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MN Stat § 27.0405 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 17 - 43 — Agriculture|Chapter 27 — Farm Products Dealers|Section 27.0405 — Investigations.

27.0405 INVESTIGATIONS. Subdivision 1. Production and review of information. (a) Upon special order, the commissioner may require a farm products dealer to file at the time and in the manner the commissioner directs, sworn or unsworn reports or answers in writing to specific questions on any matter which the commissioner may investigate. (b) For the purposes of this section, the commissioner or the commissioner's authorized agents may audit and review any records relating to the financial condition of any farm products dealer and any transactions between the dealer and persons entitled to the protections of this chapter, if the records are in the possession of or under the case, custody, or control of the dealer or the dealer's authorized agent. Subd. 2. False and incomplete information. A person may not willfully make any false entries or statements or fail to make full and true entries and statements in a report, answer required, or document demanded under this chapter. Subd. 3. Preservation of documents. A person may not remove from the state, mutilate, or alter a document relevant to an investigation, hearing, or proceeding conducted under chapter 27. History:  1990 c 530 s 10; 2020 c 89 art 1 s 5
MN Stat § 27.06 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 17 - 43 — Agriculture|Chapter 27 — Farm Products Dealers|Section 27.06 — Complaints To Commissioner, Hearing; Sales Contract.

27.06 COMPLAINTS TO COMMISSIONER, HEARING; SALES CONTRACT. A person claiming to be damaged by a breach of the conditions of a sales contract may submit a complaint to the commissioner within 40 days after the due date. The complaint must be a written statement of the facts constituting the complaint. After receiving a filed complaint, the commissioner must investigate the charges made and may have the matter heard as a contested case pursuant to chapter 14 if an affected party requests a hearing. History:  (6240-18 1/2e) 1931 c 394 s 6; 1935 c 186 s 2; 1955 c 233 s 3; 1961 c 163 s 3; 1969 c 471 s 4; 1975 c 227 s 8; 1977 c 346 s 4; 1982 c 424 s 130; 1986 c 444; 1990 c 530 s 12; 2020 c 89 art 1 s 6
MN Stat § 27.069 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 17 - 43 — Agriculture|Chapter 27 — Farm Products Dealers|Section 27.069 — Definition Of Produce.

27.069 DEFINITION OF PRODUCE. For the purposes of Minnesota Statutes 1961, sections 27.07 to 27.10, and acts amendatory thereof, the term "produce" means decorative forest products and the products of farms and waters of this state. History:   1965 c 787 s 2
MN Stat § 27.07 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 17 - 43 — Agriculture|Chapter 27 — Farm Products Dealers|Section 27.07 — Grades Established; Inspection.

27.07 GRADES ESTABLISHED; INSPECTION. Subdivision 1. Commissioner's power. The commissioner shall have power to establish grades on all perishable farm products and when necessary shall provide for inspecting and grading perishable farm products subject to sale at marketing points within the state as the commissioner may designate. Subd. 2. Certificates. The commissioner shall issue certificates of inspection showing the grade, quality, and conditions of perishable farm products, and may charge and collect a reasonable fee for the issuance of a certificate of inspection. A certificate of inspection is prima facie evidence in all courts of this state as to the grade, quality, and condition of perishable farm products at the time the inspection was made. Subd. 3. Application for inspector's services. Any person who wants perishable farm products or a perishable farm products sales transaction to be inspected may apply to the commissioner for the service of an inspector and, if it appears to the commissioner that the perishable farm products volume is sufficient to justify the request, the commissioner may grant the service upon terms and conditions fixed by the commissioner and this section. Subd. 4. Deposit agreement. The commissioner may require an agreement, prior to the establishment of the inspection service, requiring the user of the inspection service to at all times have on deposit with the department a sufficient amount of money to pay the estimated costs of such inspection service for a period of not less than 15 days in advance. When any such agreement shall terminate by action of either party thereto, the commissioner shall pay to the depositor any money remaining to the depositor's credit after the deduction of the costs at the time such agreement terminates. Subd. 5. Fees. Fees for inspection shall be determined by the commissioner and shall be reviewed and adjusted every six months. In determining the fees to be charged, the commissioner shall take into consideration fees charged in other states offering similar inspection services to the end that the fees charged will provide a competitive marketing position for Minnesota perishable farm products. Subd. 6. Cooperative agreements; fees; account. The commissioner may collect fees as provided for in cooperative agreements between the commissioner and the United States Department of Agriculture for the inspection of perishable farm products. The fees and interest attributable to money in the account must be deposited in the agricultural fund and credited to a fruit and vegetables inspection account. Money in the account, including interest earned, is appropriated to the commissioner to administer the cooperative agreements. History:  (6240-18 1/2f) 1931 c 394 s 7; 1955 c 232 s 1; 1961 c 163 s 4; 1975 c 204 s 97; 1977 c 234 s 1; 1986 c 444; 1987 c 358 s 84; 1993 c 172 s 28; 1999 c 231 s 49; 2020 c 89 art 1 s 7
MN Stat § 27.08 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 17 - 43 — Agriculture|Chapter 27 — Farm Products Dealers|Section 27.08 — Filing Brand Or Label; Permit.

