O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 26-2-160 (2019)

Sale of dog meat restricted; packaging and label requirements

✓ O.C.G.A. (archive.org 2024 item): print volumes of 2004-2024, per-volume vintage; older volumes partly replaced by 2019 Release 73 text; no 2025 or 2026 Acts
Code text and O.C.G.A. statutory annotations on this page reflect the 2019 Official Code of Georgia Annotated (Public.Resource.Org Release 73, 2019-08-21; public domain per Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). The Syfert case-law annotations in Notes of Decisions, below, are current.
Find cases: SyfertCases citing this section GA-LEGlegis.ga.gov (official) JustiaJustia CornellLII Search CasesGoogle Scholar

It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to distribute or offer for sale for human consumption any dog meat in the State of Georgia; and all dog meat sold in this state for any purpose, other than human consumption, shall be sold in packages only. The packages shall carry a label showing the contents, for what use it is intended, and stating that said contents are “NOT FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION.” The words “not for human consumption” shall be in conspicuous type.

History

Ga. L. 1943, p. 475, § 1.

Annotations

RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. 35A Am. Jur. 2d, Food, § 31. C.J.S. 36A C.J.S., Food, §§ 24, 38 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. Validity, construction, and application of statutes or ordinances relating to inspection of food sold at retail, 127 A.L.R. 322.