MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2000 Regular Session

To: Public Health and Welfare

By: Representative Moody

AN ACT RELATING TO THE REGULATION OF CERTAIN FOOD LAWS BY THE STATE BOARD OF HEALTH; TO REPEAL SECTIONS 75-29-301 THROUGH 75-29-315, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH CONSTITUTE THE "DEGERMINATED CORN MEAL AND GRITS LAW"; TO REPEAL SECTIONS 75-29-401 THROUGH 75-29-415, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH CONSTITUTE THE "FLOUR AND BREAD ENRICHMENT LAW"; TO REPEAL SECTIONS 75-29-501 THROUGH 75-29-511, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH CONSTITUTE THE "OLEOMARGARINE ENRICHMENT LAW"; TO REPEAL SECTIONS 75-37-1 THROUGH 75-37-35, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH IS THE "FROZEN FOOD LOCKER PLANT LAW"; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:

SECTION 1. Sections 75-29-301, 75-29-303, 75-29-305, 75-29-307, 75-29-309, 75-29-311, 75-29-313 and 75-29-315, Mississippi Code of 1972, which constitute the "Degerminated Corn Meal and Grits Law," are hereby repealed.

SECTION 2. Sections 75-29-401, 75-29-403, 75-29-405, 75-29-407, 75-29-409, 75-29-411, 75-29-413 and 75-29-415, Mississippi Code of 1972, which constitute the "Flour and Bread Enrichment Law," are hereby repealed.

SECTION 3. Sections 75-29-501, 75-29-503, 75-29-505, 75-29-507, 75-29-509 and 75-29-511, Mississippi Code of 1972, which constitute the "Oleomargarine Enrichment Law," are hereby repealed.

SECTION 4. Sections 75-37-1, 75-37-3, 75-37-5, 75-37-7, 75-37-9, 75-37-11, 75-37-13, 75-37-15, 75-37-17, 75-37-19, 75-37-21, 75-37-23, 75-37-25, 75-37-27, 75-37-29, 75-37-31, 75-37-33 and 75-37-35, Mississippi Code of 1972, which constitute the "Frozen Food Locker Plant Law," are hereby repealed.

SECTION 5. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2000.