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Tennessee Code Title 53. Food, Drugs and Cosmetics § 53-7-203

Current as of January 02, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

<Text of section effective May 9, 2025, for purposes of promulgating rules, and for all other purposes, effective thirty days following the commissioner of agriculture's receipt from the United States department of agriculture, food safety and inspection service, that the requirements of the federal Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. § 601 et seq.) necessary to a cooperative agreement for a state meat inspection program have been met.>

(a) The purpose of this part is to create a federally recognized state meat inspection program to increase production capacity in this state for unadulterated and properly branded meat and meat food products.

(b) This part applies to:

(1) A person operating an establishment in this state where livestock are slaughtered or prepared for use in intrastate commerce;

(2) A person in this state dealing in intrastate commerce relative to livestock carcasses, meat, or meat food products of livestock;  and

(3) A custom operation in this state.

(c) This part does not apply to:

(1) Slaughter, processing, or transporting of carcasses, meat, or meat food products from a person's own animals for use or consumption by the person or the person's household or nonpaying guests and employees;

(2) Preparation and sale of carcasses, meat, and meat food products incident to retail food store or restaurant operations;  provided, the meat and meat food products were previously inspected and approved under either this part or the federal Meat Inspection Act;

(3) Third-party carrier services for the transportation of carcasses, meat, and meat food products previously inspected and approved under either this part or the federal Meat Inspection Act;  or

(4) An establishment operating solely under a federal grant of inspection from the United States department of agriculture, food safety inspection service.

(d) State jurisdiction within the scope of this part is exclusive to the department of agriculture.  A political subdivision of the state shall not regulate or inspect the slaughtering of any livestock or the processing or transportation of the carcasses, meat, or meat food products of livestock.  This subsection (d) does not preclude or restrict political subdivisions of the state from exercising police powers, including zoning and code enforcement, at any establishment or custom operation licensed under this part or from entering collaborative agreements with the department of agriculture for performance of inspection duties and enforcement under this part.

(e) Compliance with this part does not relieve any person from compliance with the Tennessee Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, compiled in chapter 1 of this title, and the Testing and Sealing--Use of Weights and Measures Act, compiled in title 47, chapter 26, part 9.

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