2007 Minnesota Statutes

31.658 HALAL PRODUCTS.
    Subdivision 1. Halal food requirements. A person must not:
(1) serve, sell, or expose for sale food or food products, meat or meat products, or poultry or
poultry products that are falsely represented as Halal;
(2) permit food, food products, meat or meat products, or poultry or poultry products, or the
contents of a package or container to be labeled or inscribed with the "Halal" sign unless the food
or food products, meat or meat products, or poultry or poultry products have been prepared and
maintained in compliance with the laws and customs of the Islamic religion; or
(3) make an oral or written statement that deceives or otherwise leads a reasonable person
to believe that non-Halal food or food products, meat or meat products, or poultry or poultry
products are Halal.
    Subd. 2. Presumption. Possession of non-Halal food or food products, meat or meat
products, or poultry or poultry products in a place of business is presumptive evidence that the
person in possession of them exposes them for sale.
    Subd. 3. Defense. It is a defense against a charge of misrepresenting non-Halal food or
food products, meat or meat products, or poultry or poultry products as Halal that the person
relied in good faith upon the representation of a slaughterhouse, manufacturer, processor, packer,
distributor, or person or organization which certifies or represents a food or food product, meat
or meat product, or poultry or poultry product as having been prepared under or sanctioned
by Islamic religious requirements.
History: 2001 c 54 s 2