Minnesota Administrative Code

1550.1860 WATER SUPPLY. Subpart 1. General. Water used for compounding flavored beverage base of syrups, bottling or packaging of water, or packaging carbonated or noncarbonated (still) beverages or used for processing, cleaning, rinsing operations, or filling, shall be from an a…

1550.1870 PERSONNEL. All employees shall thoroughly wash their hands before commencing plant functions and as often as may be required to remove soil and contamination. No employee shall resume work after visiting the toilet room without thoroughly washing her or his hands. Perso…

1550.1880 DEFINITIONS. Subpart 1. Commercial cannery. See Minnesota Statutes, section 31.31. Subp. 2. Case. The term "case," when used for assessment purposes under Minnesota Statutes, section 31.39, shall mean 24 303 by 406 cans, (3-3/16 inches in diameter and 4-6/16 inches in h…

1550.1890 PREMISES. All grounds on which canning factories, warehouses, viners, and other buildings used are located must be properly graded to provide natural drainage, thus preventing accumulation of stagnant water and other material. No litter, waste, or refuse shall be allowe…

1550.1900 BUILDINGS. All factory buildings shall be well lighted and ventilated. Ground floors of all buildings shall be of concrete. Walls, ceilings, or other overhead coverings or parts thereof not finished in tile or other glazed material, shall be kept painted with a white pa…

1550.1910 BRINE OR SYRUP ROOM. Every factory using brine or syrup shall be equipped with a room known as a syrup or brine room in which all syrups and brines shall be mixed or compounded. Such brine or syrup room shall be separated from the other rooms of the factory and shall be…

1550.1920 SCREENS. The following rooms must be protected with suitable and proper screens for windows, doors, and openings; at corn canneries, cutting, silking, filling, and brine and (or) syrup rooms; at pea canneries, filling, inspection, and brine and (or) syrup rooms. Statuto…

1550.1930 SANITATION. All floors, walls, ceilings, tables, and other fixtures shall be maintained in such conditions that they may readily be made clean and sanitary. If not in such condition, they shall be promptly repaired and replaced. The floors of all rooms used for manufact…

1550.1940 CESSPOOL OR BLIND WELL. No cesspool or blind well of any kind shall be in or underneath the factory or located upon the premises in such a way as to become a nuisance. Statutory Authority: MS s 31.101; 31.36 Published Electronically: September 23, 2013

1550.1950 BUILDING NEW FACTORY OR RECONSTRUCTING OLD FACTORY. When building of a new factory or the reconstruction of any old factory is contemplated, the commissioner shall be first notified, giving the place and location and for what purposes intended, that the commissioner may…

1550.1960 WATER SUPPLY. Adequate, safe, and easily accessible water supply must be provided for all purposes, including cleaning, cooling, washing, and drinking. Statutory Authority: MS s 31.101; 31.36 Published Electronically: September 23, 2013

1550.1970 MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT. All machinery, conveyors, picking tables, hoppers, and other equipment with which the uncanned product comes in contact must be so arranged as to be easily accessible for cleaning and shall be cleaned immediately after the close of each day's op…

1550.1980 CONDEMNATION OF MACHINE, EQUIPMENT, OR UTENSIL. On determining that any machine or other apparatus or equipment is inadequate for the manufacture of sanitary products or will endanger sanitary conditions in factory, the commissioner or the inspector in charge of canneri…

1550.1990 CANS AND CONTAINERS. Proper storage must be provided for cans and other containers. Cans and other containers must be properly cleaned immediately before being used. Statutory Authority: MS s 31.101; 31.36 Published Electronically: September 23, 2013

1550.2000 VEGETABLES AND FRUITS FOR CANNING. Vegetables and fruits shall be washed before being canned, except cabbage, from which damaged or soiled leaves shall be removed. No decayed or damaged vegetables or fruits shall be used in canning. Sweet corn shall be considered unfit …

