Any person, firm, corporation or business desiring to alter an existing or construct a new molluscan shellfish handling/transporting/processing facility shall acquire a Mississippi Certified Shellfish Sanitation or Processing Plant license and certification from the DMR to operate any such facility, should contact the DMR staff in charge of the regulatory molluscan shellfish handling and processing responsibilities. The DMR staff shall be contacted prior to handling or processing any molluscan shellfish in any fashion in any altered or new molluscan shellfish handling/ transporting/processing facility. It shall be unlawful to fail to comply with the terms of this section.
22 Miss. Code. R. 17-06-100