O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 26-2-111 (2019)

Labeling and preparation of carcasses, meat, and meat food products of equines

✓ O.C.G.A.: 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)
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No person, firm, or corporation shall sell, transport, offer for sale or transportation, or receive for transportation, in commerce, any carcasses of horses, mules, or other equines, or parts of such carcasses, or the meat or meat food products thereof unless they are plainly and conspicuously marked or labeled or otherwise identified as required by regulations promulgated by the Commissioner to show the kinds of animals from which they were derived. When required by the Commissioner with respect to establishments at which inspection is maintained under this part, such animals and their carcasses, parts thereof, meat, and meat food products shall be prepared in establishments separate from those in which cattle, sheep, swine, rabbits, or goats are slaughtered or their carcasses, parts thereof, meats, or meat food products are prepared.

History

Ga. L. 1969, p. 1028, § 12; Ga. L. 1974, p. 453, § 1.

Annotations

Cross references. Sale of horse meat, § 26-2-157 et seq.

RESEARCH REFERENCES C.J.S. 36A C.J.S., Food, § 21 et seq. ALR. Constitutionality of statutes, requiring

notice by label or otherwise of the fact that product is imported or as to place of production, 124 A.L.R. 572.