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31.01.30

Statute ID: 15508

Statute Function ID: 33214

Food - Food additive - Definition

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Statute Number:

31.01.30

Enactment Date:

Jan 1, 1859

Effective Date:

Jan 1, 1859

Expiration Date:

Repealed?:

Summary Text:

Food - Food additive - Definition

Statute ID:

15508

Created:

Nov 19, 2014 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Updated:

Nov 19, 2014 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Last Update Action:

Added

Legal Analyst Comment:

Adding Definition

Summary Text:

Food - Food additive - Definition

Link to MN Statute Text:

https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/stats/31/01.html

Legislative Session:

1859 - Regular

Session Law Text?:

Statute text last updated on:

Nov 19, 2014

"Food additive" means any substance the intended use of which results or may be reasonably expected to result, directly or indirectly, in its becoming a component or otherwise affecting the characteristics of any food; including any substance intended for use in producing, manufacturing, packing, processing, preparing, treating, packaging, transporting, or holding food; and including any source of radiation intended for any such use; if such substance is not generally recognized, among experts qualified by scientific training and experience to evaluate its safety, as having been adequately shown through scientific procedures, or in the case of a substance used in a food prior to January 1, 1958, through either scientific procedures or experience based on common use in food, to be safe under the conditions of its intended use; except that such term does not include:
 
(a) A pesticide chemical in or on a raw agricultural commodity; or

(b) A pesticide chemical to the extent that it is intended for use or is used in the production, storage, or transportation of any raw agricultural commodity; or

(d) Any substance used in accordance with a sanction or approval granted prior to the enactment of the food additives amendment of 1958, pursuant to the federal act; the Poultry Products Inspection Act (United States Code, title 21, section 451 et seq.) of the Meat Inspection Act of March 4, 1907 (Statutes at Large, volume 34, page 1260), as amended and extended (United States Code, title 21, section 71 et seq.).