Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 26. FOOD, DRUGS, AND COSMETICS · Chapter 2. STANDARDS, LABELING, AND ADULTERATION OF FOOD · Article 17. COOPERATION IN IMPLEMENTATION OF FEDERAL FOOD SAFETY MODERNIZATION

26-2-441. Designation of cooperating agency.

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

(a)
The department, acting by and through its Commissioner, is designated as the state agency responsible for cooperating with the administration under the provisions of the federal act.#
(b)
In furtherance of its responsibilities under subsection (a) of this Code section, the department may:#
1. (1)
  Conduct inspections and take other regulatory actions as necessary to assist the administration in enforcement of the federal act; and#
2. (2)
  Enter into cooperative agreements with the administration to carry out the provisions of the federal act.#

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

Code 1981, § 26-2-441, enacted by Ga. L. 2017, p. 215, § 1/HB 176; Ga. L. 2023, p. 730, § 4(b)(7)/HB 475, effective July 1, 2023. The 2023 amendment, effective July 1, 2023, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, revised language in subsection (a).

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