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O.C.G.A. § 26-2-264 — Sales by entities dealing in eggs; exemption of producers from taxation and licensing | Georgia Code

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TITLE 26 FOOD, DRUGS, AND COSMETICS

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

ARTICLE 8 EGGS

26-2-264. Sales by entities dealing in eggs; exemption of producers from taxation and licensing.

It shall be unlawful for any wholesaler, commission merchant, broker, retailer, or dealer of eggs, either by himself or by his agent, to offer for sale in this state any eggs if this article has not been complied with, provided that nothing in this Code section shall be construed to repeal the exemption given the producer in the sale of commodities of his own production from taxation and licensing by existing laws.

(Ga. L. 1935, p. 364, § 6; Ga. L. 1991, p. 1115, § 1.)

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

Eggs sold at retail by producer subject to classification requirements.

- Eggs sold at retail by a producer, including those sold directly to local customers, are subject to the classification requirements. 1970 Op. Att'y Gen. No. U70-98.

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 35A Am. Jur. 2d, Food, §§ 11, 33.

C.J.S.

- 36A C.J.S., Food, § 17.

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