1550 FOOD; GENERAL RULES

1550.0060 [Repealed, 24 SR 546] Published Electronically: September 23, 2013

1550.0070 [Repealed, 27 SR 260] Published Electronically: September 23, 2013

1550.0080 [Repealed, 24 SR 546] Published Electronically: September 23, 2013

1550.0090 DIRECT MISSTATEMENTS AND INDIRECT MISREPRESENTATIONS. A food product shall not be labeled or branded in such a manner as to deceive or mislead the purchaser. Direct misstatements and indirect misrepresentations regarding the article or its ingredients by means of design…

1550.0100 NO LABEL OR DESCRIPTIVE MATTER. It is prohibited to sell or offer for sale a food product in package form when the package bears no label or descriptive matter whatever connected with it. Statutory Authority: MS s 31.101 Published Electronically: September 23, 2013

1550.0110 SPECIAL LABELING. An article of food, which, under the law or rules, requires special labeling, must carry such label, not only on the original package, but on all lots removed for display or for the convenience of handling. Statutory Authority: MS s 31.101 Published El…

1550.0120 DECEPTIVE OR MISLEADING ORAL STATEMENTS REGARDING UNLABELED GOODS. Any article of food, which, under parts 1550.0090 to 1550.0110, does not require labeling, must not be sold, exhibited, or offered for sale in such a manner as to be liable to mislead or deceive the purc…

1550.0130 ARTICLES OF FOOD TAKEN FROM ORIGINAL PACKAGE. Articles of food taken from the original package and susceptible to misrepresentation, when put in other packages or containers by the dealer, shall be labeled as delivered to the purchaser to show the source or kind of prod…

1550.0140 RETAIL CARTONS OR OTHER OUTSIDE CONTAINERS. Retail cartons or other outside containers shall be labeled according to the same rules as are applied to the bottle or other receptacle containing the article of food. Statutory Authority: MS s 31.101 Published Electronically…

1550.0150 MUTILATION OR DESTRUCTION OF LABELS IN OPENING PACKAGES. Labels on barrels, boxes, tubs, pails, casks, or other packages must be so placed as not to subject them to mutilation or destruction in opening such packages. If packages are used from which food is being sold or…

1550.0160 [Repealed, 24 SR 546] Published Electronically: September 23, 2013

1550.0170 [Repealed, 24 SR 546] Published Electronically: September 23, 2013

1550.0190 [Repealed, 24 SR 546] Published Electronically: September 23, 2013

1550.0200 GEOGRAPHICAL NAME. A geographical name indicating that a food product was manufactured or produced in a specific place shall not be used unless such product was manufactured or produced in that place. Statutory Authority: MS s 31.101 Published Electronically: September …

1550.0210 [Repealed, 27 SR 260] Published Electronically: September 23, 2013

1550.0220 [Repealed, 27 SR 260] Published Electronically: September 23, 2013

1550.0230 [Repealed, 27 SR 260] Published Electronically: September 23, 2013

1550.0240 [Repealed, 27 SR 260] Published Electronically: September 23, 2013

1550.0250 [Repealed, 27 SR 260] Published Electronically: September 23, 2013

1550.0260 [Repealed, 27 SR 260] Published Electronically: September 23, 2013

1550.0270 [Repealed, 27 SR 260] Published Electronically: September 23, 2013

1550.0280 COMPOUNDS AND MIXTURES. The terms "compound" and "mixture" are interchangeable. A product is a compound when it consists of a mixture of one or more ingredients with a substantial amount of one or more natural products and when the natural ingredient or ingredients pred…

1550.0290 [Repealed, 24 SR 546] Published Electronically: September 23, 2013

1550.0300 [Repealed, 27 SR 260] Published Electronically: September 23, 2013

1550.0310 [Repealed, 27 SR 260] Published Electronically: September 23, 2013

1550.0320 BY-PRODUCTS OR WASTE FOOD MATERIAL. A food which consists in whole or in part of sound by-product or waste food material, such as pieces, stems, trimmings, and the like, shall not be labeled with the unqualified name of the substance from which such material is derived.…

1550.0330 CERTAIN ADULTERATIONS NOT CORRECTED BY LABEL. Proper labeling alone will not remove an article from the operation of the law. Certain forms of adulteration, e.g., the addition of a poisonous or deleterious ingredient which may render the article injurious to health, can…

1550.0340 [Repealed, 27 SR 260] Published Electronically: September 23, 2013

1550.0350 POWDERING. An article of food shall neither be covered with a powder nor reduced to a powder in such a manner that damage or inferiority is concealed. Statutory Authority: MS s 31.101 Published Electronically: September 23, 2013

1550.0360 COATING, STAINING, OR OTHER TREATMENT. Food products shall not be coated, stained, or otherwise treated whereby damage or inferiority is concealed or the product is made to appear better than it really is. Statutory Authority: MS s 31.101 Published Electronically: Septe…

1550.0370 PRESERVATIVES. The use of boric acid or borates, salicylic acid, or salicylates, formaldehyde, sulfurous acid or sulfites, hydrofluoric acid or fluorides or any added poisonous or deleterious ingredient which may render a food product unwholesome, injurious, or detrimen…

1550.0380 [Repealed, 24 SR 546] Published Electronically: September 23, 2013

1550.0390 USE OF PRESERVATIVE TO CONCEAL DAMAGE OR INFERIORITY. A preservative or other substance, even though harmless, shall not be used in the preparation of any article of food in a manner whereby damage or inferiority is concealed or the product made to appear better than it…

1550.0400 COMPOUNDS OR MIXTURES OF PRESERVATIVES. Compounds or mixtures designed and offered for sale for use in preserving or preparing food products and which contain two or more ingredients not expressly prohibited by law shall be plainly labeled with the names and percentages…

1550.0410 FOOD PRODUCTS MISBRANDED OR ADULTERATED. A food product shall be regarded as adulterated or misbranded when it falls below the standard or quality, purity, or strength which has been adopted under the provisions of Minnesota Statutes, section 31.10 of the food law. An a…

1550.0420 [Repealed, 24 SR 546] Published Electronically: September 23, 2013

1550.0430 [Repealed, 24 SR 546] Published Electronically: September 23, 2013

1550.0440 [Repealed, 24 SR 546] Published Electronically: September 23, 2013

1550.0450 [Repealed, 24 SR 546] Published Electronically: September 23, 2013

1550.0460 [Repealed, 24 SR 546] Published Electronically: September 23, 2013

1550.0470 [Repealed, 24 SR 546] Published Electronically: September 23, 2013

1550.0480 [Repealed, 24 SR 546] Published Electronically: September 23, 2013

1550.0490 [Repealed, 24 SR 546] Published Electronically: September 23, 2013

1550.0500 [Repealed, 24 SR 546] Published Electronically: September 23, 2013

1550.0510 [Repealed, 24 SR 546] Published Electronically: September 23, 2013

1550.0520 CONCENTRATES AND FOUNTAIN SYRUPS. A fruit syrup, fountain syrup, or concentrate, which bears the name of a fruit, or a name suggestive of a specific kind of fruit, shall be made wholly from the juice or unmanipulated edible portion of the fruit indicated in the name, wi…