HB 811

AN ACT TO AMEND TO PROHIBIT THE ADMINISTRATION OR INOCULATION OF ANY VACCINE DEVELOPED USING MESSENGER RIBONUCLEIC ACID (MRNA) TECHNOLOGY FOR USE IN ANY LIVESTOCK, AQUACULTURAL SPECIMEN, POULTRY, PRODUCE OR OTHER FOOD PRODUCT INTENDED FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION IN THIS STATE; TO PROVIDE THAT A VIOLATION CONSTITUTES A MISDEMEANOR; TO AMEND SECTIONS 75-35-3 AND 75-33-3, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO DEFINE THE TERM MESSENGER RIBONUCLEIC ACID (MRNA) VACCINE; TO AMEND SECTION 75-35-7, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PRESCRIBE DUTIES TO LIVESTOCK AND MEAT INSPECTORS APPOINTED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE AND COMMERCE; TO AMEND SECTION 75-35-15, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT NOTHING PROHIBITS A PERSON FROM LABELING MEAT OR A MEAT PRODUCT AS "MRNA FREE" IF THE ANIMALS FROM WHICH THE MEAT OR MEAT PRODUCT WAS DERIVED WERE NOT ADMINISTERED AN MRNA VACCINE; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.