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GA Code § 26-2-88 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 26 - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics|Chapter 2 - Standards, Labeling, and Adulteration of Food|Article 3 - Meat Inspection|Part 2 - Enforcement of Article|§ 26-2-88. Penalties for Fraud or Distribution of Adulterated Articles; Penalties for Slaughter or Distribution of Diseased or Cancerous Animals

  Any person, firm, or corporation who violates this article with intent to defraud or who distributes or attempts to distribute an article that is adulterated, except as defined in subparagraph (H) of paragraph (1) of Code Section 26-2-62, shall be subject to imprisonment for not more than three years or a fine of not more than $10,000.00, or both, provided that no person, firm, or corporation shall be subject to penalties under this subsection for receiving for transportation any article or animal in violation of this article if such receipt was made in good faith, unless such person, firm, or corporation refuses to furnish, on request of a representative of the Commissioner, the name and address of the person from whom he received such article or animal and copies of all documents, if there are any, pertaining to the delivery of the article or animal to him.   Any person who unlawfully slaughters any diseased or cancerous animal for purposes of selling any part of the carcass for human consumption or who knowingly distributes or attempts to distribute any part of such a carcass for human consumption shall be guilty of a felony and punished by imprisonment for not less than three years or more than ten years or by a fine of not less than $10,000.00 or more than $50,000.00, or both.   Any person who violates any of the provisions of this article for which a penalty is not otherwise prescribed in this article or who violates any rule or regulation promulgated under this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.    (Ga. L. 1969, p. 1028, §§ 25, 29; Ga. L. 1982, p. 980, §§ 1, 2; Ga. L. 1985, p. 149, § 26; Ga. L. 1986, p. 10, § 26.)   Cross references.   - Disposal of dead animals, T. 4, C. 5.    Animals suspected of bearing residue causing contaminated meat, § 26-2-180 et seq.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 35A Am. Jur. 2d, Food, § 59 et seq.   C.J.S.   - 36A C.J.S., Food, § 52 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.   Recovery for loss of business resulting from resale of unwholesome food or beverages furnished by another, 17 A.L.R.2d 1379.
GA Code § 26-2-100 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 26 - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics|Chapter 2 - Standards, Labeling, and Adulteration of Food|Article 3 - Meat Inspection|Part 3 - Inspection of Animals, Carcasses, Meat, and Meat Food Products; Adulteration and Misbranding|§ 26-2-100. Duties of Inspectors

 The Commissioner shall appoint, from time to time, inspectors to make examination and inspection of all cattle, sheep, swine, nontraditional livestock, rabbits, goats, horses, mules, and other equines, the inspection of which is provided for, and of all carcasses and parts thereof, and of all meats and meat food products thereof, and of the sanitary conditions of all establishments in which such meat and meat food products are prepared. Said inspectors shall refuse to stamp, mark, tag, or label any carcass or any part thereof, or meat food product therefrom, prepared in any establishment described in this chapter until the same shall have actually been inspected and found to be not adulterated. Said inspectors shall perform such other duties as are provided by this article and by the rules and regulations to be promulgated by the Commissioner.   (Ga. L. 1969, p. 1028, § 13; Ga. L. 1974, p. 453, § 1; Ga. L. 1995, p. 244, § 15; Ga. L. 1996, p. 1219, § 4; Ga. L. 2008, p. 458, § 11/SB 364.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 4 Am. Jur. 2d, Animals, § 36. 35A Am. Jur. 2d, Food, §§ 7, 12, 42.   C.J.S.   - 3A C.J.S., Animals, § 69. 36A C.J.S., Food, §§ 14, 19, 20.
GA Code § 26-2-100.1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 26 - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics|Chapter 2 - Standards, Labeling, and Adulteration of Food|Article 3 - Meat Inspection|Part 3 - Inspection of Animals, Carcasses, Meat, and Meat Food Products; Adulteration and Misbranding|§ 26-2-100.1. Examinations and Inspections of Nontraditional Livestock Carcasses, Meats, and Meat Food Products

