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2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 26 - FOOD, DRUGS, AND COSMETICS (§§ 26-1-1 — 26-5-80) › Chapter 2 - STANDARDS, LABELING, AND ADULTERATION OF FOOD (§§ 26-2-1 — 26-2-466) › Article 7 - MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS (§§ 26-2-230 — 26-2-250) › Section 26-2-246 - Furnishing of records by persons operating under article

(a)
Any person operating under this article shall furnish, upon the request of the Commissioner, such data and statistics as he may require.
(b)
All persons operating under this article shall keep complete and accurate records of their operations, and the Commissioner shall have free access to all such records.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 26 - FOOD, DRUGS, AND COSMETICS (§§ 26-1-1 — 26-5-80) › Chapter 2 - STANDARDS, LABELING, AND ADULTERATION OF FOOD (§§ 26-2-1 — 26-2-466) › Article 7 - MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS (§§ 26-2-230 — 26-2-250) › Section 26-2-247 - Enforcement of article generally

(a)
The Commissioner shall be charged with the enforcement of this article; and he shall have the power and authority, in connection with this and other provisions dealing with milk, food, or food products, to revoke or cancel the permit or license of any person doing business in this state who violates the laws of this state or the rules and regulations made pursuant thereto.
(b)
The enforcement methods authorized by this article shall be cumulative of those provided otherwise by law, and the same are not superseded by this article.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 26 - FOOD, DRUGS, AND COSMETICS (§§ 26-1-1 — 26-5-80) › Chapter 2 - STANDARDS, LABELING, AND ADULTERATION OF FOOD (§§ 26-2-1 — 26-2-466) › Article 7 - MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS (§§ 26-2-230 — 26-2-250) › Section 26-2-248 - Injunctions

Any person, firm, or corporation subject to this article and the other milk laws of this state who violates any of said provisions or any valid rules and regulations made thereunder may be enjoined from such continued violation. The Commissioner is authorized to apply for, and for cause shown the superior court having jurisdiction of the defendant in any such action may grant, injunctive relief, by interlocutory injunction, permanent injunction, or temporary restraining order, as the circumstances may warrant. The proceeding may be maintained notwithstanding the pendency of any civil action and notwithstanding the pendency of or conviction in a criminal proceeding arising from the same transaction. Such action may be maintained without bond. The purpose of this Code section is to create a statutory cause of action by way of injunction, and the Commissioner is authorized to bring such proceedings in the same form and manner and in the same court as other equitable proceedings may be brought. This remedy is not exclusive but is cumulative of other remedies afforded to protect the consuming public from unwholesome products which are economic frauds.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 26 - FOOD, DRUGS, AND COSMETICS (§§ 26-1-1 — 26-5-80) › Chapter 2 - STANDARDS, LABELING, AND ADULTERATION OF FOOD (§§ 26-2-1 — 26-2-466) › Article 7 - MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS (§§ 26-2-230 — 26-2-250) › Section 26-2-250 - Penalty

Any person who violates this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 26 - FOOD, DRUGS, AND COSMETICS (§§ 26-1-1 — 26-5-80) › Chapter 2 - STANDARDS, LABELING, AND ADULTERATION OF FOOD (§§ 26-2-1 — 26-2-466) › Article 8 - EGGS (§§ 26-2-260 — 26-2-274) › Section 26-2-260 - Definitions

As used in this article, the term:
(1)
"Cold storage" means protected storage in a refrigerated place.
(2)
"Commerce" means interstate, foreign, or intrastate commerce.
(3)
"Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Agriculture of the State of Georgia.
(4)
"Department" means the Department of Agriculture of the State of Georgia.
(5)
"Egg" means the shell egg of the domesticated chicken, turkey, duck, goose, or guinea.
(6)
"Egg handler" means any person who engages in any business in commerce which involves buying or selling any eggs, as a poultry producer or otherwise, processing any egg products, or otherwise using any eggs in the preparation of human food.
(7)
"Egg product" means any dried, frozen, or liquid eggs, with or without added ingredients, except products which contain eggs only in a relatively small proportion or which historically have not been considered by consumers as products of the egg food industry.
(8)
"Quality" means the inherent properties of any product which determine its relative degree of excellence.
(9)
"Wholesaler" means any person, firm, corporation, association, dealer, or broker selling or offering for sale, in or into this state, more than five cases of eggs in any one week.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 26 - FOOD, DRUGS, AND COSMETICS (§§ 26-1-1 — 26-5-80) › Chapter 2 - STANDARDS, LABELING, AND ADULTERATION OF FOOD (§§ 26-2-1 — 26-2-466) › Article 8 - EGGS (§§ 26-2-260 — 26-2-274) › Section 26-2-261 - Classification of eggs

