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MN Stat § 28.12 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 17 - 43 — Agriculture|Chapter 28 — Cold Storage|Section 28.12 — Returning Food To Cold Storage; Transfer.

28.12 RETURNING FOOD TO COLD STORAGE; TRANSFER. After food has been withdrawn from a cold storage warehouse, for the purpose of placing it on the market for sale, it shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to return such food, or any portion thereof, to that cold storage warehouse, or to any similar warehouse. Subject to such rules as may be prescribed by the commissioner, food may be transferred from one cold storage warehouse or refrigerating plant to another. The total length of time this food shall remain in such cold storage for the purpose of sale shall not exceed the time specified in section 28.08. History:  (6218) 1921 c 310 s 12; 1923 c 233 s 12; 1985 c 248 s 70
MN Stat § 28.13 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 17 - 43 — Agriculture|Chapter 28 — Cold Storage|Section 28.13 — Rules.

28.13 RULES. In the manner provided by law, the commissioner shall make and publish uniform rules for the purpose of protecting the public health and interest and may make and publish uniform rules to make public current tariff rates and cold storage holdings. History:  (6219) 1921 c 310 s 13; 1923 c 233 s 13; 1961 c 128 s 11; 1969 c 319 s 4; 1985 c 248 s 70
MN Stat § 28A.01 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 17 - 43 — Agriculture|Chapter 28A — Licensing Food Handlers|Section 28A.01 — Citation, Minnesota Consolidated Food Licensing Law.

28A.01 CITATION, MINNESOTA CONSOLIDATED FOOD LICENSING LAW. Sections 28A.01 to 28A.16 shall be known as the "Minnesota Consolidated Food Licensing Law." History:   1971 c 339 s 1
MN Stat § 28A.02 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 17 - 43 — Agriculture|Chapter 28A — Licensing Food Handlers|Section 28A.02 — Declaration Of Policy.

28A.02 DECLARATION OF POLICY. It is hereby declared to be the policy of the legislature, recognizing that food in its various forms is essential to the health and well-being of the people of this state and that its production, processing, packaging, labeling, handling, distribution and sale may create health hazards, misinform consumers, perpetuate frauds or otherwise jeopardize the public health and welfare and in order to effect an efficient and simple form of licensing, to require that every person who handles food in a manner described herein, shall obtain a license therefor from the commissioner and that all producers, processors, packagers, labelers, handlers, distributors and vendors of food, whether or not subject to licensing, shall be required to comply with all applicable rules adopted by the commissioner. History:  1971 c 339 s 2; 1985 c 248 s 70
MN Stat § 28A.03 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 17 - 43 — Agriculture|Chapter 28A — Licensing Food Handlers|Section 28A.03 — Definitions.

28A.03 DEFINITIONS. Subdivision 1. Scope. The definitions in this section apply to sections 28A.01 to 28A.16. Subd. 2. Commissioner. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of agriculture. Subd. 3. Person. "Person" has the meaning given in section 34A.01, subdivision 10. Subd. 4. Place of business. "Place of business" means every location where food or food items are manufactured, processed, sold, stored, or handled, including buildings, locations, permanent or portable structures, carnivals, circuses, fairs, or any other permanent or temporary location. Any vehicle or similar mobile unit from which food is sold shall be considered a place of business for purposes of this section if the food therefrom has been manufactured, packaged or dispensed from bulk, or processed in any manner thereon. Subd. 5. Food. "Food," "nonperishable food," "frozen food," "perishable food," and "readily perishable food" have the meanings given in section 34A.01. Subd. 6. Sell; sale. "Sell" and "sale" have the meanings given in section 34A.01, subdivision 12. Subd. 7. Principal mode of business. "Principal mode of business" means that type of business described under paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (d) in section 28A.05 within which category the greatest amount of the applicant's food business lies. Subd. 8. Custom processor. "Custom processor" means a person who conducts activities as defined in section 31A.02, subdivision 5. Subd. 9. Major violations. "Major violation" includes conditions that cause food products to become adulterated, as defined in section 31.121, or fraudulently misbranded, as defined in section 31.123. Subd. 10. Vending machine. "Vending machine" means a self-service device that, upon insertion of a coin, paper currency, token, card, or key, dispenses unit servings of food in bulk or in packages without the necessity of replenishing the device between each vending operation. Subd. 11. Regularly engaged. "Regularly engaged" means any person who operates a food business over a period of time at uniform, consistent intervals. History:  1971 c 339 s 3; 1975 c 412 s 9; 1977 c 160 s 1; 1978 c 502 s 1; 1983 c 300 s 3; 1986 c 444; 1995 c 220 s 42; 1996 c 407 s 17; 2008 c 297 art 1 s 10; 2012 c 244 art 2 s 4-6; 2017 c 88 art 2 s 51; 2020 c 89 art 4 s 20
MN Stat § 28A.05 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 17 - 43 — Agriculture|Chapter 28A — Licensing Food Handlers|Section 28A.05 — Classification.

