Minn. R. 1500.0501 - PERISHABLE PRODUCTS
Under Minnesota Statutes, section 27.01, subdivision 8, paragraph (c), clause (4), perishable agricultural products protected by the Wholesale Produce Dealers Act include:
A. poultry and poultry products;
B. milk and milk products that have a shelf
life of less than 60 days; and
C.
perishable fruits and vegetables, including all fruits, vegetables, and
mushrooms in fresh form whether or not packed in ice or held in cold storage,
but not including perishable fruits and vegetables that have been manufactured
into articles of food of a different kind or character. The effects of the
following operations must not be considered as changing a commodity into a food
of a different kind or character: water or steam blanching, chopping, color
adding, curing, cutting, dicing, drying for the removal of surface moisture,
fumigating, gassing, heating for insect control, ripening, coloring, removal of
seed, pits, stems, calyx, husk, pods, rind, skin or peel, polishing,
precooking, refrigerating, shredding, slicing, trimming, washing with or
without chemicals, waxing or adding of sugar or other sweetening agents, adding
ascorbic acid or other agents used to retard oxidation, mixing of several kinds
of sliced, chopped, or diced fruits or vegetables for packaging in any type of
containers, pasteurization, homogenization, and grading.
Notes
Statutory Authority: MS s 27.14
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