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MN Stat § 31.39 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 17 - 43 — Agriculture|Chapter 31 — Food|Section 31.39 — Assessments; Inspection Services; Commercial Canneries Account.

31.39 ASSESSMENTS; INSPECTION SERVICES; COMMERCIAL CANNERIES ACCOUNT. Subdivision 1. Assessments. The commissioner is hereby authorized and directed to collect from each commercial cannery an assessment for inspection and services furnished, and for maintaining a bacteriological laboratory and employing such bacteriologists and trained and qualified sanitarians as the commissioner may deem necessary. The assessment to be made on each commercial cannery, for each and every packing season, shall not exceed one-half cent per case on all foods packed, canned, or preserved therein, nor shall the assessment in any one calendar year to any one cannery exceed $6,000, and the minimum assessment to any cannery in any one calendar year shall be $100. The commissioner shall provide appropriate deductions from assessments for the net weight of meat, chicken, or turkey ingredients which have been inspected and passed for wholesomeness by the United States Department of Agriculture. The commissioner may, when the commissioner deems it advisable, graduate and reduce the assessment to such sum as is required to furnish the inspection and laboratory services rendered. The amount of the assessment shall be due and payable on or before December 31, of each year, and if not paid on or before February 15 following, shall bear interest after that date at the rate of seven percent per annum, and a penalty of ten percent on the amount of the assessment shall also be added and collected. Subd. 2. Commercial canneries inspection account; appropriation. A commercial canneries inspection account is created in the agricultural fund. The assessments collected under subdivision 1 shall be deposited in the commercial canneries inspection account. Money in the account is appropriated to the commissioner to meet the expense of special inspection, laboratory, and other services rendered, as provided in sections 31.31 to 31.392. History:  (3843) 1921 c 495 s 55; 1923 c 379 s 1; 1925 c 385 s 1; 1927 c 177 s 5; 1947 c 558 s 3; 1961 c 144 art 4 s 4; 1967 c 673 s 3; 1971 c 339 s 21; 1975 c 412 s 19; 1986 c 444; 1991 c 254 art 3 s 17; 1Sp2001 c 2 s 54
MN Stat § 31.392 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 17 - 43 — Agriculture|Chapter 31 — Food|Section 31.392 — Canning In Dwelling Or Basement.

31.392 CANNING IN DWELLING OR BASEMENT. No commercial canning of any food products shall be permitted in a house or dwelling or in the basement of any building. History:   1947 c 558 s 5
MN Stat § 31.51 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 17 - 43 — Agriculture|Chapter 31 — Food|Section 31.51 — Definitions.

31.51 DEFINITIONS. Subdivision 1. Scope. For the purpose of sections 31.51 to 31.56, the terms defined in this section have the meanings ascribed to them. Subd. 2. Slaughter house. "Slaughter house" means an establishment in which animals other than poultry are slaughtered, eviscerated, or dressed for human food. Subd. 3. Retail meat market; wholesale meat processing establishment. "Retail meat market" or "wholesale meat processing establishment" means an establishment with or without slaughtering facilities, where animal carcasses or edible products derived therefrom are cured, salted, processed, packaged, or otherwise prepared for sale as food intended for human consumption; provided, however, that retail meat market or wholesale meat processing establishment does not include: (1) a purveyor of meals, or (2) a frozen food processing plant in which no slaughtering operations are conducted. Subd. 4. Sausage plant. "Sausage plant" means an establishment in which meats are processed into sausages or other similar products and packed for shipment, storage, or for wholesale sales. Subd. 5.  [Repealed, 1969 c 87 s 7] Subd. 6. Poultry dressing plant. "Poultry dressing plant" means an establishment in which poultry is killed and dressed for human food. Subd. 7.  [Repealed, 1969 c 87 s 7] Subd. 8. Rabbit dressing plant. "Rabbit dressing plant" means an establishment in which rabbits are killed and dressed for human food. Subd. 9. Animal. "Animal" means cattle, swine, sheep, goats, farmed Cervidae, as defined in section 35.153, subdivision 3, horses, mules or other equines, llamas as defined in section 17.455, subdivision 2, and Ratitae, as defined in section 17.453, subdivision 3. Subd. 10.  [Repealed, 1996 c 310 s 1] Subd. 11.  [Repealed, 1963 c 598 s 4] Subd. 12.  [Repealed, 1996 c 310 s 1] Subd. 13.  [Repealed, 1969 c 87 s 7] Subd. 14. Purveyor of meals. "Purveyor of meals" means a person who cooks or otherwise prepares for sale directly to the consumer meat or poultry products from animals or poultry which have been slaughtered or processed in a state licensed establishment, or an establishment holding a state permit or in an establishment which is under the inspection program of the United States Department of Agriculture. History:  1955 c 494 s 1; 1959 c 284 s 1-5; 1961 c 113 s 1; 1961 c 560 s 2,3; 1963 c 598 s 1; 1969 c 87 s 1-4; 1983 c 300 s 15; 1993 c 375 art 9 s 8; 2002 c 379 art 1 s 12; 2006 c 212 art 1 s 22; 2013 c 125 art 1 s 20
MN Stat § 31.53 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 17 - 43 — Agriculture|Chapter 31 — Food|Section 31.53 — Inspections; Corrective Orders.