28A.05 CLASSIFICATION. All persons required to have a license under section 28A.04 shall be classified into one of the following classes of food handlers, according to their principal mode of business. (a) Retail food handlers are persons who sell or process and sell food directly to the ultimate consumer or who custom process meat or poultry. The term includes a person who sells food directly to the ultimate consumer through the use of vending machines, and a person who sells food for consumption on site or off site if the sale is conducted on the premises that are part of a grocery or convenience store operation. (b) Wholesale food handlers are persons who sell to others for resale. A person who handles food in job lots (jobbers) is included in this classification. (c) Wholesale food processors or manufacturers are persons who process or manufacture raw materials and other food ingredients into food items, or who reprocess food items, or who package food for sale to others for resale, or who commercially slaughter animals or poultry. Included herein are persons who can, extract, ferment, distill, pickle, bake, freeze, dry, smoke, grind, mix, stuff, pack, bottle, recondition, or otherwise treat or preserve food for sale to others for resale, cold storage warehouse operators as defined in section 28.01, subdivision 3, salvage food processors as defined in section 31.495, subdivision 1, and dairy plants as defined in section 32D.01, subdivision 6. (d) Custom exempt food handlers are persons who only conduct custom exempt processing as defined in section 31A.02, subdivision 5. A retail or wholesale transaction may not take place in a facility operated by a person with a custom exempt food handler license. (e) A food broker is a person who buys and sells food and who negotiates between a buyer and a seller of food, but who at no time has custody of the food being bought and sold. History:  1971 c 339 s 5; 1974 c 2 s 1; 1975 c 412 s 11; 1986 c 375 s 1; 1986 c 444; 1991 c 52 s 1; 2008 c 297 art 1 s 11; 2014 c 181 s 5; 2017 c 88 art 3 s 4; 2019 c 38 s 10
MN Stat § 28A.06 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 17 - 43 — Agriculture|Chapter 28A — Licensing Food Handlers|Section 28A.06 — Extent Of License.

28A.06 EXTENT OF LICENSE. No person, except as described in sections 27.03 and 27.04, shall be required to hold more than one license in order to engage in any aspect of food handling described in section 28A.05 provided, that each issued license shall be valid for no more than one place of business, except that a license for a mobile unit or a retail food vehicle, portable structure, or cart is valid statewide and is required to be issued only once each year unless the licensee fails to display the license as required by section 28A.07 or it is a seasonal permanent food stand, seasonal temporary food stand, food cart, or special event food stand as defined in section 157.15, in which case the duration of the license is restricted by the limitations found in the definitions in section 157.15. History:  1971 c 339 s 6; 2007 c 45 art 1 s 37
MN Stat § 28A.065 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 17 - 43 — Agriculture|Chapter 28A — Licensing Food Handlers|Section 28A.065 — License Requirements For A Carnival, Circus, Or Fair.

28A.065 LICENSE REQUIREMENTS FOR A CARNIVAL, CIRCUS, OR FAIR. No person whose place of business is a carnival, circus, or fair and who holds a license pursuant to this chapter or chapter 157 shall be required to obtain any additional license or permit pursuant to the provisions of an ordinance or rule of a political subdivision in order to engage in any aspect of food handling or to operate a restaurant. This section does not exempt the person from compliance with the provisions of chapters 37 and 38, any sanitation, public health or zoning ordinance, privilege license requirements or other rule of the fair or political subdivision having jurisdiction over the area in which the carnival, circus, or fair is conducted. History:  1982 c 625 s 1; 1985 c 248 s 70
MN Stat § 28A.07 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 17 - 43 — Agriculture|Chapter 28A — Licensing Food Handlers|Section 28A.07 — Issuance Of License.

28A.07 ISSUANCE OF LICENSE. Prior to the issuance or renewal of any license herein, the commissioner may cause appropriate inspections to be made to determine under applicable statutory and promulgated rule requirements, the applicant's fitness to engage in the mode(s) of business described in that person's license application. A valid and properly displayed license shall be sufficient to allow the licensee to engage in the manner of food handling so described in the licensee's application, provided that the commissioner may withhold authorization to engage in any aspects of business for which the applicant is not deemed fit under this section. A licensee may, at any time, apply to change such application which shall then be considered by the commissioner in the same manner as a new or renewal application hereunder. History:   1971 c 339 s 7
MN Stat § 28A.075 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 17 - 43 — Agriculture|Chapter 28A — Licensing Food Handlers|Section 28A.075 — Delegation To Local Community Health Board.

