as introduced - 92nd Legislature (2021 - 2022) Posted on 01/28/2021 02:11pm
A bill for an act
relating to agriculture; exempting certain temporary custom processors from
licensure and inspection requirements; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, sections
28A.15, by adding a subdivision; 31A.15, subdivision 1.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 28A.15, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:
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A person who processes noninspected
meat from game animals, as that term is defined in Minnesota Rules, part 4626.0020, subpart
37, for the owner of the carcass, and who returns the meat products derived from the
processing to the owner, if the person does not engage in processing for more than one
90-day period per calendar year.
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This section is effective the day following final enactment.
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Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 31A.15, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
The provisions of sections 31A.01 to 31A.16 requiring
inspection of the slaughter of animals and the preparation of the carcasses, parts of carcasses,
meat, poultry, poultry food products, and meat food products at establishments conducting
slaughter and preparation do not apply:
(1) to the processing by a person of the person's own animals and the owner's preparation
and transportation in intrastate commerce of the carcasses, parts of carcasses, meat, poultry,
poultry food products, and meat food products of those animals exclusively for use by the
owner and members of the owner's household, nonpaying guests, and employees; deleted text begin or
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(2) to the custom processing by a person of animals, wild game, or fowl delivered by
the owner for processing, and the preparation or transportation in intrastate commerce of
the carcasses, parts of carcasses, meat, poultry, poultry food products, and meat food products
of animals, exclusively for use in the household of the owner by the owner and members
of the owner's household, nonpaying guests, and employees. Meat from custom processing
must be identified and handled as required by the commissioner, during all phases of
processing, chilling, cooling, freezing, preparation, storage, and transportation. The custom
processor may not engage in the business of buying or selling carcasses, parts of carcasses,
meat, poultry, poultry food products, or meat food products of animals usable as human
food unless the carcasses, parts of carcasses, meat, poultry, poultry food products, or meat
food products have been inspected and passed and are identified as inspected and passed
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(3) to the custom processing of meat from game animals not listed in clause (2) for the
owner of the carcasses, if the custom processor returns the meat products derived from the
processing to the owner and does not engage in custom processing for more than one 90-day
period per calendar year. For purposes of this clause, "game animals" has the meaning given
in Minnesota Rules, part 4626.0020, subpart 37.
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This section is effective the day following final enactment.
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