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title: O.C.G.A. § 2-16-1. Legislative findings, determinations, and declaration.
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# O.C.G.A. § 2-16-1. Legislative findings, determinations, and declaration.

The General Assembly finds, determines, and declares that the production of agricultural and aquacultural food products and commodities constitutes an important and significant portion of the state economy and that it is imperative to protect the vitality of the agricultural and aquacultural economy for the citizens of this state by providing a cause of action for producers, marketers, or sellers to recover damages for the disparagement of any perishable product or commodity.

## History

Code 1981, § 2-16-1, enacted by Ga. L. 1993, p. 1795, § 1.

## Law Reviews

For note, ‘‘Must Peaches Be Preserved at All Costs? Ques-tioning the Constitutional Validity of Georgia’s Perishable Product Disparagement Law,’’ see 12 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 1223.