28A.075 DELEGATION TO LOCAL COMMUNITY HEALTH BOARD. (a) At the request of a local community health board that licensed and inspected grocery and convenience stores on January 1, 1999, the commissioner must enter into agreements before January 1, 2001, with local community health boards to delegate to the appropriate local community health board the licensing and inspection duties of the commissioner pertaining to retail food handlers that are grocery or convenience stores. At the request of a local community health board that licensed and inspected part of any grocery or convenience store on January 1, 1999, the commissioner must enter into agreements before July 1, 2001, with local community health boards to delegate to the appropriate local community health board the licensing and inspection duties of the commissioner pertaining to retail food handlers that are grocery or convenience stores. At any time thereafter, the commissioner may enter into an agreement with a local community health board that licensed and inspected all or part of any grocery or convenience store on January 1, 1999, to delegate to the appropriate local community health board the licensing and inspection duties of the commissioner pertaining to retail food handlers such as grocery or convenience stores. Retail food handlers inspected under the state meat inspection program of chapter 31A are exempt from delegation. (b) A local community health board must adopt an ordinance consistent with the Minnesota Food Code, Minnesota Rules, chapter 4626, for all of its jurisdiction to regulate retail food handlers and the ordinance (Food Code) must not be in conflict with standards set in law or rule. (c) A fee to recover the estimated costs of enforcement of this chapter must be established by ordinance and must be fair, reasonable, and proportionate to the actual cost of the licensing and inspection services. The fee must only be maintained and used for the estimated costs of enforcing this chapter. History:  1991 c 52 s 2; 1999 c 231 s 50; 2000 c 477 s 26; 1Sp2001 c 2 s 44; 2019 c 38 s 11; 2020 c 83 art 1 s 4
MN Stat § 28A.0752 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 17 - 43 — Agriculture|Chapter 28A — Licensing Food Handlers|Section 28A.0752 — Delegation Of Powers And Duties.

28A.0752 DELEGATION OF POWERS AND DUTIES. Subdivision 1. Agreements to perform duties of commissioner. (a) Agreements to delegate licensing and inspection duties pertaining to retail food handlers shall include licensing, inspection, reporting, and enforcement duties authorized under sections 17.04, 29.21, 29.23, 29.235, 29.236, 29.237, 29.24, 29.25, 29.26, 29.27, and 30.49, appropriate sections of the Minnesota Food Law, chapters 31 and 34A, and applicable Minnesota food rules. (b) Agreements are subject to subdivision 3. (c) This subdivision does not affect agreements entered into under section 28A.075 or current cooperative agreements which base inspections and licensing responsibility on the firm's most predominant mode of business. Subd. 2. Approval of agreements. An agreement to delegate licensing and inspection of retail food handlers to a community health board must be approved by the commissioner and is subject to subdivision 3. Subd. 3. Terms of agreements. (a) Agreements authorized under this section must be in writing and signed by the delegating authority and the designated agent. (b) The agreement must list criteria the delegating authority will use to determine if the designated agent's performance meets appropriate standards and is sufficient to replace performance by the delegating authority. (c) The agreement may specify minimum staff requirements and qualifications, set procedures for the assessment of costs, and provide for termination procedures if the delegating authority determines that the designated agent has failed to comply with the agreement. (d) The delegating authority and the designated agent are required to perform inspections utilizing the Minnesota Food Code's minimum and maximum standards. (e) A designated agent must not perform licensing, inspection, or enforcement duties under the agreement in territory outside its jurisdiction unless approved by the commissioner and governing body for that territory through a separate agreement. (f) The scope of agreements established under this section is limited to duties and responsibilities agreed upon by the parties. The agreement may provide for automatic renewal and for notice of intent to terminate by either party. (g) During the life of the agreement, the delegating authority shall not perform duties that the designated agent is required to perform under the agreement, except inspections necessary to determine compliance with the agreement and this section or as agreed to by the parties. (h) The delegating authority shall consult with, advise, and assist a designated agent in the performance of its duties under the agreement. (i) This section does not alter the responsibility of the delegating authority for the performance of duties specified by law and rule. History:  1999 c 231 s 51; 1Sp2001 c 2 s 45; 2013 c 125 art 1 s 13; 2014 c 181 s 6; 2015 c 21 art 1 s 109; 2019 c 38 s 12,13
MN Stat § 28A.0753 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 17 - 43 — Agriculture|Chapter 28A — Licensing Food Handlers|Section 28A.0753 — Enforcement Of Laws By Commissioner.

