TITLE 2 AGRICULTURE

Section 10. Marketing Facilities, Organizations, and Programs, 2-10-1 through 2-10-140.

ARTICLE 2 FARMERS' MARKETS

2-10-56. Promulgation of rules and regulations by Commissioner.

The Commissioner is authorized to promulgate such rules and regulations as in his judgment may be necessary to conduct and operate farmers' markets properly and to implement this article. Such rules and regulations may include, but are not limited to, rules and regulations to:

1. Establish procedures for the operation of farmers' markets;
2. Provide for the maintenance of safety and order;
3. Provide for health and sanitation;
4. Establish grades and classes of agricultural products;
5. Designate places on any market where agricultural products may be sold;
6. Regulate or prohibit the sale of produce which is below specified grades or produce unfit for human consumption; and
7. Regulate or prohibit the sale of any agricultural product which is below specified grades or unfit for human consumption.

(Ga. L. 1917, p. 77, § 4; Code 1933, § 5-205; Ga. L. 1935, p. 369, § 6; Ga. L. 1959, p. 242, § 3; Ga. L. 1976, p. 678, § 3; Ga. L. 1981, p. 1354, § 8.)