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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 26. FOOD, DRUGS, AND COSMETICS · Chapter 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

26-1-1. Food donation information and referral service; inspection of donated food.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

  1. (a)

    The Department of Agriculture shall maintain an information and referral service for persons and organizations which have notified the department of their desire to donate food to nonprofit organizations.#

  2. (b)

    Appropriate state and local departments and agencies are authorized to inspect donated food items for wholesomeness and may establish procedures for the handling of the food items.#

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.

History

Code 1933, § 105-1106, enacted by Ga. L. 1980, p. 69, § 1.

Cross references

Liability from donation of food for use or distribution by nonprofit organizations, § 51-1-31.

Law reviews

For article, “Consolidation by Compact: A Remedy for Preemption of State Food and Drug Laws,” see 14 J. Pub. L. 276 (1965).

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

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