2000 Minnesota Statutes

     32.531 Definitions. 

    Subdivision 1.    Scope.  For the purposes of sections 
 32.53 to 32.534, the terms defined in this section have the 
 meanings given them.  

    Subd. 2. Repealed, 1996 c 310 s 1 

    Subd. 3. Repealed, 1996 c 310 s 1 

    Subd. 4. Repealed, 1996 c 310 s 1 

    Subd. 5.    Artificial dairy product.  "Artificial dairy 
 product" means any food which by its composition, intended use, 
 sensory qualities, physical properties, package, or label 
 description purports to resemble or imitate any dairy product 
 listed in subdivision 3.  "Artificial dairy product" does not 
 include: 

    (1) any distinctive proprietary food compound not readily 
 mistaken for a dairy product, which is customarily used on the 
 order or advice of a physician and is prepared and designed for 
 medicinal or special dietary use and predominantly so labeled; 
 or 

    (2) any dairy product flavored with chocolate or cocoa, or 
 the vitamin content of which has been increased, or both, where 
 the fats or oils other than milk fat contained in the product do 
 not exceed the amount of cocoa fat naturally present in the 
 chocolate or cocoa used and the food oil, not in excess of .01 
 percent of the weight of the finished product, used as a carrier 
 of the vitamins.  

    Subd. 6.    Milk.  "Milk" means milk, skim milk, cream, 
 lowfat milk, nonfat dry milk, and any fluid derivative of the 
 listed items.  

    Subd. 7.    Milk-derived ingredients.  "Milk-derived 
 ingredients" means buttermilk, whey, products derived from whey, 
 casein, lactose, lacto albumen, and any fluid derivative of the 
 listed items.  

    HIST: 1953 c 157 s 3; 1961 c 113 s 1; 1983 c 202 s 2