Rulemaking Hearing on September 13

NASHVILLE - The Tennessee Department of Agriculture will hold a public rulemaking hearing on changes to licensing and program requirements of various departmental programs.

The Department will take public comment on proposed rules relative to import and testing requirements of various animal species and a new licensing and fee structure for livestock dealers and livestock markets through the Animal Health program.  Under the Weights & Measures program, the proposed rules waive the public weighmaster license fee for persons employed exclusively by licensed dairy product plants, trade product plants, or frozen dessert manufacturers and for persons holding dual licensure as a milk sampler or tester.  In the Agricultural Inputs program, the proposed rules simplify the fee calculation for commercial fertilizer licenses and exempt from commercial feed license requirements the reporting of a portion of distilled wet grains sold as commercial feed. The rules also amend deadlines for late charges on retail food and food manufacturing licenses, update specification of the Department’s general authority to issue civil penalties, and amend definitions under regulations of the Tennessee Plant Pest Act and its requirement for turf grass licensure.
When:            Sept.13, 2016
                        10 a.m.  CDT             
Where:           Ellington Agricultural Center, Porter Building
                        436 Hogan Rd.
                        Nashville, TN. 37220
Contact:        Jay Miller, Consumer and Industry Services, 615-837-5341

A copy of the rules and additional information may be obtained on the Secretary of State’s website here.

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