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MN Stat § 31A.25 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 17 - 43 — Agriculture|Chapter 31A — Meat And Poultry Inspection|Section 31A.25 — Access By Inspectors.

31A.25 ACCESS BY INSPECTORS. To get information about suspected violations of law, the commissioner and the commissioner's assistants, inspectors, appointees, agents and employees must be given access to the following: (1) places where food or something else, the manufacture, sale, use, or transportation of which is restricted, regulated, or prohibited by a law of this state, is or may be manufactured, prepared, stored, sold, used, transported, offered for sale or transportation, or had in possession with intent to use, sell, or transport, or where cows or other animals are pastured or stabled; (2) cars or other carriages used to transport the articles or animals; and (3) places where food is or may be cooked, prepared, sold, or kept for sale to or for the public or distributed as a part of the compensation of an employee or agent, including public and private hospitals, lumber and railroad camps, inns, boarding and eating houses, drinking places, dining cars, boats, and other places where any of these articles may be manufactured, sold, used, offered for sale or transportation, or possessed with intent to use, sell, or transport. They may inspect a package, receptacle, or container found in those places apparently containing food, a food ingredient, or something else the manufacture, use, sale, or transportation of which is restricted, regulated, or forbidden by state law, and may take samples from it for analysis. A person obstructing entry or inspection, or failing upon request to assist in the inspection, is guilty of a misdemeanor. History:  1969 c 225 s 25; 1986 c 444; 1988 c 469 art 2 s 1
MN Stat § 31A.29 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 17 - 43 — Agriculture|Chapter 31A — Meat And Poultry Inspection|Section 31A.29 — Cost Of Administration; Overtime Work.

31A.29 COST OF ADMINISTRATION; OVERTIME WORK. The cost of administering this chapter, including the cost of inspection, must be paid from appropriations made for this purpose, except to the extent of federal contributions as provided in section 31A.21. The commissioner may pay employees of the Department of Agriculture employed in establishments subject to this chapter for overtime work performed at the establishments. The commissioner may accept from the establishments where the overtime work is performed reimbursement for sums paid by the commissioner for overtime work. Reimbursements must be deposited in the treasury and credited to the accounts from which the overtime costs were paid. History:  1969 c 225 s 29; 1986 c 444; 1988 c 469 art 2 s 1
MN Stat § 31A.31 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 17 - 43 — Agriculture|Chapter 31A — Meat And Poultry Inspection|Section 31A.31 — Citation.

31A.31 CITATION. This chapter may be cited as the "Minnesota Meat and Poultry Inspection Act." History:  1969 c 225 s 31; 1988 c 469 art 2 s 1; 1999 c 231 s 65
MN Stat § 31B.01 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 17 - 43 — Agriculture|Chapter 31B — Packers And Stockyards|Section 31B.01 — Citation.

31B.01 CITATION. This chapter is known and may be cited as the "Minnesota Packers and Stockyards Act." History:   1990 c 530 s 20
MN Stat § 31B.02 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 17 - 43 — Agriculture|Chapter 31B — Packers And Stockyards|Section 31B.02 — Definitions.

