Tennessee § 53-7-208 - Records required — Inspection — Retention.
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§ 53-7-208. Records required — Inspection — Retention.
For the purpose of enforcing this part, persons engaged in this state in the business of processing for intrastate commerce or transporting, shipping or receiving in intrastate commerce livestock or poultry slaughtered for human consumption, or meat, meat food products or poultry products, or holding the articles so received, shall maintain records the commissioner, by regulation, may require, showing, to the extent that they are concerned with the receipt, delivery, sale, movement or disposition of such articles, and shall, upon the request of a duly authorized representative of the commissioner, permit the duly authorized representative at reasonable times to have access to and to copy all the records. Any record required to be maintained by this section shall be maintained for a period of two (2) years after the transaction that is the subject of the record has taken place. Acts 1967, ch. 99, § 8; T.C.A., § 52-922. Cross-References. Penalty for violation of section, § 53-7-210 .
Source: official Tennessee text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 53-7-208 ("Records required — Inspection — Retention.") is part of the Tennessee Code Annotated, the codified statutory law of Tennessee. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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