Subdivision 1. Allowable actions. For purposes of enforcement of the Minnesota Food Law, the commissioner, or any of the commissioner's authorized agents, is authorized upon presenting appropriate credentials to the owner, operator or agent in charge:
(1) to enter at reasonable times any factory, warehouse, or establishment in which food is manufactured, processed, packed or held for introduction into commerce or after such introduction or to enter any vehicle being used to transport or hold such food in commerce;
(2) to inspect at reasonable times and within reasonable limits and in a reasonable manner such factory, warehouse, establishment or vehicle and all pertinent equipment, finished and unfinished materials, containers and labeling therein; and to obtain samples necessary to the enforcement of the Minnesota Food Law; and
(3) to have access to and to copy all records of carriers in commerce showing the movement in commerce of any food or the holding thereof during or after such movement, and the quantity, shipper and consignee thereof; provided, that evidence obtained under this clause shall not be used in a criminal prosecution of the person from whom obtained; and provided, further, that carriers shall not be subject to the other provisions of the Minnesota Food Law by reason of their receipt, carriage, holding, or delivery of food in the usual course of business as carriers.
Subd. 2. Written report. Upon completion of any such inspection of a factory, warehouse, or other establishment and prior to leaving the premises, the authorized agent making the inspection shall give to the owner, operator or agent in charge a report in writing setting forth any conditions or practices observed which in the agent's judgment indicate that any food in such establishment:
(1) consists in whole or in part of any filthy, putrid, or decomposed substance, or
(2) has been prepared, packed or held under insanitary conditions whereby it may have become contaminated with filth or whereby it may have been rendered injurious to health.
A copy of such report shall be sent promptly to the commissioner.
Subd. 3. Receipt for samples. An authorized agent making any such inspection of a factory, warehouse or other establishment who has obtained any sample in the course of the inspection, upon completion of the inspection and prior to leaving the premises, shall give to the owner, operator, or agent in charge a receipt describing the samples obtained.
Subd. 4. Copy of analysis result. When in the course of any such inspection of a factory or other establishment where food is manufactured, processed or packed, the officer or employee making the inspection obtains a sample of any such food and an analysis is made of such sample for the purpose of ascertaining whether such food consists in whole or in part of any filthy, putrid or decomposed substance or is otherwise unfit for food, a copy of the result of such analysis shall be furnished promptly to the owner, operator or agent in charge.
(3798) 1921 c 495 s 9; 1961 c 144 art 2 s 2; 1974 c 84 s 23; 1986 c 444
Structure Minnesota Statutes
Chapters 17 - 43 — Agriculture
Section 31.02 — Prohibited Acts.
Section 31.021 — Determination Of Misleading.
Section 31.032 — Penalties And Guaranty.
Section 31.04 — Inspection Authority.
Section 31.07 — Price Not Collectible.
Section 31.08 — Additional Powers And Authority; Food In Transit.
Section 31.09 — Commissioner To Render Certain Food Unsalable.
Section 31.095 — Denaturing And Labeling.
Section 31.10 — Standards, Definitions; Promulgation.
Section 31.101 — Rules; Hearings; Uniformity With Federal Law.
Section 31.102 — Definitions, Standards Of Identity; Temporary Permits.
Section 31.103 — Fair Packaging And Labeling Provisions.
Section 31.104 — Food Labeling Exemption Rules.
Section 31.121 — Food Adulteration.
Section 31.122 — Food; Tolerances For Added Poisonous Ingredients.
Section 31.123 — Food Misbranding.
Section 31.124 — False Advertising.
Section 31.13 — Analysis; Evidence.
Section 31.131 — Emergency Permit Control.
Section 31.15 — Disposal Of Receipts.
Section 31.161 — Food; Insanitary Conditions Prohibited.
Section 31.165 — Removal Of Insanitary Conditions.
Section 31.171 — Employment Of Diseased Person.
Section 31.175 — Water, Plumbing, And Sewage.
Section 31.31 — Commercial Canneries, Regulation.
Section 31.311 — Inspection Under Supervision Of Commissioner.
Section 31.32 — Reports; Information Furnished.
Section 31.36 — Rules For Canneries.
Section 31.37 — Notice Of Intention To Operate.
Section 31.38 — Certificate Of Inspection, Commercial Canneries; Labels, Brands.
Section 31.39 — Assessments; Inspection Services; Commercial Canneries Account.
Section 31.392 — Canning In Dwelling Or Basement.
Section 31.495 — Regulation Of Food Salvage Operations.
Section 31.53 — Inspections; Corrective Orders.
Section 31.59 — Humane Slaughter Of Livestock; Definitions.
Section 31.591 — Slaughter Must Be Humane.
Section 31.60 — Meat Industry Division.
Section 31.601 — Protection Of Meat.
Section 31.602 — Sale Of Unwholesome Poultry Or Game.
Section 31.621 — Sale Of Horse Meat For Human Consumption.
Section 31.631 — Horse Meat Intended For Other Than Human Consumption.
Section 31.632 — Minnesota Approved Meats And Poultry; Use Of Label.
Section 31.633 — Meat Or Poultry Substitutes; Indication On Menu; Penalties.
Section 31.651 — Kosher Products, Unlawful Sale.
Section 31.658 — Halal Products.
Section 31.661 — Marks, Stamps, Tags, Brands, Or Labels.
Section 31.74 — Sale Of Imitation Honey.
Section 31.75 — Artificial Sweetening Products.
Section 31.76 — Confections Containing Alcohol.
Section 31.77 — Sanitation And Products Standards.
Section 31.781 — Declaration Of Policy.
Section 31.783 — Rules, Scope.
Section 31.784 — Expiration Of Quality Assurance Date.
Section 31.785 — Regulations Of Other States And The Federal Government.
Section 31.786 — Local Ordinances Preempted.
Section 31.85 — Construction; Materials.
Section 31.86 — Cleaning Frequency.
Section 31.874 — Disease Control.
Section 31.875 — Local Standards.
Section 31.903 — Evidence Of Intent; Act Of Agent That Of Principal.
Section 31.925 — Uniformity With Federal Law.