O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 26-2-133 (2019)

Identification of carcasses, meat, or meat food products not intended for human use

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No person, firm, or corporation shall buy, sell, transport, offer for sale or transportation, or receive for transportation any animal, carcasses, or parts thereof, meat, or meat food products of any such animals, which are not intended for use as human food unless they are denatured or otherwise identified as required by the regulations of the Commissioner or are naturally inedible by humans.

History

Ga. L. 1969, p. 1028, § 16.

Annotations

RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. 35A Am. Jur. 2d, Food, § 31.

C.J.S. 36A C.J.S., Food, § 24.

ARTICLE 4 ADVERTISEMENT AND SALE OF MEAT GENERALLY Cross references. Authority of Commissioner of Agriculture to impose penalty in lieu of other action, § 2-2-10. False advertising generally, § 10-1-420 et seq. Administrative rules and regulations. Additional Regulations Applicable to

the Sale of Meat by Weight and Food Service Contracts, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, Georgia Department of Agriculture, Food Division Regulations, Rule 407-11-.01 et seq.