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MN SF2258

Bill

Status

Introduced

3/5/2012

Primary Sponsor

Doug Magnus

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Origin

Senate

87th Legislature 2011-2012

AI Summary

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Sets criminal penalties as misdemeanors for violations, with gross misdemeanor penalties for violations endangering humans/animals or committed with knowledge.

  • 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.

  • 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

Committee Referrals

Agriculture and Rural Economies3/5/2012

Full Bill Text

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