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GA Code § 4-4-3 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 4 - Animals|Chapter 4 - Prevention and Control of Disease in Livestock|Article 1 - Control of Infectious or Contagious Diseases in Livestock|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 4-4-3. Injunctions

 In addition to the remedies provided in this article and notwithstanding the existence of any adequate remedy at law, the Commissioner is authorized to apply to the superior court for an injunction. Such court shall have jurisdiction, upon hearing and for cause shown, to grant a temporary or permanent injunction, or both, restraining any person from violating or continuing to violate any of the provisions of this article or for failing or refusing to comply with the requirements of this article or any rule or regulation adopted by the Commissioner thereunder. An injunction issued under this Code section shall not require a bond.   (Ga. L. 1956, p. 627, § 1.)
GA Code § 4-4-4 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 4 - Animals|Chapter 4 - Prevention and Control of Disease in Livestock|Article 1 - Control of Infectious or Contagious Diseases in Livestock|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 4-4-4. Administrative Hearings and Penalties

  The Commissioner, in order to enforce this article or any orders, rules, or regulations promulgated pursuant thereto, may issue an administrative order imposing a penalty not to exceed $1,000.00 for each violation whenever the Commissioner, after a hearing, determines that any person has violated any provision of this article or any quarantines, orders, rules, or regulations promulgated thereunder.   The initial hearing and any administrative review thereof shall be conducted in accordance with the procedure for contested cases in Chapter 13 of Title 50, the "Georgia Administrative Procedure Act." Any person who has exhausted all administrative remedies available and who is aggrieved or adversely affected by any final order or action of the Commissioner shall have the right of judicial review thereof in accordance with Chapter 13 of Title 50. All penalties recovered by the Commissioner as provided for in this article shall be paid into the state treasury. The Commissioner may file in the superior court wherein the person under order resides or, if said person is a corporation, in the county wherein the corporation maintains its principal place of business or in the county wherein the violation occurred a certified copy of a final order of the Commissioner unappealed from or of a final order of the department affirmed upon appeal, whereupon said court shall render judgment in accordance therewith and notify the parties. Such judgment shall have the same effect, and all proceedings in relation thereto shall thereafter be the same, as though said judgment had been rendered in an action duly heard and determined by said court. The penalty prescribed in this Code section shall be concurrent, alternative, or cumulative with any and all other civil, criminal, or alternative rights, remedies, forfeitures, or penalties provided, allowed, or available to the Commissioner with respect to any violation of this article and any quarantines, orders, rules, or regulations promulgated pursuant thereto.    (Ga. L. 1979, p. 1035, § 1; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 4.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 4 Am. Jur. 2d, Animals, § 27 et seq.   C.J.S.   - 3B C.J.S., Animals, § 128 et seq.
GA Code § 4-4-5 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 4 - Animals|Chapter 4 - Prevention and Control of Disease in Livestock|Article 1 - Control of Infectious or Contagious Diseases in Livestock|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 4-4-5.

 Reserved.   Editor's notes.   - Ga. L. 2008, p. 575, § 1, effective July 1, 2008, redesignated former Code Section 4-4-5 as present Code Section 2-2-13.   Code Commission notes.   - Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2008, this Code section was reserved.
GA Code § 4-4-20 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 4 - Animals|Chapter 4 - Prevention and Control of Disease in Livestock|Article 1 - Control of Infectious or Contagious Diseases in Livestock|Part 2 - Feeding Garbage to Animals|§ 4-4-20. "Garbage" Defined

 The term "garbage," as used in this part, except as otherwise provided in this part, means all refuse matter, animal or vegetable; by-products of a restaurant, kitchen, or slaughterhouse; and every refuse accumulation of animal, fruit, or vegetable matter, liquid or otherwise. This term includes the word "swill" as commonly used.   (Ga. L. 1953, Jan.-Feb. Sess., p. 480, § 6; Ga. L. 1971, p. 60, § 4.)
GA Code § 4-4-21 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 4 - Animals|Chapter 4 - Prevention and Control of Disease in Livestock|Article 1 - Control of Infectious or Contagious Diseases in Livestock|Part 2 - Feeding Garbage to Animals|§ 4-4-21. Feeding Garbage to Animals Generally

