Minnesota Administrative Rules
Agency 105 - Agriculture Department
Chapter 1550 - FOOD; GENERAL RULES
TEA AND COFFEE
Part 1550.3350 - TEA

"Tea" is the tender leaves, leaf buds, and tender internodes of different varieties of thea sinensis L., prepared and cured by recognized methods of manufacture. It conforms in variety and place of production to the name it bears; contains not less than four percent nor more than seven percent of ash; and meets the provisions of the Act of Congress approved March 2, 1897, as amended, regulating the importation and inspection of tea.

Statutory Authority: MS s 31.10; 31.101