31B.02 DEFINITIONS. Subdivision 1. Scope. The definitions in this section apply to this chapter. Subd. 2. Commissioner. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of agriculture. Subd. 3. Dealer. "Dealer" means a person, other than a market agency in the business of buying or selling livestock, either on the person's own account or as the employee or agent of the vendor or purchaser. Subd. 4. Livestock. "Livestock" means live or dead cattle, sheep, swine, horses, mules, farmed Cervidae, as defined in section 35.153, subdivision 3, llamas, as defined in section 17.455, subdivision 2, Ratitae, as defined in section 17.453, subdivision 3, bison (buffalo), or goats. Subd. 5. Livestock products. "Livestock products" means products and by-products other than meats and meat food products of the slaughtering and meat-packing industry derived in whole or in part from livestock. Subd. 6. Market agency. "Market agency" means a person engaged in the business of (1) buying or selling livestock on a commission basis, or (2) furnishing stockyard services and includes a person who sells or offers for sale livestock located in this state by satellite video auction. Subd. 7. Meat food products. "Meat food products" means edible products and by-products of the slaughtering and meat-packing industry. Subd. 8. Packer. "Packer" means a person in the business of (1) buying livestock for purposes of slaughter, (2) manufacturing or preparing meats or meat food products for sale or shipment, or (3) marketing meats, meat food products, or livestock products in an unmanufactured form acting as a wholesale broker, dealer, or distributor. Subd. 9. Stockyard. "Stockyard" means a place, establishment, or facility commonly known as a stockyard conducted, operated, or managed for profit or nonprofit as a public market for livestock producers, feeders, market agencies, and buyers, consisting of pens, or other enclosures, and their appurtenances, in which live cattle, sheep, swine, horses, mules, or goats are received, held, or kept for sale or shipment. Subd. 10. Stockyard owner. "Stockyard owner" means a person in the business of conducting or operating a stockyard. Subd. 11. Stockyard services. "Stockyard services" means services or facilities furnished at a stockyard in connection with the receiving, buying, or selling on a commission basis or otherwise, marketing, feeding, watering, holding, delivery, shipment, weighing, or handling of livestock. History:  1990 c 530 s 21; 1993 c 375 art 9 s 11; 2000 c 477 s 51; 2006 c 212 art 1 s 22
MN Stat § 31B.03 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 17 - 43 — Agriculture|Chapter 31B — Packers And Stockyards|Section 31B.03 — Reporting Requirements.

31B.03 REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. A packer, stockyard owner, market agency, and dealer and grain and feed businesses with livestock contracts shall file annually with the commissioner a copy of the annual report form of the federal packers and stockyards regulations filed with the federal packers and stockyards administration and any additional information that may be required on a form prescribed by the commissioner. The report and any additional information must be filed with the commissioner not later than April 15 following the end of the calendar year or, if the records are kept on a fiscal year basis, not later than 90 days after the close of the fiscal year. The commissioner shall require: (1) a packer to annually complete a form showing the maximum capacity of each of the packer's packing plants; and (2) a copy of each contract a packer has entered into with a livestock producer and each agreement that will become part of the contract that a packer has with a livestock producer for the purchase or contracting of livestock. History:   1990 c 530 s 22
MN Stat § 31B.04 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 17 - 43 — Agriculture|Chapter 31B — Packers And Stockyards|Section 31B.04 — Prompt Payment For Purchase Of Livestock.

31B.04 PROMPT PAYMENT FOR PURCHASE OF LIVESTOCK. Subdivision 1. Kind of payment; time required. A packer, market agency, or dealer purchasing livestock shall, before the close of the next business day following the purchase of livestock and transfer of its possession, deliver to the seller or the seller's authorized representative the full amount of the purchase price. If a packer, market agency, or dealer is purchasing livestock for slaughter, that person shall, before the close of the next business day following purchase of livestock and transfer of its possession, actually deliver at the point of transfer of possession to the seller or the seller's authorized representative a check or shall wire transfer funds to the seller's account for the full amount of the purchase price; or, in the case of a purchase on a carcass or "grade and yield" basis, the purchaser shall make payment by check at the point of transfer of possession or shall wire transfer funds to the seller's account for the full amount of the purchase price not later than the close of the first business day following determination of the purchase price. If the seller or a duly authorized representative is not present to receive payment at the point of transfer of possession, the packer, market agency, or dealer shall wire funds or place a check in the United States mail for the full amount of the purchase price properly addressed to the seller within the time limits specified in this section, and that action complies with the requirement for prompt payment. Subd. 2. Waiver. Notwithstanding subdivision 1 and subject to terms and conditions the commissioner may prescribe, the parties to the purchase and sale of livestock may expressly agree in writing, before the purchase or sale, to effect payment in a manner other than that required in subdivision 1. The agreement must be disclosed in the records of the market agency or dealer selling the livestock, and in the purchaser's records and on the accounts or other documents issued by the purchaser relating to the transaction. Subd. 3. Delay in payment or attempt to delay. Any delay or attempt to delay by a market agency, dealer, or packer purchasing livestock, the collection of funds under this section, or otherwise for the purpose of or resulting in extending the normal period of payment for the livestock is an "unfair practice" in violation of this chapter. History:   1990 c 530 s 23
MN Stat § 31B.05 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 17 - 43 — Agriculture|Chapter 31B — Packers And Stockyards|Section 31B.05 — Unfulfilled Contract To Buy Livestock.