 Except as otherwise provided in this part, it shall be unlawful for any person to feed garbage to animals; provided, however, that an individual may feed garbage to his own animals if he feeds them only with garbage from his own household.   (Ga. L. 1953, Jan.-Feb. Sess., p. 480, § 2.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   C.J.S.   - 3B C.J.S., Animals, §§ 127, 128. 66 C.J.S., Nuisances, §§ 60, 87.
GA Code § 4-4-22 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 4 - Animals|Chapter 4 - Prevention and Control of Disease in Livestock|Article 1 - Control of Infectious or Contagious Diseases in Livestock|Part 2 - Feeding Garbage to Animals|§ 4-4-22. Feeding Garbage to Swine

  As used in this Code section, the term:   "Garbage" means any refuse matter or by-product which contains animal tissue or which has been mixed with any animal tissue, whether liquid or otherwise.   "Person" means any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, or association or any agency, department, or other political subdivision of the state or any other entity.     It shall be unlawful for any person to feed garbage to swine or to place garbage in such a position or location as to permit its consumption by swine, except as otherwise provided in this Code section. Persons who negligently or intentionally provide garbage or sources of garbage to other persons found to be feeding garbage to swine in violation of this part shall be deemed culpable and responsible for the violative acts of feeding as if they were the actual feeders of the garbage.   This Code section shall not apply to any person who:   Raises swine solely for slaughter and consumption on the farm or property on which the swine are raised;   Does not purchase and import or permit the importation onto such farm or property on which swine are raised any swine, portion of the carcass of any swine, pork food product, or garbage containing any animal tissue, whether liquid or otherwise; and   Does not sell, trade, exchange, export, or otherwise dispose of any swine, portion of the carcass of any swine, pork food product, or any garbage or refuse containing any portion thereof outside of such farm or property on which the swine are raised.     Any person who violates any provision of this Code section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Each day in which such violation occurs shall constitute a separate offense.    (Ga. L. 1971, p. 60, § 1; Ga. L. 1977, p. 225, § 1.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   C.J.S.   - 3B C.J.S., Animals, §§ 127, 128.
GA Code § 4-4-23 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 4 - Animals|Chapter 4 - Prevention and Control of Disease in Livestock|Article 1 - Control of Infectious or Contagious Diseases in Livestock|Part 2 - Feeding Garbage to Animals|§ 4-4-23. Licensing of Garbage Feeders

 No person shall feed garbage to swine without first applying for and obtaining a license from the Commissioner. There shall be no fee for such license, and it shall be valid until and unless revoked or canceled. The requirement of obtaining a license shall not apply to an individual feeding his own animals garbage from his own household. No license which will permit the feeding of any garbage, as that term is defined in subsection (a) of Code Section 4-4-22, to swine shall be issued to any person who does not meet the qualifications of subsection (c) of Code Section 4-4-22.   (Ga. L. 1953, Jan.-Feb. Sess., p. 480, § 3; Ga. L. 1960, p. 939, § 1; Ga. L. 1971, p. 60, § 2.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   C.J.S.   - 3B C.J.S., Animals, §§ 127, 128.   ALR.   - Right to enjoin business competitor from unlicensed or otherwise illegal acts or practices, 90 A.L.R.2d 7.
GA Code § 4-4-24 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 4 - Animals|Chapter 4 - Prevention and Control of Disease in Livestock|Article 1 - Control of Infectious or Contagious Diseases in Livestock|Part 2 - Feeding Garbage to Animals|§ 4-4-24. Cancellation, Suspension, or Revocation of Licenses

 Every licensed feeder of garbage who violates this part or the rules and regulations promulgated by the Commissioner pursuant thereto shall have his license revoked, canceled, or suspended, upon a notice and hearing.   (Ga. L. 1953, Jan.-Feb. Sess., p. 480, § 5.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   C.J.S.   - 3B C.J.S., Animals, §§ 127, 128.
GA Code § 4-4-25 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 4 - Animals|Chapter 4 - Prevention and Control of Disease in Livestock|Article 1 - Control of Infectious or Contagious Diseases in Livestock|Part 2 - Feeding Garbage to Animals|§ 4-4-25. Administrative Remedies

 Any person affected by this part or by any rule or regulation adopted pursuant thereto shall have and shall be required to exhaust the administrative remedies provided by Code Section 4-6-8.   (Ga. L. 1953, Jan.-Feb. Sess., p. 480, § 7.)
GA Code § 4-4-26 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 4 - Animals|Chapter 4 - Prevention and Control of Disease in Livestock|Article 1 - Control of Infectious or Contagious Diseases in Livestock|Part 2 - Feeding Garbage to Animals|§ 4-4-26. Penalty for Violations of Part or Rules or Regulations Promulgated Thereunder

