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GA Code § 26-2-264 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 26 - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics|Chapter 2 - Standards, Labeling, and Adulteration of Food|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.
GA Code § 26-2-265 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 26 - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics|Chapter 2 - Standards, Labeling, and Adulteration of Food|Article 8 - Eggs|§ 26-2-265. Dealer's Invoices of Sales to Be Furnished to Department of Agriculture on Request; Exception for Sales to Consumers

 All dealers, wholesale or retail, shall be required to furnish to the Department of Agriculture upon request a copy of the invoice of each sale of eggs, the copy of invoice to show the person or firm to whom the sale was made, the address of such person or firm, and the kind and quantity involved in such sale, provided that nothing contained in this Code section shall be construed to require the filing of a copy of the invoice of a sale to a consumer.    (Ga. L. 1935, p. 364, § 8; Code 1981, §26-2-266; Code 1981, §26-2-265, as redesignated by Ga. L. 1991, p. 1115, § 1.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 35A Am. Jur. 2d, Food, § 33.   C.J.S.   - 36A C.J.S., Food, § 15.
GA Code § 26-2-266 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 26 - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics|Chapter 2 - Standards, Labeling, and Adulteration of Food|Article 8 - Eggs|§ 26-2-266. Inspectors and Assistants; Confiscation and Destruction of Eggs Found Unfit for Human Consumption

  The Commissioner of Agriculture shall instruct the agricultural sanitarians and agricultural inspectors of the Department of Agriculture to carry out this article. The Commissioner is authorized in his discretion to select and appoint such other additional assistants as in his judgment he deems necessary to enforce this article.   All such employees of the Department of Agriculture are authorized to confiscate and destroy all eggs found to be unfit for human consumption.     (Ga. L. 1935, p. 364, § 10; Code 1981, §26-2-267; Code 1981, §26-2-266, as redesignated by Ga. L. 1991, p. 1115, § 1.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 35A Am. Jur. 2d, Food, §§ 3, 12, 33, 58 et seq.   C.J.S.   - 36A C.J.S., Food, §§ 14, 19, 20, 65.
GA Code § 26-2-267 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 26 - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics|Chapter 2 - Standards, Labeling, and Adulteration of Food|Article 8 - Eggs|§ 26-2-267. Promulgation of Rules, Regulations, Grades, and Standards; Powers of Inspectors

 The Commissioner of Agriculture is authorized to promulgate, issue, and set up such additional rules, regulations, grades, standards, or otherwise as in his judgment are necessary to carry out the intent and purpose of this article. The sanitarians and inspectors authorized in Code Section 26-2-266 are authorized to exercise all the authority, powers, and privileges now delegated to the duly authorized food inspectors of the Department of Agriculture by existing law.    (Ga. L. 1935, p. 364, § 11; Code 1981, §26-2-268; Code 1981, §26-2-267, as redesignated by Ga. L. 1991, p. 1115, § 1.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 35A Am. Jur. 2d, Food, §§ 3,12, 49.   C.J.S.   - 36A C.J.S., Food, §§ 4, 14, 19.
GA Code § 26-2-268 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 26 - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics|Chapter 2 - Standards, Labeling, and Adulteration of Food|Article 8 - Eggs|§ 26-2-268. Information Labels Affixed to Cases of Eggs

  At the time of packing and candling of each case of eggs, the producer or dealer shall affix a label not less than two inches by four inches or not less than eight square inches on one end of each case and on this label shall be legibly printed or stamped, in letters not less than one-fourth of an inch in size, the date when the eggs were packed and candled or the expiration date, which shall not exceed 45 days from the date packed; the size and grade of the eggs; and either the name and address of the packer or the U.S.D.A. assigned plant number or a state approved plant identification code. The name of the state of origin may be given. When eggs are sold in cartons, the cartons must show the date packed or the expiration date, which shall not exceed 45 days from the date packed, and the grade and size, together with either the name and address of the packer or the U.S.D.A. assigned plant number or a state approved plant identification code. The state of origin may also be given.   Abbreviations of any words in the classification or in designating the grade and size shall not be permitted. The information pertaining to the grade and size shall be shown in legible letters not less than one-fourth of an inch in size. The information pertaining to the name and address of the packer or the U.S.D.A. assigned plant number or a state approved plant identification code and the date packed or expiration date shall be legibly given. All wording on egg cases and egg cartons must be in the English language and must have prior approval from the Georgia Department of Agriculture before using.   Words or phrases tending to becloud or nullify the proper classification of eggs shall not be permitted. Each word of the classification, including the name of the state of origin, shall appear in the same size type and color in any printed advertisement. Abbreviations of any word in the classification or in designating the size and grade to which eggs belong shall not be permitted. Every person advertising eggs for sale, at retail or wholesale, in newspapers, by window displays, or otherwise shall set forth in the advertisement the classification as to size and grade of the eggs offered for sale. The classification shall be set forth in letters equal in size to those advertising the eggs for sale.     (Ga. L. 1935, p. 364, § 2; Ga. L. 1937, p. 639, § 3; Ga. L. 1958, p. 27, § 2; Ga. L. 1980, p. 690, § 1; Code 1981, §26-2-269; Code 1981, §26-2-268, as redesignated by Ga. L. 1991, p. 1115, § 1; Ga. L. 2003, p. 223, § 1.)   Cross references.   - False advertising generally, § 10-1-420 et seq.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 35A Am. Jur. 2d, Food, §§ 23 et seq., 33.   C.J.S.   - 36A C.J.S., Food, § 41.
GA Code § 26-2-269 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 26 - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics|Chapter 2 - Standards, Labeling, and Adulteration of Food|Article 8 - Eggs|§ 26-2-269. Placard to Be Displayed; Contents