1550.2010 TOILETS. Separate toilets shall be provided for each sex. At least one toilet seat shall be provided for every 30 employees. The floors shall be tight and of such material that they can be washed and kept clean. The doors shall be made self-closing and shall be so arran…

1550.2020 PRIVIES AND OUTSIDE TOILETS. Privies or outside toilets shall not be permitted around a canning factory, but may be permitted only at vining stations, if sufficiently removed from the vining station to avoid being a nuisance and built tight above ground. They shall be p…

1550.2030 LAVATORIES. Adequate washing facilities shall be provided in or near every toilet room with separate facilities for each sex. They shall be provided with running hot and cold water, soap, and sanitary towels. Lavatory facilities shall be not less than one bowl with fauc…

1550.2040 BY-PRODUCTS. By-products to be used for ensilage, preferably should be put into silos, but if stacked in the open at factory, the ground on which the stacks are built shall be tiled so as to draw off all water and seepage to prevent soil pollution. Statutory Authority: …

1550.2050 PREVENTION OF CONTAMINATION. All products before being canned, shall be washed, sorted, trimmed, and inspected. This part shall not be construed so as to require the washing of cabbage for sauerkraut. Statutory Authority: MS s 31.101; 31.36 Published Electronically: Sep…

1550.2060 EMPLOYEES. No person afflicted with infectious or contagious disease or with infected wounds shall be employed in preparing or canning of food. Bandaged cuts on the hands or fingers of employees directly handling food shall be covered with rubber gloves or finger cots, …

1550.2065 RESTRICTED PRACTICES. Spitting on the floors or walls or other parts of the canneries shall be prohibited. Smoking will be allowed only in rooms provided for that purpose. Statutory Authority: MS s 31.101; 31.36 Published Electronically: September 23, 2013

1550.2070 DRESSING ROOMS. Separate dressing rooms shall be provided for women. Every dressing room shall be properly lighted, ventilated, and heated. Where a change of clothes for work is necessary or usual, a suitable place with hangers or well-ventilated lockers shall be provid…

1550.2080 DRINKING CUPS AND DRINKING FOUNTAINS. Common drinking cups shall not be used. Individual drinking cups or sanitary drinking fountains shall be provided in convenient places on each floor. Statutory Authority: MS s 31.101; 31.36 Published Electronically: September 23, 20…

1550.2090 EMPLOYEE IN CHARGE OF SANITATION. The factory manager or superintendent shall appoint at least one employee whose duties shall be those of keeping the cannery in proper sanitary condition. Such employees shall each be furnished with a printed copy of parts 1550.1880 to …

1550.2100 VINING STATIONS. Vining stations for peas shall be exempted in the enforcement of parts 1550.1880 to 1550.2100 except the parts governing premises and the cleaning and sanitary conditions of equipment and machinery used in the vining of peas. Statutory Authority: MS s 3…

1550.2120 LEASES. Any person, firm, or corporation operating or maintaining a licensed cold storage warehouse who shall lease any room or rooms in such warehouse to be used for the purposes of cold storage, to any person, firm, or corporation shall at once notify the commissioner…

1550.2130 SCHEDULE OF RATES. Every cold storage warehouse operator shall file with the commissioner and shall print and keep open for public inspection a schedule of rates. The commissioner may determine and prescribe the form in which the schedules required by this part to be fi…

1550.2140 UNIFORM RECEIPTS. Every cold storage warehouse operator receiving goods in storage shall issue for all such a receipt embodying within its written or printed forms the following essential terms: A. The location of the warehouse where the goods are stored. B. The date of…

1550.2150 WAREHOUSE RECORDS OF FOOD IN STORAGE. Every licensee of a cold storage warehouse shall keep an accurate record showing the following information: owner, name, and business address; kind and quantities of food stored; date of entry; kind of warehouse receipt issued, show…

1550.2170 MARKING AND IDENTIFICATION OF ARTICLES OF FOOD. When articles of food are placed in cold storage, the lot number placed in each package shall be identified by a corresponding lot card or number in the office which will show the month, date, and year received in storage,…