27.08 FILING BRAND OR LABEL; PERMIT. Any person producing, manufacturing, or handling perishable farm products in this state, except cheese and butter, and preparing, packing, and offering perishable farm products for sale, may file with the commissioner a brand or label. The applicant may place upon this brand or label a descriptive or locative matter, as approved by the commissioner. The commissioner may issue to an applicant for brands and labels a permit to use the same, subject to the rules and restrictions as to quality of product so branded as the commissioner may determine. The brand or label shall be recorded in the office of the commissioner and any person who shall, without authority of the commissioner, brand and label therewith products or commodities of a quality below the standard permitted under the brand or label, shall be subject to the penal provisions of section 27.19. History:  (6240-18 1/2g) 1931 c 394 s 8; 1961 c 163 s 5; 1985 c 248 s 70; 2020 c 89 art 1 s 8
MN Stat § 27.09 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 17 - 43 — Agriculture|Chapter 27 — Farm Products Dealers|Section 27.09 — Inspection.

27.09 INSPECTION. When perishable farm products are ready for sale, or are on the way to market, the owner, conveyor, prospective buyer, or any other person with an interest in the perishable farm products may request an inspection of the perishable farm products under section 27.07. History:  (6240-18 1/2h) 1931 c 394 s 9; 2020 c 89 art 1 s 9
MN Stat § 27.10 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 17 - 43 — Agriculture|Chapter 27 — Farm Products Dealers|Section 27.10 — Perishable Farm Products Examination.

27.10 PERISHABLE FARM PRODUCTS EXAMINATION. (a) When perishable farm products are shipped to or received by a farm products dealer for handling, purchase, or sale in this state, and the farm products dealer finds the perishable farm products to be in a spoiled, damaged, unmarketable, or unsatisfactory condition, the dealer must have the perishable farm products examined by an inspector assigned by the commissioner for that purpose. The inspector must execute and deliver a certificate to the farm products dealer stating the day, the time and place of the inspection, and the condition of the produce and mail or deliver a copy of the certificate to the shipper of the perishable farm products. (b) This section does not apply when the parties to the perishable farm products sales contract waive the inspection requirement. History:  (6240-18 1/2i) 1931 c 394 s 10; 1986 c 444; 2020 c 89 art 1 s 10
MN Stat § 27.11 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 17 - 43 — Agriculture|Chapter 27 — Farm Products Dealers|Section 27.11 — Shipments On Consignment.

27.11 SHIPMENTS ON CONSIGNMENT. When any farm products dealer to whom perishable farm products have been shipped or consigned for sale on a commission basis or on consignment or under any circumstances where the title to the perishable farm products remains with the shipper, the dealer must, within a reasonable time, report to the shipper the exact time of arrival, and the quantity, quality, and price per unit of the perishable farm products. The dealer must pay the shipper the net amount due at the time the report required under this section is made. History:  (6240-18 1/2j) 1931 c 394 s 11; 1986 c 444; 2020 c 89 art 1 s 11
MN Stat § 27.12 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 17 - 43 — Agriculture|Chapter 27 — Farm Products Dealers|Section 27.12 — Shipper May Complain To Commissioner.

