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2018 Georgia Code 26-2-2 | Car Wreck Lawyer

Link to State of Georgia Official Statute 2018 Georgia Code Annotated (sourced from legal.resource.org)
O.C.G.A. 26-2-2 Case Law from Google Scholar Amendments to OCGA 26-2-2

TITLE 26 FOOD, DRUGS, AND COSMETICS

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

ARTICLE 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS

26-2-2. Meat, fish, and poultry to be sold by net weight; exceptions; penalty.

  1. All meat, meat products, fish, and poultry offered or exposed for sale or sold commercially shall be sold by net weight only except when sold for immediate consumption on the premises or when sold as a cooked food but not in a package or when sold for breeding purposes or when sold as pets or for other purposes than for human or animal consumption.
  2. Any person who violates this Code section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

(Ga. L. 1956, p. 75, §§ 1, 2.)

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 35A Am. Jur. 2d, Food, § 31 et seq.

C.J.S.

- 36A C.J.S., Food, §§ 19, 21 et seq., 40.

ALR.

- Penal offense predicated upon violation of food law as affected by ignorance or mistake of fact, lack of criminal intent, or presence of good faith, 152 A.L.R. 755.

Cases Citing O.C.G.A. § 26-2-2

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Shiels v. Stark, 14 Ga. 429 (Ga. 1854).

Cited 19 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Jan 15, 1854

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New Winder Lumber Co. v. Guest, 182 Ga. 859 (Ga. 1936).

Cited 8 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Jul 3, 1936 | 187 S.E. 63