Title Minnesota Statutes, Minnesota Statutes

32D.05 GRADE A DAIRY FARM PERMITTING; WATER WELL DISTANCE REQUIREMENT. (a) No milk producer may sell or distribute milk from a dairy farm as Grade A milk without a valid Grade A dairy farm permit issued by the commissioner. (b) A dairy farmer who wishes to be permitted to produce…

32D.06 GRADE A DAIRY FARM INSPECTION; FEES. (a) As provided in section 32D.02, the commissioner shall provide inspection service to any milk producer who wishes to market Grade A milk and is in compliance with the requirement for the production of Grade A milk. Grade A inspection…

32D.07 MANUFACTURING GRADE DAIRY FARM CERTIFICATION. A producer who wishes to sell milk for manufacturing purposes must obtain from the commissioner an annual Grade B farm certification. History: 2017 c 88 art 3 s 12

32D.08 MANUFACTURING GRADE DAIRY FARM INSPECTION; FEES. (a) A producer selling milk for manufacturing purposes must be inspected at least once every 12 months. (b) The fee for the certification inspection must not be more than $25 per producer, to be paid annually by the processo…

32D.09 DAIRY PLANT LICENSING AND PERMITTING. § Subdivision 1.Licensing. A dairy plant must obtain a license as required under section 28A.04. § Subd. 2.Permitting. No person shall operate a dairy plant in this state unless the dairy plant, equipment, and water supply and plumbing…

32D.10 INSPECTIONS. (a) Inspections of Grade A plants must be completed at least once every three months. A pasteurization plant requesting Grade A inspection must pay an annual inspection fee of no more than $500. (b) Inspections of manufacturing plants that process milk or milk…

32D.11 PROCUREMENT FEE. A dairy plant operator in this state must pay to the commissioner on or before the 18th of each month a fee of 1.1 cents per hundredweight of milk purchased the previous month. If a milk producer in this state ships milk out of the state for sale, the prod…

32D.12 SELECTED PRODUCTS FEE. (a) A manufacturer must pay to the commissioner a fee for fluid milk processed and milk used in the manufacture of fluid milk products sold for retail sale in Minnesota in an amount not less than five cents and not more than nine cents per hundredwei…

32D.13 MILK QUALITY STANDARDS. § Subdivision 1.Visible adulteration or odors. Milk shall not be visibly adulterated, or have any objectionable odor, or be abnormal in appearance or consistency. § Subd. 2.Grade A raw milk. (a) The bacterial count of Grade A raw milk from producers…

32D.14 OFFICIAL PRODUCER SAMPLES. (a) An official producer sample for each producer must be analyzed for bacteria, somatic cell count, temperature, and antibiotic residues at least once per month in four out of every six months. Official producer samples must be collected and ana…

32D.15 MONTHLY REPORTING. (a) In at least four out of every six months, the dairy plant that procures milk from the producer must report to the commissioner at least one representative test result for bacteria, somatic cell count, temperature, and antibiotic residues. The result …

32D.16 ENFORCEMENT. The commissioner shall suspend a producer's permit or certification if three of the last five official producer samples exceed the applicable standard. The commissioner shall provide warning of a pending suspension when two of the last four producer samples ex…

32D.17 LABORATORY CERTIFICATION. (a) A laboratory and its methods are required to be approved or certified prior to testing Grade A milk samples. The results of approved or certified laboratories may be used by official regulatory agencies in enforcement of requirements for milk …

32D.18 MILK BOUGHT BY WEIGHT; TESTING METHODS. § Subdivision 1.Milk fat, protein, and solids not fat bases of payment; tests. (a) Milk must be purchased from producers using a formula based on one or more of the following: (1) payment of a standard rate with uniform differentials…

32D.19 ADULTERATED DAIRY PRODUCTS. § Subdivision 1.Purchase and sale prohibition. A person may not sell or knowingly buy adulterated dairy products. § Subd. 2.Manufacture of food for human consumption from adulterated milk or cream prohibited. An article of food for human consump…

32D.20 LIMITATION ON SALE. § Subdivision 1.Pasteurization. No milk or fluid milk products shall be sold, offered or exposed for sale, or held in possession for sale for the purpose of human consumption in fluid form in this state unless the milk or fluid milk product has been pas…

32D.21 COOLING AFTER PASTEURIZATION. Immediately following pasteurization, all milk and fluid milk products shall be cooled in properly operated equipment approved by the commissioner to a temperature of 45 degrees Fahrenheit or lower, and maintained at 45 degrees Fahrenheit or l…

32D.22 MANUFACTURE OF CHEESE; REQUIREMENTS IN PROCESS. (a) No person, firm, or corporation shall manufacture, transport, sell, offer, or expose for sale or have in possession with intent to sell at retail to a consumer any cheese that has not been (1) manufactured from milk or mi…

32D.23 RECOMBINANT BOVINE GROWTH HORMONE LABELING. § Subdivision 1.Labeling. Products offered for wholesale or retail sale in this state that contain milk, cream, or any product or by-product of milk or cream that have been processed and handled pursuant to this section may be la…

32D.25 DUTIES AND POWERS OF COMMISSIONER; DATA PRIVACY. § Subdivision 1. MS 2022 [Repealed, 2023 c 43 art 2 s 142] § Subd. 2.Data privacy. Financial and production information received by the commissioner on processors, wholesalers, or retailers, including but not limited to fina…

32D.30 DAIRY DEVELOPMENT AND PROFITABILITY ENHANCEMENT. § Subdivision 1.Program. The commissioner must implement a dairy development and profitability enhancement program consisting of a dairy profitability enhancement program, dairy business planning grants, and other services t…

32D.31 MILK MARKETING LICENSE; PERMIT. § Subdivision 1.License requirement and eligibility. A current milk marketing license is required for any milk marketer who procures more than 700,000 pounds of milk annually from Minnesota farms. Before a milk marketing license is issued, t…