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17B.07 Official title of board; meetings.

The official title of the board shall be "The Minnesota board of grain standards" and it shall have jurisdiction over all grain appeal cases brought before it.

The board shall meet annually on or before June 15, and shall establish the grades of all grain subject to state inspection which shall be known as the "Minnesota grades," and all grain received at any public warehouse shall be graded accordingly. Such grades shall not be changed before the next annual meeting without the concurrence of at least two members of the board. At the time of establishing Minnesota grades, the board also shall adopt such rules, in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act, as it deems necessary for the enforcement of this section and section 17B.06. In establishing the grades, in addition to the physical qualities of the grain, there shall be taken into consideration the milling and bread-producing quality of all grain products used as human food. The board shall determine the grade, and dockage, if any, of all grain in all cases where appeals from the decisions of the chief inspector have been taken and for such purpose they may request fresh samples of such grain to be furnished directly to the board. Dockage shall be considered as being of two classes; first, that having value and second, that having no value. At the annual meeting the board shall ascertain and determine what dockage contained in grain is of value and publish a list thereof in connection with the publication of the Minnesota grades. Any foreign content of the grain shall not be considered in establishing the grade. Whenever grain containing dockage of value is sold to any public local warehouse or mill, terminal warehouse, or to any flour mill located in St. Paul, Minneapolis, or Duluth, or any other point within the state, which is now or may hereafter be designated as a terminal point, such sale shall not be considered to include such dockage of value, but such dockage shall be paid for at its market value or shall be returned to the vendor of said grain at the option of the vendee.

HIST: 1974 c 548 s 7; 1985 c 248 s 70

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