 All examinations and inspections of nontraditional livestock carcasses and parts thereof, of nontraditional livestock meats and meat food products thereof, of sanitary conditions of all establishments in which nontraditional livestock meat and meat food products are prepared, and any other examination or inspection of nontraditional livestock and products thereof under or pursuant to this article shall be conducted by and through a voluntary inspection program with all costs thereof paid by the establishment slaughtering the nontraditional livestock or preparing such meat or meat food product, at rates established by the Commissioner.    (Code 1981, §26-2-100.1, enacted by Ga. L. 1995, p. 244, § 16; Ga. L. 1996, p. 1219, § 5; Ga. L. 2008, p. 458, § 12/SB 364.)
GA Code § 26-2-101 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 26 - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics|Chapter 2 - Standards, Labeling, and Adulteration of Food|Article 3 - Meat Inspection|Part 3 - Inspection of Animals, Carcasses, Meat, and Meat Food Products; Adulteration and Misbranding|§ 26-2-101. Inspections and Examinations; Administration in Conjunction With Article 2 of This Chapter

 All inspections and examinations made under this article shall be such and made in such manner as described in the rules and regulations promulgated by the Commissioner, if not inconsistent with this article. This article may be administered in conjunction with the administration of Article 2 of this chapter.   (Ga. L. 1969, p. 1028, § 13; Ga. L. 2003, p. 140, § 26.)
GA Code § 26-2-103 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 26 - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics|Chapter 2 - Standards, Labeling, and Adulteration of Food|Article 3 - Meat Inspection|Part 3 - Inspection of Animals, Carcasses, Meat, and Meat Food Products; Adulteration and Misbranding|§ 26-2-103. Post-Mortem Inspection and Marking of Carcasses and Parts; Disposition of Condemned Carcasses and Parts; Reinspection; Removal of Inspectors

  The Commissioner shall cause to be made, by inspectors appointed for that purpose, a post-mortem examination and inspection of the carcasses and parts thereof of all cattle, sheep, swine, nontraditional livestock, rabbits, goats, horses, mules, and other equines, capable of use as human food, to be prepared at any slaughtering, meat-canning, salting, packing, rendering, or similar establishment in this state in which such articles are prepared for commerce.   The carcasses and parts thereof of all such animals found to be not adulterated shall be marked, stamped, tagged, or labeled as "Inspected and Passed"; and said inspectors shall label, mark, stamp, or tag as "Inspected and Condemned," all carcasses and parts thereof of animals found to be adulterated; and all carcasses and parts thereof thus inspected and condemned shall be made unfit for human consumption by such establishment in the presence of an inspector; and the Commissioner may remove inspectors from any establishment which fails so to destroy any such condemned carcass or part thereof.   Inspectors, after the first inspection, shall, when they deem it necessary, reinspect said carcasses or parts thereof to determine whether since the first inspection the same have become adulterated. If any carcass or any part thereof shall, upon examination and inspection subsequent to the first examination and inspection, be found to be adulterated, it shall be made unfit for human consumption by such establishment in the presence of an inspector. The Commissioner may remove inspectors from any establishment which fails to destroy any such condemned carcass or part thereof.    (Ga. L. 1969, p. 1028, § 4; Ga. L. 1974, p. 453, § 1; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 26; Ga. L. 1995, p. 244, § 18; Ga. L. 1996, p. 1219, § 7; Ga. L. 2008, p. 458, § 14/SB 364.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 4 Am. Jur. 2d, Animals, §§ 36, 38. 35A Am. Jur. 2d, Food, §§ 12, 31, 60.   C.J.S.   - 3A C.J.S., Animals, § 232. 36A C.J.S., Food, § 14.
GA Code § 26-2-104 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 26 - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics|Chapter 2 - Standards, Labeling, and Adulteration of Food|Article 3 - Meat Inspection|Part 3 - Inspection of Animals, Carcasses, Meat, and Meat Food Products; Adulteration and Misbranding|§ 26-2-104. Inspection of Carcasses, Parts, Meat, and Meat Products Brought Into or Returned to Slaughtering or Packing Establishments; Limitations on Entry of Carcasses, Parts, Meat, and Meat Products