 All eggs offered for sale at retail shall be properly classified in accordance with the following specifications:    A heavy cardboard or placard, not less than eight by eleven inches, shall be conspicuously displayed at all times on or over each receptacle containing eggs offered for sale, setting forth in letters not less than one inch in height, plainly and legibly, the classification as to quality and weight;   The name of the state of origin of eggs may appear on the placard;   The placard shall not be required when eggs are packed in properly labeled cartons. The eggs therein shall be required to come up to the standard as placarded; and   Restaurants, hotels, or other eating places shall be required to display a placard where it can be easily seen by customers or, in lieu thereof, to place this information on the menu.     (Ga. L. 1937, p. 639, § 3; Ga. L. 1953, Jan.-Feb. Sess., p. 49, § 4; Ga. L. 1958, p. 27, § 2; Code 1981, §26-2-270; Code 1981, §26-2-269, as redesignated by 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, §§ 23 et seq., 33.   C.J.S.   - 36A C.J.S., Food, § 41.   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 § 26-2-270 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 26 - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics|Chapter 2 - Standards, Labeling, and Adulteration of Food|Article 8 - Eggs|§ 26-2-270. Reciprocal Marketing Agreement to Vary Labeling Requirements

 The Commissioner of Agriculture is authorized to enter into reciprocal marketing agreements with other states to vary the labeling requirements provided in this article. Such agreements shall not vary the standards of quality and weights provided in this article, it being the purpose and intent of this Code section to promote and encourage interstate marketing of eggs and to authorize variations of labeling as required in this article where such variations will promote and encourage the marketing of eggs.    (Ga. L. 1958, p. 27, § 3; Code 1981, §26-2-271; Code 1981, §26-2-270, as redesignated by Ga. L. 1991, p. 1115, § 1.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 35A Am. Jur. 2d, Food, §§ 3, 23. 72 Am. Jur. 2d, States, Territories, and Dependencies, § 5 et seq.   C.J.S.   - 36A C.J.S., Food, §§ 4, 9, 11. 81A C.J.S., States, §§ 67-70.
GA Code § 26-2-271 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 26 - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics|Chapter 2 - Standards, Labeling, and Adulteration of Food|Article 8 - Eggs|§ 26-2-271. "Withhold From Sale Orders"; Cost of Inspection and Release

  Inspectors or sanitarians of the Department of Agriculture, upon determining that this article or the rules and regulations promulgated for its enforcement are being violated, may put "Withhold From Sale Orders" on all eggs being sold or offered for sale in violation of this article or the regulations thereof and shall report the circumstances to the Commissioner of Agriculture for his action.   Eggs upon which "Withhold From Sale Orders" have been issued shall not be sold or otherwise disposed of until such "Withhold From Sale Orders" have been canceled by the Commissioner or his duly authorized agents. The cost of the inspection and release shall be paid by the offender.     (Ga. L. 1937, p. 639, § 3; Code 1981, §26-2-272; Code 1981, §26-2-271, as redesignated by Ga. L. 1991, p. 1115, § 1.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 35A Am. Jur. 2d, Food, §§ 12, 61.   C.J.S.   - 36A C.J.S., Food, §§ 24, 51.
GA Code § 26-2-272 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 26 - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics|Chapter 2 - Standards, Labeling, and Adulteration of Food|Article 8 - Eggs|§ 26-2-272. Licensing of Candlers and Graders of Eggs; Promulgation of Rules and Regulations Regarding Qualifications; Temporary Work Without License

