Georgia Code, Title 26, Chapter 2, Article 6 - Meat, Poultry, and Dairy Processing Plants

• § 26-2-200 - Definitions
  As used in this article, the term: (1) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Agriculture. (2) "Meat" or "meat products" means the carcass or part...
• § 26-2-201 - Supervision and Control of Sanitary Conditions in Dairies and Meat, Poultry, and Dairy Processing Plants; Designation of Inspectors
  (a) The Commissioner shall have supervision and control over the sanitary conditions of all dairies and meat, poultry, or dairy processing plants in this...
• § 26-2-202 - Promulgation of Rules and Regulations
  (a) The Commissioner is authorized to adopt rules and regulations to carry out this article.(b) The Commissioner shall adopt sanitary standards and specifications that...
• § 26-2-203 - Power of Inspection
  In the performance of his duties, the Commissioner or any of his duly authorized representatives is authorized to enter and inspect, at any reasonable...
• § 26-2-204 - Inspection of Dairy, Meat, or Poultry Plants; Correction of Unsanitary Conditions; Take and Test Samples; Evidentiary Value Thereof
  The Commissioner shall cause to be inspected at such times as he may deem proper each dairy and each meat, poultry, or dairy processing...
• § 26-2-205 - Wholesomeness Inspection of Meat, Poultry, and Dairy Products Offered for Sale; Inspection of Livestock Slaughtered; Marking System for Inspection Purposes; Standards and Specifications; Exception
  The Commissioner is authorized to adopt and maintain an adequate system of wholesomeness inspection as to all meat, poultry, or dairy products offered for...
• § 26-2-206 - Wholesomeness Inspection of Meat, Poultry, or Dairy Processing Plants on Cost Basis or Less
  The Commissioner is authorized to make the wholesomeness inspection provided in Code Section 26-2-205 available to meat, poultry, or dairy processing plants licensed under...
• § 26-2-207 - Dairy Equipment and Premises to Be Maintained in Clean and Sanitary Condition; Supply of Clean, Pure Water; Adequate Drainage
  No person shall operate a dairy within this state unless the equipment and premises shall be maintained in a clean and sanitary condition. Each...
• § 26-2-208 - Sale, Offer for Sale, or Possession of Dairy, Animal, or Poultry Products, Under Other Than Sanitary Conditions; When Conditions Other Than Sanitary Deemed to Exist
  (a) No person, firm, or corporation shall sell, offer for sale, or have in his possession for sale any dairy, animal, or poultry product...
• § 26-2-209 - Permanent License for Meat Processing Plants; Revocation or Suspension; Notice and Hearing
  To assure the protection of the consuming public, no person shall operate a meat processing plant in this state without having first obtained a...
• § 26-2-210 - Permanent License for Poultry Processing Plants; Filing At Place of Business; Transferability; Suspension or Revocation; Notice and Hearing
  To assure the protection of the consuming public, no person shall operate a poultry processing plant in this state without having first obtained a...
• § 26-2-211 - Statistics on Animals and Poultry Slaughtered; Maintenance of Records
  The Commissioner shall maintain a system by which accurate statistics regarding the disposition of all animals or poultry slaughtered for human consumption in this...
• § 26-2-212 - County and Municipal Ordinances Dealing With Meats, Poultry, and Dairy Products
  Nothing in this article shall prevent the governing authority of any county or municipal corporation from adopting ordinances or resolutions providing for the inspection...
• § 26-2-213 - Injunctions
  In addition to the remedies provided in this article and notwithstanding the existence of any remedy at law, the Commissioner is authorized to apply...
• § 26-2-213.1 - Applicability to Individuals and Entities Governed by Federal Acts
  The requirements of this article shall apply to persons, firms, corporations, establishments, animals, and articles regulated under the federal Meat Inspection Act, 21 U.S.C....
• § 26-2-214 - Inspection of Federally Inspected Meat, Poultry, or Dairy Products; Exception for Horse Slaughter Operations
  (a) This article shall in no way be construed to apply or require further inspection of meat, poultry, or dairy products in this state...
• § 26-2-215 - Penalty
  Any person who violates this article or rules and regulations adopted under this article or any sanitary standards or specifications adopted under this article...

Last modified: October 14, 2016