1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to agriculture; modifying membership of the Food Safety and Defense 
1.3 	Task Force;amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 28A.21, subdivision 2.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 28A.21, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1.6 		Subd. 2.Membership. (a) The Food Safety and Defense Task Force consists of:
1.7 	(1) the commissioner of agriculture or the commissioner's designee;
1.8 	(2) the commissioner of health or the commissioner's designee;
1.9 	(3) a representative of the United States Food and Drug Administration;
1.10 	(4) a representative of the United States Department of Agriculture;
1.11 	(5) a representative of the Agricultural Utilization Research Institute;
1.12 	(6) one member of the Minnesota Grocers Association;
1.13 	(7) one member from the University of Minnesota knowledgeable in food and food 
1.14 	safety issues; and
1.15 	(8) one member from the University of Minnesota knowledgeable in cybersecurity; and
1.16 	(8) nine (9) ten members appointed by the governor who are interested in food and food 
1.17 	safety, of whom:
1.18 	(i) two persons are health or food professionals;
1.19 	(ii) one person represents a statewide general farm organization;
2.1 	(iii) one person represents a local food inspection agency;
2.2 	(iv) one person represents a food-oriented consumer group; and
2.3 	(v) one person represents a Minnesota-based manufacturer of microbial detection 
2.4 	equipment and remediation products.; and
2.5 	(vi) one person is knowledgeable in cybersecurity.
2.6 	(b) Members shall serve without compensation. Members appointed by the governor 
2.7 	shall serve four-year terms.

2.8 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2022.