  Code Sections 26-2-102 and 26-2-103 shall apply to all carcasses or parts of carcasses of cattle, sheep, swine, nontraditional livestock, rabbits, goats, horses, mules, and other equines, or the meat or meat products thereof, capable of use as human food, which may be brought into any slaughtering, meat-canning, salting, packing, rendering, or similar establishment where inspection under this part is maintained; and such examination and inspection shall be had before the carcasses or parts thereof shall be allowed to enter into any department wherein the same are to be treated and prepared for meat food products.   Code Sections 26-2-102 and 26-2-103 shall also apply to all such products which, after having been issued from any such slaughtering, meat-canning, salting, packing, rendering, or similar establishment, shall be returned to the same or to any similar establishment where such inspection is maintained.   The Commissioner may limit the entry of carcasses, parts of carcasses, meat, and meat food products, and other materials into any establishment at which inspection under this part is maintained, under such conditions as he may prescribe, to assure that allowing the entry of such articles into such inspected establishments will be consistent with the purposes of this article.    (Ga. L. 1969, p. 1028, § 5; Ga. L. 1974, p. 453, § 1; Ga. L. 1995, p. 244, § 19; Ga. L. 1996, p. 1219, § 8; Ga. L. 2008, p. 458, § 15/SB 364.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 4 Am. Jur. 2d, Animals, §§ 36, 38. 35A Am. Jur. 2d, Food, §§ 12, 31, 60.   C.J.S.   - 3B C.J.S., Animals, § 233. 36A C.J.S., Food, § 12.
GA Code § 26-2-105 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 26 - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics|Chapter 2 - Standards, Labeling, and Adulteration of Food|Article 3 - Meat Inspection|Part 3 - Inspection of Animals, Carcasses, Meat, and Meat Food Products; Adulteration and Misbranding|§ 26-2-105. Inspection of Meat Food Products Where Prepared; Inspection Markings; Disposition of Condemned Meat Food Products; Removal of Inspectors

  The Commissioner shall cause to be made, by inspectors appointed for that purpose, an examination and inspection of all meat food products prepared in any slaughtering, meat-canning, salting, packing, rendering, or similar establishment where such articles are prepared for commerce.   For the purpose of any examination and inspection, said inspectors shall have access at all times, by day or night, whether the establishment be operated or not, to every part of said establishment.   The inspectors shall mark, stamp, tag, or label as "Inspected and Passed" all such products found to be not adulterated; and said inspectors shall label, mark, stamp, or tag as "Inspected and Condemned" all such products found adulterated; and all such condemned meat food products shall be made unfit for human consumption, as provided for in Code Section 26-2-103. The Commissioner may remove inspectors from any establishment which fails to destroy such condemned meat food products.    (Ga. L. 1969, p. 1028, § 6.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 4 Am. Jur. 2d, Animals, §§ 36, 38. 35A Am. Jur. 2d, Food, §§ 12, 31, 60.   C.J.S.   - 3B C.J.S., Animals, § 233. 36A C.J.S., Food, § 17.
GA Code § 26-2-106 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 26 - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics|Chapter 2 - Standards, Labeling, and Adulteration of Food|Article 3 - Meat Inspection|Part 3 - Inspection of Animals, Carcasses, Meat, and Meat Food Products; Adulteration and Misbranding|§ 26-2-106. Inspection of Meat and Meat Food Products in Retail and Other Food Service Establishments; Disposition of Condemned Meat; Sale or Display of Noninspected Meat or Meat Food Products

  The Commissioner shall periodically require meat inspectors to inspect meat and meat products located within or held for sale or consumption in retail establishments and other food service establishments for the purpose of ascertaining whether the same has been inspected by a federal or state meat inspector. Any meat or meat product which does not appear to have been inspected previously by a federal or state meat inspector shall be labeled as unfit for sale and shall not be sold. Any meat found to be adulterated shall be made unfit for human consumption, as provided for in Code Section 26-2-103. For the purpose of any examination and inspection said inspectors shall have access to every part of said establishment during normal hours of operation or at such other times when meat processing operations are being conducted. Said inspectors shall be accompanied by the owner or his authorized agent.   It shall be unlawful for any retail establishment and other food service establishments to sell or display for sale any meat or meat food products which shall have been found by said inspectors to be adulterated or which have not been inspected by a federal or state meat inspector.    (Ga. L. 1971, p. 56, § 2; Ga. L. 2016, p. 426, § 3/HB 815.)    The 2016 amendment,  effective July 1, 2016, deleted former subsection (c), which read: "It shall be the responsibility of the consumer protection division field force sanitarian to supervise and enforce this Code section."   Cross references.   - Promulgation of rules and regulations regarding sanitation standards for food service establishments, § 26-2-373.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 35A Am. Jur. 2d, Food, §§ 13, 33.   C.J.S.   - 36A C.J.S., Food, § 19.   ALR.    - Validity, construction, and application of statutes or ordinances relating to inspection of food sold at retail, 127 A.L.R. 322.
GA Code § 26-2-108 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 26 - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics|Chapter 2 - Standards, Labeling, and Adulteration of Food|Article 3 - Meat Inspection|Part 3 - Inspection of Animals, Carcasses, Meat, and Meat Food Products; Adulteration and Misbranding|§ 26-2-108. Sanitary Inspections of Slaughter and Packing Establishments; Sanitation Regulations; Labeling Adulterated Meat and Meat Food Products