(a)
Within the intent and purpose of this article, eggs classified as:
(1)
Storage eggs shall be construed to mean eggs which have been in cold storage for a period of 31 days or longer; and
(2)
Fresh eggs shall be construed to mean eggs which have been held in cold storage not longer than 30 days from the date they were packed.
(b)
Each container of eggs must be labeled to show size or weight class and standard of quality.
(c)
All eggs sold or offered for sale by dealers, as designated by this article, shall be graded as to net weight and standards of quality.
(1)
The size or weight classes shall be:
Size or Weight
Classes
Minimum Net Wt.
Per Doz. (Oz.)
Min. Net Wt. For Indv. Eggs
at Rate Per Doz. (Oz.)
Min. Net Wt. Per
30 Doz. (Lbs.)
Jumbo
30
29
56
Extra Large
27
26
50 1/2
Large
24
23
45
Medium
21
20
39 1/2
Small
18
17
34
Pee Wee
15
14
28
The weight tolerance, per dozen, where eggs are sold at retail, shall be not more than two eggs of the minimum net weight for individual eggs at the rate per dozen. Not more than 5 percent tolerance of the minimum net weight for individual eggs at the rate per dozen shall be allowed where eggs are sold in wholesale lots.
(2)
The quality classifications for individual eggs shall be:
(A)
Grade AA:
(i)
Shell: clean, unbroken, practically normal.
(ii)
Air cell: one-eighth inch or less in depth, unlimited movement, and free or bubbly.
(iii)
Yolk: outline slightly defined, practically free from defects.
(iv)
White: firm, clear.
(B)
Grade A:
(i)
Shell: clean, unbroken, practically normal.
(ii)
Air cell: three-sixteenths inch or less in depth, unlimited movement, and free or bubbly.
(iii)
Yolk: outline fairly well defined, practically free from defects.
(iv)
White: reasonably firm, clear.
(C)
Grade B:
(i)
Shell: clean to slightly stained (but not more than one thirty-second of surface if localized or one-sixteenth of surface if scattered), unbroken, abnormal.
(ii)
Air cell: over three-sixteenths inch in depth, unlimited movement, and free or bubbly.
(iii)
Yolk: outline plainly visible, enlarged and flattened, clearly visible germ development but no blood, other serious defects.
(iv)
White: weak and watery, small blood and meat spots present (but not more than one-eighth inch in diameter aggregate).
(d)
The U.S. Standards, Grades, and Weight Classes for Shell Eggs, Part 56, Subpart C, Paragraphs 56,216 and 56,217 established pursuant to the federal Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 are adopted by reference.
(e)
All of the classifications indicated in this Code section shall be determined by candling.
Amended by 2015 Ga. Laws 9,§ 26, eff. 3/13/2015.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 26 - FOOD, DRUGS, AND COSMETICS (§§ 26-1-1 — 26-5-80) › Chapter 2 - STANDARDS, LABELING, AND ADULTERATION OF FOOD (§§ 26-2-1 — 26-2-466) › Article 8 - EGGS (§§ 26-2-260 — 26-2-274) › Section 26-2-262 - Registration of entities dealing in eggs

All wholesalers, commission merchants, brokers, retailers, and dealers of any kind or character who desire to sell or offer eggs for sale in this state shall first file with the Commissioner of Agriculture, upon forms furnished by the Commissioner, the name of the firm or person desiring to offer eggs for sale either by themselves or by their agent, together with the address of said firm or person and the type or kind of eggs to be offered for sale.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 26 - FOOD, DRUGS, AND COSMETICS (§§ 26-1-1 — 26-5-80) › Chapter 2 - STANDARDS, LABELING, AND ADULTERATION OF FOOD (§§ 26-2-1 — 26-2-466) › Article 8 - EGGS (§§ 26-2-260 — 26-2-274) › Section 26-2-263 - Egg wholesaler and handler licenses

