75-29-201 - Labeling requirements.
§ 75-29-201. Labeling requirements.
Every container of syrup sold, offered, or exposed for sale, through a retail outlet, by an individual, firm or corporation in the State of Mississippi shall have on the outside of each container a paper label, permanent type stamped imprint, or embossed material on the container itself, plainly printed in the English language, and truly certifying the net contents of the packet, the name, brand, and the name and address of the person, or processor, offering such syrup for sale, and a true statement of the contents contained therein.
Syrup from the juice of sugar cane or sorghum may be labeled "pure cane" or "pure sorghum" syrup to coincide with the contents therein.
Any other type of syrup must show the name of all ingredients used in making same.
Sources: Codes, 1942, § 7109.5; Laws, 1960, ch. 159, §§ 1-4; Laws, 1962, ch. 169, §§ 1-7; Laws, 1973, ch. 303, § 1 (a), eff from and after passage (approved February 2, 1973).