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title: O.C.G.A. § 26-2-316. Suitable equipment and sanitation for wholesale fish dealers.
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# O.C.G.A. § 26-2-316. Suitable equipment and sanitation for wholesale fish dealers.

The Commissioner of Agriculture is authorized to require each wholesale fish dealer having a fixed place of business to provide suitable equipment and sanitation to handle and care for fish and seafoods in a sanitary manner; and that each wholesale dealer having a fixed place of business shall have in his place of business a refrigerated or insulated box or cooler in which a degree of not higher than 40 degrees temperature shall be maintained and that his place of business shall have proper drainage and sewerage for the care of waste in the proper dressing or processing of fish and seafoods.

## History

Ga. L. 1937-38, Ex. Sess., p. 332, § 8.