31B.05 UNFULFILLED CONTRACT TO BUY LIVESTOCK. A packer who has committed either orally or in writing to buy more livestock than the packer's plant can process and who cannot fulfill the commitment to the producer within 30 days of the delivery date of the contract is subject to denial, suspension, or revocation of the packer's license. History:   1990 c 530 s 24
MN Stat § 31B.06 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 17 - 43 — Agriculture|Chapter 31B — Packers And Stockyards|Section 31B.06 — Packer And Processor Accounting Requirements.

31B.06 PACKER AND PROCESSOR ACCOUNTING REQUIREMENTS. Hog, cattle, sheep, and dairy processors with annual sales greater than $10,000,000 are required to conduct all financial transactions relating to a contract feeding operation through a separate and exclusive bank account. This separate account is subject to audit and inspection at any reasonable time by the commissioner. Grain and feed businesses with annual sales greater than $10,000,000 are required to conduct all financial transactions relating to contract feeding of hogs, cattle, sheep, or dairy cows through a separate and exclusive bank account. This separate account is subject to audit and inspection at any reasonable time by the commissioner. History:   1990 c 530 s 25
MN Stat § 32D.03 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 17 - 43 — Agriculture|Chapter 32D — Dairy Law|Section 32D.03 — Bulk Milk Hauler And Sampler License.

32D.03 BULK MILK HAULER AND SAMPLER LICENSE. Subdivision 1. License requirement. A person collecting milk from a dairy farm and transporting the milk by bulk pickup and not in individual containers from farm to plant must obtain a bulk milk hauler and sampler license. Subd. 2. Application. A person desiring to secure a bulk milk hauler and sampler license must apply on a form provided by the commissioner. Before the license is issued, the commissioner shall determine that the applicant is competent and qualified. Subd. 3. Term of license; transferability. An initial bulk milk hauler and sampler license issued by the commissioner expires on the following December 31 and is not transferable. A renewal bulk milk hauler and sampler license is not transferable, is valid for two years, and expires on December 31 of the second year. Subd. 4. Fees and penalties. The fee for an initial or renewal bulk milk hauler and sampler license is $60. The fee shall be paid to the commissioner before the commissioner issues an initial or renewal bulk milk hauler and sampler license. If a bulk milk hauler and sampler license renewal is not applied for on or before January 1, a fee of $30 shall be imposed. A person who does not renew a bulk milk hauler and sampler license within one year following its December 31 expiration date, except those persons who do not renew the bulk milk hauler and sampler license while engaged in active military service, shall be required to prove competency and qualification under subdivision 2 before a bulk milk hauler and sampler license is issued. The commissioner may require any other person who renews a bulk milk hauler and sampler license to prove competency and qualification in the same manner. Subd. 5. Suspension or cancellation. The commissioner is empowered to conduct enforcement action, suspend, or cancel any bulk milk hauler and sampler license pursuant to section 34A.06. History:   2017 c 88 art 3 s 8
MN Stat § 32D.04 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 17 - 43 — Agriculture|Chapter 32D — Dairy Law|Section 32D.04 — Milk Tank Trucks.

32D.04 MILK TANK TRUCKS. All farm bulk milk pickup tankers, milk transports, and tankers used to transport milk products must be inspected and obtain a permit issued by the commissioner at least once every 12 months. The owner or operator must pay a $25 permit fee per tanker to the commissioner. The commissioner may appoint a person the commissioner deems qualified to make inspections. History:   2017 c 88 art 3 s 9
MN Stat § 32D.05 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 17 - 43 — Agriculture|Chapter 32D — Dairy Law|Section 32D.05 — Grade A Dairy Farm Permitting; Water Well Distance Requirement.

