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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 26. FOOD, DRUGS, AND COSMETICS · Chapter 2. STANDARDS, LABELING, AND ADULTERATION OF FOOD · Article 3. MEAT INSPECTION · Part 3. INSPECTION, HANDLING, AND LABELING STANDARDS

26-2-111. Labeling and preparation of carcasses, meat, and meat food products of equines.

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

  1. No person, firm, or corporation shall sell, transport, offer for sale or transportation, or receive for transportation, in commerce, any carcasses of horses, mules, or other equines, or parts of such carcasses, or the meat or meat food products thereof unless they are plainly and conspicuously marked or labeled or otherwise identified as required by regulations promulgated by the Commissioner to show the kinds of animals from which they were derived. When required by the Commissioner with respect to establishments at which inspection is maintained under this part, such animals and their carcasses, parts thereof, meat, and meat food products shall be prepared in establishments separate from those in which cattle, sheep, swine, rabbits, or goats are slaughtered or their carcasses, parts thereof, meats, or meat food products are prepared.

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

Ga. L. 1969, p. 1028, § 12; Ga. L. 1974, p. 453, § 1.

Cross references

Sale of horse meat, § 26-2-157 et seq.

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

Text read from t24-t26-(v21)-2023-pdf.pdf, Volume V21, 2023 edition, pages 352 to 353; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 8eab3bec6887.