2006 Minnesota Statutes

31A.01 POLICY.
Meat, poultry, poultry food products, and meat food products are an important source of
the nation's total supply of food. It is essential in the public interest that the health and welfare
of consumers be protected by assuring that meat, poultry, and meat food products distributed to
them are wholesome, unadulterated, and properly marked, labeled, and packaged. Unwholesome,
adulterated, or misbranded meat, poultry, poultry food products, or meat food products injure the
public welfare, destroy markets for wholesome, unadulterated, and properly labeled and packaged
meat, poultry, poultry food products, and meat food products, and result in losses to livestock
producers and processors of meat, poultry, poultry food products, and meat food products and
injury to consumers. Unwholesome, adulterated, mislabeled, or deceptively packaged articles can
be sold at lower prices and compete unfairly with wholesome, unadulterated, and properly labeled
and packaged articles, to the detriment of consumers and the general public.
Regulation by the commissioner and cooperation between this state and the United States
under this chapter are appropriate to protect the health and welfare of consumers and accomplish
the purposes of this chapter.
History: 1969 c 225 s 1; 1988 c 469 art 2 s 1; 1999 c 231 s 58; 2000 c 477 s 34