2 Miss. Code. R. 1-3-01-130
Under Miss. Code Ann. §§ 69-25-7, 69-25-15, 69-25-17, 69-25-19, 69-25-25 and 69-25-35, in order to prevent the further introduction into and spread within Mississippi of the destructive insect known as the Argentine ant Iridomyrmex humilis (Mayr), the Bureau of Plant Industry, Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce does declare and give public notice thereof that the movement into or within Mississippi of potted plants or any other plants with soil around them, from areas which are known to be infested with the Argentine ant, is hereby prohibited, except when the Bureau of Plant Industry shall receive satisfactory information from the plant inspection officials of the state in which the shipment originates, or shall find by inspection, that the property on which the plants were grown is free from this insect, or the ants are being successfully controlled, and the plants shall in other respects conform to the rules and regulations of the Bureau of Plant Industry.
2 Miss. Code. R. 1-3-01-130