 Any person, firm, partnership, or corporation which violates any provision of this part or any rule or regulation made pursuant thereto shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.   (Ga. L. 1953, Jan.-Feb. Sess., p. 480, § 8; Ga. L. 1956, p. 85, § 1.)
GA Code § 4-4-40 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 4 - Animals|Chapter 4 - Prevention and Control of Disease in Livestock|Article 1 - Control of Infectious or Contagious Diseases in Livestock|Part 3 - Rendering and Disposal Plants|§ 4-4-40. Definitions

 As used in this part, the term:    "Carcasses of domestic animals" means all or any part or portions of any dead domestic animal not slaughtered for human consumption.   "Collection center" means any approved facility where carcasses of domestic animals from state or federally licensed facilities are collected for loading into approved vehicles for delivery to a rendering plant.   "Rendering plant" means a place of business or location or plant where the carcasses of domestic animals or packing house refuse or other refuse is purchased, received, or unloaded and where such carcasses or refuse is processed for the purpose of obtaining the hide, skin, grease, residue, or any other by-product from such animals or refuse in any way whatsoever.    (Ga. L. 1953, Jan.-Feb. Sess., p. 480, § 9; Ga. L. 1989, p. 1414, § 1.)
GA Code § 4-4-41 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 4 - Animals|Chapter 4 - Prevention and Control of Disease in Livestock|Article 1 - Control of Infectious or Contagious Diseases in Livestock|Part 3 - Rendering and Disposal Plants|§ 4-4-41. Licenses Required; Expiration; Fee

 It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, partnership, or corporation to engage in the business of operating a rendering plant without first applying for and obtaining a license from the Commissioner of Agriculture. Each license shall expire on December 31 of each year, and each application for a license must be accompanied by a license fee of $5.00.   (Ga. L. 1953, Jan.-Feb. Sess., p. 480, § 12; Ga. L. 1989, p. 1414, § 1.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   C.J.S.   - 3B C.J.S., Animals, §§ 127, 128.
GA Code § 4-4-42 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 4 - Animals|Chapter 4 - Prevention and Control of Disease in Livestock|Article 1 - Control of Infectious or Contagious Diseases in Livestock|Part 3 - Rendering and Disposal Plants|§ 4-4-42. Revocation, Cancellation, or Suspension of Licenses

 Every licensed rendering plant which violates the laws of this state or the rules and regulations promulgated by the Commissioner pursuant thereto shall have its license revoked, canceled, or suspended upon a notice and hearing.   (Ga. L. 1953, Jan.-Feb. Sess., p. 480, § 14; Ga. L. 1989, p. 1414, § 1.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   C.J.S.   - 3B C.J.S., Animals, §§ 127, 128.
GA Code § 4-4-43 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 4 - Animals|Chapter 4 - Prevention and Control of Disease in Livestock|Article 1 - Control of Infectious or Contagious Diseases in Livestock|Part 3 - Rendering and Disposal Plants|§ 4-4-43. Rendering Plant Requirements

  It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, partnership, or corporation to operate a rendering plant unless the rendering plant:   Is constructed according to blueprints approved by the Georgia Department of Agriculture; provided, however, that neither blueprints for nor alterations to facilities existing on July 1, 1989, shall be required except to the extent that alterations are necessary for compliance with the other provisions of this part, and to the extent that alterations are necessary for such compliance they shall be made not later than July 1, 1990;   Has walls, floors, and ceilings of concrete or other impervious materials;   Has ample hot water (140 degrees Fahrenheit) to facilitate cleaning of the building, equipment, and vehicles used to move products;   Has adequate drainage constructed and maintained so that no liquid or other matter is permitted to escape therefrom unless into a sewage facility approved by the governmental authority having proper jurisdiction. The document showing approval of such sewage facility must be maintained at the plant for inspection review; and   Is cleaned and sanitized daily to prevent odor and the accumulation of refuse.     It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, partnership, or corporation to operate a rendering plant unless all vehicles used in the transportation of carcasses or refuse on public highways are of such construction as to prevent seepage or residue from escaping.   Carcasses or refuse shall not be allowed to accumulate or be held for any period of time at any place other than a licensed slaughtering, processing, or rendering plant or any combination thereof. Such licensed facilities shall have a procedure approved by the department if they accumulate or hold carcasses or refuse for longer than one day's operation.   Rodent and vermin control shall be diligently practiced with buildings and surrounding grounds kept clean and free of refuse, trash, and manure.   All barrels used for transportation and storage of carcasses or refuse shall be clearly marked "INEDIBLE" with letters not less than two inches in height.    (Ga. L. 1953, Jan.-Feb. Sess., p. 480, § 10; Ga. L. 1989, p. 1414, § 1.)   Code Commission notes.   - Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1989, a comma was deleted following "plant" near the end of the first sentence of subsection (c) of this Code section.   JUDICIAL DECISIONS    Cited in Bagwell & Steward, Inc. v. Bennett, 214 Ga. 780, 107 S.E.2d 824 (1959).   RESEARCH REFERENCES   C.J.S.   - 3B C.J.S., Animals, §§ 127, 128.
GA Code § 4-4-44 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 4 - Animals|Chapter 4 - Prevention and Control of Disease in Livestock|Article 1 - Control of Infectious or Contagious Diseases in Livestock|Part 3 - Rendering and Disposal Plants|§ 4-4-44. Collection Center Requirements

