1999 Minnesota Statutes

     28A.075 Delegation to local board of health. 

    (a) At the request of a local board of health that licensed 
 and inspected grocery and convenience stores on January 1, 1999, 
 the commissioner must enter into agreements before January 1, 
 2001, with local boards of health to delegate to the appropriate 
 local board of health the licensing and inspection duties of the 
 commissioner pertaining to retail food handlers that are grocery 
 or convenience stores.  Retail grocery or convenience stores 
 inspected under the state meat inspection program of chapter 31A 
 are exempt from delegation. 

    (b) A local board of health must adopt an ordinance 
 consistent with the Minnesota Food Code, Minnesota Rules, 
 chapter 4626, for all of its jurisdiction to regulate grocery 
 and convenience stores and the ordinance (Food Code) must not be 
 in conflict with standards set in law or rule. 

    HIST: 1991 c 52 s 2; 1999 c 231 s 50