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MN Stat § 31.104 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 17 - 43 — Agriculture|Chapter 31 — Food|Section 31.104 — Food Labeling Exemption Rules.

31.104 FOOD LABELING EXEMPTION RULES. The commissioner shall promulgate rules exempting from any labeling requirement food which is, in accordance with the practice of the trade, to be processed, labeled, or repacked in substantial quantities at establishments other than those where originally processed or packed, on condition that such food is not adulterated or misbranded upon removal from such processing, labeling, or repacking establishment. Federal regulations in effect on April 1, 2001, adopted under authority of the federal act relating to such exemptions are effective in this state unless the commissioner amends them. The commissioner also may amend existing rules concerning exemptions under chapter 14. History:  1974 c 84 s 29; 1975 c 412 s 17; 1985 c 248 s 70; 1986 c 444; 1989 c 350 art 11 s 4; 1994 c 571 s 4; 1997 c 220 s 4; 2000 c 477 s 30; 2002 c 373 s 21
MN Stat § 31.11 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 17 - 43 — Agriculture|Chapter 31 — Food|Section 31.11 — Rules.

31.11 RULES. Subdivision 1. Food laws. For the purpose of preventing fraud and deception in the manufacture, use, sale, and transportation of food, or for the purpose of protecting and preserving the public health, it shall also be the duty of the commissioner to make and publish uniform rules, not inconsistent with law, for carrying out and enforcing the provisions of laws now or hereafter enacted relating to food; which rules shall be made in the manner provided by law. Until such rules are made and published, the rules heretofore made by the commissioner shall remain in full force and effect, except as otherwise prescribed by law. Any person who shall manufacture, use, sell, transport, offer for use, sale or transportation, or have in possession with intent to use, sell or transport, any article of food contrary to the provisions of any such rule, or who shall fail to comply with any such rule, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Subd. 2.  [Repealed, 1Sp2001 c 2 s 162] History:  (3805) 1921 c 495 s 16; 1961 c 144 art 2 s 9; 1985 c 248 s 70; 1989 c 350 art 11 s 5
MN Stat § 31.115 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 17 - 43 — Agriculture|Chapter 31 — Food|Section 31.115 — Lawful To Produce Beverages In Basements Or Other Subgrade Areas, Use Buildings For Other Purposes.

31.115 LAWFUL TO PRODUCE BEVERAGES IN BASEMENTS OR OTHER SUBGRADE AREAS, USE BUILDINGS FOR OTHER PURPOSES. For the purposes of inspection, licensing, permitting, and registration by the commissioner of agriculture under Minnesota Rules, parts 1550.1650 to 1550.1870, it is lawful to locate in a basement or other subgrade area an installation to manufacture, mix, or compound flavored beverage base or syrup; bottle or treat water; package carbonated or noncarbonated beverages; or bottle beer or other malt beverages. Buildings or portions thereof within the scope of Minnesota Rules, parts 1550.1710 to 1550.1870, may also be used for other purposes. History:   2010 c 209 s 1
MN Stat § 31.12 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 17 - 43 — Agriculture|Chapter 31 — Food|Section 31.12 — Labeling.

31.12 LABELING. For the purpose of preventing fraud and deception in the manufacture, use, sale, and transportation of food, or for the purpose of protecting and preserving the public health, it shall be the duty of the commissioner, by rulings not inconsistent with law, to require that any article of food, or the package, receptacle, or container thereof, before it be sold, transported, used, offered for sale or transportation, or had in possession with intent to use, sell or transport within this state, shall be labeled, stamped, stenciled, marked, or branded in such manner as to plainly exhibit to the purchaser any or all of the following data or information: The percentages and true composition of such food article, its quality, strength, quantity, source of its manufacture or production or the person by or for whom the same is manufactured, produced, packed, or shipped. The commissioner shall also have authority to prescribe by such rulings the date on which the same shall take effect and be in force, and also the form, size, style, and wording of, and the place, time, method, means and manner of use of all such labels, stamps, stencils, brands, and markings, which rulings shall be made in the manner provided by law. Until such rulings are made and in effect the rulings heretofore made by the commissioner shall remain in full force and effect, except as otherwise prescribed by law. Any person who shall fail to comply with such ruling or rulings shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. History:  (3806) 1921 c 495 s 17; 1961 c 144 art 2 s 10
MN Stat § 31.121 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 17 - 43 — Agriculture|Chapter 31 — Food|Section 31.121 — Food Adulteration.

