Minnesota Administrative Code

1545.3070 OPERATIONS AND OPERATING PROCEDURES. All operations in the receiving, transporting, holding, segregating, preparing, processing, packaging, and storing of processed products and ingredients used as aforesaid, shall be strictly in accord with clean and sanitary methods a…

1545.3080 MECHANICAL ADJUSTMENTS. Mechanical adjustments or practices which may cause contamination of foods by oil, dust, paint, scale, fumes, grinding materials, decomposed food, filth, chemicals, or other foreign materials shall not be conducted during any manufacturing or pro…

1545.3090 REMOVAL AND SEGREGATION OF CERTAIN PRODUCTS. All processed products which are not manufactured or prepared in accordance with the requirements of these parts or are not fit for human food shall be removed and segregated prior to any further processing operation. Statuto…

1545.3100 INGREDIENTS. All ingredients used in the manufacture or processing of any processed product shall be clean and fit for human food. Statutory Authority: MS s 28A.10 Published Electronically: August 28, 2002

1545.3110 METHODS AND PROCEDURES. The methods and procedures employed in the receiving, segregating, handling, transporting, and processing of ingredients in the plant shall be adequate to result in a satisfactory processed product. Such methods and procedure include, but are not…

1545.3120 HEALTH OF PERSONNEL. In addition to such other requirements as may be prescribed by the commissioner with respect to persons in any room or compartment where exposed ingredients are prepared, processed, or otherwise handled, the following shall be complied with. No pers…

1545.3130 DEFINITIONS. Subpart 1. Applicability. For the purpose of parts 1545.3130 to 1545.3170 the following words, phrases, names, and terms have the meanings given them in this part. Subp. 2. [Repealed, 25 SR 1241] Subp. 3. Commissioner. "Commissioner" means the commissioner …

1545.3140 PERMITS. No person shall smoke fish for sale in Minnesota without first obtaining a permit therefor from the commissioner. Applications for permits shall be made on forms provided by the commissioner, who shall cause the fish smoking establishment to be inspected before…

1545.3150 PERMITS GRANTED TO ESTABLISHMENTS NOT LOCATED IN MINNESOTA. The commissioner may issue a permit to smoke fish for sale in Minnesota to a fish smoking establishment located outside Minnesota. Application for the permit must be made on forms provided by the commissioner a…

1545.3160 RENEWAL OF PERMITS. Permits shall be renewed annually on July 1. Application for renewal of permits shall be filed on or before June 30. The commissioner may cause the fish smoking establishment to be inspected before granting renewal of a permit. On finding that the ap…

1545.3170 FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT. No person shall operate a fish smoking establishment unless it conforms to the requirements of Minnesota rules relating to fish processing establishments, parts 1545.2840 to 1545.3120; provided, however, that compliance with these parts does no…

1547.0110 [Renumbered 1560.9000] Published Electronically: July 20, 1999

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…

1550.0200 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 …

1550.0280 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…

1550.0320 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…

1550.0350 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…

1550.0390 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…

1550.0520 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…

1550.0530 PHOSPHATE CONCENTRATE. A product labeled or sold as a phosphate concentrate must contain an appreciable amount of phosphoric acid or acid phosphate with or without other acid material commonly used in the preparation of beverages, provided that none of the acid ingredie…

1550.0540 IMITATION FRUIT EXTRACTS, COMPOUNDS, AND OTHER SIMILAR PREPARATIONS. Imitation fruit extracts, compounds, and other similar preparations cannot bear pictures of fruits on labels; neither can pictures of fruits be used on pamphlets, circulars, folders, signs, newspapers,…

1550.0570 MIXED SYRUPS AND SUGARS. A. The term "syrup," as applied to a table syrup, pancake syrup, or any food syrup consisting of one syrup ingredient, shall be plainly qualified by the common name of the syrup. The qualifying name shall be printed on the label with a prominenc…

1550.0580 POWDERED SUGAR. Powdered sugar may be mixed with starch provided the amount of starch does not exceed three percent and also provided that the package in which it is sold shall be plainly labeled stating the percentage and kind of starch contained therein. Statutory Aut…

1550.0600 MIXED FLOURS. A product consisting of a mixture of flours obtained from different cereals shall not be named after a single constituent, but shall bear upon the label the names of the ingredients plainly stated in the order of their predominance and printed in uniform s…

1550.0630 VINEGAR. The terms "cider vinegar," "apple cider vinegar," and "apple vinegar" are synonymous and apply only to the product made exclusively from the juice of fresh apples by alcoholic and subsequent acetous fermentations. By the term "vinegar," used without qualificati…

1550.0640 LABELING OR STENCILING OF VINEGAR CONTAINER. Any bottle, keg, cask, barrel, or other container, in which vinegar is sold or held for sale, shall be plainly labeled or stenciled with a declaration of the kind of vinegar contained therein, the quantity of vinegar in terms…

1550.0650 KOSHER FOOD PRODUCTS; RABBINICAL COUNCIL DEFINED. For the purposes of parts 1550.0650 to 1550.0840, "rabbinical council" shall include a recognized rabbinical council, a duly ordained rabbi or duly ordained rabbis or their respective designates who supervise the prepara…

1550.0660 AUTHORIZED MARKING MATERIALS. Branding ink, crayons, pencils, and other authorized marking materials used on kosher meat and meat preparations shall be made from harmless ingredients approved by the commissioner. Only purple color shall be used in such marking materials…

1550.0670 MARKINGS LEGIBILITY. All required markings and labels shall be applied in such a manner as to be clearly legible. Statutory Authority: MS s 31.101 Published Electronically: September 23, 2013

1550.0680 LABELING. All kosher food products shall be identified with the word "kosher" and except as provided for in part 1550.0800, the name of the rabbinical council supervising their preparation and such other information as provided for in these rules. When kosher food produ…

1550.0690 LABELING KOSHER FRESH MEAT. Each kosher forequarter of beef, foresaddle of veal, and each foresaddle of lamb shall be identified by the shochet with the word "kosher," the week and day of the week of the slaughter and the shochet's initial or name. Such identification s…

1550.0700 LABELING BULK CUTS OF KOSHER FRESH MEATS. Each piece of fresh or frozen meat offered for sale or sold in bulk as kosher shall be labeled with the word "kosher" and the name of the rabbinical council supervising the preparation, in Hebrew letters or symbols applied in br…

1550.0710 LABELING KOSHER FRESH MEAT TRIMMINGS SOLD IN BULK PACKAGES OR BARRELS. Bulk packages or barrels of fresh kosher meat trimmings shall be labeled in Hebrew letters or symbols with the word "kosher" and the name of the rabbinical council supervising their preparation. Stat…

1550.0720 LABELING KOSHER TONGUE AND LIVERS. Each kosher tongue and each kosher liver shall be marked with the word "kosher" and the name of the rabbinical council supervising the slaughter. Such markings shall be in Hebrew letters or symbols applied in branding ink or branded by…

1550.0730 LABELING KOSHER POULTRY. Kosher poultry shall be labeled by the shochet with the word "kosher," the day of the week the fowl was slaughtered, and the name of the rabbinical council under whose supervision the fowl was slaughtered. Such information shall be written in br…

1550.0740 LABELING MEAT UNFIT FOR KOSHER PLUMBA. When a carcass is found after ritual slaughter to be unfit to bear kosher plumba, the shochet shall mark it in a legible manner in branding ink with the word "tref." No such meat nor any preparation made therefrom shall be sold as …