§ 53-3-305. Standards
Tennessee prime milk sold at retail shall meet the following standards: Reduced fat milk shall contain at least ten percent (10%) milk solids not fat (SNF); Non-fat or skim milk shall contain at least nine percent (9%) milk solids not fat (SNF); Whole milk shall contain at least eight and one-half percent (8.5%) milk solids […]
§ 53-3-306. Labeling
The milk solids not fat (SNF) content and butterfat content shall be included on the labeling of all quantities and containers of Tennessee prime milk sold at retail.
§ 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 […]
§ 53-3-308. Sale of Milk to Dairy or Trade Products Plant
In order to facilitate the production and sale of Tennessee prime milk, dairy cooperatives doing business in Tennessee shall sell any reasonable quantity of milk to a dairy products plant or trade products plant that processes or packages Tennessee prime milk at the request of any such plant.
§ 53-3-309. Rules and Regulations
The commissioner of agriculture shall promulgate rules and regulations to effectuate the purposes of this part. All such rules and regulations shall be promulgated in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5.
§ 53-3-301. Short Title
This part shall be known and may be cited as the “Dairy Farmers Prosperity Act.”
§ 53-3-302. Category Tennessee Prime Milk Established
Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, there is established a category of milk to be known as Tennessee prime milk and to be certified as such by the department for sale at retail.
§ 53-3-303. “Tennessee Prime Milk” — Defined
For the purposes of this part, “Tennessee prime milk” means a quantity of milk obtained by the milking of one (1) or more healthy cows, not less than eighty percent (80%) of which quantity of milk is produced in Tennessee.
§ 53-3-304. Certification
Processors electing to have their milk certified as Tennessee prime milk shall make application to the department for such purpose and submit to all inspections deemed necessary by the department to attain such certification.