31.60 MEAT INDUSTRY DIVISION. Subdivision 1. Division duties; director; personnel. A Meat Industry Division is created in the Department of Agriculture which shall enforce and administer laws enforced and administered by the commissioner of agriculture relating to meat, fish, and dressed poultry, except laws enforced and administered by the Division of Poultry Industries. The Meat […]
31.601 PROTECTION OF MEAT. Every dealer in meats, fish, fowl, or game for human food, at the place of offering or exposing for sale, and in the transportation of such food from place to place to customers, shall protect the same from dust, flies, and other vermin or substance which may injuriously affect it, by […]
31.602 SALE OF UNWHOLESOME POULTRY OR GAME. Every person who shall offer or expose for sale at retail, for human food, at any public market, store, shop, or house, or in or about any street or other public place, any domestic or wild fowls, or any slaughtered rabbits, squirrels, or other small animals, wild or […]
31.611 VEAL. No person shall sell, offer or expose for sale, or have in possession with intent to sell, the veal of calves killed when less than four weeks old. Any person violating any of the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not less than $50, or […]
31.621 SALE OF HORSE MEAT FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION. Subdivision 1. Requirements. It shall be unlawful for any person to sell, offer or expose for sale, or have in possession with intent to sell, horse meat for human consumption: (1) unless a sign is posted in a conspicuous place both inside and outside the store, eating […]
31.631 HORSE MEAT INTENDED FOR OTHER THAN HUMAN CONSUMPTION. Subdivision 1. Preparation. It shall be unlawful for any person to offer or expose for sale, or possess or traffic in, any horse meat with intent to use or sell the same for other than human consumption unless it is denatured or decharacterized so as to […]
31.632 MINNESOTA APPROVED MEATS AND POULTRY; USE OF LABEL. The commissioner may authorize, pursuant to rules promulgated in the manner provided by law, the use of the label “Minnesota Approved” on meats, meat products, poultry, and poultry products processed by persons licensed under sections 31.51 to 31.56, or by establishments under the inspection program of […]
31.633 MEAT OR POULTRY SUBSTITUTES; INDICATION ON MENU; PENALTIES. Subdivision 1. Menu requirement. Any restaurant, eating place, or other establishment serving meat or poultry in any form to the public that has any filler or meat or poultry substitute added to it or incorporated in it, shall clearly and prominently indicate on its menu or […]
