Minnesota Administrative Rules
Agency 144 - Health Department
Chapter 4626 - FOOD CODE; FOOD MANAGERS
FOOD CHARACTERISTICS
Part 4626.0130 - COMPLIANCE WITH FOOD LAW.* 3-201.11

Universal Citation: MN Rules 4626.0130

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 39, March 25, 2024

A. Food must be obtained from sources that comply withe Minnesota Statutes, Minnesota Rules, and United States Code and Code of Federal Regulations.P1

B. Food prepared or stored in a private home must not be used or offered for human consumption in a food establishment, except as allowed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 28A.15 and 157.22, clauses (6) and (7).P1

C. Packaged food must be labeled as specified in Minnesota Statutes and Minnesota Rules, including parts 4626.0200, 4626.0202, and 4626.0435.P2

D. Fish, other than molluscan shellfish, that are intended for consumption in raw or undercooked form and allowed as specified in part 4626.0340, item D, may be offered for sale or service if they are obtained from a supplier that freezes the fish as specified in part 4626.0350; or e frozen on the premises as specified in part 4626.0350 and records must be retained as specified in part 4626.0355.

E. Whole-muscle, intact beef steaks that are intended for consumption in an undercooked form without a consumer advisory as specified in part 4626.0340, item C, must be:

(1) obtained from a food processing plant that, upon request by the purchaser, packages the steaks and labels them, to indicate that the steaks meet the definition of whole-muscle, intact beef;P2 or

(2) deemed acceptable by the regulatory authority based on other evidence, such as written buyer specifications or invoices, that indicates that the steaks meet the definition of whole-muscle, intact beef;P2 and

(3) if individually cut in a food establishment:
(a) cut from whole-muscle, intact beef that is labeled by a food processing plant as specified in subitem (1) or identified as specified in subitem (2);P2

(b) prepared so they remain intact;P2 and

(c) if packaged for undercooking in a food establishment, labeled as specified in subitem (1) or identified as specified in subitem (2).P2

F. Meat and poultry that is not a ready-to-eat food and is in a packaged form when it is offered for sale or otherwise offered for consumption, must be labeled to include safe handling instructions as specified in law, including Code of Federal Regulations.

G. Eggs that have not been specifically treated to destroy all viable Salmonellae must be labeled to include safe handling instructions as specified in law, including Code of Federal Regulations.

Statutory Authority: MS s 31.101; 31.11; 144.05; 144.08; 144.12; 157.011

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