---
title: O.C.G.A. § 4-4-47. Funding of inspection system for slaughtering establishments unable to qualify for federal inspection; adoption of grading standards for use in inspections of such establishments.
collection: code
id: 4-4-47
cite_as: O.C.G.A. § 4-4-47 (2025)
canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/4-4-47
md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/4-4-47.md
text_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/4-4-47/text
source_url: https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/document/docs/default-source/joint-features-document-library/t4-6-(v4)-2013-pdf.pdf?sfvrsn=8c0a1199_0#page=36
date: 2025
status: active
corpus_version: 2025-supplement-89aa39ab3c68
license: CC0-1.0
publisher: Georgia Commons, an independent project of Georgia Civic Data. Not the State of Georgia. Not legal advice.
up: https://georgiacommons.org/code/4-4.md
previous: https://georgiacommons.org/code/4-4-46.md
next: https://georgiacommons.org/code/4-4-48.md
index: https://georgiacommons.org/code/index.md
version: the only printed version
in_force: true
current_through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly
heading_path: ANIMALS / PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF DISEASE IN LIVESTOCK / CONTROL OF INFECTIOUS OR CONTAGIOUS DISEASES IN LIVESTOCK / RENDERING AND DISPOSAL PLANTS
---

# O.C.G.A. § 4-4-47. Funding of inspection system for slaughtering establishments unable to qualify for federal inspection; adoption of grading standards for use in inspections of such establishments.

The Governor is authorized to make available to the department the funds necessary to provide an inspection system for those slaughtering establishments in this state which are unable to qualify for federal inspection. The department is authorized to adopt appropriate grading standards to be used in the inspection of such establishments so as to indicate on each carcass inspected the grade and quality thereof.

## History

Ga. L. 1959, p. 191; Code 1981, § 4-4-46; Code 1981, § 4-4-47, as redesignated by Ga. L. 1989, p. 1414, § 1.