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MN Stat § 31A.03 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 17 - 43 — Agriculture|Chapter 31A — Meat And Poultry Inspection|Section 31A.03 — Inspection Of Live Animals; Disposition Of Defective Animals.

31A.03 INSPECTION OF LIVE ANIMALS; DISPOSITION OF DEFECTIVE ANIMALS. To prevent the use in intrastate commerce of adulterated meat, meat food products, poultry, and poultry food products, the commissioner shall appoint inspectors and have them examine and inspect all animals before the animals enter a slaughtering, packing, meat canning, rendering, or similar establishment in this state in which slaughtering of animals and preparation of meat, meat food products, poultry, and poultry food products are conducted solely for intrastate commerce. Animals found on inspection to show symptoms of disease must be set apart and slaughtered separately from other animals. The carcasses of those animals must be carefully examined and inspected under rules of the commissioner. History:  1969 c 225 s 3; 1985 c 248 s 70; 1988 c 469 art 2 s 1; 2000 c 477 s 40
MN Stat § 31A.04 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 17 - 43 — Agriculture|Chapter 31A — Meat And Poultry Inspection|Section 31A.04 — Inspection Of Carcasses And Parts; Marking; Disposition Of Condemned Carcasses.

31A.04 INSPECTION OF CARCASSES AND PARTS; MARKING; DISPOSITION OF CONDEMNED CARCASSES. Inspectors appointed by the commissioner for that purpose shall make a postmortem examination and inspection of the carcasses and parts of all animals usable as human food prepared at a slaughtering, meat canning, salting, packing, rendering, or similar establishment in this state in which carcasses or parts are prepared solely for intrastate commerce. Carcasses and parts of animals found to be unadulterated must be marked, stamped, tagged, or labeled, as "Inspected and Passed." The inspectors shall label, mark, stamp, or tag as "Inspected and Condemned" carcasses and parts of animals found to be adulterated. Carcasses and animal parts inspected and condemned must be destroyed for food purposes by the establishment in the presence of an inspector. The commissioner may remove inspectors from an establishment which fails to destroy a condemned carcass or animal part. After the first inspection, inspectors shall, if they consider it necessary, reinspect the carcasses or animal parts to determine whether they have become adulterated since the first inspection. If a carcass or animal part is then found to be adulterated, it must be destroyed for food purposes by the establishment in the presence of an inspector. The commissioner may remove inspectors from an establishment which fails to destroy a condemned carcass or animal part. History:  1969 c 225 s 4; 1988 c 469 art 2 s 1
MN Stat § 31A.05 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 17 - 43 — Agriculture|Chapter 31A — Meat And Poultry Inspection|Section 31A.05 — Application Of Inspection Provisions.

31A.05 APPLICATION OF INSPECTION PROVISIONS. Sections 31A.03 and 31A.04 apply to carcasses or parts of animals, poultry, or poultry food products, and meat or meat products derived from them that are usable as human food, when these items are brought into a slaughtering, meat canning, salting, packing, rendering, or similar establishment, where inspection under sections 31A.01 to 31A.16 is done. Examination and inspection must be made before the carcasses or animal parts may enter into a department where they are to be treated and prepared for meat food products or poultry food products. Sections 31A.03 and 31A.04 also apply to products which, after having been issued from a slaughtering, meat canning, salting, packing, rendering, or similar establishment, must be returned to it or to a similar establishment where inspection is done. The commissioner may limit the entry of carcasses, parts of carcasses, poultry, poultry food products, meat, meat food products, and other materials into an establishment where inspection under sections 31A.01 to 31A.16 is done to conditions the commissioner prescribes to assure that allowing the entry of articles into inspected establishments is consistent with the purposes of this chapter. History:  1969 c 225 s 5; 1986 c 444; 1988 c 469 art 2 s 1; 2000 c 477 s 41
MN Stat § 31A.06 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 17 - 43 — Agriculture|Chapter 31A — Meat And Poultry Inspection|Section 31A.06 — Inspectors' Duties.

