Mississippi Administrative Code
Title 22 - MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF MARINE RESOURCES
Part 17 - REGULATION OF MOLLUSCAN SHELLFISH LANDING, UNLOADING, TRANSPORTING, PROCESSING, BUYING, SELLING, OPENING, AND OTHER MOLLUSCAN SHELLFISH RELATED ACTIVITIES IN THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
Chapter 19 - Responsibility
Section 22-17-19-100

It shall be the duty and responsibility of each owner, manager, and operator of a certified molluscan shellfish plant to insure that all regulations pertaining thereto are strictly adhered to and that only safe, wholesome, unadulterated molluscan shellfish shall be offered for sale to the consuming public. It shall be his duty and responsibility to see that his plant is properly supervised at all times and all molluscan shellfish can be identified, whether shellstock or shucked molluscan shellfish, to ensure that they were harvested from approved growing waters and that they have been handled and processed in a sanitary manner. Each owner shall be subject to penalties under this Part and Miss. Code Ann.