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Section 31.001 — Citation. - This chapter may be cited as the "Minnesota Food Law."...
Section 31.002 — Policy. - It is the policy of this state to seek to...
Section 31.01 — Definitions. - Subdivision 1. Terms. Unless the language or context clearly indicates...
Section 31.02 — Prohibited Acts. - The following acts set out in this section and the...
Section 31.021 — Determination Of Misleading. - If an article is alleged to be misbranded because the...
Section 31.032 — Penalties And Guaranty. - Subdivision 1. Misdemeanor. Any person who violates any of the...
Section 31.04 — Inspection Authority. - Subdivision 1. Allowable actions. For purposes of enforcement of the...
Section 31.07 — Price Not Collectible. - No action shall be maintained for the purchase price or...
Section 31.08 — Additional Powers And Authority; Food In Transit. - The commissioner or any of the commissioner's assistants, inspectors, agents,...
Section 31.09 — Commissioner To Render Certain Food Unsalable. - The commissioner and the commissioner's assistants, inspectors, agents, and employees,...
Section 31.095 — Denaturing And Labeling. - All food originally designated as food for human consumption which...
Section 31.10 — Standards, Definitions; Promulgation. - For the purpose of preventing fraud and deception in the...
Section 31.101 — Rules; Hearings; Uniformity With Federal Law. - Subdivision 1. Authority. The commissioner may promulgate and amend rules...
Section 31.102 — Definitions, Standards Of Identity; Temporary Permits. - Subdivision 1. Identity, quantity, and fill of container rules. Federal...
Section 31.103 — Fair Packaging And Labeling Provisions. - Subdivision 1. Consumer commodities labeling rules. All labels of consumer...
Section 31.104 — Food Labeling Exemption Rules. - The commissioner shall promulgate rules exempting from any labeling requirement...
Section 31.11 — Rules. - Subdivision 1. Food laws. For the purpose of preventing fraud...
Section 31.115 — Lawful To Produce Beverages In Basements Or Other Subgrade Areas, Use Buildings For Other Purposes. - For the purposes of inspection, licensing, permitting, and registration by...
Section 31.12 — Labeling. - For the purpose of preventing fraud and deception in the...
Section 31.121 — Food Adulteration. - A food shall be deemed to be adulterated if it...
Section 31.122 — Food; Tolerances For Added Poisonous Ingredients. - Any added poisonous or deleterious substance, any food additive, any...
Section 31.123 — Food Misbranding. - A food is misbranded if it is covered by section...
Section 31.124 — False Advertising. - An advertisement of a food shall be deemed to be...
Section 31.13 — Analysis; Evidence. - It shall be the duty of the laboratory director, managers,...
Section 31.131 — Emergency Permit Control. - Subdivision 1. Temporary conditional permits. Whenever the commissioner finds after...
Section 31.132 — Publicity. - Subdivision 1. Reports. The commissioner may cause to be published...
Section 31.15 — Disposal Of Receipts. - In all prosecutions under section 34A.04, save as therein specifically...
Section 31.161 — Food; Insanitary Conditions Prohibited. - No person, firm, or corporation shall operate any bakery, confectionery,...
Section 31.165 — Removal Of Insanitary Conditions. - If, in the opinion of the commissioner or the commissioner's...
Section 31.171 — Employment Of Diseased Person. - It shall be unlawful for any person to work in...
Section 31.175 — Water, Plumbing, And Sewage. - A person who is required by statutes administered by the...
Section 31.31 — Commercial Canneries, Regulation. - All commercial canneries shall be under the supervision and regulation...
Section 31.311 — Inspection Under Supervision Of Commissioner. - The inspection of commercial canneries shall be under the supervision...
Section 31.32 — Reports; Information Furnished. - The commissioner shall issue public bulletins of information, report and...
Section 31.36 — Rules For Canneries. - The commissioner, in the manner provided by law, may prescribe...
Section 31.37 — Notice Of Intention To Operate. - Any person owning or operating a canning factory shall, by...
Section 31.38 — Certificate Of Inspection, Commercial Canneries; Labels, Brands. - The commissioner shall furnish to each commercial cannery that shall...
Section 31.39 — Assessments; Inspection Services; Commercial Canneries Account. - Subdivision 1. Assessments. The commissioner is hereby authorized and directed...
Section 31.392 — Canning In Dwelling Or Basement. - No commercial canning of any food products shall be permitted...
Section 31.495 — Regulation Of Food Salvage Operations. - Subdivision 1. Definitions. (a) For the purposes of this section,...
Section 31.51 — Definitions. - Subdivision 1. Scope. For the purpose of sections 31.51 to...
Section 31.53 — Inspections; Corrective Orders. - The commissioner shall at such times as the commissioner deems...
Section 31.54 — Rules. - The commissioner may, in order to supplement federal regulation and...
