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title: O.C.G.A. § 26-3-22. Other laws unaffected by chapter.
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# O.C.G.A. § 26-3-22. Other laws unaffected by chapter.

(a) This chapter shall be cumulative and supplemental to any and all existing laws relating to the subject matter of drugs. Specifically, nothing contained in this chapter shall be so construed as to relieve any person, firm, or corporation from complying with any requirements as prescribed by Chapter 4 of this title, Article 3 of Chapter 13 of Title 16, the “Dangerous Drug Act,” Article 2 of Chapter 13 of Title 16, the “Georgia Controlled Substances Act,” or Title 21 C.F.R. 210, the federal “current good manufacturing practices in manufacturing, processing, packing, or holding of drugs: general”; provided, however, that drug analysis equipment used to determine whether a controlled substance or its packaging has been adulterated shall not be considered a drug related object as defined by Article 2 of Chapter 13 of Title 16.

(b) Nothing contained in this chapter shall amend, alter, supersede, or replace the laws of this state relative to feed, food, animal remedies, hog cholera serum or virus, drugs permitted to be added to feeds, bottling supplies, nor the duty and authority of the Commissioner of Agriculture.

## History

Code 1933, § 79A-1018, enacted by Ga. L. 1967, p. 296, § 1; Ga. L. 1986, p. 1555, § 8; Ga. L. 1999, p. 81, § 26; Ga. L. 2022, p. 809, § 8/HB 1175; Ga. L. 2023, p. 730, § 4(b)(14)/HB 475, effective July 1, 2023; Ga. L. 2025, p. 474, § 1/SB 6, effective July 1, 2025.

## Amendments

The 2025 amendment, effective July 1, 2025, substituted “drug analysis” for “any testing”, inserted “or its packaging” following “a controlled substance”, and deleted “and contains a synthetic opioid” following “been adulterated” in subsection (a).