Section 31.60 — Meat Industry Division.
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 […]
Section 31.601 — Protection Of 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 […]
Section 31.602 — Sale Of Unwholesome Poultry Or Game.
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 […]
Section 31.611 — Veal.
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 […]
Section 31.621 — Sale Of Horse Meat For Human Consumption.
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 […]
Section 31.39 — Assessments; Inspection Services; Commercial Canneries Account.
31.39 ASSESSMENTS; INSPECTION SERVICES; COMMERCIAL CANNERIES ACCOUNT. Subdivision 1. Assessments. The commissioner is hereby authorized and directed to collect from each commercial cannery an assessment for inspection and services furnished, and for maintaining a bacteriological laboratory and employing such bacteriologists and trained and qualified sanitarians as the commissioner may deem necessary. The assessment to be […]
Section 31.392 — Canning In Dwelling Or Basement.
31.392 CANNING IN DWELLING OR BASEMENT. No commercial canning of any food products shall be permitted in a house or dwelling or in the basement of any building. History: 1947 c 558 s 5
Section 31.495 — Regulation Of Food Salvage Operations.
31.495 REGULATION OF FOOD SALVAGE OPERATIONS. Subdivision 1. Definitions. (a) For the purposes of this section, the terms defined in this subdivision have the meanings given them. (b) “Distressed food” means any food, the label of which has been lost, defaced, or obliterated, or food which has been subjected to possible damage due to accident, […]
Section 31.51 — Definitions.
31.51 DEFINITIONS. Subdivision 1. Scope. For the purpose of sections 31.51 to 31.56, the terms defined in this section have the meanings ascribed to them. Subd. 2. Slaughter house. “Slaughter house” means an establishment in which animals other than poultry are slaughtered, eviscerated, or dressed for human food. Subd. 3. Retail meat market; wholesale meat […]
Section 31.31 — Commercial Canneries, Regulation.
31.31 COMMERCIAL CANNERIES, REGULATION. All commercial canneries shall be under the supervision and regulation of the commissioner. For the purpose of sections 31.31 to 31.392, a commercial cannery is defined to mean any place or building where food is received in a raw or partly processed form, except for meats and meat products frozen in […]