 Each candler and grader of eggs offered for sale shall obtain a license from the Department of Agriculture at no cost, after demonstrating to the satisfaction of the department his capability and qualifications as an egg candler and grader. The Commissioner of Agriculture is authorized to establish by rule and regulation the minimum qualifications for egg candlers and graders. With the approval of the Commissioner, any person may candle and grade eggs not to exceed 14 days, pending licensing by the department, provided that during this period the employer of such temporary candler and grader shall be accountable for the actions of such candler and grader while acting in such capacity.    (Ga. L. 1956, p. 21, § 2; Code 1981, §26-2-273; Code 1981, §26-2-272, as redesignated by Ga. L. 1991, p. 1115, § 1.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 35A Am. Jur. 2d, Food, §§ 6, 12, 33.   C.J.S.   - 36A C.J.S., Food, §§ 4, 14, 19.   ALR.   - Right to enjoin business competitor from unlicensed or otherwise illegal acts or practices, 90 A.L.R.2d 7.
GA Code § 26-2-273 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 26 - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics|Chapter 2 - Standards, Labeling, and Adulteration of Food|Article 8 - Eggs|§ 26-2-273. Refrigeration and Other Handling Requirements

  All shell egg producers shall refrigerate eggs upon gathering such eggs.Eggs shall be graded and packed within a reasonable period of time from gathering.   After washing, processing, and packaging, eggs shall be transported, stored, and displayed at an ambient temperature not to exceed 45 degrees Fahrenheit until sold at retail or used by any commercial establishment or public institution.     (Code 1981, §26-2-273, enacted by Ga. L. 1991, p. 1115, § 1.)   Code Commission notes.   - Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1991, "Fahrenheit" was substituted for "Farenheit" in subsection (b).   Editor's notes.   - Ga. L. 1991, p. 1115, § 1, redesignated former Code Section 26-2-273 as present Code Section 26-2-272, and enacted the present Code Section 26-2-273.
GA Code § 26-2-274 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 26 - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics|Chapter 2 - Standards, Labeling, and Adulteration of Food|Article 8 - Eggs|§ 26-2-274. Penalty; Duty of Prosecuting Attorneys to Prosecute Violations

 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.   (Ga. L. 1935, p. 364, § 12; Ga. L. 1991, p. 1115, § 1.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 35A Am. Jur. 2d, Food, § 53 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.
GA Code § 26-2-290 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 26 - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics|Chapter 2 - Standards, Labeling, and Adulteration of Food|Article 9 - Grains and Bread|§ 26-2-290. Definitions

 As used in this article, the term:    "Bread" means the foods commonly known and described as white bread and rolls, including, but not restricted to, Vienna bread, French bread, and Italian bread and rolls of the semibread dough type, such as soft rolls, hamburger, hot dog, parker house, etc., hard rolls, such as Vienna, Kaiser, etc., all made without fillings or icings, but shall not include sweet, yeast-raised rolls or sweet buns, cinnamon rolls or buns, butterfly rolls, etc.   "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Agriculture.   "Degerminated corn meal" means all ground corn, corn meal, and bolted corn meal intended for human consumption which has undergone a refining process with a resultant loss of more than 10 percent of the germ.   "Degerminated hominy grits" means all corn grits, grits, pearled grits, and endosperm portions of corn intended for human consumption which has undergone a refining process with a resultant loss of more than 10 percent of the germs.   "Enrichment" as applied to flour, bread, meal, or grits means the addition thereto of vitamins and other ingredients of the nature required by this article; and the terms "enriched flour," "enriched bread," "enriched degerminated corn meal," and "enriched degerminated hominy grits" mean bread, flour, corn meal, or grits, as the case may be, which has been enriched to conform to the requirements of this article.   "Flour" means flour of every kind and description made wholly or partly from wheat which conforms to the definition and standard of identity of flour, white flour, wheat flour, phosphated flour, self-rising flour, bromated flour, and plain flour as promulgated in the rules and regulations made by the Commissioner, but excludes whole-wheat flour made only from the whole-wheat berry with no part thereof removed, and also excludes special packaged flours not used for bread baking, such as cake, pancake, cracker, and pastry flours.   "Person" means an individual, firm, corporation, partnership, association, joint stock company, trust, or any unincorporated organization.    (Ga. L. 1945, p. 425, § 1.)   Cross references.   - Grits as official prepared food, § 50-3-78.
GA Code § 26-2-291 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 26 - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics|Chapter 2 - Standards, Labeling, and Adulteration of Food|Article 9 - Grains and Bread|§ 26-2-291. Vitamins and Ingredients in Flour; Specification Changes; Milling Process