1550.2180 STORAGE OF ANIMAL FEED. Articles of food for use other than for human consumption shall not be stored or kept in any room with articles of food intended for human consumption. Such articles of food not intended for human consumption shall be denatured and plainly and pe…

1550.2190 CHILL ROOM LOT NUMBERS. Articles of food entered for periods of less than 30 days in a chill room located in a cold storage warehouse, but which chill room is used exclusively for the storage of articles of food for less than 30 days, shall have affixed their respective…

1550.2200 OBLITERATION OF MARKS. The removal or erasure of any mark, stamp, or tag required by the cold storage act or by these rules or the transfer of articles of food from one container to another, but properly marked, will be deemed a violation of this part and will render th…

1550.2210 SANITARY REQUIREMENTS OF COLD STORAGE WAREHOUSES. The floors, walls, ceilings, and equipment of every cold storage warehouse shall be kept in a clean and sanitary condition. For the purpose of parts 1550.2210 to 1550.2250, unclean and unsanitary conditions shall be deem…

1550.2220 TOILET FACILITIES. Every cold storage plant shall be provided with convenient toilet facilities. Toilet rooms shall not open directly into any room in which food or containers are handled or stored. The doors shall be self-closing. Toilet rooms shall be kept clean and i…

1550.2230 HAND-WASHING FACILITIES. Convenient hand-washing facilities shall be provided, including warm running water, soap, and approved sanitary towels. The use of a common towel is prohibited. Statutory Authority: MS s 28.13 Published Electronically: September 23, 2013

1550.2240 WASTES AND TRASH. All wastes shall be properly disposed of. All trash shall be kept in receptacles protected from flies. Statutory Authority: MS s 28.13 Published Electronically: September 23, 2013

1550.2250 COMMUNICABLE OR CONTAGIOUS DISEASE. No person suffering from any communicable or contagious disease shall be employed in any capacity in a cold storage warehouse. Statutory Authority: MS s 28.13 Published Electronically: September 23, 2013

1550.2260 RECEIPT OF FOOD FOR COLD STORAGE. Articles of food intended for cold storage shall, when they are offered for or placed in cold storage, be enclosed in boxes, barrels, crates, or other packages sufficiently strong to protect them from injury and of such construction as …

1550.2280 SANITARY CONDITIONS. All food offered or accepted for cold storage must be in good, sound sanitary condition at the time of entry. No diseased, tainted, or otherwise unwholesome food may be placed in cold storage or kept therein. The owner of the food offered for cold s…

1550.2310 DESTRUCTION OR DISPOSAL OF STOP ORDER FOOD. When the condition of the food on which a stop order has been placed is such that immediate action is advisable, the commissioner shall endeavor to locate and inform the owner of such food of what action or disposal is contemp…

1550.2320 SALE BY WAREHOUSE OPERATOR. In case the owner of any article of food stored in any cold storage warehouse in the state fails or refuses to remove the same before the expiration period of time within which the storage may be lawfully continued, the warehouse operator in …

1550.2330 TRANSFER OF FOOD. Transfer of cold storage articles of food may be made from one warehouse within or without the state to another warehouse within the state, providing the original cold storage markings are not removed or defaced. Statutory Authority: MS s 28.13 Publish…

1550.2340 HONEY HOUSE. There shall be provided a honey house or honey room in which the extracting, processing, and packing of honey shall be done. This room shall not be used for storage purposes during the honey extracting period. Statutory Authority: MS s 31.11; 31.73 Publishe…

1550.2350 FLOORS. The floors of all rooms in which honey is handled, extracted, processed, and packed and of storage rooms shall be of concrete or other equally impervious and easily cleaned material and shall be smooth, in good repair, and kept clean. Statutory Authority: MS s 3…

1550.2360 WALLS AND CEILINGS. Walls and ceilings of rooms in which honey is handled, extracted, processed, packed, or stored shall have smooth, washable surfaces, painted with light-colored paint and shall be kept clean and in good repair. Statutory Authority: MS s 31.11; 31.73 P…