O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 26-2-274 (2019)

Penalty; duty of prosecuting attorneys to prosecute violations

✓ 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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Any person, firm, or corporation who violates any provisions of this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. It shall be the duty of the prosecuting attorney of the appropriate court to prosecute all persons charged with the violation of this article as soon as the evidence has been transmitted to them by the Commissioner of Agriculture.

History

Ga. L. 1935, p. 364, § 12; Ga. L. 1991, p. 1115, § 1.

Annotations

RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. 35A Am. Jur. 2d, Food, § 54 et seq. C.J.S. 36A C.J.S., Food, § 59 et seq. 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.

ARTICLE 9 GRAINS AND BREAD Cross references. Regulation of business of grain dealers, § 2-9-30 et seq.