2007 Minnesota Statutes

31A.10 PROHIBITIONS.
No person may, with respect to an animal, carcass, part of a carcass, poultry, poultry food
product, meat, or meat food product:
(1) slaughter an animal or prepare an article that is usable as human food, at any establishment
preparing articles solely for intrastate commerce, except in compliance with this chapter;
(2) sell, transport, offer for sale or transportation, or receive for transportation, in intrastate
commerce (i) articles which are usable as human food and are adulterated or misbranded at the
time of sale, transportation, offer for sale or transportation, or receipt for transportation; or (ii)
articles required to be inspected under sections 31A.01 to 31A.16 that have not been inspected
and passed;
(3) do something to an article that is usable as human food while the article is being
transported in intrastate commerce or held for sale after transportation, which is intended to cause
or has the effect of causing the article to be adulterated or misbranded; or
(4) sell, offer for sale, or possess with intent to sell meat derived from custom processing.
History: 1969 c 225 s 10; 1983 c 300 s 18; 1986 c 444; 1988 c 469 art 2 s 1; 2000 c 477 s 46