(a) Any person convicted of violating any of the provisions of this chapter or who impedes, hinders or otherwise prevents, or attempts to prevent, the commissioner or the commissioner’s duly authorized agent in performance of that official’s duty in connection with this chapter commits a Class C misdemeanor. In all prosecutions under this chapter involving the composition of a lot of commercial feed, a certified copy of the official analysis signed by the commissioner or the commissioner’s authorized agent shall be accepted as prima facie evidence of the composition.

Attorney's Note

Under the Tennessee Code, punishments for crimes depend on the classification. In the case of this section:
ClassPrisonFine
class C misdemeanorup to 30 daysup to $50
For details, see Tenn. Code § 40-35-111

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 44-6-113

  • Commercial feed: means all materials except unmixed seed, whole and unprocessed, when not adulterated within the meaning of this chapter, that are offered for sale as feed or mixing for feed. See Tennessee Code 44-6-103
  • Commissioner: means the commissioner of agriculture, or the commissioner's authorized agent. See Tennessee Code 44-6-103
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
  • Minor: means any person who has not attained eighteen (18) years of age. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Person: includes individual, partnership, corporation, association, or other legal entity. See Tennessee Code 44-6-103
  • Representative: when applied to those who represent a decedent, includes executors and administrators, unless the context implies heirs and distributees. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • signed: includes a mark, the name being written near the mark and witnessed, or any other symbol or methodology executed or adopted by a party with intention to authenticate a writing or record, regardless of being witnessed. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(b) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as requiring the commissioner or the commissioner’s representative to:

(1) Report for prosecution;
(2) Institute seizure proceedings; or
(3) Issue a withdrawal from distribution order,

as a result of minor violations of this chapter, or when that official believes the public interest will best be served by suitable notice of warning in writing.

(c) The commissioner is authorized to apply for, and the court to grant, a temporary or permanent injunction restraining any person from violating or continuing to violate any of the provisions of this chapter or any rule or regulation promulgated under this chapter, notwithstanding the existence of other remedies at law. The injunction is to be issued without bond.
(d) Any person adversely affected by an act, order or ruling made pursuant to this chapter may within forty-five (45) days thereafter bring action in the chancery court of Davidson County, or the chancery court in the county of the residence or principal place of business of the party adversely affected, for judicial review of the act, order or ruling. The form of the proceeding shall be any that may be provided by statutes of this state to review decisions of administrative agencies, or in the absence or inadequacy thereof, any applicable form of legal action, including actions for declaratory judgments or writs of prohibitory or mandatory injunctions.
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