaint on Business (PDF) » Registration for Meat Food Handlers (PDF) (warehouses, jobbers & etc.) » Registration for Exempt Poultry Producers (PDF) (1,000 or less birds per year / 1,000-20,000 birds per year) Return to Meat Inspection
The Animal and Poultry By-Products Disposal Law of 1964 Section 41-51-1 through 41-51-33 (PDF) Regulates the disposition of animal and poultry inedible waste. The law designates the Department as the responsible agency for licensing and inspecting of rendering plants and the disposal of their products. Administered by the Meat Inspection Division. The Meat, Meat-Food, Poultry [...]
This Division conducts fruit and vegetable inspections as well as third party food safety audits known as Good Agricultural Practices/Good Handling Practices (GAP/ GHP) audits. All inspections and food safety audits are provided statewide to farms, packers, and wholesalers. The GAP/GHP audits are voluntary independent audits of produce suppliers throughout the production and supply chain. [...]
For information about organic farming, visit the websites linked below. Produce Availability & Planting Guide (PDF) Mississippi State - Organic Fruits & Vegetables USDA - National Organic Program ATTRA - Appropriate Technology Transfer for Rural Areas Organic Materials Review Institute (OMRI) University of Florida -Organic Production Page The Vegetable Patch Homestead Sustainable & Gardening Internet [...]
The Mississippi Moisture Meter Laboratory provides testing and inspection of devices used to measure the moisture content of agricultural products offered for sale, processed or stored, using standard methods set by the USDA. The Moisture Meter Laboratory also compiles grain standards used in the inspection of grain moisture meters tested in the State of Mississippi. [...]
Mississippi is one of twenty-seven states that have a meat inspection program. The Meat Inspection Division of Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce (MDAC) began with the Meat, Meat-Food and Poultry Regulation and Inspection Law of 1960. The law was amended with the Mississippi Inspection Law of 1968 at which time it entered into a [...]
The Consumer Protection Division continues to be one of the most diversified divisions within the Department. The Division’s goal is to protect Mississippi consumers on a daily basis by enforcing retail food safety and sanitation laws and regulations, weights and measures standards, and food labeling requirements in retail food establishments such as convenience stores and [...]
The Weights and Measures Division inspects and tests scales and measurement equipment used in commerce to ensure compliance with state laws and equity in the marketplace. Division inspectors make routine inspections on all types of commercial weighing devices including railroad scales, vehicle scales, livestock scales, hopper scales, floor scales, bench scales, and those used to [...]
All petroleum products sold in the state must be registered with MDAC’s Petroleum Products Inspection Division. All retail motor fuel products which include gasoline, ethanol blended fuel, diesel fuel, biodiesel blended fuel, and kerosene, are analyzed by the Mississippi State Chemical Lab to ensure product compliance within American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) specifications. [...]
The Bureau of Regulatory Services is a regulatory bureau within the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce. Its mission is to effectively and efficiently administer and enforce the laws and regulations charged to the Bureau. The foremost goals of the Bureau are to protect the health and economic welfare of all citizens, to afford a [...]
