Georgia Commons

Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 26. FOOD, DRUGS, AND COSMETICS · Chapter 2. STANDARDS, LABELING, AND ADULTERATION OF FOOD · Article 8. EGGS

26-2-271. “Withhold From Sale Orders”; cost of inspection and release.

Active

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

  1. (a)

    Inspectors or sanitarians of the Department of Agriculture, upon determining that this article or the rules and regulations promulgated for its enforcement are being violated, may put “Withhold From Sale Orders” on all eggs being sold or offered for sale in violation of this article or the regulations thereof and shall report the circumstances to the Commissioner of Agriculture for his action.#

  2. (b)

    Eggs upon which “Withhold From Sale Orders” have been issued shall not be sold or otherwise disposed of until such “Withhold From Sale Orders” have been canceled by the Commissioner or his duly authorized agents. The cost of the inspection and release shall be paid by the offender.#

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. 1937, p. 639, § 3; Code 1981, § 26-2-272; Code 1981, § 26-2-271, as redesignated by Ga. L. 1991, p. 1115, § 1.

Read the official page (the state's PDF, opened at the page this text was read from).

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, page 406; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 8eab3bec6887.

Ask about this section

The answer is drawn from this section and, when they fit, the other sections of its chapter. It quotes the text and names the section for each claim. Not legal advice.

Answers come from this document. Not legal advice.

O.C.G.A. § 26-2-271. “Withhold From Sale Orders”; cost of inspection and release. | Georgia Commons