Section 29.27 — Rules.
29.27 RULES. The department may supervise, regulate, and, in the manner provided by law make reasonable rules relative to grading, candling, cleaning, breaking, purchasing, and selling of eggs and egg products for purpose of preserving and protecting the public health. In addition hereto, it is the express purpose herein that inasmuch as the breaking of […]
Section 29.236 — Eggs In Uncooked Or Undercooked Foods.
29.236 EGGS IN UNCOOKED OR UNDERCOOKED FOODS. Pasteurized eggs must be used in uncooked or undercooked food or food containing unpasteurized eggs must be processed under a method approved by the commissioner sufficient to destroy the pathogen salmonella. This section does not exclude the use of shell eggs certified free of pathogens by a process […]
Section 29.237 — Uniformity With Federal Law.
29.237 UNIFORMITY WITH FEDERAL LAW. Subdivision 1. Shell eggs. Federal regulations governing the grading of shell eggs and United States standards, grades, and weight classes for shell eggs, in effect on July 1, 2000, as provided by Code of Federal Regulations, title 7, part 56, are the grading and candling rules in this state, subject […]
Section 29.24 — Adulterated Or Inedible Eggs, Sale Forbidden.
29.24 ADULTERATED OR INEDIBLE EGGS, SALE FORBIDDEN. No person shall buy, sell, offer or expose for sale, or possess for sale, eggs for human consumption that are inedible or adulterated. Eggs that are filthy, putrid, decomposed, or otherwise unfit for food in whole or in part, shall be deemed to be adulterated. Eggs which contain […]
Section 29.25 — Dockage; Overgrade Or Undergrade Of Eggs; Records Of Sales And Purchases.
29.25 DOCKAGE; OVERGRADE OR UNDERGRADE OF EGGS; RECORDS OF SALES AND PURCHASES. No person in buying or selling eggs shall take or give a greater or lesser dockage for eggs unfit for human food, as herein defined, than the actual dockage as determined by the correct candling of the eggs purchased or sold. No person […]
Section 29.26 — Eggs In Possession Of Retailer.
29.26 EGGS IN POSSESSION OF RETAILER. All eggs sold or offered for sale at retail must have been candled and graded and must be clearly labeled according to Minnesota consumer grades as established by rule under section 29.23. No eggs shall be sold or offered for sale as “ungraded,” “unclassified,” or by any other name […]
Section 29.21 — Definitions.
29.21 DEFINITIONS. Subdivision 1. Person. The word “person” when used in sections 29.21 to 29.27 means any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, company, association, joint stock association, and shall include any officer, employee, agent, trustee, receiver, assignee, or other similar representative thereof, provided that neither a producer of eggs when selling shell eggs produced on a […]
Section 29.22 — Egg Handlers Annual Inspection Fee; Disposition Of Fees.
29.22 EGG HANDLERS ANNUAL INSPECTION FEE; DISPOSITION OF FEES. Subdivision 1. [Repealed, 1971 c 339 s 27] Subd. 2. Fee. In addition to the annual food handler’s license, required under section 28A.04, there is an annual inspection fee applicable to every person who engages in the business of buying for resale, selling, or trading in […]
Section 29.23 — Grading.
29.23 GRADING. Subdivision 1. Grades, weight classes and standards for quality. All eggs purchased on the basis of grade by the first licensed buyer shall be graded in accordance with grade and weight classes established by the commissioner. The commissioner shall establish, by rule, and from time to time, may amend or revise, grades, weight […]
Section 29.235 — Sale Of Shell Eggs.
29.235 SALE OF SHELL EGGS. Subdivision 1. Restriction. Checks and dirties must not be sold for human consumption as shell eggs, but may be sold as such to be processed for human consumption by a processor licensed by the commissioner to break eggs for resale, except that a producer may sell such shell eggs of […]