Minnesota Administrative Rules
Agency 105 - Agriculture Department
Chapter 1545 - MEAT, FISH, AND POULTRY INDUSTRY
FISH PROCESSING ESTABLISHMENTS
Part 1545.2970 - EXCLUSION OF DOGS, CATS, AND VERMIN

Every practical precaution shall be taken to exclude dogs, cats, and vermin (including, but not being limited to, rodents and insects) from the rooms in which processed products are being prepared or handled and from any rooms in which ingredients (including, but not being limited to, salt, sugar, spices, flour, syrup, and fishery products) are handled or stored. Screens or other devices adequate to prevent the passage of insects shall, where practical, be provided for all outside doors and openings. The use of poisonous cleansing agents, insecticides, bactericides, or rodent poisons shall not be permitted except under such precautions and restrictions as will prevent any possibility of their contamination of the processed product.

Statutory Authority: MS s 28A.10