(a)
It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in business as a wholesaler or as an egg handler without first obtaining a license from the Commissioner. No license issued under this article shall be suspended or revoked except for health and sanitation reasons or violations of this article and until the licensee to be affected shall be provided with reasonable notice thereof and an opportunity for hearing, as provided under Chapter 13 of Title 50, known as the "Georgia Administrative Procedure Act." Licenses issued under this article shall be valid until suspended or revoked and shall not be transferable with respect to persons or location. There shall be no fee for such license.
(b)
Food sales establishments licensed under Article 2 of this chapter, known as the "Georgia Food Act," and shell egg handlers registered under the United States Department of Agriculture shell egg surveillance inspection program shall be exempt from the provisions of subsection (a) of this Code section.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 26 - FOOD, DRUGS, AND COSMETICS (§§ 26-1-1 — 26-5-80) › Chapter 2 - STANDARDS, LABELING, AND ADULTERATION OF FOOD (§§ 26-2-1 — 26-2-466) › Article 8 - EGGS (§§ 26-2-260 — 26-2-274) › Section 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.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 26 - FOOD, DRUGS, AND COSMETICS (§§ 26-1-1 — 26-5-80) › Chapter 2 - STANDARDS, LABELING, AND ADULTERATION OF FOOD (§§ 26-2-1 — 26-2-466) › Article 8 - EGGS (§§ 26-2-260 — 26-2-274) › Section 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.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 26 - FOOD, DRUGS, AND COSMETICS (§§ 26-1-1 — 26-5-80) › Chapter 2 - STANDARDS, LABELING, AND ADULTERATION OF FOOD (§§ 26-2-1 — 26-2-466) › Article 8 - EGGS (§§ 26-2-260 — 26-2-274) › Section 26-2-266 - Inspectors and assistants; confiscation and destruction of eggs found unfit for human consumption

(a)
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.
(b)
All such employees of the Department of Agriculture are authorized to confiscate and destroy all eggs found to be unfit for human consumption.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 26 - FOOD, DRUGS, AND COSMETICS (§§ 26-1-1 — 26-5-80) › Chapter 2 - STANDARDS, LABELING, AND ADULTERATION OF FOOD (§§ 26-2-1 — 26-2-466) › Article 8 - EGGS (§§ 26-2-260 — 26-2-274) › Section 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.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 26 - FOOD, DRUGS, AND COSMETICS (§§ 26-1-1 — 26-5-80) › Chapter 2 - STANDARDS, LABELING, AND ADULTERATION OF FOOD (§§ 26-2-1 — 26-2-466) › Article 8 - EGGS (§§ 26-2-260 — 26-2-274) › Section 26-2-268 - Information labels affixed to cases of eggs

(a)
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.
(b)
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.
(c)
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.
Amended by 2003 Ga. Laws 35, § 1, eff. 5/22/2003.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 26 - FOOD, DRUGS, AND COSMETICS (§§ 26-1-1 — 26-5-80) › Chapter 2 - STANDARDS, LABELING, AND ADULTERATION OF FOOD (§§ 26-2-1 — 26-2-466) › Article 8 - EGGS (§§ 26-2-260 — 26-2-274) › Section 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:
(1)
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;
(2)
The name of the state of origin of eggs may appear on the placard;
(3)
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
(4)
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.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 26 - FOOD, DRUGS, AND COSMETICS (§§ 26-1-1 — 26-5-80) › Chapter 2 - STANDARDS, LABELING, AND ADULTERATION OF FOOD (§§ 26-2-1 — 26-2-466) › Article 8 - EGGS (§§ 26-2-260 — 26-2-274) › Section 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.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 26 - FOOD, DRUGS, AND COSMETICS (§§ 26-1-1 — 26-5-80) › Chapter 2 - STANDARDS, LABELING, AND ADULTERATION OF FOOD (§§ 26-2-1 — 26-2-466) › Article 8 - EGGS (§§ 26-2-260 — 26-2-274) › Section 26-2-271 - "Withhold From Sale Orders"; cost of inspection and release

(a)
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.
(b)
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.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 26 - FOOD, DRUGS, AND COSMETICS (§§ 26-1-1 — 26-5-80) › Chapter 2 - STANDARDS, LABELING, AND ADULTERATION OF FOOD (§§ 26-2-1 — 26-2-466) › Article 8 - EGGS (§§ 26-2-260 — 26-2-274) › Section 26-2-272 - Egg candler and grader licenses

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.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 26 - FOOD, DRUGS, AND COSMETICS (§§ 26-1-1 — 26-5-80) › Chapter 2 - STANDARDS, LABELING, AND ADULTERATION OF FOOD (§§ 26-2-1 — 26-2-466) › Article 8 - EGGS (§§ 26-2-260 — 26-2-274) › Section 26-2-273 - Refrigeration and other handling requirements

