For the purpose of preventing fraud and deception in the manufacture, use, sale, and transportation of food, or for the purpose of protecting and preserving the public health, it shall be the duty of the commissioner, by rulings not inconsistent with law, to require that any article of food, or the package, receptacle, or container thereof, before it be sold, transported, used, offered for sale or transportation, or had in possession with intent to use, sell or transport within this state, shall be labeled, stamped, stenciled, marked, or branded in such manner as to plainly exhibit to the purchaser any or all of the following data or information: The percentages and true composition of such food article, its quality, strength, quantity, source of its manufacture or production or the person by or for whom the same is manufactured, produced, packed, or shipped. The commissioner shall also have authority to prescribe by such rulings the date on which the same shall take effect and be in force, and also the form, size, style, and wording of, and the place, time, method, means and manner of use of all such labels, stamps, stencils, brands, and markings, which rulings shall be made in the manner provided by law. Until such rulings are made and in effect the rulings heretofore made by the commissioner shall remain in full force and effect, except as otherwise prescribed by law. Any person who shall fail to comply with such ruling or rulings shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
(3806) 1921 c 495 s 17; 1961 c 144 art 2 s 10
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.