2005 Minnesota Statutes

     31.31 Commercial canneries, regulation.  

    All commercial canneries shall be under the supervision and 
 regulation of the commissioner.  For the purpose of sections 
 31.31 to 31.392, a commercial cannery is defined to mean any 
 place or building where food is received in a raw or partly 
 processed form, except for meats and meat products frozen in 
 retail stores for sale directly to the consumer, for the purpose 
 of canning in hermetically sealed containers and where 
 sterilization by heat is used, or where preservation of 
 vegetable products is accomplished by the use of approved 
 chemical preservatives, sugar, salt or acidity factors 
 introduced as ingredients or additives, or by freezing food for 
 sale as and for food in any other type of vessel, bottle, can, 
 bag, container or other type or form of package, and the 
 products placed on the market for general consumption as human 
 food; but shall not include private homes where farmers or 
 others may pack or preserve vegetables, fruits, fish or other 
 food products for their own use, or a food establishment that 
 processes meat or poultry products under supervision of the U.S. 
 Department of Agriculture.  At such times as the commissioner 
 may deem proper, the commissioner shall cause all commercial 
 canneries to be inspected, and shall require the correction of 
 all unsanitary conditions or practices found therein, and may 
 search and enter all cupboards, closets, or any other places in 
 such canneries for the purpose of enforcing the provisions of 
 laws and rules provided therefor.  

    HIST: (3835) 1921 c 495 s 46; 1927 c 177 s 1; 1947 c 558 s 1; 
 1955 c 499 s 1; 1961 c 144 art 4 s 1; 1967 c 673 s 1; 1975 c 412 
 s 18; 1985 c 248 s 70; 1986 c 444