(a)
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.
(b)
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.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 26 - FOOD, DRUGS, AND COSMETICS (§§ 26-1-1 — 26-5-80) › Chapter 2 - STANDARDS, LABELING, AND ADULTERATION OF FOOD (§§ 26-2-1 — 26-2-466) › Article 8 - EGGS (§§ 26-2-260 — 26-2-274) › Section 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.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 26 - FOOD, DRUGS, AND COSMETICS (§§ 26-1-1 — 26-5-80) › Chapter 2 - STANDARDS, LABELING, AND ADULTERATION OF FOOD (§§ 26-2-1 — 26-2-466) › Article 9 - GRAINS AND BREAD (§§ 26-2-290 — 26-2-297) › Section 26-2-290 - Definitions

As used in this article, the term:
(1)
"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.
(2)
"Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Agriculture.
(3)
"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.
(4)
"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.
(5)
"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.
(6)
"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.
(7)
"Person" means an individual, firm, corporation, partnership, association, joint stock company, trust, or any unincorporated organization.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 26 - FOOD, DRUGS, AND COSMETICS (§§ 26-1-1 — 26-5-80) › Chapter 2 - STANDARDS, LABELING, AND ADULTERATION OF FOOD (§§ 26-2-1 — 26-2-466) › Article 9 - GRAINS AND BREAD (§§ 26-2-290 — 26-2-297) › Section 26-2-291 - Vitamins and ingredients in flour; specification changes; milling process

(a)
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:
(1)
Not less than 2.0 milligrams of vitamin B1 (thiamin);
(2)
Not less than 1.2 milligrams of riboflavin;
(3)
Not less than 16 milligrams of niacin (nicotinic acid) or niacin amide (nicotinic acid amide); and
(4)
Not less than 13 milligrams of iron.
(b)
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.
(c)
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.
(d)
If other vitamins and minerals are added to flour, they shall be added only in accordance with the regulations of the Commissioner.
(e)
Iron shall be added only in forms which are assimilable and harmless and which do not impair the enriched flour.
(f)
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.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 26 - FOOD, DRUGS, AND COSMETICS (§§ 26-1-1 — 26-5-80) › Chapter 2 - STANDARDS, LABELING, AND ADULTERATION OF FOOD (§§ 26-2-1 — 26-2-466) › Article 9 - GRAINS AND BREAD (§§ 26-2-290 — 26-2-297) › Section 26-2-292 - Vitamins and ingredients in bread; specification changes

(a)
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:
(1)
Not less than 1.1 milligrams of vitamin B1 (thiamin);
(2)
Not less than 0.7 milligrams of riboflavin;
(3)
Not less than 10.0 milligrams of niacin (nicotinic acid) or niacin amide (nicotinic acid amide); and
(4)
Not less than 10 milligrams of iron.
(b)
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.
(c)
Iron shall be added only in forms which are assimilable and harmless and which do not impair the enriched bread.
(d)
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.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 26 - FOOD, DRUGS, AND COSMETICS (§§ 26-1-1 — 26-5-80) › Chapter 2 - STANDARDS, LABELING, AND ADULTERATION OF FOOD (§§ 26-2-1 — 26-2-466) › Article 9 - GRAINS AND BREAD (§§ 26-2-290 — 26-2-297) › Section 26-2-293 - Vitamins and ingredients in degerminated corn meal and degerminated hominy grits; specification changes; milling process

(a)
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:
(1)
Not less than 2.0 milligrams of vitamin B1 (thiamin);
(2)
Not less than 1.2 milligrams of riboflavin;
(3)
Not less than 16 milligrams of niacin (nicotinic acid) or niacin amide (nicotinic acid amide); and
(4)
Not less than 13 milligrams of iron.
(b)
Iron shall be added only in forms which are assimilable and harmless and which do not harm the enriched corn meal or enriched grits.
(c)
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.
(d)
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.
(e)
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.
(f)
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.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 26 - FOOD, DRUGS, AND COSMETICS (§§ 26-1-1 — 26-5-80) › Chapter 2 - STANDARDS, LABELING, AND ADULTERATION OF FOOD (§§ 26-2-1 — 26-2-466) › Article 9 - GRAINS AND BREAD (§§ 26-2-290 — 26-2-297) › Section 26-2-294 - Exemptions

