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 export from the state of Minnesota. Certificates include, but are not limited to, a certificate of free sale, certificate of export, certificate of sanitation, sanitary certificate, certificate of origin and/or free sale, certificate of health and/or free sale, sanitation, and purity, certificate of free trade, certificate of free sale, sanitation, purity, and origin, certificate of health, sanitation, purity, and free sale, and letter of plant certification.
The commissioner shall bill the requesting person within seven days after issuing a certificate to the person. The requesting person must submit payment for a certificate within ten days of the billing date. If a certificate fee payment is not received within 15 days of the billing date, the commissioner may not issue any future certificates to the requesting person until previous fees due are paid in full. Fees paid under this section must be deposited in the food certificate account established under subdivision 2 or another account in the agricultural fund if the expenses for the certificate will be paid from that other account.
Subd. 2. Food certificate account; appropriation. A food certificate account is established in the agricultural fund. Money in the account, including interest, is appropriated to the commissioner for expenses relating to certifying Minnesota processed and manufactured foods under chapters 28 to 34A or rules adopted under one of those chapters.
1999 c 231 s 53; 2017 c 88 art 2 s 52
Structure Minnesota Statutes
Chapters 17 - 43 — Agriculture
Chapter 28A — Licensing Food Handlers
Section 28A.01 — Citation, Minnesota Consolidated Food Licensing Law.
Section 28A.02 — Declaration Of Policy.
Section 28A.04 — License Required; Custom Processing Permit Applications; Renewals.
Section 28A.05 — Classification.
Section 28A.06 — Extent Of License.
Section 28A.065 — License Requirements For A Carnival, Circus, Or Fair.
Section 28A.07 — Issuance Of License.
Section 28A.075 — Delegation To Local Community Health Board.
Section 28A.0752 — Delegation Of Powers And Duties.
Section 28A.0753 — Enforcement Of Laws By Commissioner.
Section 28A.08 — License Fees; Penalties.
Section 28A.081 — Certificate Fees.
Section 28A.082 — Food Handler Plan Review Fees.
Section 28A.085 — Reinspection Fees.
Section 28A.09 — Inspection Fees For Vending Machines.
Section 28A.10 — Posting Of License; Rules.
Section 28A.14 — Transfer Of Business.
Section 28A.151 — Farmers' Market Or Community Event; Food Product Sampling And Demonstration.
Section 28A.152 — Cottage Foods Exemption.
Section 28A.153 — Wild Game Processor Exemption.
Section 28A.16 — Persons Selling Liquor.