32D.05 GRADE A DAIRY FARM PERMITTING; WATER WELL DISTANCE REQUIREMENT. (a) No milk producer may sell or distribute milk from a dairy farm as Grade A milk without a valid Grade A dairy farm permit issued by the commissioner. (b) A dairy farmer who wishes to be permitted to produce Grade A milk may not be denied the Grade A permit solely because of provisions in rules adopted by the commissioner requiring a minimum distance between a water well and dairy farm. To be eligible for a Grade A permit, the following conditions must be met: (1) the water well must have been in place prior to January 1, 1974; (2) the water well must comply with all other rules applicable to the well, other than the distance requirement; and (3) water from the well must be tested at least once every 12 months. More frequent testing may be required in compliance with guidelines established by the commissioner if water test results fail to meet water quality requirements. History:   2017 c 88 art 3 s 10
MN Stat § 32D.06 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 17 - 43 — Agriculture|Chapter 32D — Dairy Law|Section 32D.06 — Grade A Dairy Farm Inspection; Fees.

32D.06 GRADE A DAIRY FARM INSPECTION; FEES. (a) As provided in section 32D.02, the commissioner shall provide inspection service to any milk producer who wishes to market Grade A milk and is in compliance with the requirement for the production of Grade A milk. Grade A inspections shall be completed at least once every six months. (b) The fee for inspections must be no more than $50 per farm, paid annually by the processor or by the marketing organization on behalf of its patrons. (c) For a farm requiring a reinspection in addition to the required biannual inspections, an additional fee must be paid by the processor or by the marketing organization on behalf of its patrons. The fee for reinspection of a farm with fewer than 100 hoofed milk-producing animals is $60 per reinspection. The fee for reinspection of a farm with 100 or more hoofed milk-producing animals is $150 per reinspection. History:   2017 c 88 art 3 s 11
MN Stat § 32D.07 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 17 - 43 — Agriculture|Chapter 32D — Dairy Law|Section 32D.07 — Manufacturing Grade Dairy Farm Certification.

32D.07 MANUFACTURING GRADE DAIRY FARM CERTIFICATION. A producer who wishes to sell milk for manufacturing purposes must obtain from the commissioner an annual Grade B farm certification. History:   2017 c 88 art 3 s 12
MN Stat § 32D.08 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 17 - 43 — Agriculture|Chapter 32D — Dairy Law|Section 32D.08 — Manufacturing Grade Dairy Farm Inspection; Fees.

32D.08 MANUFACTURING GRADE DAIRY FARM INSPECTION; FEES. (a) A producer selling milk for manufacturing purposes must be inspected at least once every 12 months. (b) The fee for the certification inspection must not be more than $25 per producer, to be paid annually by the processor or the marketing organization on behalf of its patrons. (c) For a producer requiring more than one inspection for certification, a reinspection fee of $45 must be paid by the processor or by the marketing organization on behalf of its patrons. History:   2017 c 88 art 3 s 13
MN Stat § 32D.09 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 17 - 43 — Agriculture|Chapter 32D — Dairy Law|Section 32D.09 — Dairy Plant Licensing And Permitting.

32D.09 DAIRY PLANT LICENSING AND PERMITTING. Subdivision 1. Licensing. A dairy plant must obtain a license as required under section 28A.04. Subd. 2. Permitting. No person shall operate a dairy plant in this state unless the dairy plant, equipment, and water supply and plumbing system have been first approved by the commissioner and a permit issued to operate the same. A permit may be revoked by the commissioner for due cause pursuant to section 34A.06. Subd. 3. Approval. At the time of filing the application for a permit, the applicant shall submit to the commissioner duplicate floor plans of the plant that show the placement of equipment, the source of water supply and method of distribution, a detailed pasteurization flow chart, and the location of the plumbing system, including the disposal of wastes. New construction or alteration of an existing dairy plant shall be made only with the approval of the commissioner and duplicate plans for the construction or alteration shall be submitted to the commissioner for approval. The fee for approval services is $45 per hour of department staff time spent in the approval process. Subd. 4. Farmstead cheese. (a) The commissioner or the commissioner's designee shall issue an additional permit to a dairy plant that desires to use the name "Minnesota farmstead cheese" upon application made by the dairy plant for use of the name, provided the cheese meets the definition in section 32D.01, subdivision 13. (b) No cheese or packaged cheese that is sold, offered or exposed for sale, or held in possession with intent to sell at either retail or wholesale in this state may be labeled or described as "Minnesota farmstead cheese" unless it meets the criteria in section 32D.01, subdivision 13, and the manufacturer has obtained the designated permit. History:   2017 c 88 art 3 s 14
MN Stat § 32D.10 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 17 - 43 — Agriculture|Chapter 32D — Dairy Law|Section 32D.10 — Inspections.

