31.632 MINNESOTA APPROVED MEATS AND POULTRY; USE OF LABEL.
The commissioner may authorize, pursuant to rules promulgated in the manner provided by
law, the use of the label "Minnesota Approved" on meats, meat products, poultry, and poultry
products processed by persons licensed under sections
31.51 to
31.58, or by establishments
under the inspection program of the United States Department of Agriculture, if the ingredients
of the poultry, poultry products, meats, and meat products are meat, meat by-products, poultry,
poultry products, or meat food products which have been inspected and passed by the United
States Department of Agriculture, or the Minnesota Department of Agriculture and further if the
poultry, poultry products, meats, and meat products, after such processing, are sound, healthful,
wholesome, and fit for human food. A person or establishment desiring to label poultry, poultry
products, meats, and meat products as provided in this section shall apply to the commissioner for
authority to do so. The commissioner shall grant this authority to the applicant if the applicant
complies with the provisions of this section and rules promulgated pursuant to this section. A
person using the label "Minnesota Approved" on poultry, poultry products, meat, or meat products
contrary to law is guilty of a misdemeanor.
History: 1963 c 187 s 1; 1969 c 663 s 1; 1985 c 248 s 70; 2000 c 477 s 31