31.53 INSPECTIONS; CORRECTIVE ORDERS. The commissioner shall at such times as the commissioner deems necessary cause any plant processor or place of business where animal or poultry slaughtering, packing or processing occurs, to be inspected and shall make such order as is necessary to correct unsanitary conditions in any such plant. Each order shall specify the time within which it shall be complied with, and such order shall be served in person or by certified mail. Failure to comply with such orders within the time stated shall be deemed a violation of this section. The commissioner or any of the commissioner's representatives or inspectors may enter any plant or any place of business in which such operations are being conducted, at any reasonable hour for inspection purposes. Free access to every part of the premises shall be afforded and aid and assistance necessary to enable the person making the inspection to make a thorough and complete examination shall be given. History:  1955 c 494 s 3; 1969 c 87 s 6; 1978 c 674 s 60; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 31.54 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 17 - 43 — Agriculture|Chapter 31 — Food|Section 31.54 — Rules.

31.54 RULES. The commissioner may, in order to supplement federal regulation and inspection of any plant, processor or place of business, promulgate rules covering the construction and operation of such plants or processor, the water supply, sanitary conditions and disposal of sewage, offal, vapors, odors and gases and all other sanitary conditions and precautions for the purpose of insuring the purity of the products prepared at any such plant or place of business in which such operations will be or are conducted, where such operations are not then federally inspected or licensed. History:   1955 c 494 s 4
MN Stat § 31.56 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 17 - 43 — Agriculture|Chapter 31 — Food|Section 31.56 — Limitation.

31.56 LIMITATION. Subdivision 1. Farmer's own animals. Sections 31.51 to 31.56 do not apply to a farmer slaughtering the farmer's own rabbits or poultry on the farmer's own farm for: (1) personal use, (2) the use of the farmer's immediate family, or (3) sale directly to the ultimate consumer; or to the farmer slaughtering the farmer's own animals on the farmer's own farm for personal use or the use of the farmer's household and nonpaying guests and employees. Subd. 2. Dead or dying animals. No animals, poultry, or rabbits that were in a dying condition when killed, nor animals that have died as a result of accident or of natural causes or disease, shall be accepted, for any purpose whatsoever into any establishment licensed under sections 28A.04 to 28A.10. Subd. 3. Injured animals slaughtered elsewhere. When it is necessary to slaughter an injured animal at a location other than in an approved establishment, the carcass may be accepted into an approved establishment provided that the carcass with the head and all viscera, except the stomach, bladder and intestines, held by the natural attachments is inspected and approved for further processing by a licensed veterinarian. Subd. 4. Procedures in same establishment. Every animal which is eviscerated in a state licensed establishment must have been killed and bled in the establishment. Subd. 5. Prohibited sales. Except as provided in this section, no person shall sell, offer for sale, or possess with intent to sell any meat, poultry, or rabbit product unless said product comes from animals, poultry, or rabbits which have been slaughtered or processed in establishments which are licensed by the state or are under the inspection program of the United States Department of Agriculture. History:  1955 c 494 s 6; 1959 c 284 s 7; 1963 c 598 s 3; 1971 c 25 s 14; 1971 c 339 s 24; 1983 c 300 s 16; 1986 c 444; 2013 c 125 art 1 s 21
MN Stat § 31.59 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 17 - 43 — Agriculture|Chapter 31 — Food|Section 31.59 — Humane Slaughter Of Livestock; Definitions.