31.121 FOOD ADULTERATION. A food shall be deemed to be adulterated if it is covered by section 34A.02. History:  1974 c 84 s 30; 1985 c 248 s 70; 1990 c 554 s 1; 1992 c 486 s 2; 2012 c 244 art 2 s 14
MN Stat § 31.122 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 17 - 43 — Agriculture|Chapter 31 — Food|Section 31.122 — Food; Tolerances For Added Poisonous Ingredients.

31.122 FOOD; TOLERANCES FOR ADDED POISONOUS INGREDIENTS. Any added poisonous or deleterious substance, any food additive, any pesticide chemical in or on a raw agricultural commodity or any color additive, shall with respect to any particular use or intended use be deemed unsafe for the purpose of application of section 34A.02, clause (2), with respect to any food, unless there is in effect a rule pursuant to section 31.101 limiting the quantity of such substance, and the use or intended use of such substance conforms to the terms prescribed by such rule. While such rules relating to such substance are in effect, a food shall not, by reason of bearing or containing such substance in accordance with the rules, be considered adulterated within the meaning of section 34A.02, clause (1). History:  1974 c 84 s 31; 1985 c 248 s 70; 2016 c 184 s 5
MN Stat § 31.123 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 17 - 43 — Agriculture|Chapter 31 — Food|Section 31.123 — Food Misbranding.

31.123 FOOD MISBRANDING. A food is misbranded if it is covered by section 34A.03. History:  1974 c 84 s 32; 1985 c 248 s 70; 2012 c 244 art 2 s 15
MN Stat § 31.124 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 17 - 43 — Agriculture|Chapter 31 — Food|Section 31.124 — False Advertising.

31.124 FALSE ADVERTISING. An advertisement of a food shall be deemed to be false if it is false or misleading in any particular. History:   1974 c 84 s 33
MN Stat § 31.13 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 17 - 43 — Agriculture|Chapter 31 — Food|Section 31.13 — Analysis; Evidence.

31.13 ANALYSIS; EVIDENCE. It shall be the duty of the laboratory director, managers, and analysts to make analyses and examinations of such articles as shall be furnished to them by the commissioner, for the purpose of determining from such examination whether such articles are adulterated, misbranded, insufficiently labeled, unwholesome, poisonous, or deleterious and whether such articles have been manufactured, used, sold, transported, offered for use, sale, or transportation, or had in possession with intent to use, sell, or transport in violation of any law now or hereafter enacted relating to food, or of any definition, standard, rule, or ruling made and published thereunder, and to certify the result of such analysis and examination to the commissioner. A copy of the result of the examination or analysis of any such article, duly authenticated, by the analyst making such determinations or examination, under oath of such analyst, shall be prima facie evidence in all courts of the matters and facts therein contained. History:  (3807) 1921 c 495 s 18; 1961 c 144 art 2 s 11; 1985 c 248 s 70; 2012 c 244 art 1 s 32
MN Stat § 31.131 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 17 - 43 — Agriculture|Chapter 31 — Food|Section 31.131 — Emergency Permit Control.

