TCA § 53-3-307 — Documentation — Monthly analysis — Product samples — Costs

Only those products meeting the standards established in § 53-3-305 shall be labeled and sold as Tennessee prime milk. 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. All such documentary records, as well as all milk procurement and milk processing records, shall be made available to the commissioner upon request. 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. The cost of performing such analyses and shipment to a qualified laboratory of such samples shall be borne by the appropriate processor.