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title: O.C.G.A. § 26-2-184. Orders for destruction of animals, poultry, or products suspected of contamination; compliance with federal tolerances.
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# O.C.G.A. § 26-2-184. Orders for destruction of animals, poultry, or products suspected of contamination; compliance with federal tolerances.

If animals, poultry, or animal and poultry products quarantined or detained contain such contaminating residue that remains in excess of a safe level for human consumption, the Commissioner is authorized to order the animals, poultry, or animal and poultry products to be destroyed in a manner prescribed for the particular contaminating residue. Tolerances established by the United States Food and Drug Administration shall be complied with in enforcing this and other Code sections of this article.

## History

Ga. L. 1976, p. 335, § 4.