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title: O.C.G.A. § 26-2-204. Inspection of dairies and meat, poultry, or dairy processing plants; right to take and test samples.
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# O.C.G.A. § 26-2-204. Inspection of dairies and meat, poultry, or dairy processing plants; right to take and test samples.

The Commissioner shall cause to be inspected at such times as he may deem proper each dairy and each meat, poultry, or dairy processing plant within this state. He shall require the correction of all unsanitary conditions found therein. He may take samples of dairy, poultry, or meat products or parts or portions thereof and cause them to be analyzed or tested by the state chemist. Such analyses or test records shall be preserved by the Commissioner and when sworn to by the state chemist shall be prima-facie evidence of violations of this article, rules and regulations, or standards or specifications adopted pursuant to this article.

## History

Ga. L. 1914, p. 148, § 3; Code 1933, § 42-403; Ga. L. 1956, p. 748, § 7.