53-8-114 - Violations Orders for improvements. - Tennessee Statutes

53-8-114. Violations Orders for improvements.

(a)  If, upon inspection, any food-producing or distributing establishment, conveyance, employer, operative, employee, clerk, driver or other person is found to be violating this part, or if the production, preparation, manufacture, packing, storing, sale, distribution or transportation is being conducted in a manner detrimental to the health of the employees and operatives or to the character or quality of the food being produced, manufactured, packed, stored, sold, distributed or conveyed, the officer or inspector making the inspection shall report the conditions and violations to the superintendent of the division, who shall issue an order to the person in authority at the establishment to abate the condition or violation or make improvements necessary to abate the condition or violation, within the period of five (5) days or a reasonable time that may be required in which to abate the condition or violation.

(b)  The order shall be in writing, and the person receiving the order may, within five (5) days from the issuance of the order, appear in person or by attorney, before the superintendent to give reason why the instruction should not be obeyed.

[Acts 1909, ch. 473, § 9; Shan., §§ 3473a54, 3473a55; mod. Code 1932, §§ 6611, 6612; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 52-1015, 52-1016.]