  It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, partnership, or corporation to operate a collection center until it has applied for and obtained a written permit from the Commissioner to carry on such an operation.   A collection center shall be located on a site in compliance with local zoning ordinances and shall have a sewage facility approved by the governmental authority having proper jurisdiction.   A collection center shall be covered by a metal roof or other permanent type covering with sufficient screened ventilators to allow air flow yet prevent the entry of rodents, birds, and insects.   A collection center shall have adequate drains in an impervious floor with adequate hot water (140 degrees Fahrenheit) to clean thoroughly the collection center premises.   A collection center shall be cleaned and sanitized daily.   The management of a collection center shall agree to hold inedible materials no longer than 24 hours.   With respect to any requirements of subsections (a) through (d) of this Code section which relate solely to the physical construction or alteration of a collection center, the collection center operator shall have until July 1, 1990, to comply with such requirements.     (Code 1981, §4-4-44, enacted by Ga. L. 1989, p. 1414, § 1.)   Editor's notes.   - Former Code Section 4-4-44 has been redesignated as Code Section 4-4-45 by Ga. L. 1989, p. 1414, § 1.   JUDICIAL DECISIONS    Cited in Bagwell & Steward, Inc. v. Bennett, 214 Ga. 780, 107 S.E.2d 824 (1959).   RESEARCH REFERENCES   C.J.S.   - 3B C.J.S., Animals, §§ 127, 128.   ALR.   - Liability of owner or occupant of premises to building or construction inspector coming upon premises in discharge of duty, 28 A.L.R.3d 891.
GA Code § 4-4-45 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 4 - Animals|Chapter 4 - Prevention and Control of Disease in Livestock|Article 1 - Control of Infectious or Contagious Diseases in Livestock|Part 3 - Rendering and Disposal Plants|§ 4-4-45. Inspections; Maintenance of Records; Maintenance of Vehicles

 Every rendering plant shall be subject at all times to inspection by the Commissioner. Each such rendering plant shall keep and furnish the Commissioner such information as he may by rule or regulation require concerning the collection, transportation, distribution, and processing of the carcasses of dead domestic animals or packing house refuse and, further, shall keep and maintain sanitary at all times its vehicles used in the collection, transportation, and distribution of dead domestic animals and packing house refuse.    (Ga. L. 1953, Jan.-Feb. Sess., p. 480, § 13; Code 1981, §4-4-44; Code 1981, §4-4-45, as redesignated by Ga. L. 1989, p. 1414, § 1.)
GA Code § 4-4-46 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 4 - Animals|Chapter 4 - Prevention and Control of Disease in Livestock|Article 1 - Control of Infectious or Contagious Diseases in Livestock|Part 3 - Rendering and Disposal Plants|§ 4-4-46. Administrative Remedies

 Any person affected by this part or by any rule or regulation adopted pursuant to this part shall have and shall be required to exhaust the administrative remedies provided by Code Section 4-6-8.    (Ga. L. 1953, Jan.-Feb. Sess., p. 480, § 15; Code 1981, §4-4-45; Code 1981, §4-4-46, as redesignated by Ga. L. 1989, p. 1414, § 1.)
GA Code § 4-4-47 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 4 - Animals|Chapter 4 - Prevention and Control of Disease in Livestock|Article 1 - Control of Infectious or Contagious Diseases in Livestock|Part 3 - Rendering and Disposal Plants|§ 4-4-47. Funding of Inspection System for Slaughtering Establishments Unable to Qualify for Federal Inspection; Adoption of Grading Standards for Use in Inspections of Such Establishments