27.12 SHIPPER MAY COMPLAIN TO COMMISSIONER. When a shipper, after demand therefor, shall have received no remittance or report of sale, or shall be dissatisfied with the remittance, sale, or report, the shipper may complain in writing to the commissioner, who shall investigate the matter complained of. History:  (6240-18 1/2k) 1931 c 394 s 12; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 27.13 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 17 - 43 — Agriculture|Chapter 27 — Farm Products Dealers|Section 27.13 — Investigation Of Complaints.

27.13 INVESTIGATION OF COMPLAINTS. (a) The commissioner is authorized to: (1) receive complaints against any person dealing in, shipping, transporting, storing, or selling perishable farm products; (2) make any and all necessary investigations relative to the handling of, or storing, shipping, or dealing in perishable farm products; and (3) enter with reasonable notice all buildings, yards, warehouses, storage and transportation facilities in which perishable farm products are kept, stored, handled or transacted. (b) The commissioner may: (1) issue subpoenas requiring the attendance of witnesses before the commissioner, with books, papers, and other documents, articles, or instruments; (2) compel the disclosure by such witnesses of all facts known to them relative to a matter under investigation; and (3) administer oaths and take testimony. (c) The commissioner must provide a complainant a written report of the investigation conducted under this section. The report is prima facie evidence of the matters contained in the report. A party violating a commissioner's order or subpoena is guilty of contempt as in proceedings in district courts of the state and may be punished in like manner. History:  (6240-18 1/2l) 1931 c 394 s 13; 1955 c 232 s 2; 1961 c 113 s 1; 1961 c 163 s 6; 1985 c 248 s 70; 1986 c 444; 1997 c 7 art 1 s 12; 2020 c 89 art 1 s 12
MN Stat § 27.131 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 17 - 43 — Agriculture|Chapter 27 — Farm Products Dealers|Section 27.131 — Mediation And Arbitration.

27.131 MEDIATION AND ARBITRATION. A contract for perishable farm products between a buyer and a seller must contain language providing for resolution of contract disputes by either mediation or arbitration. If there is a contract dispute, either party may make a written request to the commissioner for mediation or arbitration, as specified in the contract to facilitate resolution of the dispute. History:  1990 c 530 s 13; 2020 c 89 art 1 s 13
MN Stat § 27.133 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 17 - 43 — Agriculture|Chapter 27 — Farm Products Dealers|Section 27.133 — Parent Company Liability.

27.133 PARENT COMPANY LIABILITY. If a farm products dealer is a subsidiary of another corporation, partnership, or association, the parent corporation, partnership, or association is liable to a seller for the amount of any unpaid claim or contract performance claim if the farm products dealer fails to pay or perform according to the terms of the contract and this chapter. History:  1990 c 530 s 14; 2020 c 89 art 1 s 14
MN Stat § 27.137 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 17 - 43 — Agriculture|Chapter 27 — Farm Products Dealers|Section 27.137 — Definitions.

27.137 DEFINITIONS. Subdivision 1. Applicability. The definitions in this section apply to this section and section 27.138. Subd. 2.  [Repealed, 1996 c 310 s 1] Subd. 3.  [Repealed, 1996 c 310 s 1] Subd. 4.  [Repealed, 1996 c 310 s 1] Subd. 5. Proceeds. "Proceeds" means whatever is received upon the sale, exchange, collection, or transfer of perishable farm products or manufactured farm products. Subd. 6.  [Repealed, 1996 c 310 s 1] Subd. 7. Manufactured farm products. "Manufactured farm products" means products derived from perishable farm products through manufacturing, processing, or packaging. Subd. 8.  [Repealed, 1996 c 310 s 1] Subd. 9. Trust assets. "Trust assets" means perishable farm products or manufactured farm products and proceeds from the perishable or manufactured farm products. Subd. 10. Farm products dealer. "Farm products dealer" has the meaning given in section 27.01, subdivision 8. History:  1990 c 530 s 15; 2020 c 89 art 1 s 15-18
MN Stat § 27.14 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 17 - 43 — Agriculture|Chapter 27 — Farm Products Dealers|Section 27.14 — Rules.

