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Title 26. FOOD, DRUGS, AND COSMETICS · Chapter 2. STANDARDS, LABELING, AND ADULTERATION OF FOOD · Article 6. MEAT, POULTRY, AND DAIRY PROCESSING PLANTS

26-2-208. Sale, offer for sale, or possession of dairy, animal, or poultry products under conditions other than sanitary.

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

  1. (a)

    No person, firm, or corporation shall sell, offer for sale, or have in his possession for sale any dairy, animal, or poultry product or any by-product thereof that has been produced, manufactured, transported, handled, stored, or processed under other than sanitary conditions.#

  2. (b)

    Conditions other than sanitary shall be deemed to exist where any or all of the following conditions exist:#

    1. (1)

      Premises, buildings, handling or storage space, or equipment, in a state of decay;#

    2. (2)

      Floors and side walls or other parts of any space of building covered or coated with decaying matter;#

    3. (3)

      Sufficient insect screens not provided or maintained;#

    4. (4)

      Insufficient drainage;#

    5. (5)

      Inadequate supply of pure water;#

    6. (6)

      Inadequate supply of hot water;#

    7. (7)

      Any animal or fowl held on the premises in unsanitary lots, pens, or cages or fed uncooked animal offal; or#

    8. (8)

      Where putrid odors exist.#

  3. (c)

    The enumeration of these conditions shall not be exclusive and the Commissioner shall determine whether unsanitary conditions exist.#

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. 1914, p. 148, § 2; Code 1933, § 42-402; Ga. L. 1956, p. 748, § 6.

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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 374 to 375; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 8eab3bec6887.