The terms of this article shall not apply to:
(1)
Flour, corn meal, or grits sold to bakers or other commercial secondary processors if, prior to or simultaneously with delivery, the purchaser furnishes to the seller a certificate of intent in such form as the Commissioner shall by regulation prescribe, certifying that such flour, corn meal, or grits shall be used only in the production of flour, bread, corn meal, or grits enriched within the given establishment to meet the requirements of this article or shall be used in the manufacture of products other than those covered by this article. It shall be unlawful for any such purchaser so furnishing any such certificate of intent to use the unenriched flour, corn meal, or grits so purchased in any manner other than as stated in the certificate;
(2)
Flour or bread which is made from the entire wheat berry with no parts of the wheat removed from the mixture. In cases of flour or bread containing mixtures of the whole wheat berry and white flour or mixture of various portions of the wheat berry, such products shall have a vitamin and mineral potency at least equal to enriched flour or enriched bread as described herein;
(3)
Corn meal or grits which is made from the entire corn with no parts of the corn removed from the mixture, but shall not be construed to prevent the enrichment of such products if so desired by the manufacturer. Any products so enriched must conform to standards and labeling provisions as provided in this article as modified by the Commissioner;
(4)
Flour, corn meal, or grits for the wheat and corn producer whereby the miller is paid in wheat or corn or feed for the grinding service rendered, except in so far as such a mill may produce flour or degerminated corn meal or grits and sell or offer for sale such products, whereupon this article shall be applicable; nor shall this article apply to farmers in exchanging their corn for corn meal and wheat for flour, or having the same ground into flour, corn meal, or grits and disposing of the same for their own use or the use of the farm labor on their farms; or
(5)
Mills doing custom grinding of wheat, whose capacity is 20 bushels of wheat per hour or less, and for custom mills that do not use artificial methods for bleaching flour.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 26 - FOOD, DRUGS, AND COSMETICS (§§ 26-1-1 — 26-5-80) › Chapter 2 - STANDARDS, LABELING, AND ADULTERATION OF FOOD (§§ 26-2-1 — 26-2-466) › Article 9 - GRAINS AND BREAD (§§ 26-2-290 — 26-2-297) › Section 26-2-295 - Labeling requirements

It shall be unlawful to sell or offer for sale in this state any enriched flour, enriched bread, enriched degerminated corn meal, or enriched degerminated hominy grits which, if wrapped, fails to conform to the labeling requirements of the Commissioner of Agriculture.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 26 - FOOD, DRUGS, AND COSMETICS (§§ 26-1-1 — 26-5-80) › Chapter 2 - STANDARDS, LABELING, AND ADULTERATION OF FOOD (§§ 26-2-1 — 26-2-466) › Article 9 - GRAINS AND BREAD (§§ 26-2-290 — 26-2-297) › Section 26-2-296 - Duties of Commissioner of Agriculture

(a)
The Commissioner of Agriculture is authorized as the administrative agency and is directed:
(1)
To make, amend, and rescind such rules and regulations, in his discretion, as may be necessary to carry out this article, including, but without being limited to, such orders, rules, and regulations as he is hereinafter specifically authorized and directed to make; and
(2)
From time to time to adopt, in his discretion, such regulations changing or adding to the required ingredients for flour, bread, corn meal, or grits, specified in Code Sections
26-2-291
through
26-2-293
, as shall be necessary to conform to the definitions and standards of identity of enriched flour, enriched bread, enriched degerminated corn meal, and enriched degerminated hominy grits, from time to time promulgated by the rules and regulations made by the Commissioner.
(b)
All orders, rules, and regulations adopted by the Department of Agriculture pursuant to this article shall be published as provided for in subsection (c) of this Code section, and, within the limits specified by this article, shall become effective upon such date as the Commissioner shall fix.
(c)
Whenever under this article publication of any notice, order, rule, or regulation is required, such publication shall be made at least three times in ten days in newspapers of general circulation in three different sections of the state.
(d)
The Commissioner is authorized to collect samples for analysis and to conduct examinations and investigations for the purposes of this article through any officers or employees under his supervision; and all such officers and employees shall have authority to enter to inspect any factory, mill, warehouse, shop, or establishment where flour, bread, corn meal, or grits is manufactured, processed, packed, sold, or held, or to inspect any vehicle and any flour, bread, corn meal, or grits therein, and all pertinent equipment, materials, containers, and labeling.
Amended by 2015 Ga. Laws 9,§ 26, eff. 3/13/2015.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 26 - FOOD, DRUGS, AND COSMETICS (§§ 26-1-1 — 26-5-80) › Chapter 2 - STANDARDS, LABELING, AND ADULTERATION OF FOOD (§§ 26-2-1 — 26-2-466) › Article 9 - GRAINS AND BREAD (§§ 26-2-290 — 26-2-297) › Section 26-2-297 - Penalty

Any person who violates this article or the orders, rules, or regulations promulgated by the Department of Agriculture under authority of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to a fine for each and every offense in a sum not exceeding $100.00 or to imprisonment for not more than 30 days, or both.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 26 - FOOD, DRUGS, AND COSMETICS (§§ 26-1-1 — 26-5-80) › