2018 Tennessee Code
Title 53 - Food, Drugs and Cosmetics
Chapter 3 - Dairy Law of the State of Tennessee
Part 3 - Dairy Farmers Prosperity Act
§ 53-3-307. Documentation -- Monthly analysis -- Product samples -- Costs.

(a) Only those products meeting the standards established in § 53-3-305 shall be labeled and sold as Tennessee prime milk.

(b) Dairy processors certified by the department to offer for sale Tennessee prime milk shall maintain documentation from a qualified laboratory acceptable to the department, such documentation to reflect monthly analyses of each product labeled Tennessee prime milk to ensure compliance with the standards established in § 53-3-305.

(c) All such documentary records, as well as all milk procurement and milk processing records, shall be made available to the commissioner upon request.

(d)

• (1) In addition to the monthly analyses required by subsection (b), the commissioner may obtain samples of products for analyses to ensure compliance with the standards established in § 53-3-305, at the commissioner's discretion.

• (2) The cost of performing such analyses and shipment to a qualified laboratory of such samples shall be borne by the appropriate processor.