Title Minnesota Statutes, Minnesota Statutes

28A.05 FOOD HANDLER CLASSES. All persons required to have a license under section 28A.04 shall be classified into one of the following classes of food handlers, according to their principal mode of business. (a) Food handlers are persons who: (1) sell or process and sell food dir…

28A.06 EXTENT OF LICENSE. No person, except as described in section 27.03, shall be required to hold more than one license in order to engage in any aspect of food handling except that: (1) each issued license shall be valid for no more than one place of business; (2) a license f…

28A.065 LICENSE REQUIREMENTS FOR A CARNIVAL, CIRCUS, OR FAIR. No person whose place of business is a carnival, circus, or fair and who holds a license pursuant to this chapter or chapter 157 shall be required to obtain any additional license or permit pursuant to the provisions o…

28A.07 ISSUANCE OF LICENSE. Prior to the issuance or renewal of any license herein, the commissioner may cause appropriate inspections to be made to determine under applicable statutory and promulgated rule requirements, the applicant's risk category and fitness to engage in the …

28A.075 DELEGATION TO LOCAL COMMUNITY HEALTH BOARD. (a) At the request of a local community health board that licensed and inspected grocery and convenience stores on January 1, 1999, the commissioner must enter into agreements before January 1, 2001, with local community health …

28A.0752 DELEGATION OF POWERS AND DUTIES. § Subdivision 1.Agreements to perform duties of commissioner. (a) Agreements to delegate licensing and inspection duties pertaining to retail food handlers shall include licensing, inspection, reporting, and enforcement duties authorized …

28A.0753 ENFORCEMENT OF LAWS BY COMMISSIONER. § Subdivision 1.Actions commenced; forfeiture of license; annulment of corporate existence. The commissioner is authorized, if upon investigation the commissioner is satisfied that the laws of the state, relative to any laws placed wi…

28A.08 LICENSE FEES; PENALTIES. § Subdivision 1.General. (a) License fees, penalties for late renewal of licenses, and penalties for not obtaining a license before conducting business in food handling that are set in this section apply to the sections named except as provided und…

28A.081 CERTIFICATE FEES. § Subdivision 1.Fee. A fee of $125 for each certificate shall be charged to any person who requests a certificate issued by the Minnesota Department of Agriculture to facilitate the movement of Minnesota processed and manufactured foods destined for expo…

28A.082 FOOD HANDLER PLAN REVIEW FEES. § Subdivision 1.Fees; application. (a) The fees for review of food handler facility floor plans under the Minnesota Food Code are based upon the square footage of the structure being newly constructed, remodeled, or converted. The fees for t…

28A.085 REINSPECTION FEES. § Subdivision 1.Violations; prohibited acts. The commissioner may charge a reinspection fee for each reinspection of a food handler or custom exempt food handler that: (1) is found with a major violation of requirements in chapter 28, 29, 30, 31, 31A, 3…

28A.09 INSPECTION FEES FOR VENDING MACHINES. § Subdivision 1.Annual fee; exceptions. Every food vending machine is subject to an annual state inspection fee of $25 for each nonexempt machine except nut vending machines which are subject to an annual state inspection fee of $10 fo…

28A.10 POSTING OF LICENSE; RULES. All such licenses shall be issued for a period of one year and shall be posted or displayed in a conspicuous place at the place of business so licensed. The commissioner may adopt such rules in conformity with law as the commissioner deems necess…

28A.11 ADJUSTMENTS. The commissioner shall make appropriate license fee adjustments for up to one year from July 1, 1971, for persons required to be licensed hereunder, who hold validly issued licenses as of the date of this act under the provisions of law amended or repealed her…

28A.14 TRANSFER OF BUSINESS. (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), a transfer of a business or a discontinuance of its operation by the licensee at the address covered by the license voids the license and the license certificate shall be surrendered to the commissioner immedia…

28A.15 EXCLUSIONS. § Subdivision 1.Licensing provisions applicability. The licensing provisions of sections 28A.01 to 28A.16 shall not apply to the following: § Subd. 2.Sales by farmers; others not in food business. Persons selling the products of the farm or garden occupied and …

28A.151 FARMERS' MARKET OR COMMUNITY EVENT; FOOD PRODUCT SAMPLING AND DEMONSTRATION. § Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the meanings given them. (b) "Farmers' market" means an association of three or more persons who assemble a…

28A.152 COTTAGE FOODS EXEMPTION. § Subdivision 1.Licensing provisions applicability. (a) Except as provided in paragraph (d), the licensing provisions of sections 28A.01 to 28A.16 do not apply to the following: (1) a person who prepares and sells food that is not potentially haza…

28A.153 WILD GAME PROCESSOR EXEMPTION. § Subdivision 1.Licensing provisions applicability. The licensing provisions of sections 28A.01 to 28A.16 do not apply to an individual who processes wild game or fowl as described in section 31A.15, subdivision 1, clause (2), if the followi…

28A.16 PERSONS SELLING LIQUOR. (a) The provisions of the Minnesota consolidated food licensing law, sections 28A.01 to 28A.16 and acts amendatory thereto, shall not apply to persons licensed to sell 3.2 percent malt liquor "on-sale" as provided in section 340A.403, or to persons …

28A.17 LICENSE RENEWAL. Licenses for food handlers shall be renewed annually prior to the end of the licensing period. Approval of license renewal is contingent upon conditions described in section 28A.07 and payment of license fees identified in section 28A.08. History: 1976 c 2…

28A.21 FOOD SAFETY AND DEFENSE TASK FORCE. § Subdivision 1.Establishment. The Food Safety and Defense Task Force is established to advise the commissioner and the legislature on food issues and food safety. § Subd. 2.Membership. (a) The Food Safety and Defense Task Force consists…