31A.06 INSPECTORS' DUTIES. The commissioner shall appoint inspectors to examine and inspect poultry food products and meat food products prepared in a slaughtering, meat canning, salting, packing, rendering, or similar establishment, where the articles are prepared solely for intrastate commerce. For examination and inspection purposes, the inspectors must be given access at all times, whether the establishment is operated or not, to every part of the establishment. The inspectors shall mark, stamp, tag, or label as "Minnesota Inspected and Passed" all products found to be unadulterated, and the inspectors shall label, mark, stamp, or tag as "Minnesota Inspected and Condemned" all products found to be adulterated. Condemned meat food products or poultry food products must be destroyed for food purposes under section 31A.04. The commissioner may remove inspectors from an establishment which fails to destroy condemned poultry food products or meat food products. History:  1969 c 225 s 6; 1988 c 469 art 2 s 1; 2000 c 477 s 42
MN Stat § 31A.08 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 17 - 43 — Agriculture|Chapter 31A — Meat And Poultry Inspection|Section 31A.08 — Sanitation.

31A.08 SANITATION. The commissioner shall have experts in sanitation or other competent inspectors inspect all slaughtering, meat canning, salting, packing, rendering, or similar establishments in which animals are slaughtered and their poultry, poultry food products, meat, and meat food products are prepared solely for intrastate commerce. The inspections must be conducted as necessary for the commissioner to know the sanitary conditions of the establishments, and to prescribe the rules of sanitation under which the establishments must be maintained. If an establishment has sanitary conditions that allow poultry, poultry food products, meat, or meat food products to become adulterated, the commissioner shall refuse to allow the poultry, poultry food products, meat, or meat food products to be labeled, marked, stamped, or tagged as "Minnesota Inspected and Passed." History:  1969 c 225 s 8; 1985 c 248 s 70; 1986 c 444; 1988 c 469 art 2 s 1; 2000 c 477 s 45
MN Stat § 31A.09 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 17 - 43 — Agriculture|Chapter 31A — Meat And Poultry Inspection|Section 31A.09 — Nighttime Inspections.

31A.09 NIGHTTIME INSPECTIONS. Inspections under section 31A.08 must be made at night as well as during the daytime if slaughtering of animals or preparation of food products is conducted at night. History:  1969 c 225 s 9; 1988 c 469 art 2 s 1
MN Stat § 31A.10 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 17 - 43 — Agriculture|Chapter 31A — Meat And Poultry Inspection|Section 31A.10 — Prohibitions.

31A.10 PROHIBITIONS. No person may, with respect to an animal, carcass, part of a carcass, poultry, poultry food product, meat, or meat food product: (1) slaughter an animal or prepare an article that is usable as human food, at any establishment preparing articles solely for intrastate commerce, except in compliance with this chapter; (2) sell, transport, offer for sale or transportation, or receive for transportation, in intrastate commerce (i) articles which are usable as human food and are adulterated or misbranded at the time of sale, transportation, offer for sale or transportation, or receipt for transportation; or (ii) articles required to be inspected under sections 31A.01 to 31A.16 that have not been inspected and passed; (3) do something to an article that is usable as human food while the article is being transported in intrastate commerce or held for sale after transportation, which is intended to cause or has the effect of causing the article to be adulterated or misbranded; or (4) sell, offer for sale, or possess with intent to sell meat derived from custom processing, except wild game and fowl products may be donated under sections 17.035; 97A.505, subdivision 5; 97A.510; and 97B.303. History:  1969 c 225 s 10; 1983 c 300 s 18; 1986 c 444; 1988 c 469 art 2 s 1; 2000 c 477 s 46; 2020 c 89 art 4 s 23
MN Stat § 31A.11 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 17 - 43 — Agriculture|Chapter 31A — Meat And Poultry Inspection|Section 31A.11 — Forging Of Official Marks Or Certificates.

31A.11 FORGING OF OFFICIAL MARKS OR CERTIFICATES. Subdivision 1. Unauthorized marks or certificates. No brand manufacturer, printer, or other person may cast, print, lithograph, or otherwise make a device containing an official mark, simulation of an official mark, label bearing a mark or simulation, or form of official certificate or simulation, except as authorized by the commissioner. Subd. 2. Prohibitions. No person may: (1) forge an official device, mark, or certificate; (2) without authorization from the commissioner use a real or simulated official device, mark, or certificate, or alter, detach, deface, or destroy an official device, mark, or certificate; (3) contrary to the rules prescribed by the commissioner, detach, deface, destroy, or fail to use an official device, mark, or certificate; (4) knowingly possess, without promptly notifying the commissioner or the commissioner's representative, an official device, a counterfeit, simulated, forged, or improperly altered official certificate, or a device, label, or carcass, part, or product of an animal bearing a counterfeit, simulated, forged, or improperly altered official mark; (5) knowingly make a false statement in a shipper's certificate or other certificate provided for in the rules of the commissioner; or (6) knowingly represent falsely that an article has been inspected and passed, or exempted, under this chapter. History:  1969 c 225 s 11; 1985 c 248 s 70; 1986 c 444; 1988 c 469 art 2 s 1
MN Stat § 31A.12 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 17 - 43 — Agriculture|Chapter 31A — Meat And Poultry Inspection|Section 31A.12 — Horse Meat.

