Terms Used In Tennessee Code > Title 53 > Chapter 1 > Part 3 - Produce Safety

• Administration: means the United States food and drug administration. See Tennessee Code 53-1-301
• Agriculture: means :
  (i) The land, buildings and machinery used in the commercial production of farm products and nursery stock. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
• Department: means the department of agriculture. See Tennessee Code 53-1-301
• Drug: means articles, not including devices or their components, parts or accessories, that are:
  (A) Recognized in the official United States Pharmacopoeia, Official Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia of the United States, Official National Formulary, or any supplement to any of them. See Tennessee Code 53-1-102
• Food: means :
  (A) Articles used for food or drink for humans or other animals. See Tennessee Code 53-1-102
• Produce: means to prepare a food item by cooking, baking, drying, mixing, cutting, fermenting, preserving, dehydrating, growing, raising, or other process. See Tennessee Code 53-1-102
• Standards: means the standards for the growing, harvesting, packing, and holding of produce for human consumption ( 21 C. See Tennessee Code 53-1-301
• State: means the state of Tennessee and its political subdivisions. See Tennessee Code 53-1-102
• United States: includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105