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2026 Minnesota Statutes Index (topics)

CARCASSES

See also DEAD BODIES

Acceptance into slaughter house or packing plant, Minn. Statutes 2026 31.56

Adulterated carcasses

Condemnation, destruction, Minn. Statutes 2026 31A.04

Seizure, condemnation, or embargo, Minn. Statutes 2026 34A.11

Animal, poultry, and rabbit slaughtering, see ANIMAL, POULTRY, AND RABBIT SLAUGHTERING

Animal Health Board, duties, Minn. Statutes 2026 35.82

Articles not intended as human food, Minn. Statutes 2026 31A.17

Bear baiting, Minn. Statutes 2026 97B.425

Definitions, Meat and Poultry Inspection Act, Minn. Statutes 2026 31A.02

Detention of animal or product

Adulterated or misbranded food, Minn. Statutes 2026 34A.11

Meat and poultry inspection law, Minn. Statutes 2026 31A.23

Disposing of on highways, violations and penalties, Minn. Statutes 2026 169.42, 169.421

Dissection, authorizing, Minn. Statutes 2026 145.161

Dogs, Minn. Statutes 2026 35.82, 347.14

Domestic animals, disposition

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2026 35.82

Unlicensed dogs, payments for, Minn. Statutes 2026 347.14

Horsemeat, Minn. Statutes 2026 31.621, 31.631, 31A.12

Inspections

Articles not intended as human food, Minn. Statutes 2026 31A.17

Carcasses for slaughter house or packing plants, Minn. Statutes 2026 31.56

Diseased animals, Minn. Statutes 2026 31A.03

Domestic animals, Minn. Statutes 2026 35.82

Exemptions, Minn. Statutes 2026 28A.153, 31A.15

Marking, Minn. Statutes 2026 31A.04

Prior to entry into processing establishment, Minn. Statutes 2026 31A.05

Reinspection, Minn. Statutes 2026 31A.04

Lawsuits, disposition violations, abatement of public nuisances, Minn. Statutes 2026 35.82

Livestock

Disposal, Animal Health Board authority, Minn. Statutes 2026 35.815, 35.82

Sheep, disposition, Minn. Statutes 2026 35.82

Transfer, concealment or retention, Minn. Statutes 2026 609.551

Unlawful deposit on public or private land, Minn. Statutes 2026 609.68

Meat food products, products usable as human food defined as, Minn. Statutes 2026 31A.02

Misbranded carcasses, seizure, condemnation, or embargo, Minn. Statutes 2026 34A.11

Permits, Minn. Statutes 2026 35.82

Records and record keeping, Minn. Statutes 2026 31A.18

Seizure and condemnation, adulterated or misbranded carcasses, Minn. Statutes 2026 34A.11

Storage and handling conditions, rulemaking, Minn. Statutes 2026 31A.16

Transportation, Minn. Statutes 2026 35.82

Unslaughtered animals, rulemaking, Minn. Statutes 2026 31A.20

Violations and penalties

Adulterated or misbranded carcasses, Minn. Statutes 2026 34A.11

Disposition violations, Minn. Statutes 2026 35.82

Trade in prohibited animal parts, Minn. Statutes 2026 84.0896

Transfer, concealment or retention, criminal penalties, Minn. Statutes 2026 609.551

Unlawful deposit on public or private land, Minn. Statutes 2026 609.68

Wholesalers, registration of business, Minn. Statutes 2026 31A.19