TITLE 26 FOOD, DRUGS, AND COSMETICS

Section 2. Standards, Labeling, and Adulteration of Food, 26-2-1 through 26-2-441.

ARTICLE 5 ANIMALS SUSPECTED OF BEARING ANY RESIDUE CAUSING CONTAMINATED MEAT

26-2-184. Animals, poultry, or products thereof suspected of bearing substance causing contamination - Destruction; compliance with federal tolerances.

If animals, poultry, or animal and poultry products quarantined or detained contain such contaminating residue that remains in excess of a safe level for human consumption, the Commissioner is authorized to order the animals, poultry, or animal and poultry products to be destroyed in a manner prescribed for the particular contaminating residue. Tolerances established by the United States Food and Drug Administration shall be complied with in enforcing this and other Code sections of this article.

(Ga. L. 1976, p. 335, § 4.)