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Mississippi registers: facility permit plus product registration: each location that makes or distributes feed or pet food for sale in Mississippi needs a $100 yearly facility registration permit, and each product is registered with a label. Products in packages of 10 lb or less pay $25 a year each; larger packages pay a tonnage inspection fee instead. Product fee: $25/yr. License or firm fee: $100 per facility/yr. Tonnage report: some products.
| Agency | Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce (MDAC), Bureau of Plant Industry, Feed, Fertilizer, Lime, Soil and Plant Amendments (FFLSP) programSource: mdac.ms.gov · Miss. Code §75-45-155: the law is run by the Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce and the State Chemist. Contact: FFLSP@mdac.ms.gov, (662) 325-3390, P.O. Box 5207, Mississippi State, MS 39762-5207. |
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| What's registered | Facility permit plus product registration: each location that makes or distributes feed or pet food for sale in Mississippi needs a $100 yearly facility registration permit, and each product is registered with a label. Products in packages of 10 lb or less pay $25 a year each; larger packages pay a tonnage inspection fee instead.Source: mdac.ms.gov · Miss. Code §75-45-159(1): “No person shall manufacture or distribute a commercial or customer-formula feed for sale in this state, unless he has filed with the commissioner ... his name, place of business and location of each manufacturing facility, has paid his registration fee of One Hundred Dollars ($ 100.00) for each location and has been issued his facility registration permit by the department.” MDAC's product form asks for one label per product, including products of 10 lb and over. |
| Product registration fee | $25 per product per year for products sold in packages of 10 lb or less (MDAC's form says under 10 lb). No product fee for larger packages (those pay the tonnage inspection fee). A product sold in both sizes pays $25 and tonnage on the larger packages.Source: agnet.mdac.ms.gov · MDAC Commercial Feed Product Registration form (Form 1444, rev. 9/12/23) and FFLSP page: “Feed product registration fees are $25 per product in packages less than 10 lbs.” Miss. Code §75-45-167(2) sets the $25 per brand for feed “distributed in the state only in packages of ten (10) pounds or less”, paid “in lieu of the inspection fee”. |
| Package-size rule | 10 lb or less: $25 per product per year. Over 10 lb: no product fee; report tonnage each January (25 cents a ton, $20 minimum a year). Sold in both sizes: $25 per product plus tonnage on the larger packages. Exactly 10 lb: the statute says $25, MDAC's form says tonnage; ask MDAC.Source: agnet.mdac.ms.gov · The statute (§75-45-167(2)) gives the $25 fee to feed “distributed in the state only in packages of ten (10) pounds or less”; MDAC's form and page say “less than 10lbs” pays $25 and “10lbs & greater” pays tonnage. The calculator follows the statute's wording, so a package of exactly 10 lb is shown at $25; MDAC's form would put it in tonnage. Ask MDAC. |
| License / firm fee | $100 per facility (each location) per year: the feed facility registration permitSource: agnet.mdac.ms.gov · Miss. Code §75-45-159(1). MDAC's Feed Facility Registration Form (Form 1440, rev. 9/12/23): “There is a $100 fee per facility registration.” The form covers manufacturers, distributors and integrated operators/contract feeders. |
| Registration period | Calendar year. Facility permits and product registrations are renewed each year.Source: mdac.ms.gov · MDAC: “Feed permits and products are renewed annually during the month of December.” Miss. Code §75-45-159(2) and §75-45-167(2): the facility fee and the small-package product fee are due on or before January 1 of each year. |
| Renewal due | On or before January 1 each year (MDAC renews during December). A $50 late fee applies to a facility registration more than 30 days late.Source: agnet.mdac.ms.gov · Miss. Code §75-45-159(2) and §75-45-167(2); MDAC FFLSP page: renewed “during the month of December”. |
| Tonnage report required? | Yes, for products sold in packages of 10 lb or more or in bulk. Not for products sold only in packages under 10 lb.Source: agnet.mdac.ms.gov · MDAC Commercial Feed Tonnage Report (Form 1446): “This form should be used for any package size greater than 10 lbs or bulk.” The FFLSP page: “tonnage reporting is required annually for those products each January at .25 cents per ton.” Miss. Code §75-45-167(1): paid by “the person whose name appears on the label as the manufacturer, guarantor or distributor”; no fee if a previous distributor paid it. |
| Tonnage report frequency | Annual (calendar year) Fee depends on tonnage; see the agency.Source: agnet.mdac.ms.gov · Miss. Code §75-45-169(a): an annual statement of net tons distributed in Mississippi during the preceding calendar year. |
| Tonnage report due | By the last day of January, for the previous calendar year. The report must be filed even if nothing was sold. Penalty of 10% (minimum $10) if not paid in time.Source: agnet.mdac.ms.gov · Miss. Code §75-45-169(a): penalty if not paid within 15 days after the due date; MDAC's form says the penalty applies “if not paid within 45 days after end of year”. Inspection fee 25 cents a ton, minimum $20 a year. Fee depends on tonnage; see the agency. |
| Form or portal | https://agnet.mdac.ms.gov/agManage/uploads/1533.pdfSource: mdac.ms.gov · Commercial Feed Product Registration form (PDF). MDAC also offers online registration through its FFLSP Online Registration System: https://agnet.mdac.ms.gov/fflsp/ |
| License / firm form | https://agnet.mdac.ms.gov/agManage/uploads/1532.pdfSource: mdac.ms.gov · Feed Facility Registration Form, new or renewal (PDF). Online alternative: https://agnet.mdac.ms.gov/fflsp/ |
| What to send | The Feed Facility Registration Form (Federal Tax ID required) with $100 per facility; the Commercial Feed Product Registration form listing each product, one label per product (PDF emailed to FFLSP@mdac.ms.gov, or on a CD or flash drive by mail), and $25 for each product sold under 10 lb. Checks payable to Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce, P.O. Box 5207, Mississippi State, MS 39762-5207. Or register online.Source: agnet.mdac.ms.gov · Forms 1440 and 1444 (rev. 9/12/23). |
| Home-kitchen pet treats | No published rule No published rule found on selling pet treats made in a home kitchen; ask the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce (feed program). Agency page.Source: mdac.ms.gov · We read the agency's pet food and feed pages, its law and rules, and the state's cottage food rules, and found no statement either way on making pet treats in a home kitchen. Selling homemade dog treats in Mississippi |
Checked October 3, 2026 against the linked agency pages, forms and statutes.
Also see: AAFCO's Mississippi page. AAFCO's state pages show no update date.
Same rules as pet food Same: Mississippi's law covers all commercial feed, with the same $100 facility permit, $25 per product under 10 lb, and tonnage for larger packages and bulk.Source: agnet.mdac.ms.gov · Miss. Code §§75-45-153(d), 75-45-159, 75-45-167. Feed made in Mississippi to feed a distributor's or its contract feeders' own livestock, poultry or fish, and bulk feed for commercial aquatic growers, is exempt from the inspection fee with an annual permit (§75-45-167(4)).
For other animal feed in Mississippi: product fee $25/yr; license or firm fee $100 per facility/yr; tonnage report some products.
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