Tennessee Code 53-1-103 – Prohibited acts – Penalties – Exceptions
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Attorney's Note
Under the Tennessee Code, punishments for crimes depend on the classification. In the case of this section:Class | Prison | Fine |
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class C misdemeanor | up to 30 days | up to $50 |
Terms Used In Tennessee Code 53-1-103
- Advertisement: means all representations disseminated in any manner or by any means, other than by labeling, for the purpose of inducing, or that are likely to induce directly or indirectly, the purchase of food, drug, devices or cosmetics. See Tennessee Code 53-1-102
- Alcohol: means :
(A) Rubbing alcohol compound. See Tennessee Code 53-1-102 - Color: includes black, white and intermediate grays. See Tennessee Code 53-1-102
- Commissioner: means the commissioner of agriculture. See Tennessee Code 53-1-102
- Cosmetic: means :
(A) Articles intended to be rubbed, poured, sprinkled, or sprayed on, introduced into, or otherwise applied to the human body or any part of the human body for cleansing, beautifying, promoting attractiveness, or altering the appearance. See Tennessee Code 53-1-102 - Department: means the department of agriculture. See Tennessee Code 53-1-102
- Drug: means articles, not including devices or their components, parts or accessories, that are:
(A) Recognized in the official United States Pharmacopoeia, Official Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia of the United States, Official National Formulary, or any supplement to any of them. See Tennessee Code 53-1-102 - Food: means :
(A) Articles used for food or drink for humans or other animals. See Tennessee Code 53-1-102 - Food additive: means any substance, the intended use of which results or may reasonably be expected to result, directly or indirectly, in its becoming a component or otherwise affecting the characteristics of any food, including any substance intended for use in producing, manufacturing, packing, processing, preparing, treating, packaging, transporting or holding food. See Tennessee Code 53-1-102
- Label: means a display of written, printed, or graphic matters upon the immediate container of any article, and a requirement made by or under authority of this chapter, that any word, statement, or other information appearing on the label shall not be considered to be complied with unless the word, statement or other information also appears on the outside container. See Tennessee Code 53-1-102
- Labeling: means all labels and other written, printed or graphic matter:
(A) Upon any article or any of its containers or wrappers. See Tennessee Code 53-1-102 - Person: includes an individual, partnership, corporation and association. See Tennessee Code 53-1-102
- Record: means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in a perceivable form. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
- Salvageable merchandise: means any food, drug, cosmetic, device or other item listed in this chapter or any regulations promulgated under this chapter that can be reconditioned, labeled, relabeled, repackaged, recoopered, sorted, cleaned, culled or by any other means be salvaged to meet the requirements of this chapter or those regulations. See Tennessee Code 53-1-102
- Seller: means a person who sells a homemade food item to a consumer. See Tennessee Code 53-1-102
- 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: means the state of Tennessee and its political subdivisions. See Tennessee Code 53-1-102
- United States: includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105