Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 8-16-17 (2026)
Standards for Containers of Farm Products - Adoption of Federal Standards.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
The State Board of Agriculture and Industries is authorized to fix and promulgate as the official standards for this state, for any container for any agricultural product, the standard for such product which may have been promulgated or announced therefor under the authority of the Congress of the United States. In carrying out the provisions of this section the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries is authorized to cooperate with the United States government, or any department thereof, in accomplishing the matters and things referred to in this section.
(Ag. Code 1927, §258; Code 1940, T. 2, §615.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 1989–2005 · leading case: Banton v. Hackney, 557 So. 2d 807 (Ala. 1989).
Banton v. Hackney, 557 So. 2d 807 (Ala. 1989). “"In a separate count, Hackney has also charged Banton and Long with violations of the Alabama Blue Sky Laws (§ 8-16-17, et seq., Alabama Code 1975). In this count, Hackney has alleged that in connection with the offer and sale of shares of the capital stock of Banton, Inc.”
Bozeman v. Lucent Tech., Inc., 378 F. Supp. 2d 1348 (M.D. Ala. 2005). “# 1) bringing claims for violations of section 10(b) of the Exchange Act and Rule 10b-5 (Count I), violations of § 8-16-17 and § -8-6-19 of the Alabama Securities Act (Count II), and common law fraud (Count III).”
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