27.14 RULES. In the manner provided by law, the commissioner, from time to time, shall make and publish uniform rules, not inconsistent with law, for carrying out and enforcing the provisions of sections 27.01 to 27.14 and 27.19 and governing the rates charged by, and the buying, selling, advertising and trading practices of, dealers at wholesale. History:  (6240-18 1/2m) 1931 c 394 s 14; 1961 c 163 s 7; 1985 c 248 s 70; 1997 c 7 art 1 s 12
MN Stat § 28.01 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 17 - 43 — Agriculture|Chapter 28 — Cold Storage|Section 28.01 — Definitions.

28.01 DEFINITIONS. Subdivision 1. Terms. Unless the language or context clearly indicates that a different meaning is intended, the following terms shall, for the purposes of this chapter, be given the meanings subjoined to them. Subd. 2. Cold storage. "Cold storage" means the storing or keeping of articles of food in a cold storage warehouse or in any refrigerated space leased for public use other than an individual locker. Subd. 3. Cold storage warehouse. The term "cold storage warehouse" means and includes every place other than an individual locker, whether a single room or enclosed space, or a group of rooms that is cooled, mechanically or by any artificial means, including the cooling by use of ice, in which articles of food are placed and held for 30 days or more. Any room in a cold storage warehouse leased, controlled, and operated apart from the general storage business of such warehouse and to which the general public has not access for storage purposes, is hereby declared a separate cold storage warehouse, subject to licensing and supervision under this chapter. Refrigerator cars and ships, when used solely for the transportation, as distinguished from the storage, of foods shall not be regarded as cold storage warehouses, nor shall the ice boxes of retail food establishments, private homes, hotels, or restaurants, and chill-rooms used only for the holding of food for periods of less than 30 days be so regarded. The commissioner shall, for the proper enforcement of this chapter, have the right of inspection of such chill-rooms and as well of the food held therein. Subd. 4. Articles of food. "Articles of food" mean every article used for, entering into the consumption of, or used or intended for use in the preparation of, food, drink, confectionery, or condiment, whether simple, mixed, or compound for either human or animal consumption. Subd. 5. Commissioner. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the Department of Agriculture. History:  (6207) 1921 c 310 s 1; 1923 c 233 s 1; 1943 c 232 s 1; 1961 c 113 s 1; 1961 c 128 s 10; 1969 c 319 s 1
MN Stat § 28.04 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 17 - 43 — Agriculture|Chapter 28 — Cold Storage|Section 28.04 — Records; Reports.

28.04 RECORDS; REPORTS. Every person, firm or corporation operating a cold storage warehouse under sections 28.01 to 28.13 shall keep accurate records of the articles of food received in, and of the articles of food withdrawn from, the cold storage warehouse and the commissioner shall have free access to such records at any time. Said person, firm or corporation shall submit a monthly report to the commissioner setting forth its itemized particulars and the quantity and kinds of articles of food in the cold storage warehouse. These monthly reports shall be filed pursuant to the rules of the commissioner and a summary only of these reports if prepared by the commissioner be open to public inspection. History:  (6210) 1921 c 310 s 4; 1923 c 233 s 4; 1969 c 319 s 3; 1985 c 248 s 70; 1986 c 444; 2013 c 125 art 1 s 12
MN Stat § 28.05 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 17 - 43 — Agriculture|Chapter 28 — Cold Storage|Section 28.05 — Inspection.

28.05 INSPECTION. The commissioner shall inspect and supervise all cold storage warehouses and make such inspection of articles of food therein as the commissioner may deem necessary to secure the proper enforcement of this chapter, and the commissioner shall have access to all cold storage warehouses, together with all related offices, toilet, wash and locker rooms, egg-candling rooms, power houses or rooms, loading and unloading platforms, passageways, approaches, and other spaces, the state of sanitation of which may affect the sanitary conditions of the cold storage foods, or which may require visitation or inspection for the enforcement of any of the provisions of this chapter, at all reasonable times. The commissioner may appoint such persons as the commissioner deems qualified to make any inspection under this chapter. History:  (6211) 1921 c 310 s 5; 1923 c 233 s 5; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 28.06 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 17 - 43 — Agriculture|Chapter 28 — Cold Storage|Section 28.06 — Food Which May Be Placed In Cold Storage.

