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(a) For purposes of implementing a federally recognized state meat inspection program, the state adopts the following provisions of federal law:
(1) 7 U.S.C. § 1902, relative to humane slaughter and humane handling in connection with livestock;
(2) 7 U.S.C. § 1906, relative to ritual slaughter of livestock;
(3) 7 U.S.C. § 1907, relative to the humane treatment of nonambulatory livestock;
(4) 21 U.S.C. § 603, relative to antemortem inspection, quarantine, segregation, and humane slaughter of livestock;
(5) 21 U.S.C. § 604, relative to postmortem inspection, labeling, destruction, and reinspection of livestock carcasses;
(6) 21 U.S.C. § 605, relative to the inspection of carcasses, meat, or meat food products of livestock brought into establishments;
(7) 21 U.S.C. § 606, relative to inspection and labeling of meat food products of livestock;
(8) 21 U.S.C. § 607, relative to labeling, marking, and container requirements for carcasses, meat, and meat food products of livestock; provided, that the commissioner may withhold any false or misleading mark, label, or container unless the marking, labeling, or container is modified in such manner as the commissioner may prescribe so that it will not be false or misleading;
(9) 21 U.S.C. § 608, relative to sanitary conditions;
(10) 21 U.S.C. § 610, relative to prohibited acts;
(11) 21 U.S.C. § 611, relative to devices, marks, labels, and certificates;
(12) 21 U.S.C. § 612, relative to notifying the commissioner of adulterated or misbranded meat or meat food products of livestock;
(13) 21 U.S.C. § 613, relative to recall procedures and process control plans;
(14) 21 U.S.C. § 619, relative to identification of livestock and separation of slaughtering and preparation activities;
(15) 21 U.S.C. § 621, relative to appointment and duties of inspectors;
(16) 21 U.S.C. § 623, relative to personal slaughter and custom slaughtering;
(17) 21 U.S.C. § 641, relative to products not intended for use as human food and denaturation;
(18) 21 U.S.C. § 642, relative to recordkeeping requirements;
(19) 21 U.S.C. § 643, relative to registration of businesses dealing in carcasses, meat, or meat food products of livestock in intrastate commerce; and
(20) 21 U.S.C. § 644, relative to transportation of or transactions involving dead, dying, disabled, or diseased animals.
(b) For application to a state meat inspection program, the federal laws adopted under subsection (a) must be construed as follows, unless otherwise appropriate according to context:
(1) References to secretary refer to the commissioner;
(2) References to amenable species, lists of species, and species designated by regulations of the secretary refer to livestock and any additional species of animal that the commissioner defines as an amenable species by rule;
(3) References to commerce refer to intrastate commerce;
(4) References to the United States or any state, territory, or the District of Columbia refer to this state;
(5) Whenever an official mark, form, certificate, or seal is designated or required, the mark, form, certificate, or seal established by the commissioner must be substituted; and
(6) Except as provided in subdivisions (b)(1)-(5), for terms that are not otherwise defined in § 53-7-202, the state adopts the definitions in 21 U.S.C. § 601.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Tennessee Code Title 53. Food, Drugs and Cosmetics § 53-7-204 - last updated January 02, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/tn/title-53-food-drugs-and-cosmetics/tn-code-sect-53-7-204/
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