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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 26. FOOD, DRUGS, AND COSMETICS · Chapter 2. STANDARDS, LABELING, AND ADULTERATION OF FOOD · Article 7. MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS

26-2-233. Promulgation and amendment of rules and regulations by Commissioner.

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  1. (a)

    The Commissioner shall have the power to adopt, amend, and repeal rules and regulations to implement and enforce this article; provided, however, that all rules and regulations shall be of uniform application; and provided, further, that all rules and regulations shall be adopted, amended, or repealed in accordance with Chapter 13 of Title 50, the “Georgia Administrative Procedure Act.” The rules and regulations shall include, but not be limited to, the following:#

    1. (1)

      Rules and regulations to provide for the labeling of milk and milk products in such manner so as to indicate that the milk or milk product complies with this article and the rules and regulations promulgated under this article;#

    2. (2)

      Rules and regulations to prescribe the specifications of all glassware, including, but not limited to, bottles, pipettes, test tubes, and burrettes, and such other instruments as may be used in the testing of milk, cream, or other dairy products; and#

    3. (3)

      Rules and regulations to prescribe the specifications for the installation and operation of recording thermometers on bulk farm tanks.#

  2. (b)

    The Commissioner may include as a part of such rules and regulations the adoption of supplements to and changes in the “Grade A Pasteurized Milk Ordinance” referred to in Code Section 26-2-238.#

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. 1929, p. 280, § 19; Code 1933, § 42-501; Ga. L. 1935, p. 167, § 2; Ga. L. 1961, p. 501, § 14; Ga. L. 1980, p. 981, § 5; Ga. L. 1983, p. 737, § 1; Ga. L. 1985, p. 149, § 26.

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