 The Governor is authorized to make available to the department the funds necessary to provide an inspection system for those slaughtering establishments in this state which are unable to qualify for federal inspection. The department is authorized to adopt appropriate grading standards to be used in the inspection of such establishments so as to indicate on each carcass inspected the grade and quality thereof.    (Ga. L. 1959, p. 191; Code 1981, §4-4-46; Code 1981, §4-4-47, as redesignated by Ga. L. 1989, p. 1414, § 1.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 4 Am. Jur. 2d, Animals, § 47.   C.J.S.   - 3B C.J.S., Animals, § 151.
GA Code § 4-4-48 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 4 - Animals|Chapter 4 - Prevention and Control of Disease in Livestock|Article 1 - Control of Infectious or Contagious Diseases in Livestock|Part 3 - Rendering and Disposal Plants|§ 4-4-48. Penalty for Violations of Part or Rules or Regulations Promulgated Thereunder

 Any person, firm, partnership, or corporation which violates any provision of this part or any rule or regulation made pursuant to this part shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.    (Ga. L. 1953, Jan.-Feb. Sess., p. 480, § 11; Ga. L. 1956, p. 85, § 2; Code 1981, §4-4-47; Code 1981, §4-4-48, as redesignated by Ga. L. 1989, p. 1414, § 1.)
GA Code § 4-4-60 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 4 - Animals|Chapter 4 - Prevention and Control of Disease in Livestock|Article 1 - Control of Infectious or Contagious Diseases in Livestock|Part 4 - Preventing Spread of Livestock Diseases|§ 4-4-60. Extermination of Parasites and Development of Livestock Industry Under Supervision and Control of Commissioner; Employment of Inspectors and Veterinarians; Public Report

 The work of exterminating the cattle fever tick, screwworm, and other parasites and of developing the livestock industry in this state shall be under the supervision and control of the Commissioner, who is authorized to employ persons qualified to act as livestock inspectors and supervising veterinarians. The Commissioner shall publish in print or electronically a detailed statement annually of the expenditures and progress of this work for free public distribution.   (Ga. L. 1912, p. 22, § 2; Code 1933, § 62-1012; Ga. L. 2010, p. 838, § 10/SB 388.)
GA Code § 4-4-61 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 4 - Animals|Chapter 4 - Prevention and Control of Disease in Livestock|Article 1 - Control of Infectious or Contagious Diseases in Livestock|Part 4 - Preventing Spread of Livestock Diseases|§ 4-4-61. Duties of Livestock Inspectors and Supervising Veterinarians Generally

 It shall be the duty of all livestock inspectors and supervising veterinarians employed by the Commissioner to enforce the provisions of this part and any rule, regulation, or order made pursuant thereto.   (Ga. L. 1912, p. 22, § 3; Code 1933, § 62-1013.)
GA Code § 4-4-62 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 4 - Animals|Chapter 4 - Prevention and Control of Disease in Livestock|Article 1 - Control of Infectious or Contagious Diseases in Livestock|Part 4 - Preventing Spread of Livestock Diseases|§ 4-4-62. Right of Entry of Inspectors

 The Commissioner or any duly authorized livestock inspector is authorized and empowered, in the discharge of the duties imposed upon him by this part, to enter the premises or any barn or building where livestock are temporarily or permanently kept in this state.   (Ga. L. 1909, p. 131, § 6; Civil Code 1910, § 2078; Code 1933, § 62-1008.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 4 Am. Jur. 2d, Animals, § 27.   C.J.S.   - 3B C.J.S., Animals, § 130 et seq.
GA Code § 4-4-63 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 4 - Animals|Chapter 4 - Prevention and Control of Disease in Livestock|Article 1 - Control of Infectious or Contagious Diseases in Livestock|Part 4 - Preventing Spread of Livestock Diseases|§ 4-4-63. Appointment of Federal Livestock Inspectors as State Livestock Inspectors

 The Commissioner may appoint or commission federal veterinarians or livestock inspectors to work as state livestock inspectors, provided that they shall act without pay from the state.   (Ga. L. 1909, p. 131, § 9; Civil Code 1910, § 2081; Code 1933, § 62-1010.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 4 Am. Jur. 2d, Animals, § 26.   C.J.S.   - 3B C.J.S., Animals, § 127.