31A.12 HORSE MEAT. No person may sell, transport, offer for sale or transportation, or receive for transportation in intrastate commerce, whole or parts of carcasses of horses, mules, or other equines or meat or meat food products derived from them, unless they are plainly and conspicuously marked, labeled, or otherwise identified as required by rules prescribed by the commissioner to show the kinds of animals from which they were derived. When required by the commissioner with respect to establishments where inspection is done under sections 31A.01 to 31A.16, equines and their carcasses, parts, meat, and meat food products must be prepared in establishments separate from those in which cattle, sheep, swine, or goats are slaughtered or their carcasses, parts, meat, or meat food products are prepared. History:  1969 c 225 s 12; 1971 c 24 s 7; 1985 c 248 s 70; 1988 c 469 art 2 s 1
MN Stat § 31A.13 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 17 - 43 — Agriculture|Chapter 31A — Meat And Poultry Inspection|Section 31A.13 — Inspectors.

31A.13 INSPECTORS. The commissioner shall appoint inspectors to inspect animals, whole or parts of carcasses, poultry, poultry food products, meat, and meat food products the inspection of which is provided for by law, and the sanitary conditions of all establishments in which the poultry, poultry food products, meat, and meat food products are prepared. Inspectors shall refuse to stamp, mark, tag, or label a whole or part of a carcass or a meat food product derived from it, prepared in an establishment covered by sections 31A.01 to 31A.12, until it has actually been inspected and found to be not adulterated. Inspectors shall perform other duties required by this chapter or by rules adopted by the commissioner that are necessary for the efficient execution of this chapter. Inspections under this chapter must conform to the rules adopted by the commissioner consistent with this chapter. History:  1969 c 225 s 13; 1985 c 248 s 70; 1988 c 469 art 2 s 1; 2000 c 477 s 47
MN Stat § 31A.14 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 17 - 43 — Agriculture|Chapter 31A — Meat And Poultry Inspection|Section 31A.14 — Bribery.

31A.14 BRIBERY. A person who gives or receives anything of value in order to influence the performance of sections 31A.01 to 31A.31 violates section 609.42 or 609.43. History:  1969 c 225 s 14; 1988 c 469 art 2 s 1
MN Stat § 31A.15 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 17 - 43 — Agriculture|Chapter 31A — Meat And Poultry Inspection|Section 31A.15 — Exemptions.

31A.15 EXEMPTIONS. Subdivision 1. Inspection. The provisions of sections 31A.01 to 31A.16 requiring inspection of the slaughter of animals and the preparation of the carcasses, parts of carcasses, meat, poultry, poultry food products, and meat food products at establishments conducting slaughter and preparation do not apply: (1) to the processing by a person of the person's own animals and the owner's preparation and transportation in intrastate commerce of the carcasses, parts of carcasses, meat, poultry, poultry food products, and meat food products of those animals exclusively for use by the owner and members of the owner's household, nonpaying guests, and employees; or (2) to the custom processing by a person of animals, wild game, or fowl delivered by the owner for processing, and the preparation or transportation in intrastate commerce of the carcasses, parts of carcasses, meat, poultry, poultry food products, and meat food products of animals, exclusively for use in the household of the owner by the owner and members of the owner's household, nonpaying guests, and employees. Meat from custom processing must be identified and handled as required by the commissioner, during all phases of processing, chilling, cooling, freezing, preparation, storage, and transportation. The custom processor may not engage in the business of buying or selling carcasses, parts of carcasses, meat, poultry, poultry food products, or meat food products of animals usable as human food unless the carcasses, parts of carcasses, meat, poultry, poultry food products, or meat food products have been inspected and passed and are identified as inspected and passed by the Minnesota Department of Agriculture or the United States Department of Agriculture. Subd. 2. Sanitary conditions. The processing of animals and preparation of articles referred to in subdivision 1, clause (2), must be conducted in accordance with sanitary conditions that the commissioner may by rule prescribe. Subd. 3. Adulteration and misbranding. The adulteration and misbranding provisions of sections 31A.01 to 31A.16, other than the requirement of the inspection legend, apply to articles which are not required to be inspected under this section. History:  1969 c 225 s 15; 1983 c 300 s 19; 1986 c 444; 1988 c 469 art 2 s 1; 1999 c 231 s 62; 2000 c 477 s 48; 2020 c 89 art 4 s 24
MN Stat § 31A.16 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 17 - 43 — Agriculture|Chapter 31A — Meat And Poultry Inspection|Section 31A.16 — Storing And Handling Conditions.

