22 Miss. Code. R. 17-09-101
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to engage in handling, shucking, packaging, repackaging, or shipping molluscan shellfish for sale, who does not possess a dealer's or processor's license and certification from the Commission or as hereby authorized by the DMR, its Executive Director, Director of Marine Fisheries, Seafood Technology Bureau Director or other DMR designee in charge of molluscan shellfish handling and processing. The license and certification must be renewed annually. This does not apply to a restaurant or similar establishment, which may shuck and serve, under sanitary conditions, raw oysters at a half-shell bar for consumption on the premises.
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