31.131 EMERGENCY PERMIT CONTROL. Subdivision 1. Temporary conditional permits. Whenever the commissioner finds after investigation that the distribution in the state of Minnesota of any class of food may, by reason of contamination with microorganisms during manufacture, processing, or packing thereof in any locality, be injurious to health, and that such injurious nature cannot be adequately determined after such articles have entered commerce, the commissioner then, and in such case only, shall promulgate rules providing for the issuance, to manufacturers, processors, or packers of such class of food in such locality, of permits to which shall be attached such conditions governing the manufacture, processing, or packaging, or packing of such class of food, for such temporary period of time as may be necessary to protect the public health; and after the effective date of such rules, and during such temporary period, no person shall introduce or deliver for introduction into commerce any such food manufactured, processed, or packed by any such manufacturer, processor, or packer unless such manufacturer, processor, or packer holds a permit issued by the commissioner as provided by such rules. Subd. 2. Immediate permit suspension. The commissioner is authorized to suspend immediately upon notice any permit issued under authority of this section if it is found that any of the conditions of the permit have been violated. The holder of a permit so suspended may at any time apply for the reinstatement of such permit, and the commissioner shall, immediately after prompt hearing and inspection of the establishment, reinstate such permit or issue an amended permit if it is found that adequate measures have been taken to comply with and maintain the conditions of the permit, as originally issued, or as amended. Subd. 3. Inspection. Any officer or employee duly designated by the commissioner shall have access to any factory or establishment, the operator of which holds a permit from the commissioner, for the purpose of ascertaining whether or not the conditions of the permit are being complied with, and denial of access for such inspection shall be ground for suspension of the permit until such access is freely given by the operator. History:  1974 c 84 s 34; 1985 c 248 s 70; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 31.132 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 17 - 43 — Agriculture|Chapter 31 — Food|Section 31.132 — Publicity.

31.132 PUBLICITY. Subdivision 1. Reports. The commissioner may cause to be published from time to time reports summarizing all judgments, decrees, and court orders which have been rendered under the Minnesota Food Law, including the nature of the charge and the disposition thereof. Subd. 2. Public health information. The commissioner may also disseminate such substantiated information regarding food as the commissioner deems necessary in the interest of public health and the protection of the consumer against fraud. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the commissioner from collecting, reporting, and illustrating the results of the investigations of the commissioner. History:  1974 c 84 s 35; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 31.15 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 17 - 43 — Agriculture|Chapter 31 — Food|Section 31.15 — Disposal Of Receipts.

31.15 DISPOSAL OF RECEIPTS. In all prosecutions under section 34A.04, save as therein specifically provided, the fine or fines collected by and under the same shall be forthwith transmitted by the officer collecting the same to the commissioner of management and budget, to the credit of the general fund, and all other fees and payments made to the commissioner, except as aforesaid, shall be accounted for and disposed of in the same manner. History:  (3810) 1921 c 495 s 21; 1961 c 144 art 2 s 13; 1969 c 399 s 1; 2003 c 112 art 2 s 50; 2009 c 101 art 2 s 109; 2013 c 125 art 1 s 19
MN Stat § 31.161 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 17 - 43 — Agriculture|Chapter 31 — Food|Section 31.161 — Food; Insanitary Conditions Prohibited.

31.161 FOOD; INSANITARY CONDITIONS PROHIBITED. No person, firm, or corporation shall operate any bakery, confectionery, creamery, dairy, dairy barn, milk depot, laboratory, hotel, restaurant, cafe, dining room, eating house, fruit box, receptacle, fruit stand, or vehicle of any kind, packing or slaughter house, ice cream plant, or any place where any fruit or food products are manufactured, packed, stored, deposited, collected, prepared, produced, or served for the purpose of sale or profit, or sold for any purpose whatever, if the same is in a filthy, unclean, or insanitary condition, or is permitted to be in a filthy, unclean, or insanitary condition. History:  (3832) 1921 c 495 s 43
MN Stat § 31.165 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 17 - 43 — Agriculture|Chapter 31 — Food|Section 31.165 — Removal Of Insanitary Conditions.

31.165 REMOVAL OF INSANITARY CONDITIONS. If, in the opinion of the commissioner or the commissioner's assistant, inspector, or agent, after an investigation thereof, any bakery, confectionery, creamery, dairy, dairy barn, milk depot, laboratory, hotel, restaurant, cafe, dining room, or eating house, fruit box, receptacle, fruit stand, or vehicle of any kind, packing or slaughter house, ice cream plant, or any place where any fruit or any food products are manufactured, packed, stored, deposited, collected, prepared, produced, served or sold for any purpose whatever, is operated in violation of section 31.161, the commissioner, assistant, inspector, or agent shall notify, in writing, the proprietor, owner, or manager of such bakery, confectionery, creamery, dairy, dairy barn, milk depot, laboratory, hotel, restaurant, cafe, dining room or eating house, fruit box or receptacle, fruit stand, or vehicle of any kind, packing or slaughter house, ice cream plant, or any place where any fruit or any food products are manufactured, packed, stored, deposited, collected, prepared, produced, served, or sold for any purpose, to place the same in a clean and sanitary condition within a reasonable time to be stated in the notice, which time so stated shall in no case be less than two days, and failure to comply with such notice within the time so stated shall be deemed a violation of the provisions of sections 31.161 to 31.171. History:  (3833) 1921 c 495 s 44; 1961 c 144 art 2 s 14; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 31.171 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 17 - 43 — Agriculture|Chapter 31 — Food|Section 31.171 — Employment Of Diseased Person.

