N.D. Cent. Code § 23-09-24
It is unlawful for a person to claim to be a salvaged food distributor or to engage in the activity of selling, distributing, or otherwise trafficking in distressed or salvaged food, or both, at wholesale, without a license issued under this chapter authorizing that person to operate as a salvaged food distributor. A salvaged food distributor license may not be issued absent compliance with this section and any rules adopted to implement this section. The department may adopt rules establishing the amount and the procedures for the collection of annual license fees under this section. License fees collected under this section must be deposited in the department's operating fund in the state treasury and any expenditure from the fund is subject to appropriation by the legislative assembly.
N.D.C.C. § 23-09-24