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SF 990 Senate Long Description

E Relating to agriculture; eliminating the exemption for puffed + wild rice from certain wild rice labeling requirements and making the exemption+ for ready to eat wild rice specific to wild rice consumed or packaged on the +retail premises; authorizing the commissioner of agriculture to embargo +geographic areas of the state to limit food or consumer commodities in danger of adulteration within the areas during governor declared emergencies +upon a finding of probable cause, specifying certain notice requirements; +providing for permanent updating of certain food rules relating to pesticide +chemicals, additives, special dietary use, packaging and labeling, drugs, +fishery products, meat and poultry, fresh fruits and vegetables, dairy +manufacturing plant standards and containers to federal law; modifying certain +procedures and requirements for organic food, providing for uniformity with federal +law, modifying certain duties of the commissioner, expanding the content requirements for the biennial status report, requiring the +commissioner to appoint an organic advisory task force to advise on organic +agriculture improvement, authorizing the commissioner to receive funds from state+ and federal sources to expand, improve and develop production and +marketing of organic products and to facilitate the registration of state organic +production and handling operations; clarifying the definition of diary product +relating to federal regulations; changing the term dairy plant field service +representative to qualified dairy sanitarian relating to corrective actions for +adulterated dairy products violations; updating to federal law certain provisions+ providing for commissioner adoption of grade A milk and milk for manufacturing +rules; reducing the allowable number of hours for storage of grade A or +manufacturing grade raw milk; extending the expiration date of a certain provision +under the board of animal health authorizing temporary emergency restrictions +on the movement of people, livestock, machinery and personal property during disastrous animal disease outbreaks; increasing in stages the ethanol production goal under the ethanol development program; extending the +expiration date of the Minnesota agriculture education leadership council; +exempting turtles taken for nonprofit turtle racing from turtle sellers and +angling license requirements under certain conditions; exempting pastures +from pollution control agency animal feedlot permit rules, defining +pastures; expanding the exception to the provision prohibiting the PCA from +requiring expenditures over certain amounts on feedlot upgrades to facilities +determined to be concentrated animal feeding operations under a certain federal regulation; modifying certain gasoline ethanol content requirements; +expanding certain exemptions to the restrictions on the acquisition of title to agriculture land to certain noncitizens (aliens) under certain +conditions; repealing certain requirements for anaplasmosis testing of certain +cattle, certain organic food growth, composition and certification +requirements and certain milk definitions (mk, ja)