2 Miss. Code. R. 1-3-01-119
Whenever an authorized Inspector of the Bureau of Plant Industry, Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce, under authority granted in Miss. Code Ann.§§ 69-25-17, 69-25-19, 69-25-21, and 69-25-35, shall find in the possession of any common carrier in this State any shipment, article or product that is infested or infected with any insect pest or disease, the dissemination of which under the law or rules of this Bureau, now or hereafter further transportation or delivery of such shipment, article or product so infested or infected shall cease. Articles determined to be in violation shall be destroyed or otherwise returned to the shipper to be by him dealt with or treated as the law may provide. At the time of such inspection, such inspector shall deliver to such common carrier a certificate in substantially the following form:
REPORT OF PROHIBITED ARTICLES INTERCEPTED IN POSSESSION OF CARRIERS
To ______________________________________ and all Whom It May Concern:
______________________________________ (Name of Carrier)
This is to certify that on the ________________ day of _______________, 20____, the undersigned inspected while in your possession at ___________________________, Mississippi, a shipment of ____________________________________ (Kind and Nature) consisting of _____ bundles or packages, shipped by ___________________________ of _________________________ State of ___________________ to ____________________ at ___________________________, State of Mississippi, and found the same to be infested or infected with _____________________________ (Name of insect pest or disease) and you are hereby notified that the transportation and delivery of said shipment so infested or infected, within the State of Mississippi, is prohibited by law and the Rules of the Bureau of Plant Industry, Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce, thereunder, except for the purpose of returning said shipment to the shipper, to be by him dealt with or treated as the law may require.
This _________ day of _______________, 20 _____.
_____________________________ Inspector (Amended April 3, 1991; Amended July 1, 2023.)
2 Miss. Code. R. 1-3-01-119