31.59 HUMANE SLAUGHTER OF LIVESTOCK; DEFINITIONS. Subdivision 1. Scope. For the purposes of sections 31.59 to 31.591, the following terms have the meanings given them. Subd. 2. Slaughterer. "Slaughterer" means any person, partnership, corporation, or association regularly engaged in the commercial slaughtering of livestock. Subd. 3. Livestock. "Livestock" means cattle, horses, swine, sheep and goats. Subd. 4. Humane methods. "Humane methods" means: (1) Any method of slaughtering livestock which normally causes animals to be rendered insensible to pain by a single blow of a mechanical instrument or shot of a firearm or by chemical, or other means that are rapid and effective, before being shackled, hoisted, thrown, cast, or cut; or (2) The methods of preparation necessary to safe handling of the animals for Halal ritual slaughter, Jewish ritual slaughter and of slaughtering required by the ritual of the Islamic or Jewish faith, whereby the animal suffers loss of consciousness by anemia of the brain caused by the simultaneous and instantaneous severance of the carotid arteries with a sharp instrument. Subd. 5. Inhumane method. The use of a manually operated hammer or sledge is declared an inhumane method of slaughter. History:  1959 c 670 s 1; 2001 c 54 s 1; 2013 c 125 art 1 s 22
MN Stat § 31.591 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 17 - 43 — Agriculture|Chapter 31 — Food|Section 31.591 — Slaughter Must Be Humane.

31.591 SLAUGHTER MUST BE HUMANE. After July 1, 1961, no slaughterer may slaughter livestock or handle livestock in connection with slaughter except by humane method. History:   1959 c 670 s 2
MN Stat § 31.60 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 17 - 43 — Agriculture|Chapter 31 — Food|Section 31.60 — Meat Industry Division.

31.60 MEAT INDUSTRY DIVISION. Subdivision 1. Division duties; director; personnel. A Meat Industry Division is created in the Department of Agriculture which shall enforce and administer laws enforced and administered by the commissioner of agriculture relating to meat, fish, and dressed poultry, except laws enforced and administered by the Division of Poultry Industries. The Meat Industry Division is under the supervision of a director in the classified service. The commissioner shall appoint the director, who shall be experienced and knowledgeable in the meat industry. Subd. 2.  [Repealed, 1983 c 260 s 68] Subd. 3.  [Repealed, 1983 c 260 s 68] History:  Ex1967 c 36 s 1; 1973 c 507 s 45; 1975 c 271 s 6; 1975 c 315 s 5,6; 1980 c 617 s 47; 2008 c 204 s 42; 2009 c 101 art 2 s 60
MN Stat § 31.601 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 17 - 43 — Agriculture|Chapter 31 — Food|Section 31.601 — Protection Of Meat.

31.601 PROTECTION OF MEAT. Every dealer in meats, fish, fowl, or game for human food, at the place of offering or exposing for sale, and in the transportation of such food from place to place to customers, shall protect the same from dust, flies, and other vermin or substance which may injuriously affect it, by securely covering it while being so offered or exposed for sale or transported. Every violation of the foregoing provision shall be a misdemeanor. History:  (3825) 1921 c 495 s 36
MN Stat § 31.602 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 17 - 43 — Agriculture|Chapter 31 — Food|Section 31.602 — Sale Of Unwholesome Poultry Or Game.

31.602 SALE OF UNWHOLESOME POULTRY OR GAME. Every person who shall offer or expose for sale at retail, for human food, at any public market, store, shop, or house, or in or about any street or other public place, any domestic or wild fowls, or any slaughtered rabbits, squirrels, or other small animals, wild or tame, unless the entrails, crops, or other offensive parts are properly drawn and removed shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. History:  (10251) RL s 4994
MN Stat § 31.611 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 17 - 43 — Agriculture|Chapter 31 — Food|Section 31.611 — Veal.

31.611 VEAL. No person shall sell, offer or expose for sale, or have in possession with intent to sell, the veal of calves killed when less than four weeks old. Any person violating any of the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not less than $50, or by imprisonment for not less than 60 days. History:  (3826) 1921 c 495 s 37
MN Stat § 31.621 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 17 - 43 — Agriculture|Chapter 31 — Food|Section 31.621 — Sale Of Horse Meat For Human Consumption.

