Hi Mike and Everyone,

Mike wrote in part:

"Farms are defined as facilities in one general physical location
devoted to
growing and harvesting crops, the raising of animals, or both. The
term
"farm" also includes facilities that pack or hold food provided that
all
food used in such activities is grown, raised or consumed on that farm
or
another farm under the same ownership. A farm-operated roadside stand
that
sells food directly to consumers as its primary function would be
exempt
from registration as a retail food establishment.

If you sell honey to a packer or sell honey to another outlet, you
would
need to register. If you produce honey and consume all of it at your
location or sell food directly to consumers (roadside stand), you would
be
exempt from registration and record keeping."

Hmm, the farm exemption says  that farms incluse facilities that pack
or hold food as long as " all food used in such activities is grown,
raised, or consumed on that farm ..." .  As I read that a beekeeper (
bee farmer ) who sells honey produced in his or her operation is exempt
from registration.

blane


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Blane White
MN Dept of Agriculture
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