32D.10 INSPECTIONS. (a) Inspections of Grade A plants must be completed at least once every three months. A pasteurization plant requesting Grade A inspection must pay an annual inspection fee of no more than $500. (b) Inspections of manufacturing plants that process milk or milk products other than Grade A must be completed at least once every six months. A manufacturing plant that pasteurizes milk or milk by-products must pay an annual fee based on the number of pasteurization units. The fee must not exceed $140 per unit. History:   2017 c 88 art 3 s 15
MN Stat § 32D.11 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 17 - 43 — Agriculture|Chapter 32D — Dairy Law|Section 32D.11 — Procurement Fee.

32D.11 PROCUREMENT FEE. A dairy plant operator in this state must pay to the commissioner on or before the 18th of each month a fee of 1.1 cents per hundredweight of milk purchased the previous month. If a milk producer in this state ships milk out of the state for sale, the producer must pay the fee to the commissioner unless the purchaser voluntarily pays the fee. Producers who ship milk out of state and processors must submit to the commissioner monthly reports related to milk purchases along with the appropriate procurement fee. The commissioner shall have access to all relevant purchase or sale records as necessary to verify compliance with this section and may require the producer or purchaser to produce records as necessary to determine compliance. History:   2017 c 88 art 3 s 16
MN Stat § 32D.12 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 17 - 43 — Agriculture|Chapter 32D — Dairy Law|Section 32D.12 — Selected Products Fee.

32D.12 SELECTED PRODUCTS FEE. (a) A manufacturer must pay to the commissioner a fee for fluid milk processed and milk used in the manufacture of fluid milk products sold for retail sale in Minnesota in an amount not less than five cents and not more than nine cents per hundredweight as set by the commissioner's order. No change within any 12-month period may be in excess of one cent per hundredweight. (b) A processor must report quantities of milk processed under paragraph (a) on forms provided by the commissioner. Processor fees must be paid monthly. The commissioner may require the production of records as necessary to determine compliance with this paragraph. (c) The commissioner may create within the department a dairy consulting program to provide assistance to dairy producers who are experiencing problems meeting the sanitation and quality requirements of the dairy laws and rules. The commissioner may use money appropriated from the dairy services account to pay for the program authorized in this paragraph. History:   2017 c 88 art 3 s 17
MN Stat § 32D.14 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 17 - 43 — Agriculture|Chapter 32D — Dairy Law|Section 32D.14 — Official Producer Samples.

32D.14 OFFICIAL PRODUCER SAMPLES. (a) An official producer sample for each producer must be analyzed for bacteria, somatic cell count, temperature, and antibiotic residues at least once per month in four out of every six months. Official producer samples must be collected and analyzed without providing the producer with prior notification of the sampling date. (b) Official producer sample results must be inclusive of all animals from which milk is collected and sold on the day of sampling. (c) Official producer sample results must be collected by a licensed sampler. History:   2017 c 88 art 3 s 19
MN Stat § 32D.15 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 17 - 43 — Agriculture|Chapter 32D — Dairy Law|Section 32D.15 — Monthly Reporting.

32D.15 MONTHLY REPORTING. (a) In at least four out of every six months, the dairy plant that procures milk from the producer must report to the commissioner at least one representative test result for bacteria, somatic cell count, temperature, and antibiotic residues. The result shall be reported within seven days after the laboratory obtains the test results. (b) A laboratory that performs the tests required under this section for a dairy plant may report the test results for the dairy plant. (c) A dairy plant or laboratory shall report test results under this section in an electronic form approved by the department or using an approved alternative. History:   2017 c 88 art 3 s 20
MN Stat § 32D.16 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 17 - 43 — Agriculture|Chapter 32D — Dairy Law|Section 32D.16 — Enforcement.

32D.16 ENFORCEMENT. The commissioner shall suspend a producer's permit or certification if three of the last five official producer samples exceed the applicable standard. The commissioner shall provide warning of a pending suspension when two of the last four producer samples exceed the applicable standard. History:   2017 c 88 art 3 s 21