Mississippi Administrative Code
Title 2 - Agriculture and Commerce
Part 1 - Rules of the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce
Subpart 3 - Bureau of Plant Industry
Chapter 08 - Pesticide Law Regulations
Subchapter 01 - Regulations Governing Registration of Pesticides and Pesticide Products
Definitions
Section 2-1-3-08-01-100
Current through March 31, 2025
Words used in these regulations shall be construed as having the same meaning as in the definitions given in the Act.
1. The term "AAPCO" means the Association of American Pesticide Control Officials.
2. The term "Act" means the Mississippi Pesticide Law of 1975, Miss. Code Ann. §§ 69- 23-1, et seq.
3. The term "bulk container" means any container holding more than 55 gallons of concentrated/undiluted liquid pesticide or more than 100 pounds of dry pesticide.
4. The term "Bureau" means the Bureau of Plant Industry within the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce.
5. The term "channels of trade" means distribution channel that a pesticide or pesticide product follows once it leaves the producing establishment.
6. The term "deficient in ingredient" means an active ingredient or functioning agent has been found in a pesticide product which has been packaged, labeled and released for shipment that deviates below AAPCO Standards and Uniform Policy (Adopted March, 1998), or as amended hereafter. In addition, for adjuvants a deviation of more than 10% from the label guarantee shall be considered a violation
7. The term "discontinued product(s)" means pesticide product(s) for which manufacturing has been halted but may still remain in the channels of trade.
8. The term "establishment" means any place where a pesticide or active ingredient is used to produce a pesticide or pesticide product, or where a pesticide or pesticide product is held for distribution or sale.
9. The term "FDA" means the Federal Food and Drug Administration.
10. The term "formulate" means receiving ingredients for a product individually and then mixing them in order to produce a new product.
11. The term "Notice of warning" or "Notice of non-compliance" means the document sent to an establishment (pesticide producer, distributor, packager, etc.) which notifies said persons of a product that has been found to be in violation of the Mississippi Pesticide Law.
12. The term "pesticide product" means a product that has been packaged, labeled and released for shipment from the producing establishment.
13. The term "pesticidal product report(s)" means the records kept by a pesticide producing facility on the amounts of pesticide products manufactured or repackaged, and/or released for shipment.
14. The term "produce" means to manufacture, prepare, compound, propagate, or process any pesticide or active ingredient used in producing a pesticide or pesticide product.
15. The term "repackaged" means receiving a product in bulk and then packaging and relabeling it.
16. The term "removed from the channels of trade" means the act of stopping the sale of a pesticide or pesticide product and removing it from the store shelf, inventory list, or warehouse with assurance that it will not be distributed to the end-user.
17. The term "site of application" means a place to which a pesticide can be applied such as soil, types of plants, types of structures, types of crops, etc.
18. The term "wholesale distributor or distributor" means a place of business, which receives pesticide products from the manufacturer for distribution to the retailer or in some cases directly to the end-user.
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-23-9.