 The Commissioner shall cause to be made, by experts in sanitation or by other competent inspectors, such inspection as may be necessary to inform himself or herself about the sanitary conditions of all slaughtering, meat-canning, salting, packing, rendering, or similar establishments in which cattle, sheep, swine, nontraditional livestock, rabbits, goats, horses, mules, and other equines are slaughtered and the meat and meat food products thereof are prepared for commerce. The Commissioner shall prescribe the rules and regulations of sanitation under which such establishments shall be maintained; and, where the sanitary conditions of any such establishment are such that the meat or meat food products are rendered adulterated, the Commissioner shall refuse to allow the meat or meat food products to be labeled, marked, stamped, or tagged as "Inspected and Passed."   (Ga. L. 1969, p. 1028, § 8; Ga. L. 1974, p. 453, § 1; Ga. L. 1995, p. 244, § 20; Ga. L. 1996, p. 1219, § 9; Ga. L. 2008, p. 458, § 16/SB 364.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 4 Am. Jur. 2d, Animals, § 36. 35A Am. Jur. 2d, Food, §§ 7, 12, 31.   C.J.S.   - 3B C.J.S., Animals, § 233. 36A C.J.S., Food, §§ 17, 41.
GA Code § 26-2-109 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 26 - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics|Chapter 2 - Standards, Labeling, and Adulteration of Food|Article 3 - Meat Inspection|Part 3 - Inspection of Animals, Carcasses, Meat, and Meat Food Products; Adulteration and Misbranding|§ 26-2-109. Inspection of Animals and Food Products Thereof Slaughtered and Prepared at Nighttime

 The Commissioner shall cause an examination and inspection of all cattle, sheep, swine, nontraditional livestock, rabbits, goats, horses, mules, and other equines, and the food products thereof, slaughtered and prepared in the establishments described in this part. Such inspection shall be made during the nighttime as well as during the daytime, when the slaughtering of said cattle, sheep, swine, nontraditional livestock, rabbits, goats, horses, mules, and other equines or the preparation of said food products is conducted during the nighttime.   (Ga. L. 1969, p. 1028, § 9; Ga. L. 1974, p. 453, § 1; Ga. L. 1995, p. 244, § 21; Ga. L. 1996, p. 1219, § 10; Ga. L. 2008, p. 458, § 17/SB 364.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 4 Am. Jur. 2d, Animals, § 36. 35A Am. Jur. 2d, Food, §§ 12, 31.   C.J.S.   - 3B C.J.S., Animals, § 233. 36A C.J.S., Food, § 17.
GA Code § 26-2-110 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 26 - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics|Chapter 2 - Standards, Labeling, and Adulteration of Food|Article 3 - Meat Inspection|Part 3 - Inspection of Animals, Carcasses, Meat, and Meat Food Products; Adulteration and Misbranding|§ 26-2-110. Slaughter, Preparation, Sale, or Transportation of Animals, Meat, or Meat Food Products Generally

 No person, firm, or corporation shall, with respect to any cattle, sheep, swine, nontraditional livestock, rabbits, goats, horses, mules, or other equines, or any carcasses, parts of carcasses, meat, or meat food products of any such animals:    Slaughter any such animals or prepare any such articles which are capable of use as human food, at any establishment preparing such articles for commerce except in compliance with this article;   Slaughter or handle in connection with such slaughter any such animals in any manner not declared to be humane under Code Section 26-2-110.1;   Sell, transport, offer for sale or transportation, or receive for transportation, in commerce:   Any such articles which:   Are capable of use as human food; and   Are adulterated or misbranded at the time of such sale, transportation, offer for sale or transportation, or receipt for transportation; or     Any articles required to be inspected under this part unless they have been so inspected and passed; or     With respect to any such articles which are capable of use as human food, do any act while they are being transported in commerce or held for sale after such transportation which is intended to cause or has the effect of causing such articles to be adulterated or misbranded.    (Ga. L. 1969, p. 1028, § 10; Ga. L. 1974, p. 453, § 1; Ga. L. 1981, p. 657, § 2; Ga. L. 1995, p. 244, § 22; Ga. L. 1996, p. 1219, § 11; Ga. L. 2008, p. 458, § 18/SB 364.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   C.J.S.   - 36A C.J.S., Food, § 21 et seq.
GA Code § 26-2-110.1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 26 - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics|Chapter 2 - Standards, Labeling, and Adulteration of Food|Article 3 - Meat Inspection|Part 3 - Inspection of Animals, Carcasses, Meat, and Meat Food Products; Adulteration and Misbranding|§ 26-2-110.1. Approved Methods for Handling and Slaughtering of Animals; Designation by Commissioner of Methods of Handling and Slaughtering