31.171 EMPLOYMENT OF DISEASED PERSON. It shall be unlawful for any person to work in or about any place where any fruit or any food products are manufactured, packed, stored, deposited, collected, prepared, produced or sold, whose condition is such that disease may be spread to associates direct, or through the medium of milk, cream, butter, other food or food products, likely to be eaten without being cooked after handling, whether such condition be due to a contagious or infectious disease, in its active or convalescent stage, or to the presence of disease germs, whether accompanied by, or without, any symptoms of the disease itself. It shall be the duty of the commissioner, or the commissioner's assistant, inspector, or agent, to report to the state commissioner of health for investigation, any person suspected to be dangerous to the public health, as provided for in this section, and immediately to exclude such person from such employment pending investigation and during the period of infectiousness, if such person is certified by the state commissioner of health, or an authorized agent, to be dangerous to the public health. History:  (3834) 1921 c 495 s 45; 1977 c 305 s 45; 1986 c 444; 2008 c 297 art 1 s 17
MN Stat § 31.175 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 17 - 43 — Agriculture|Chapter 31 — Food|Section 31.175 — Water, Plumbing, And Sewage.

31.175 WATER, PLUMBING, AND SEWAGE. A person who is required by statutes administered by the Department of Agriculture, or by rules adopted pursuant to those statutes, to provide a suitable water supply, or plumbing or sewage disposal system shall not engage in the business of manufacturing, processing, selling, handling, or storing food at wholesale or retail unless the person's water supply is satisfactory pursuant to rules adopted by the Department of Health, the person's plumbing is satisfactory pursuant to rules adopted by the Department of Labor and Industry, and the person's sewage disposal system satisfies the rules of the Pollution Control Agency. This section does not limit the commissioner's ability to issue a food handler's license when an investigation completed pursuant to section 28A.07 has determined the requirements of this section are not relevant and the applicant is considered fit to engage in business as described in the license application. History:  1983 c 300 s 14; 1986 c 444; 2007 c 140 art 12 s 1; 2008 c 297 art 1 s 18; 2020 c 101 s 2
MN Stat § 31.31 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 17 - 43 — Agriculture|Chapter 31 — Food|Section 31.31 — Commercial Canneries, Regulation.

31.31 COMMERCIAL CANNERIES, REGULATION. All commercial canneries shall be under the supervision and regulation of the commissioner. For the purpose of sections 31.31 to 31.392, a commercial cannery is defined to mean any place or building where food is received in a raw or partly processed form, except for meats and meat products frozen in retail stores for sale directly to the consumer, for the purpose of canning in hermetically sealed containers and where sterilization by heat is used, or where preservation of vegetable products is accomplished by the use of approved chemical preservatives, sugar, salt or acidity factors introduced as ingredients or additives, or by freezing food for sale as and for food in any other type of vessel, bottle, can, bag, container or other type or form of package, and the products placed on the market for general consumption as human food; but shall not include private homes where farmers or others may pack or preserve vegetables, fruits, fish or other food products for their own use, or a food establishment that processes meat or poultry products under supervision of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. At such times as the commissioner may deem proper, the commissioner shall cause all commercial canneries to be inspected, and shall require the correction of all unsanitary conditions or practices found therein, and may search and enter all cupboards, closets, or any other places in such canneries for the purpose of enforcing the provisions of laws and rules provided therefor. History:  (3835) 1921 c 495 s 46; 1927 c 177 s 1; 1947 c 558 s 1; 1955 c 499 s 1; 1961 c 144 art 4 s 1; 1967 c 673 s 1; 1975 c 412 s 18; 1985 c 248 s 70; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 31.311 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 17 - 43 — Agriculture|Chapter 31 — Food|Section 31.311 — Inspection Under Supervision Of Commissioner.

