Minnesota Session Laws - 1991, Regular Session

  

                         Laws of Minnesota 1991 

                        CHAPTER 327-S.F.No. 1050 
           An act relating to agriculture; permitting certain 
          requirements for processing of farmstead cheese; 
          amending Minnesota Statutes 1990, section 32.486, 
          subdivision 1a. 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
    Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1990, section 32.486, 
subdivision 1a, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 1a.  [PROCESSING REQUIREMENTS.] (a) Milk used to 
manufacture Minnesota farmstead cheese may not be more than 48 
hours old when used. 
    (b) Pasteurization is required in all facilities making 
Minnesota farmstead cheese and facilities making 70,000 pounds 
or less of cultured dairy food per year.  Before requiring 
pasteurization, the commissioner shall provide a plan at least 
60 days before the next inspection to the manufacturer to assist 
the manufacturer in meeting the processing and facility 
requirements.  The commissioner may require pasteurization if 
test samples demonstrate cheese and cultured dairy foods are not 
free of pathogens.  The commissioner must inspect facilities at 
least four times each year. 
    Sec. 2.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
    Section 1 is effective July 1, 1991. 
    Presented to the governor May 31, 1991 
    Signed by the governor June 4, 1991, 8:54 p.m.