O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 26-2-182 (2019)

Inspection and quarantine of animals, poultry, or products suspected of contamination

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)

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.

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(a) The Commissioner or his duly authorized representative is authorized to inspect and quarantine or detain upon the premises where found any animals, poultry, or animal and poultry products suspected of bearing or containing a residue of any pesticide, insecticide, herbicide, drug, or any substance that would cause the resultant meat or product to be deemed contaminated.

(b) Notice of the quarantine or detention shall be given to the owners or keepers of said animals, poultry, or products and to the owners or operators of the premises where the suspected contaminated matter is found.

History

Ga. L. 1976, p. 335, § 2.

Annotations

Cross references. Quarantine and inspection duties of

Commissioner pertaining to prevention of spread of parasitic livestock diseases, § 44-60 et seq.

RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. 35A Am. Jur. 2d, Food, §§ 3, 7, 11, 19, 49.

C.J.S. 36A C.J.S., Food, §§ 15, 23, 24, 52.