  For purposes of this article, the following methods of slaughtering and handling are declared to be humane:   In the case of cattle, calves, horses, mules, sheep, swine, nontraditional livestock, rabbits, and other livestock, all animals are to be rendered insensible to pain by a single blow or gunshot or by an electrical, chemical, or other means which is rapid and effective before being shackled, hoisted, thrown, cast, or cut; or   By slaughtering and handling in connection with such slaughtering in accordance with the ritual requirements of the Jewish faith or any other religious faith that prescribes a method of slaughter whereby the animal suffers loss of consciousness by anemia of the brain caused by the simultaneous and instantaneous severance of the carotid arteries with a sharp instrument.     In addition to the methods prescribed in subsection (a) of this Code section, the Commissioner may designate as humane any methods of slaughtering and handling which have been so designated by the United States secretary of agriculture on or before April 7, 1981, pursuant to United States Code Section 7-1904. The Commissioner is further authorized to designate as humane other methods of slaughtering and handling which have been demonstrated by research, investigation, and experimentation to be humane with reference to the speed and scope of slaughtering operations and with reference to other existing methods and then current scientific knowledge.    (Ga. L. 1981, p. 657, § 3; Ga. L. 1995, p. 244, § 23; Ga. L. 1996, p. 1219, § 12; Ga. L. 2008, p. 458, § 19/SB 364.)
GA Code § 26-2-111 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 26 - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics|Chapter 2 - Standards, Labeling, and Adulteration of Food|Article 3 - Meat Inspection|Part 3 - Inspection of Animals, Carcasses, Meat, and Meat Food Products; Adulteration and Misbranding|§ 26-2-111. Labeling and Preparation of Carcasses, Meat, and Meat Food Products of Equines

 No person, firm, or corporation shall sell, transport, offer for sale or transportation, or receive for transportation, in commerce, any carcasses of horses, mules, or other equines, or parts of such carcasses, or the meat or meat food products thereof unless they are plainly and conspicuously marked or labeled or otherwise identified as required by regulations promulgated by the Commissioner to show the kinds of animals from which they were derived. When required by the Commissioner with respect to establishments at which inspection is maintained under this part, such animals and their carcasses, parts thereof, meat, and meat food products shall be prepared in establishments separate from those in which cattle, sheep, swine, rabbits, or goats are slaughtered or their carcasses, parts thereof, meats, or meat food products are prepared.   (Ga. L. 1969, p. 1028, § 12; Ga. L. 1974, p. 453, § 1.)   Cross references.   - For further provisions regarding sale of horse meat, § 26-2-157 et seq.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   C.J.S.   - 36A C.J.S., Food, § 21 et seq.   ALR.    - Constitutionality of statutes, requiring notice by label or otherwise of the fact that product is imported or as to place of production, 124 A.L.R. 572.
GA Code § 26-2-113 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 26 - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics|Chapter 2 - Standards, Labeling, and Adulteration of Food|Article 3 - Meat Inspection|Part 3 - Inspection of Animals, Carcasses, Meat, and Meat Food Products; Adulteration and Misbranding|§ 26-2-113. Storage and Handling Regulations for Carcasses, Meat, and Meat Food Products

 The Commissioner may by regulations prescribe conditions under which carcasses, parts of carcasses, meat, and meat food products of cattle, sheep, swine, nontraditional livestock, rabbits, goats, horses, mules, or other equines, capable of use as human food, shall be stored or otherwise handled by any person, firm, or corporation engaged in the business of buying, selling, freezing, storing, or transporting such articles whenever the Commissioner deems such action necessary to assure that such articles will not be adulterated or misbranded when delivered to the consumer.   (Ga. L. 1969, p. 1028, § 15; Ga. L. 1974, p. 453, § 1; Ga. L. 1995, p. 244, § 25; Ga. L. 1996, p. 1219, § 14; Ga. L. 2008, p. 458, § 21/SB 364.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 35A Am. Jur. 2d, Food, §§ 14, 15, 31.   C.J.S.   - 36A C.J.S., Food, §§ 4, 21 et seq.