MN Food Protection Taskforce

Celebrating 25 years: Minnesota Governor's Food Safety and Defense Task Force

Since 1990, the Governor’s Food Safety and Defense Task Force has continuously met to discuss the issues affecting Minnesota’s food system. Officially, 16 members consisting of the Commissioner of Agriculture, the Commissioner of Health, representatives of the Food and Drug Administration and the United States Department of Agriculture, the Agricultural Utilization Research Institute, the University of Minnesota, a local health food inspection agency, and nine additional members representing the public, food, and agriculture industries and groups comprise the Task Force.