31A.16 STORING AND HANDLING CONDITIONS. The commissioner may adopt rules prescribing conditions under which carcasses, parts of carcasses, poultry, poultry food products, meat, and meat food products of animals usable as human food must be stored or otherwise handled by a person in the business of buying, selling, freezing, storing, or transporting them, in or for intrastate commerce, if the commissioner considers action necessary to assure that the articles will not be adulterated or misbranded when delivered to the consumer. History:  1969 c 225 s 16; 1985 c 248 s 70; 1986 c 444; 1988 c 469 art 2 s 1; 2000 c 477 s 49
MN Stat § 31A.17 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 17 - 43 — Agriculture|Chapter 31A — Meat And Poultry Inspection|Section 31A.17 — Articles Not Intended As Human Food.

31A.17 ARTICLES NOT INTENDED AS HUMAN FOOD. Inspection must not be provided under sections 31A.01 to 31A.16 at an establishment for the slaughter of animals or the preparation of carcasses or parts or products of animals which are not intended for use as human food. Before they are offered for sale or transportation in intrastate commerce, those articles must be denatured or otherwise identified as prescribed by rules of the commissioner to deter their use for human food, unless they are naturally inedible by humans. No person may buy, sell, transport, offer for sale or transportation, or receive for transportation, in intrastate commerce, carcasses, parts of carcasses, poultry, poultry food products, meat, or meat food products of animals which are not intended for use as human food unless they are denatured or otherwise identified as required by the rules of the commissioner or are naturally inedible by humans. History:  1969 c 225 s 17; 1985 c 248 s 70; 1988 c 469 art 2 s 1; 2000 c 477 s 50
MN Stat § 31A.18 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 17 - 43 — Agriculture|Chapter 31A — Meat And Poultry Inspection|Section 31A.18 — Records.

31A.18 RECORDS. Subdivision 1. Who must keep. The following classes of persons shall keep records that fully and correctly disclose all transactions involved in their businesses: (1) persons in the business, for intrastate commerce, of slaughtering animals or preparing, freezing, packaging, or labeling animal carcasses, parts, or products of carcasses for use as human or animal food; (2) persons in the intrastate business of buying or selling (as meat brokers, wholesalers, or otherwise), transporting, or storing animal carcasses or parts or products of animal carcasses; and (3) persons in the intrastate business of rendering, or in the intrastate business of buying, selling, or transporting dead, dying, disabled, or diseased animals or parts of the carcasses of animals that died other than by slaughter. Subd. 1a. Examination of records, facilities. Upon notice by an authorized representative of the commissioner, persons subject to this section shall, at all reasonable times, give the representative and an authorized representative of the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States accompanied by a representative of the commissioner access to their places of business and opportunity to examine the facilities, inventory, and records of the business, to copy business records, and to take reasonable samples of their inventory upon payment of the fair market value of the samples. Subd. 2. Retention. Records required by this section must be maintained for the period of time the commissioner prescribes by rule. History:  1969 c 225 s 18; 1985 c 248 s 70; 1988 c 469 art 2 s 1
MN Stat § 31A.19 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 17 - 43 — Agriculture|Chapter 31A — Meat And Poultry Inspection|Section 31A.19 — Registration Of Businesses.

