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

O.C.G.A. § 26-2-2 (2019)

Meat, fish, and poultry to be sold by net weight; exceptions; penalty

✓ 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) 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.

(b) Any person who violates this Code section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

History

Ga. L. 1956, p. 75, §§ 1, 2.

Annotations

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., 37.

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.

Products Liability: Necessity and Admissibility of Expert or Opinion Evidence as to Causation of Injury to User of Food Products and Equipment, 52 A.L.R.7th 4.