Certain food exempted from affirmative labeling requirements

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TN Code › Title 53 › Chapter 1 › Section 53-1-106

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Food that is, in accordance with the practice of the trade, to be processed, labeled or repacked in substantial quantities at an establishment other than the establishment where it was originally processed or packed is exempt from the affirmative labeling requirement of this chapter while it is in transit in intrastate commerce from one establishment to the other, if the transit is made in good faith for those completion purposes only; but the food is otherwise subject to all the applicable provisions of this chapter. Acts 1941, ch. 120, § 13; C. Supp. 1950, § 6580.13; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 52-113.

Food that is, in accordance with the practice of the trade, to be processed, labeled or repacked in substantial quantities at an establishment other than the establishment where it was originally processed or packed is exempt from the affirmative labeling requirement of this chapter while it is in transit in intrastate commerce from one establishment to the other, if the transit is made in good faith for those completion purposes only; but the food is otherwise subject to all the applicable provisions of this chapter.

Acts 1941, ch. 120, § 13; C. Supp. 1950, § 6580.13; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 52-113.

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