28A.0753 ENFORCEMENT OF LAWS BY COMMISSIONER. Subdivision 1. Actions commenced; forfeiture of license; annulment of corporate existence. The commissioner is authorized, if upon investigation the commissioner is satisfied that the laws of the state, relative to any laws placed within the commissioner's jurisdiction, have been violated, to cause to be instituted, in the commissioner's own name as commissioner or in the name of the state, actions in the proper court, to secure punishment of the guilty party; and, if the party complained against is a corporation, to secure the cancellation of its authority and the annulment of its corporate existence, if a domestic corporation; or, if a foreign corporation, the forfeiture of its license to do business in this state. Subd. 2. Reports to prosecuting officers. If, after an investigation, it appears to the commissioner that the laws of this state have been violated in any respect, the commissioner shall present all available information bearing upon such apparent violation to the proper law enforcing or prosecuting officer of the state or of the United States. Subd. 3. Food manufacturer, processor, or distributor; licensing, preemption by state. When a food manufacturer, processor, or distributor is licensed by the commissioner of agriculture, the food manufacturer, processor or distributor is exempt from the licensing requirements of any municipal corporation or subdivision of state government, except for licensing requirements which may be imposed by the municipal corporation or subdivision of state government in which the manufacturer, processor, or distributor locates a plant. All delivery equipment used by such a food manufacturer, processor or distributor is included within the meaning of this section, whether owned or operated, independently contracted, or contracted with a common carrier approved by the commissioner of agriculture. This delivery equipment is exempt from licensing by any municipal corporation or subdivision of state government except for those requirements which may be imposed by the municipal corporation or subdivision of state government in which the equipment is principally located. Delivery equipment approved by the commissioner of agriculture shall carry, at all times, a certificate of approval for the purposes for which the equipment is utilized. Nothing in this section is intended to permit the enactment of an ordinance regulating an activity where the state has preempted the field. History:  (6025, 6244) 1919 c 444 s 3; Ex1919 c 47 s 4; 1921 c 78 s 3; 1923 c 261 s 3; 1967 c 756 s 1; 1986 c 444; 2014 c 181 s 13
MN Stat § 28A.081 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 17 - 43 — Agriculture|Chapter 28A — Licensing Food Handlers|Section 28A.081 — Certificate Fees.

28A.081 CERTIFICATE FEES. Subdivision 1. Fee. A fee of $125 for each certificate shall be charged to any person who requests a certificate issued by the Minnesota Department of Agriculture to facilitate the movement of Minnesota processed and manufactured foods destined for export from the state of Minnesota. Certificates include, but are not limited to, a certificate of free sale, certificate of export, certificate of sanitation, sanitary certificate, certificate of origin and/or free sale, certificate of health and/or free sale, sanitation, and purity, certificate of free trade, certificate of free sale, sanitation, purity, and origin, certificate of health, sanitation, purity, and free sale, and letter of plant certification. The commissioner shall bill the requesting person within seven days after issuing a certificate to the person. The requesting person must submit payment for a certificate within ten days of the billing date. If a certificate fee payment is not received within 15 days of the billing date, the commissioner may not issue any future certificates to the requesting person until previous fees due are paid in full. Fees paid under this section must be deposited in the food certificate account established under subdivision 2 or another account in the agricultural fund if the expenses for the certificate will be paid from that other account. Subd. 2. Food certificate account; appropriation. A food certificate account is established in the agricultural fund. Money in the account, including interest, is appropriated to the commissioner for expenses relating to certifying Minnesota processed and manufactured foods under chapters 28 to 34A or rules adopted under one of those chapters. History:  1999 c 231 s 53; 2017 c 88 art 2 s 52
MN Stat § 28A.082 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 17 - 43 — Agriculture|Chapter 28A — Licensing Food Handlers|Section 28A.082 — Food Handler Plan Review Fees.

28A.082 FOOD HANDLER PLAN REVIEW FEES. Subdivision 1. Fees; application. The fees for review of food handler facility floor plans under the Minnesota Food Code are based upon the square footage of the structure being newly constructed, remodeled, or converted. The fees for the review shall be:       square footage  review fee   0 - 4,999 .  $ 200.00   5,000 - 24,999 .  $ 275.00   25,000 plus .  $ 425.00   The applicant must submit the required fee, review application, plans, equipment specifications, materials lists, and other required information on forms supplied by the department at least 30 days prior to commencement of construction, remodeling, or conversion. The commissioner may waive this fee after determining that the facility's principal mode of business is not the sale of food and that the facility sells only prepackaged foods. Subd. 2. Food handler plan review account; appropriation. A food handler plan review account is created in the agricultural fund. Fees paid under subdivision 1 must be deposited in the food handler plan review account. Money in the account, including interest accrued, is appropriated to the commissioner for the costs of the food handler plan review program. Subd. 3. Disaster areas. If the governor declares a disaster in an area of the state, the commissioner of agriculture may waive the plan review fee and direct agency personnel to expedite the plan review process. History:  1Sp2001 c 2 s 46; 2007 c 45 art 1 s 38; 2008 c 297 art 1 s 13; 2010 c 333 art 1 s 11