Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 2. AGRICULTURE · Chapter 16. ACTION FOR DISPARAGEMENT OF PERISHABLE FOOD PRODUCTS OR COMMODITIES

2-16-3. Cause of action for disparagement of perishable food products or commodities.

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Any person who produces, markets, or sells a perishable food product or commodity and suffers damage as a result of another person’s disparagement of such perishable food products or commodities has a cause of action for damages and for any other relief a court of competent jurisdiction deems appropriate, including, but not limited to, compensatory and punitive damages.

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

Code 1981, § 2-16-3, enacted by Ga. L. 1993, p. 1795, § 1.

Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1993, the designation ‘‘(a)’’ was deleted from the beginning.

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