§ 43-8-105 — Defacing or destroying label, refusing information, false guaranty, revelation of formula, noncooperation with officials prohibited

It is unlawful: (1) For any person to detach, alter, deface, or destroy, in whole or in part, any label or labeling provided for in this part and part 2 of this chapter or the rules and regulations promulgated hereunder, or to add any substance to, or take any substance from, a pesticide in a manner that may defeat the purposes of this part and part 2 of this chapter; (2) For any manufacturer, distributor, dealer, carrier, or other person to refuse, upon written request specifying the nature or kind of pesticide to which such request relates, to furnish to or permit any person designated by the commissioner to have access to and to copy such records of business transactions as may be essential in carrying out the purposes of this part and part 2 of this chapter; (3) For any person to give a guaranty or undertaking provided for in § 43-8-108 that is false in any particular, except that a person who receives and relies upon a guaranty authorized under § 43-8-108 may give a guaranty to the same effect, which guaranty shall contain, in addition to such person's own name and address, the name and address of the person residing in the United States from whom such person received the guaranty or undertaking; (4) For any person to use for the person's own advantage or to reveal, other than to the commissioner, or officials or employees of the state of Tennessee, or officials or employees of the United States department of agriculture, or other federal agencies, or to the courts in response to a subpoena, or to physicians, and in emergencies to pharmacists and other qualified persons, for use in the preparation of antidotes, in accordance with such directions as the commissioner may prescribe, any information relative to formulas of products acquired by authority of § 43-8-104 ; (5) For any person to oppose or interfere in any way with the commissioner or the commissioner's duly authorized agents in carrying out the duties imposed by this part and part 2 of this chapter; (6) For any person to handle, transport, store, display or distribute pesticides in such a manner as to endanger health and the environment or to endanger food, feed, or other products that may be transported, stored, displayed or distributed with such pesticides; or (7) For any person to dispose of, discard or store any pesticide or pesticide containers in such a manner as to cause injury to humans, vegetation, crops, livestock, wildlife, beneficial insects or to pollute any water supply or waterways.

Legislative History

Acts 1951, ch. 150, § 3 (Williams, § 6808.9); T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 43-704; Acts 1980, ch. 539, § 4; T.C.A. §43-8-104.