Section 31.56 — Limitation. - Subdivision 1. Farmer's own animals. Sections 31.51 to 31.56 do...
Section 31.59 — Humane Slaughter Of Livestock; Definitions. - Subdivision 1. Scope. For the purposes of sections 31.59 to...
Section 31.591 — Slaughter Must Be Humane. - After July 1, 1961, no slaughterer may slaughter livestock or...
Section 31.60 — Meat Industry Division. - Subdivision 1. Division duties; director; personnel. A Meat Industry Division...
Section 31.601 — Protection Of Meat. - Every dealer in meats, fish, fowl, or game for human...
Section 31.602 — Sale Of Unwholesome Poultry Or Game. - Every person who shall offer or expose for sale at...
Section 31.611 — Veal. - No person shall sell, offer or expose for sale, or...
Section 31.621 — Sale Of Horse Meat For Human Consumption. - Subdivision 1. Requirements. It shall be unlawful for any person...
Section 31.631 — Horse Meat Intended For Other Than Human Consumption. - Subdivision 1. Preparation. It shall be unlawful for any person...
Section 31.632 — Minnesota Approved Meats And Poultry; Use Of Label. - The commissioner may authorize, pursuant to rules promulgated in the...
Section 31.633 — Meat Or Poultry Substitutes; Indication On Menu; Penalties. - Subdivision 1. Menu requirement. Any restaurant, eating place, or other...
Section 31.651 — Kosher Products, Unlawful Sale. - Subdivision 1. Kosher requirements. No person shall sell or expose...
Section 31.658 — Halal Products. - Subdivision 1. Halal food requirements. A person must not: (1)...
Section 31.661 — Marks, Stamps, Tags, Brands, Or Labels. - No person shall: (1) willfully mark, stamp, tag, brand, label,...
Section 31.671 — Rules. - The commissioner of agriculture shall have the power to promulgate...
Section 31.74 — Sale Of Imitation Honey. - Subdivision 1. Honey defined. As used in this section "honey"...
Section 31.75 — Artificial Sweetening Products. - Subdivision 1. Labeling. It is lawful for any person, firm,...
Section 31.76 — Confections Containing Alcohol. - Subdivision 1. Definition. "Confection containing alcohol" is a confection that...
Section 31.77 — Sanitation And Products Standards. - No city or other lawful authority may require sanitary requirements...
Section 31.781 — Declaration Of Policy. - The legislature recognizes the entire food industry in the nation...
Section 31.782 — Definitions. - Subdivision 1. Scope. As used in sections 31.781 to 31.789,...
Section 31.783 — Rules, Scope. - Subdivision 1. Rules. The commissioner shall administer and enforce the...
Section 31.784 — Expiration Of Quality Assurance Date. - Nothing contained in sections 31.781 to 31.789 or any rule...
Section 31.785 — Regulations Of Other States And The Federal Government. - If any other state, or the federal government, adopts an...
Section 31.786 — Local Ordinances Preempted. - No subordinate unit of government may adopt or enforce any...
Section 31.787 — Enforcement. - In enforcing the provisions of sections 31.781 to 31.789, the...
Section 31.788 — Penalties. - Any person injured by a violation of sections 31.781 to...
Section 31.789 — Exemption. - Nothing in sections 31.781 to 31.789 shall apply to any...
Section 31.80 — Definitions. - Subdivision 1. Scope. For the purposes of sections 31.80 to...
Section 31.81 — Scope. - Sections 31.80 to 31.875 apply to persons required to be...
Section 31.82 — Labeling. - Bulk food product modules must be conspicuously labeled with the...
Section 31.83 — Protection. - Subdivision 1. Containers and display. Bulk food and product modules...
Section 31.84 — Dispensing. - Subdivision 1. Dispensing devices. Bulk food may be dispensed by:...
Section 31.85 — Construction; Materials. - Subdivision 1. Product modules and utensils. Product modules and utensils...
Section 31.86 — Cleaning Frequency. - Except in municipalities with less than 1,000 inhabitants, or in...
Section 31.87 — Sign. - A sign must be posted conspicuously within the immediate display...
Section 31.874 — Disease Control. - If the commissioner of agriculture finds that a disease or...
Section 31.875 — Local Standards. - A local unit of government may not adopt standards governing...
Section 31.903 — Evidence Of Intent; Act Of Agent That Of Principal. - No person who shall commit or assist in committing any...
Section 31.92 — Definitions. - Subdivision 1. Scope. As used in sections 31.92 to 31.94,...
Section 31.925 — Uniformity With Federal Law. - The federal law specified in section 31.92, subdivision 2b, is...
Section 31.94 — Organic Agriculture; Commissioner Duties. - (a) In order to promote opportunities for organic agriculture in...
Section 31.96 — Food Handler Certification. - The commissioner may require certification of retail food handlers in...