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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
For purposes of this article, the following terms shall have the meaning ascribed herein unless the context otherwise requires:
(a) “Capable of use as human food” means and shall apply to any catfish or part or product thereof unless it is denatured or otherwise identified as required by regulations prescribed by the commissioner to deter its use as human food, or unless it is naturally inedible by humans.
(b) “Cash sale” means a sale in which the seller does not expressly extend credit to the buyer.
(c) “Catfish” means any species within the family of Ictaluridae.
(d) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce of the State of Mississippi.
(e) “Direct retail sale” means the sale of catfish products directly to the consumer.
(f) “Person” includes any individual, partnership, corporation and association or other legal entity.
(g) “Processor” means any person engaged in handling, storing, preparing, manufacturing, packing or holding catfish products.
(h) “Producer” means any person engaged in the business of producing catfish, by any method.
(i) “Product” means any catfish product capable of use as human food which is made wholly or in part from any catfish or portion thereof.
(j) “Secured party” means a lender who has a perfected security interest pursuant to the Uniform Commercial Code in the catfish being sold.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Mississippi Code Title 69. Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals § 69-7-657 - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ms/title-69-agriculture-horticulture-and-animals/ms-code-sect-69-7-657/
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