31A.19 REGISTRATION OF BUSINESSES. No person may engage in intrastate business as: (1) a meat broker, renderer, or animal food manufacturer; (2) a wholesaler of animal carcasses, carcass parts, or products of carcasses, intended for human food or other purposes; (3) a public warehouse operator storing carcasses or parts of carcasses of animals in or for intrastate commerce; or (4) a buyer, seller, or transporter of dead, dying, disabled, or diseased animals of the specified kinds, or parts of the carcasses of animals that died other than by slaughter unless, when required by rule of the commissioner, the person has provided the commissioner with the person's name and the address of each place of business at which, and all trade names under which, the person conducts business. History:  1969 c 225 s 19; 1985 c 248 s 70; 1986 c 444; 1988 c 469 art 2 s 1
MN Stat § 31A.20 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 17 - 43 — Agriculture|Chapter 31A — Meat And Poultry Inspection|Section 31A.20 — Dead, Dying, Disabled, Or Diseased Animals; Rules.

31A.20 DEAD, DYING, DISABLED, OR DISEASED ANIMALS; RULES. This section covers dead, dying, or disabled animals and the whole or partial carcasses of animals that died other than by slaughter. The commissioner may adopt rules to assure that items covered by this section are not used as human food. A person in the intrastate business of buying, selling, or transporting items covered by this section must comply with those rules. History:  1969 c 225 s 20; 1985 c 248 s 70; 1988 c 469 art 2 s 1
MN Stat § 31A.22 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 17 - 43 — Agriculture|Chapter 31A — Meat And Poultry Inspection|Section 31A.22 — Refusal Or Withdrawal Of Inspection.

31A.22 REFUSAL OR WITHDRAWAL OF INSPECTION. The commissioner may, for a length of time the commissioner considers necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter, refuse to provide, or withdraw, inspection service under sections 31A.01 to 31A.16 from an establishment. The commissioner may refuse or withdraw inspection service if the commissioner determines, after giving the applicant for or recipient of the service an opportunity for a hearing, that the applicant or recipient is unfit to engage in any business requiring inspection under sections 31A.01 to 31A.16 because the applicant or recipient, or anyone responsibly connected with the applicant or recipient, has been convicted, in a federal or state court, of (1) a felony, or (2) more than one violation of a law, other than a felony, based on acquiring, handling, or distributing unwholesome, mislabeled, or deceptively packaged food or on fraud in connection with transactions in food. This section does not affect other provisions of this chapter for withdrawal of inspection services under sections 31A.01 to 31A.16 from establishments failing to maintain sanitary conditions or to destroy condemned carcasses, parts, meat, or meat food products. For the purpose of this section a person is responsibly connected with a business if the person is a partner, officer, director, holder, or owner of ten percent or more of its voting stock or an employee in a managerial or executive capacity. A determination and order of the commissioner under this section is final unless the affected applicant for or recipient of inspection service applies for judicial review within 30 days after the effective date of the order in the district court. Judicial review of an order must be based on the same record as the determination and order. History:  1969 c 225 s 22; 1986 c 444; 1988 c 469 art 2 s 1
MN Stat § 31A.23 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 17 - 43 — Agriculture|Chapter 31A — Meat And Poultry Inspection|Section 31A.23 — Detention Of Animals Or Products.

31A.23 DETENTION OF ANIMALS OR PRODUCTS. This section applies to a carcass, part of a carcass, meat, or meat food product of an animal, a product exempted from the definition of a meat food product, or a dead, dying, disabled, or diseased animal. If an authorized representative of the commissioner finds such an article or animal on premises where it is held for purposes of, during, or after distribution in intrastate commerce, and there is reason to believe that it is adulterated or misbranded and is usable as human food, or that it has not been inspected, in violation of sections 31A.01 to 31A.16, the Federal Meat Inspection Act, or the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, or that the article or animal has been or is intended to be distributed in violation of a provision of those laws, it may be detained by the representative for up to 20 days pending action under section 34A.11, subdivision 2, or notification of federal authorities having jurisdiction over the article or animal. It must not be moved by a person, firm, or corporation from the place at which it is located when detained, until released by the representative. The representative may require all official marks to be removed from the article or animal before it is released unless the commissioner is satisfied that the article or animal is eligible to retain the official marks. History:  1969 c 225 s 23; 1988 c 469 art 2 s 1; 2012 c 244 art 2 s 20