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

26-2-29. Misleading advertisements; certain practices declared misleading.

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  1. (a)

    An advertisement of a food shall be deemed to be false if it is misleading in any particular.#

  2. (b)

    By way of illustration only and without limiting the scope of subsection (a) of this Code section, the following practices employed in the advertisement of a food are declared to be misleading:#

    1. (1)

      Causing actual confusion or actual misunderstanding as to the source, sponsorship, approval, or certification of food;#

    2. (2)

      Using deceptive representations or designations of geographic origin in connection with food;#

    3. (3)

      Representing that food has sponsorship, approval, characteristics, ingredients, uses, benefits, or quantities that it does not have or that a person has a sponsorship, approval, status, affiliation, or connection that he does not have;#

    4. (4)

      Representing that food is of a particular standard, quality, or grade if it is not; or#

    5. (5)

      Making false or misleading statements concerning the food of another.#

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. 1956, p. 195, § 14; Ga. L. 1989, p. 260, § 1.

Cross references

False advertising generally, § 10-1-420 et seq.

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