31.311 INSPECTION UNDER SUPERVISION OF COMMISSIONER. The inspection of commercial canneries shall be under the supervision of the commissioner of the Department of Agriculture. The commissioner shall appoint trained and qualified sanitarians who shall inspect commercial canneries as often as is necessary, conduct bacteriological surveys, make sanitary inspections, and assist the canning industry. All commercial canneries shall comply with all food and sanitary laws and related rules; shall use only proper raw materials and ingredients in the preparation of food products; and shall utilize approved processing techniques in the packing and preservation of food products. In making inspections of commercial canneries the quality of any raw materials or ingredients used in canning, packing, or preserving food products shall be examined, and any raw materials or other ingredients thereof unfit for use in the packaging, canning, or preservation of food products shall be condemned. All such trained and qualified sanitarians and bacteriologists employed under the provisions of Laws 1967, chapter 673, shall be subject to the provisions of chapter 43A. All analyses, examinations, and assays of food samples and specimens either obtained during inspections or submitted to the laboratories of the Minnesota Department of Agriculture pursuant to law or rules shall be examined, analyzed, or assayed under the supervision of a bacteriologist of the Department of Agriculture. History:  1947 c 558 s 2; 1957 c 114 s 1; 1961 c 113 s 1; 1967 c 673 s 2; 1981 c 210 s 54; 1985 c 248 s 70
MN Stat § 31.32 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 17 - 43 — Agriculture|Chapter 31 — Food|Section 31.32 — Reports; Information Furnished.

31.32 REPORTS; INFORMATION FURNISHED. The commissioner shall issue public bulletins of information, report and publish the conditions found in canning factories, furnish and disseminate information regarding the canning industry, and for that purpose may arrange for educational exhibits and demonstrations, public meetings, and give instructions to processors and superintendents of canneries; such information shall be available to any person who is a resident of this state, or those now engaged in the business of canning, and to those who may hereafter engage therein who may properly apply therefor. History:  (3836) 1921 c 495 s 47
MN Stat § 31.36 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 17 - 43 — Agriculture|Chapter 31 — Food|Section 31.36 — Rules For Canneries.

31.36 RULES FOR CANNERIES. The commissioner, in the manner provided by law, may prescribe rules for the operations of canneries, and proper labels, standards, and definitions of grades on products of canneries. History:  (3840) 1921 c 495 s 51; 1961 c 144 art 4 s 2; 1985 c 248 s 70
MN Stat § 31.37 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 17 - 43 — Agriculture|Chapter 31 — Food|Section 31.37 — Notice Of Intention To Operate.

31.37 NOTICE OF INTENTION TO OPERATE. Any person owning or operating a canning factory shall, by written notice on or before June first, of each year, notify the commissioner whether or not such factory is to be operated during that season or year, giving kinds and varieties of products to be canned or manufactured that season. At least ten days prior to the beginning of operation of any canning factory, the commissioner shall be notified, in writing, of such intended operation. On or before November fifteenth, of each year, the owner, manager, or superintendent of such factory shall furnish the commissioner, agent, or inspector, with a report giving such information concerning the factory as the commissioner, agent, or inspector may require. History:  (3841) 1921 c 495 s 52; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 31.38 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 17 - 43 — Agriculture|Chapter 31 — Food|Section 31.38 — Certificate Of Inspection, Commercial Canneries; Labels, Brands.

31.38 CERTIFICATE OF INSPECTION, COMMERCIAL CANNERIES; LABELS, BRANDS. The commissioner shall furnish to each commercial cannery that shall have fully complied with the provisions of sections 31.31 to 31.392, a certificate of inspection that such cannery has been inspected and has complied with all laws and rules applying thereto. The commissioner may authorize the proprietor of such cannery to use the following or similar label or brand on products: "Packed under rules of, and in cannery inspected by Minnesota Department of Agriculture," or such other label, trademark, device, brand, or guarantee certificate as the commissioner may designate or adopt. History:  (3842) 1921 c 495 s 53; 1927 c 177 s 4; 1961 c 113 s 1; 1961 c 144 art 4 s 3; 1985 c 248 s 70; 1986 c 444