2006 Minnesota Statutes

31.131 EMERGENCY PERMIT CONTROL.
    Subdivision 1. Temporary conditional permits. Whenever the commissioner finds after
investigation that the distribution in the state of Minnesota of any class of food may, by reason of
contamination with microorganisms during manufacture, processing, or packing thereof in any
locality, be injurious to health, and that such injurious nature cannot be adequately determined
after such articles have entered commerce, the commissioner then, and in such case only, shall
promulgate rules providing for the issuance, to manufacturers, processors, or packers of such
class of food in such locality, of permits to which shall be attached such conditions governing
the manufacture, processing, or packaging, or packing of such class of food, for such temporary
period of time as may be necessary to protect the public health; and after the effective date of such
rules, and during such temporary period, no person shall introduce or deliver for introduction
into commerce any such food manufactured, processed, or packed by any such manufacturer,
processor, or packer unless such manufacturer, processor, or packer holds a permit issued by
the commissioner as provided by such rules.
    Subd. 2. Immediate permit suspension. The commissioner is authorized to suspend
immediately upon notice any permit issued under authority of this section if it is found that any of
the conditions of the permit have been violated. The holder of a permit so suspended may at any
time apply for the reinstatement of such permit, and the commissioner shall, immediately after
prompt hearing and inspection of the establishment, reinstate such permit or issue an amended
permit if it is found that adequate measures have been taken to comply with and maintain the
conditions of the permit, as originally issued, or as amended.
    Subd. 3. Inspection. Any officer or employee duly designated by the commissioner shall
have access to any factory or establishment, the operator of which holds a permit from the
commissioner, for the purpose of ascertaining whether or not the conditions of the permit are
being complied with, and denial of access for such inspection shall be ground for suspension of
the permit until such access is freely given by the operator.
History: 1974 c 84 s 34; 1985 c 248 s 70; 1986 c 444