28.06 FOOD WHICH MAY BE PLACED IN COLD STORAGE. No article of food intended for human consumption shall be placed, received, or kept in any cold storage warehouse unless the same is in an apparently pure and wholesome condition. A food will be deemed "wholesome" only when it is in all respects fit for human consumption. The commissioner may seize and condemn any articles of food in cold storage warehouses which are found to be unfit for human consumption, and these articles of food shall be destroyed or otherwise disposed of under such conditions as the commissioner shall prescribe. History:  (6212) 1921 c 310 s 6; 1923 c 233 s 6
MN Stat § 28.07 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 17 - 43 — Agriculture|Chapter 28 — Cold Storage|Section 28.07 — Marking Articles Of Food.

28.07 MARKING ARTICLES OF FOOD. No person, firm, or corporation shall place, receive, or keep in any cold storage warehouse in this state, articles of food unless the same shall be plainly marked, stamped, or tagged, either upon the container in which they are packed, or upon the articles of food itself, with a lot number; and no person, firm, or corporation shall remove or allow to be removed such articles of food from any cold storage warehouse unless the same shall be plainly marked, stamped, or tagged, either on the container in which it is enclosed or upon the article of food itself, with the lot number, and such marks, stamps, and tags shall be prima facie evidence by which to trace the receipt, and removal, and of the date thereof. It shall be unlawful to remove, deface, add to, alter, or change any mark, or marks placed upon the container, wrapper, or upon the articles of food itself, or upon the label or tag attached thereto, which marks are required under the provisions of this chapter, or in compliance with rules adopted by the commissioner or under the provisions of the Cold Storage Act of any other state, without permission or under the direction of the commissioner. If the articles of food are stored by the lessee of a room or rooms in a cold storage warehouse, the lessee shall be responsible for the goods placed by the lessee or the lessee's employees in said leased space, and also for the placing upon them of the required marks. Cold storage products may be removed from one container to another for the purpose of grading or repacking into more convenient commercial form, either during cold storage or at the time of withdrawal therefrom providing that the old container was properly marked; the lot number or numbers, shall be marked also upon the new container. History:  (6213) 1921 c 310 s 7; 1923 c 233 s 7; 1943 c 232 s 2; 1985 c 248 s 70; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 28.08 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 17 - 43 — Agriculture|Chapter 28 — Cold Storage|Section 28.08 — Length Of Storage Period.

28.08 LENGTH OF STORAGE PERIOD. No person, firm, or corporation shall keep or permit to remain in any cold storage warehouse any article of food which has been held in cold storage either within or without the state for a longer aggregate period than 12 months, except with the consent of the commissioner, as herein provided. The commissioner upon written application made and presented during the 12-month period may extend the allowable storage period for any particular article of food, provided the same upon examination is found to be in proper condition for further cold storage. If the commissioner shall grant the application for such further cold storage period the commissioner shall enter an order specifying the period for which such additional storage may be permitted. The commissioner shall make written report on each case in which such extension of storage is granted, including therein the information relating to the reason for the action taken, specifying the kinds and amounts of the articles of food covered by such extension order and the length of time for which the extension is granted, and this report and the order based thereon shall be kept on file in the office of the commissioner at all times open to the public. In case the owner of any article of food in storage in a cold storage warehouse fails or refuses to remove the same before the expiration of the period of time within which the storage may lawfully be continued, then and in such case the commissioner may sell or order the same to be sold under a procedure specified by the commissioner. History:  (6214) 1921 c 310 s 8; 1923 c 233 s 8; 1943 c 232 s 3; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 28.09 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 17 - 43 — Agriculture|Chapter 28 — Cold Storage|Section 28.09 — Shortening Storage Period.

28.09 SHORTENING STORAGE PERIOD. When, in the opinion of the commissioner, the market condition of food articles, resulting from hoarding or deterioration is such as to require the release for immediate sale of food stuffs held in cold storage, so that there is immediate market therefor at fair and reasonable prices, the commissioner, by order, may shorten the 12 months storage period herein provided for as to any particular article of food and may, by order, fix and establish a shorter storage period for the article of food, and thereupon the article covered by the order shall, upon the expiration of the shortened period, be released from storage and removed from the storage warehouse. History:  (6215) 1921 c 310 s 9; 1923 c 233 s 9; 1986 c 444