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

O.C.G.A. § 26-2-352 (2019)

Sanitary standards and specifications for the manufacture, bottling, and distribution of soft drinks or soft drink syrup

✓ O.C.G.A. (archive.org 2024 item): print volumes of 2004-2024, per-volume vintage; older volumes partly replaced by 2019 Release 73 text; no 2025 or 2026 Acts
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.
Find cases: SyfertCases citing this section GA-LEGlegis.ga.gov (official) JustiaJustia CornellLII Search CasesGoogle Scholar

The Commissioner is charged with the enforcement of this article and is authorized to adopt sanitary standards and specifications for the manufacture, bottling, and distribution of a bottled soft drink or a soft drink syrup. No person shall manufacture, bottle, or distribute any bottled soft drink or soft drink syrup that has been produced, manufactured, bottled, or distributed under sanitary conditions and specifications that are less than those adopted by the Commissioner; provided, however, that such standards and specifications shall be no less than those adopted pursuant to the food laws of this state.

History

Ga. L. 1956, p. 611, § 3.

Annotations

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL Bottled soft drinks subject to section on misbranding. - Provisions of Ga. L. 1956, p. 195 (see now O.C.G.A.

§ 26-2-28) apply to bottled soft drinks. 1958-59 Ga. Op. Att’y Gen. 7.

RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. 35A Am. Jur. 2d, Food, §§ 7, 34. C.J.S. 36A C.J.S., Food, §§ 4, 36. ALR. Validity of regulations as to ingredients of nonalcoholic soft drinks, 41 A.L.R. 930.

Presumption or prima facie case of negligence based on presence of foreign substance in bottled or canned beverage, 52 A.L.R.2d 117. Liability of manufacturer or seller for injury caused by beverage sold, 77 A.L.R.2d 215.