§ 53-7-210 — Violations - Injunctive action

(a) Any violation of §§ 53-7-206 - 53-7-209, or of the rules and regulations duly promulgated by the commissioner pursuant to this part is a Class C misdemeanor; provided, that no carrier or warehouseman shall be subject to the penalties of this part, other than the penalties for violation of § 53-7-208 , by reason of the receipt, carriage, holding, or delivery, in the usual course of business, as a carrier or warehouseman, of livestock or poultry carcasses, parts of livestock or poultry carcasses, meat food products, or poultry products, owned by another person, unless the carrier or warehouseman has knowledge, or is in possession of facts that would cause a reasonable person to believe that the articles were not inspected or marked in accordance with this part or were not otherwise in compliance with this part. (b) In addition to the remedies provided in this part, the commissioner, or the commissioner's designated representative, may file for an injunction in the county in which an offense occurred, or in which the offender has the offender's principal place of business or is doing business, or resides, and if the chancellor concludes that the offender has been guilty of violating this part, then the chancellor may enjoin the offender, or owner, or manager, or other person in charge, from slaughtering, processing, handling, transporting or any other activity done in conjunction with meat or poultry for a period of not less than ten (10) days and until such time as the offender comes into compliance with this part. The injunction commences on the day following the date when the judgment becomes final.

Legislative History

Acts 1967, ch. 99, § 10; 1969, ch. 108, § 2; T.C.A., § 52-924; Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 113.