Title Minnesota Statutes, Minnesota Statutes

31A.19 REGISTRATION OF BUSINESSES. No person may engage in intrastate business as: (1) a meat broker, renderer, or animal food manufacturer; (2) a wholesaler of animal carcasses, carcass parts, or products of carcasses, intended for human food or other purposes; (3) a public ware…

31A.20 DEAD, DYING, DISABLED, OR DISEASED ANIMALS; RULES. This section covers dead, dying, or disabled animals and the whole or partial carcasses of animals that died other than by slaughter. The commissioner may adopt rules to assure that items covered by this section are not us…

31A.21 COOPERATION WITH FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. § Subdivision 1.Designation. The Minnesota Department of Agriculture is the state agency responsible for cooperating with the United States Secretary of Agriculture under section 301 of the Federal Meat Inspection Act and of the Poultry…

31A.22 REFUSAL OR WITHDRAWAL OF INSPECTION. The commissioner may, for a length of time the commissioner considers necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter, refuse to provide, or withdraw, inspection service under sections 31A.01 to 31A.16 from an establishment. The com…

31A.23 DETENTION OF ANIMALS OR PRODUCTS. This section applies to a carcass, part of a carcass, meat, or meat food product of an animal, a product exempted from the definition of a meat food product, or a dead, dying, disabled, or diseased animal. If an authorized representative o…

31A.25 ACCESS BY INSPECTORS. To get information about suspected violations of law, the commissioner and the commissioner's assistants, inspectors, appointees, agents and employees must be given access to the following: (1) places where food or something else, the manufacture, sal…

31A.27 POWERS OF COMMISSIONER. § Subdivision 1.Gathering information. The commissioner may, for the purposes of this chapter: (1) gather and compile information concerning and investigate the organization, business, conduct, practices, and management of a person in intrastate com…

31A.29 COST OF ADMINISTRATION; OVERTIME WORK. The cost of administering this chapter, including the cost of inspection, must be paid from appropriations made for this purpose, except to the extent of federal contributions as provided in section 31A.21. The commissioner may pay em…

31A.31 CITATION. This chapter may be cited as the "Minnesota Meat and Poultry Inspection Act." History: 1969 c 225 s 31; 1988 c 469 art 2 s 1; 1999 c 231 s 65

31B.01 CITATION. This chapter is known and may be cited as the "Minnesota Packers and Stockyards Act." History: 1990 c 530 s 20

31B.02 DEFINITIONS. § Subdivision 1.Scope. The definitions in this section apply to this chapter. § Subd. 2.Commissioner. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of agriculture. § Subd. 3.Dealer. "Dealer" means a person, other than a market agency in the business of buying or selli…

31B.03 REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. A packer, stockyard owner, market agency, and dealer and grain and feed businesses with livestock contracts shall file annually with the commissioner a copy of the annual report form of the federal packers and stockyards regulations filed with the f…

31B.04 PROMPT PAYMENT FOR PURCHASE OF LIVESTOCK. § Subdivision 1.Kind of payment; time required. A packer, market agency, or dealer purchasing livestock shall, before the close of the next business day following the purchase of livestock and transfer of its possession, deliver to…

31B.05 UNFULFILLED CONTRACT TO BUY LIVESTOCK. A packer who has committed either orally or in writing to buy more livestock than the packer's plant can process and who cannot fulfill the commitment to the producer within 30 days of the delivery date of the contract is subject to d…

31B.06 PACKER AND PROCESSOR ACCOUNTING REQUIREMENTS. Hog, cattle, sheep, and dairy processors with annual sales greater than $10,000,000 are required to conduct all financial transactions relating to a contract feeding operation through a separate and exclusive bank account. This…

32.211 [Expired 60 days following cessation of hostilities, World War II. Proclamation No. 2714.]

32D.01 DEFINITIONS. § Subdivision 1.Scope. The definitions in this section apply to this chapter. § Subd. 2.Adulterated. "Adulterated" means an item is covered by section 34A.02. § Subd. 3.Cheese. "Cheese" includes all varieties of cheese, cheese spreads, cheese foods, cheese com…

32D.02 INSPECTION AND ENFORCEMENT; AUTHORITY AND DUTIES. § Subdivision 1.Enforcement. The commissioner is charged with the enforcement of this chapter. § Subd. 2.Power and authority. For the purpose of enforcing this chapter, the commissioner and the commissioner's assistants, ag…

32D.03 BULK MILK HAULER AND SAMPLER LICENSE. § Subdivision 1.License requirement. A person collecting milk from a dairy farm and transporting the milk by bulk pickup and not in individual containers from farm to plant must obtain a bulk milk hauler and sampler license. § Subd. 2.…

32D.04 MILK TANK TRUCKS. All farm bulk milk pickup tankers, milk transports, and tankers used to transport milk products must be inspected and obtain a permit issued by the commissioner at least once every 12 months. The owner or operator must pay a $25 permit fee per tanker to t…

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…

34.001 DEFINITION. § Subdivision 1.Scope. Except where the context otherwise indicates, for the purposes of this chapter, the terms defined in this section have the meanings given them. § Subd. 2.Commissioner. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the Department of Agriculture…

34.01 DEFINITIONS. § Subdivision 1.Terms. Unless the language or context clearly indicates that a different meaning is intended, the terms defined in subdivisions 2 and 3, for the purposes of sections 34.02 to 34.11, shall have the meanings given them. § Subd. 2.Soft drinks and o…

34.02 LICENSES; EXCEPTIONS. No person may manufacture, mix, or compound any soft drinks or other nonalcoholic beverage, to be sold in bottles, barrels, kegs, jars, coolers, cans, glasses or tumblers, or other containers, without first having obtained a license from the commission…

34.03 SOFT DRINKS INSPECTED; REGISTRATION. Soft drinks or other nonalcoholic beverages, that are mixed, compounded, or sold for home consumption are subject to rules established under section 34.09. History: (3965-2) 1927 c 42 s 2; 1957 c 106 s 1; 1986 c 375 s 3