Official Code of Georgia Annotated
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.
Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.
- (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.#
- (b)
Conditions other than sanitary shall be deemed to exist where any or all of the following conditions exist:#
- (1)
Premises, buildings, handling or storage space, or equipment, in a state of decay;#
- (2)
Floors and side walls or other parts of any space of building covered or coated with decaying matter;#
- (3)
Sufficient insect screens not provided or maintained;#
- (4)
Insufficient drainage;#
- (5)
Inadequate supply of pure water;#
- (6)
Inadequate supply of hot water;#
- (7)
Any animal or fowl held on the premises in unsanitary lots, pens, or cages or fed uncooked animal offal; or#
- (8)
Where putrid odors exist.#
- (c)
The enumeration of these conditions shall not be exclusive and the Commissioner shall determine whether unsanitary conditions exist.#
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.