The commissioner or any of the commissioner's assistants, inspectors, agents, or employees, in addition to the authority and powers otherwise conferred by law, is authorized and empowered to have and to take access to any and all trucks, aeroplanes, airships, vehicles, and railroad cars of every sort and nature transported or being within this state, all railroad stations, storage houses, warehouses, express offices, or other places wherein at any time there may be food transported or shipped into from without this state, whether or not such food has been manufactured, sold, or given away without the state; provided, that such food was manufactured, sold, or given away with the intent that it be delivered, had, or used within this state; and the commissioner shall have the same power and authority to open any package, car, or vessel containing food so transported or shipped into from without the state, which contains, or which the commissioner has reason to believe contains, any such food; to inspect the contents thereof and to take samples for analysis and examination, all after the same manner and with the same procedure as obtains by law in reference to similar goods manufactured, sold, transported, offered for sale, use, or transportation, or had in possession with intent to sell, use, or transport within this state. If it shall appear that any such food is adulterated, misbranded, insufficiently labeled, unwholesome, poisonous, or deleterious, the commissioner shall have the same rights and remedies and shall enforce the same in the same manner as in the case of food manufactured, sold, transported, offered for sale, use, or transportation, or had in possession with intent to sell, use, or transport within this state. On receiving notice from the commissioner or any authorized agent or employee of a desire to inspect the contents of any such package, can, or vessel, it shall be the duty of any common carrier, storage agent, warehouse operator, or their employees, or other person having the same in possession or under control, to withhold the same from delivery within this state for such period of time as may be reasonably necessary for the inspection, examination, and analysis thereof. It is further made the duty of all such persons to render to the commissioner and the commissioner's agents and employees all the assistance in their power when so required to effectuate the purposes of laws now or hereafter enacted relating to food. In case such inspection, examination, or analysis of any such food shall disclose it to be adulterated, misbranded, insufficiently labeled, unwholesome, poisonous, or deleterious, such persons shall, on demand, disclose to the commissioner the names and addresses of the consignor and consignee of the package, can, or vessel containing the same, and the commissioner, before proceeding further, shall notify such consignor and consignee, in writing, at their respective addresses, of the result of the inspection, examination, or analysis as so disclosed. Any common carrier, warehouse operator, storage agent, employee, or other person having such food in possession or under control, failing or refusing to comply with any of the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
(3802) 1921 c 495 s 13; 1961 c 144 art 2 s 6; 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.