The Commercial Feed Program administers the Minnesota Commercial Feed Law, Minnesota Statutes 25.31-25.43. The law is applicable to all commercial manufacturing and distribution activities involving feed, feed ingredients and feed additives for all animals, including livestock, aquaculture, pets and specialty pets. The commercial feed program licenses persons manufacturing and/or distributing commercial feed in or into the state of Minnesota, processes inspection fees (tonnage fees) and lists (registers) small package pet and specialty pet food products in lieu of inspection fees.

A Minnesota Commercial Feed License is required before a person may:

1. manufacture a commercial feed in Minnesota;
2. distribute a commercial feed in or into the state; or
3. have the person's name appear on the label of a commercial feed as guarantor.

Before a person may distribute a pet food or specialty pet food in the state, a listing of each product and a label must be submitted annually for products which are distributed only in packages of ten pounds or less.

• If you need a Commercial Feed License Application, please contact DFID Licensing Line at 651-201-6062, or e-mail at MDA.DFID.Licensing@state.mn.us
• Pet Food Listing Form (dog or cat food) (PDF: 31 KB / 2 pages)
• Specialty Pet Food Listing Form (pet foods other than dog and cat) (PDF: 32 KB / 2 pages)
• Annual Inspection Fee Form (Tonnage Tax) (PDF: 19 KB / 2 pages)
• Application for Certificate of Free Sale for Animal Feed (PDF: 97 KB / 1 page)
• Authorization to Communicate through E-mail Transmission (PDF: 122 KB / 1 page)
• Power of Attorney (PDF: 126 KB / 1 page)

2011 Commercial Feed Tonnage Fee Exemption Permit Holders

The inspection fee exemption list is subject to change.

Please use the exempt list as a reference document when preparing your annual Tonnage Report. Inspection fees owed to the Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) on product tons distributed to the entities listed will be paid by the purchaser, not the supplier. Exemption permits are location specific.