(a) The commissioner is authorized and empowered to make tests that are necessary to settle disputes when called on by either a buyer or seller of milk, cream, or other dairy products, or trade products where disputes arise over dissatisfaction regarding weights or tests of dairy products.

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 53-3-111

  • Commissioner: means the commissioner of agriculture or the person authorized to enforce this chapter. See Tennessee Code 53-3-103
  • Dairy products: means pure, clean and wholesome milk, cream, pure milk fat, butter, buttermilk, cheese, ice cream, ice cream mix, ice milk, ice milk mix, ice or ice sherbet, evaporated milk, skimmed milk, condensed milk, sweetened condensed milk, condensed skimmed milk, sweetened condensed skimmed milk, dried milk, dried skimmed milk, any derivatives of milk or combination of products made from milk. See Tennessee Code 53-3-103
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • Trade products: means any products made in semblance of dairy products that may be used as a substitute for dairy products. See Tennessee Code 53-3-103
(b) The tests made by the commissioner shall be prima facie correct, and shall be taken as a basis of settlement in the disputes.
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