2006 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.
History: (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