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
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 [...]