1999 Minnesota Statutes

     31.651 Kosher products, unlawful sale.  

    Subdivision 1.    Kosher requirements.  No person shall 
 sell or expose for sale any meat or meat preparations and 
 falsely represent the same to be kosher, whether such meat or 
 meat preparations be raw or prepared for human consumption; nor 
 shall the person permit any such products or the contents of any 
 package or container to be labeled or to have inscribed thereon 
 the word "kosher" in any language unless such products shall 
 have been prepared or processed in accordance with orthodox 
 Hebrew religious requirements sanctioned by a recognized 
 rabbinical council.  

    Subd. 2.    Notice required.  Any person who sells or 
 exposes for sale in the same place of business both kosher and 
 nonkosher meat or meat preparations, either raw or prepared for 
 human consumption, shall indicate on window signs and all 
 display advertising, in block letters at least four inches in 
 height, "kosher and nonkosher meat sold here"; and shall display 
 over each kind of meat or meat preparation so exposed a sign, in 
 block letters at least two inches in height, reading, "kosher 
 meat," or "nonkosher meat," as the case may be; provided that 
 subdivision 2 shall not apply to persons selling or offering for 
 sale kosher meats or meat products solely in separate consumer 
 packages, which have been prepackaged and properly labeled 
 "kosher."  

    Subd. 3.    Presumption.  Possession of nonkosher meat 
 or meat preparations in any place of business shall be 
 presumptive evidence that the person in possession thereof 
 exposes the same for sale.  

    Subd. 4.    Prima facie evidence.  The absence of a duly 
 sanctioned kosher "plumba," mark, stamp, tag, brand or label 
 from any meat, meat preparation or food product shall be prima 
 facie evidence that such product is nonkosher.  

    HIST: (3826-1) 1929 c 398 s 1; 1959 c 563 s 1; 1986 c 444