31.621 SALE OF HORSE MEAT FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION. Subdivision 1. Requirements. It shall be unlawful for any person to sell, offer or expose for sale, or have in possession with intent to sell, horse meat for human consumption: (1) unless a sign is posted in a conspicuous place both inside and outside the store, eating establishment, or building in which said meat is sold or offered or exposed for sale, reading "horse meat sold here"; (2) unless the counter or container in which the same is offered or exposed for sale is plainly and conspicuously marked with the words "horse meat" and no other meat of any kind shall be placed in the same container with horse meat; if horse meat is placed in the same counter with other cuts of meat each cut shall be plainly labeled "horse meat"; (3) unless all packages, boxes or containers in which horse meat is delivered to the purchaser shall be plainly and conspicuously marked with the words "horse meat." Subd. 2. Sales in restaurants and boarding houses. It shall be unlawful for any restaurant, boarding house or other place where food is served to the public to prepare or serve horse meat to any customer or patron unless a sign is posted in a conspicuous place, both inside and outside the building or restaurant in which such meat is prepared and sold reading "horse meat served here," and unless the same words are printed or typed on all menus used therein. Subd. 3. Mixed meat. In the event that horse meat is mixed with any other kind of meat, the mixture shall be considered as horse meat and its sale, preparation or serving shall be subject to all of the provisions of this section. Subd. 4. Enforcement. The commissioner shall enforce the provisions of this section. Subd. 5.  [Repealed, 2012 c 244 art 2 s 36] History:  1943 c 446 s 1-5; 1959 c 606 s 10; 1961 c 144 art 2 s 18; 1965 c 45 s 3
MN Stat § 31.631 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 17 - 43 — Agriculture|Chapter 31 — Food|Section 31.631 — Horse Meat Intended For Other Than Human Consumption.

31.631 HORSE MEAT INTENDED FOR OTHER THAN HUMAN CONSUMPTION. Subdivision 1. Preparation. It shall be unlawful for any person to offer or expose for sale, or possess or traffic in, any horse meat with intent to use or sell the same for other than human consumption unless it is denatured or decharacterized so as to make it readily distinguishable from horse meat intended for human consumption, or unless it complies with federal laws and regulations applicable thereto. Subd. 2. Labels. All packing boxes and containers containing denatured horse meat shall bear thereon in a conspicuous manner in boldface type not less than one-half inch in height the statement "FOR ANIMAL FOOD ONLY." Such statement shall be printed or form a part of the main label affixed to or stamped on such packing boxes or containers, or shall be stamped on the same end or side of such packing boxes or containers that such main label is affixed or stamped thereon. Subd. 3. Inspection. For obtaining information regarding compliance with law the commissioner of agriculture, and any of the commissioner's agents, representatives or employees, shall have access to all places, buildings or premises, and to all wagons, automobiles, vehicles or cars used in the preparation, production, distribution, transportation, exposing for sale or sale of any horse meat not intended for sale or use for human consumption and shall have such other authority as is provided in section 31.04. Subd. 4.  [Repealed, 2012 c 244 art 2 s 36] History:  1953 c 583 s 1-4; 1961 c 113 s 1; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 31.632 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 17 - 43 — Agriculture|Chapter 31 — Food|Section 31.632 — Minnesota Approved Meats And Poultry; Use Of Label.

31.632 MINNESOTA APPROVED MEATS AND POULTRY; USE OF LABEL. The commissioner may authorize, pursuant to rules promulgated in the manner provided by law, the use of the label "Minnesota Approved" on meats, meat products, poultry, and poultry products processed by persons licensed under sections 31.51 to 31.56, or by establishments under the inspection program of the United States Department of Agriculture, if the ingredients of the poultry, poultry products, meats, and meat products are meat, meat by-products, poultry, poultry products, or meat food products which have been inspected and passed by the United States Department of Agriculture, or the Minnesota Department of Agriculture and further if the poultry, poultry products, meats, and meat products, after such processing, are sound, healthful, wholesome, and fit for human food. A person or establishment desiring to label poultry, poultry products, meats, and meat products as provided in this section shall apply to the commissioner for authority to do so. The commissioner shall grant this authority to the applicant if the applicant complies with the provisions of this section and rules promulgated pursuant to this section. A person using the label "Minnesota Approved" on poultry, poultry products, meat, or meat products contrary to law is guilty of a misdemeanor. History:  1963 c 187 s 1; 1969 c 663 s 1; 1985 c 248 s 70; 2000 c 477 s 31; 2013 c 125 art 1 s 23
MN Stat § 31.633 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 17 - 43 — Agriculture|Chapter 31 — Food|Section 31.633 — Meat Or Poultry Substitutes; Indication On Menu; Penalties.