  It shall be unlawful for any person to manufacture, mix, compound, sell, or offer for sale, for human consumption in this state, any flour unless the following vitamins and other ingredients are contained in each pound of such flour:   Not less than 2.0 milligrams of vitamin B1 (thiamin);   Not less than 1.2 milligrams of riboflavin;   Not less than 16 milligrams of niacin (nicotinic acid) or niacin amide (nicotinic acid amide); and   Not less than 13 milligrams of iron.     The enrichment of self-rising flour shall require, in addition to the ingredients required in subsection (a) of this Code section, not less than 500 milligrams of calcium.   The Commissioner of Agriculture is authorized to change, or add to, in his discretion, the specifications for ingredients and the amounts thereof, in order that they shall conform to the federal definition of enriched flour when promulgated or as may from time to time be amended.   If other vitamins and minerals are added to flour, they shall be added only in accordance with the regulations of the Commissioner.   Iron shall be added only in forms which are assimilable and harmless and which do not impair the enriched flour.   The enrichment of flour shall be accomplished by a milling process, addition of vitamins from a natural or synthetic source, addition of minerals, or by a combination of these methods, or by any method which is permitted by the Commissioner with respect to flour.    (Ga. L. 1945, p. 425, § 2.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 35A Am. Jur. 2d, Food, § 26 et seq.   C.J.S.   - 36A C.J.S., Food, §§ 36, 37.
GA Code § 26-2-292 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 26 - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics|Chapter 2 - Standards, Labeling, and Adulteration of Food|Article 9 - Grains and Bread|§ 26-2-292. Vitamins and Ingredients in Bread; Specification Changes

  It shall be unlawful for any person to manufacture, bake, sell or offer for sale or to receive an interstate shipment for sale for human consumption in this state any bread unless the following vitamins and other ingredients are contained in each pound of such bread:   Not less than 1.1 milligrams of vitamin B1 (thiamin);   Not less than 0.7 milligrams of riboflavin;   Not less than 10.0 milligrams of niacin (nicotinic acid) or niacin amide (nicotinic acid amide); and   Not less than 10 milligrams of iron.     The enrichment of bread may be accomplished through the use of enriched flour, special yeast, and other enriching ingredients, synthetic vitamins, harmless iron salts, or by any combination of harmless methods which will produce bread enriched so as to meet the requirements of subsection (a) of this Code section.   Iron shall be added only in forms which are assimilable and harmless and which do not impair the enriched bread.   The Commissioner of Agriculture is authorized to change, or add to, in his discretion, the specifications for ingredients and the amounts thereof in order that they shall conform to the federal definition of enriched bread when promulgated or as may from time to time be amended.    (Ga. L. 1945, p. 425, § 3.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 35A Am. Jur. 2d, Food, §§ 26 et seq., 29.   C.J.S.   - 36A C.J.S., Food, §§ 36, 37.
GA Code § 26-2-293 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 26 - Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics|Chapter 2 - Standards, Labeling, and Adulteration of Food|Article 9 - Grains and Bread|§ 26-2-293. Vitamins and Ingredients in Degerminated Corn Meal and Degerminated Hominy Grits; Specification Changes; Milling Process

  It shall be unlawful for any person to manufacture, mix, compound, sell, or offer for sale, for human consumption in this state, any degerminated corn meal or degerminated hominy grits unless the following vitamins and other ingredients are contained in each pound of such products:   Not less than 2.0 milligrams of vitamin B1 (thiamin);   Not less than 1.2 milligrams of riboflavin;   Not less than 16 milligrams of niacin (nicotinic acid) or niacin amide (nicotinic acid amide); and   Not less than 13 milligrams of iron.     Iron shall be added only in forms which are assimilable and harmless and which do not harm the enriched corn meal or enriched grits.   The substances referred to in subsection (a) of this Code section may be added in a harmless carrier which does not impair the enriched degerminated corn meal or enriched degerminated hominy grits, provided that such carrier is used only in the quantity necessary to effect an intimate and uniform admixture of such substances with the grits or corn meal.   If other vitamins and minerals are added to degerminated corn meal or degerminated hominy grits, they shall be added only in accordance with such pertinent regulations as may be promulgated by the Commissioner of Agriculture.   The Commissioner of Agriculture is authorized to change, or add to, in his discretion, the specifications for ingredients and the amounts thereof in order that they shall conform to the federal definition of enriched degerminated corn meal or enriched degerminated grits when promulgated or as from time to time may be amended.   The enrichment of degerminated corn meal or degerminated hominy grits may be accomplished by a milling process, addition of vitamins from a natural or synthetic source, other enriching ingredients, harmless and assimilable inorganic salts, or by a combination of these methods which will produce enriched grits or enriched corn meal as herein defined.    (Ga. L. 1945, p. 425, § 4.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 35A Am. Jur. 2d, Food, § 26 et seq.   C.J.S.   - 36A C.J.S., Food, §§ 4, 36.