SEC. 75-31-43. Milk and milk products sold at retail; labeling of containers.

Sections 75-31-1, 75-31-3, 75-31-5, 75-31-6, 75-31-7, 75-31-9, 75-31-11, 75-31-13, 75-31-15, 75-31-17, 75-31-19, 75-31-21, 75-31-23, 75-31-25, 75-31-27, 75-31-29, 75-31-31, 75-31-33, 75-31-35, 75-31-37, 75-31-39, 75-31-40, 75-31-41, 75-31-43, 75-31-45, 75-31-47, 75-31-49, 75-31-51, 75-31-53, 75-31-55, 75-31-57, 75-31-59, 75-31-61 and 75-31-63, Mississippi Code of 1972, which provide for the regulation of milk and milk products by the Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce, are repealed.

All bottles, cartons, cans, packages, and other containers enclosing milk or any milk products intended for retail sale or sold at retail in this state shall be plainly labeled or marked to show the following:

(1) The name of the contents as given in the definitions of section 75-31-41, and the minimum per cent of milk fat therein;

(2) The grade of the contents;

(3) The word "pasturized" only if the contents have been pasturized;

(4) The word "raw" only if the contents are raw;

(5) The identity of the producer if the contents are raw, and the identity of the plant at which the contents were pasteurized, if the contents are pasteurized;

(6) In the case of vitamin D milk or milk products, the designation "Vitamin D", and the source of the vitamin D, and the number of units per quart; and

(7) In the event the contents are pasteurized by one milk plant for distribution by another milk plant or milk distributor, then the label shall show the identity of the plant processing the product and the identity of the distributor or distributing plant.

The label or mark shall be in letters of a size, kind, and color approved by the state board of health and shall contain no marks or words which are misleading.

SOURCES: Codes, 1942, Sec. 4560-12; Laws, 1954, ch. 156, Sec. 2, eff 120 days after passage, approved May 4, 1954. Repealed by Laws 1999, Ch. 439, Sec. 2, eff. July 1, 1999.