31.633 MEAT OR POULTRY SUBSTITUTES; INDICATION ON MENU; PENALTIES. Subdivision 1. Menu requirement. Any restaurant, eating place, or other establishment serving meat or poultry in any form to the public that has any filler or meat or poultry substitute added to it or incorporated in it, shall clearly and prominently indicate on its menu or bill of fare the meat entrees that contain filler or meat or poultry substitutes. Subd. 2.  [Repealed, 2012 c 244 art 2 s 36] History:  1975 c 133 s 1; 2000 c 477 s 32
MN Stat § 31.651 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 17 - 43 — Agriculture|Chapter 31 — Food|Section 31.651 — Kosher Products, Unlawful Sale.

31.651 KOSHER PRODUCTS, UNLAWFUL SALE. Subdivision 1. Kosher requirements. No person shall sell or expose for sale any poultry, poultry products, meat, or meat preparations and falsely represent the same to be kosher, whether such poultry, poultry products, meat, or meat preparations be raw or prepared for human consumption; nor shall the person permit any such products or the contents of any package or container to be labeled or to have inscribed thereon the word "kosher" in any language unless such products display a stamp, label, or other type of indicia from a rabbinic authority indicating that the products were prepared or processed in accordance with that rabbinic authority, with the name and institutional affiliation and denominational affiliation, if any, of the rabbinic authority identified. Subd. 2. Notice required. Any person who sells or exposes for sale in the same place of business both kosher and nonkosher poultry, meat, or meat preparations, either raw or prepared for human consumption, shall indicate on window signs and all display advertising, in block letters at least four inches in height, "kosher and nonkosher meat and poultry sold here"; and shall display over each kind of poultry, meat, or meat preparation so exposed a sign, in block letters at least two inches in height, reading, "kosher meat," "kosher poultry," "nonkosher meat," or "nonkosher poultry," as the case may be; provided that subdivision 2 shall not apply to persons selling or offering for sale kosher poultry, poultry products, meats, or meat products solely in separate consumer packages, which have been prepackaged and properly labeled "kosher." Subd. 3. Presumption. Possession of nonkosher poultry, poultry products, meat, or meat preparations in any place of business shall be presumptive evidence that the person in possession thereof exposes the same for sale. Subd. 4. Prima facie evidence. The absence of a duly sanctioned kosher "plumba," mark, stamp, tag, brand, or label from any poultry, poultry products, meat, meat preparation, or food product shall be prima facie evidence that such product is nonkosher. History:  (3826-1) 1929 c 398 s 1; 1959 c 563 s 1; 1986 c 444; 2000 c 477 s 33; 2004 c 232 s 1
MN Stat § 31.658 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 17 - 43 — Agriculture|Chapter 31 — Food|Section 31.658 — Halal Products.

31.658 HALAL PRODUCTS. Subdivision 1. Halal food requirements. A person must not: (1) serve, sell, or expose for sale food or food products, meat or meat products, or poultry or poultry products that are falsely represented as Halal; (2) permit food, food products, meat or meat products, or poultry or poultry products, or the contents of a package or container to be labeled or inscribed with the "Halal" sign unless the food or food products, meat or meat products, or poultry or poultry products have been prepared and maintained in compliance with the laws and customs of the Islamic religion; or (3) make an oral or written statement that deceives or otherwise leads a reasonable person to believe that non-Halal food or food products, meat or meat products, or poultry or poultry products are Halal. Subd. 2. Presumption. Possession of non-Halal food or food products, meat or meat products, or poultry or poultry products in a place of business is presumptive evidence that the person in possession of them exposes them for sale. Subd. 3. Defense. It is a defense against a charge of misrepresenting non-Halal food or food products, meat or meat products, or poultry or poultry products as Halal that the person relied in good faith upon the representation of a slaughterhouse, manufacturer, processor, packer, distributor, or person or organization which certifies or represents a food or food product, meat or meat product, or poultry or poultry product as having been prepared under or sanctioned by Islamic religious requirements. History:   2001 c 54 s 2
MN Stat § 31.671 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 17 - 43 — Agriculture|Chapter 31 — Food|Section 31.671 — Rules.

31.671 RULES. The commissioner of agriculture shall have the power to promulgate rules for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of sections 31.651 to 31.661. History:  1959 c 563 s 3; 1961 c 113 s 1; 1985 c 248 s 70; 2013 c 125 art 1 s 24