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MN SF2258
Bill
Status
3/5/2012
Primary Sponsor
Doug Magnus
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AI Summary
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Consolidates Minnesota's food safety laws by creating new chapter 34A containing unified definitions and standards for food adulteration and misbranding across commercial feed, human food, and meat products.
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Establishes administrative enforcement framework allowing the commissioner of agriculture to issue citations with penalties up to $1,500 per violation, with appeals processed through the Office of Administrative Hearings under chapter 14.
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Sets criminal penalties as misdemeanors for violations, with gross misdemeanor penalties for violations endangering humans/animals or committed with knowledge.
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Expands commissioner's enforcement authority to include embargo, seizure, condemnation, and destruction of adulterated or misbranded food and products, with court proceedings for condemnation actions.
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Repeals numerous obsolete sections of chapters 17, 25, 28, 28A, 29, 31, 31A, 32, and 34, consolidating food law enforcement into unified statutory framework.
Legislative Description
Food law enforcement provisions and miscellaneous agriculture provisions modifications
Last Action
Referred to Agriculture and Rural Economies
3/5/2012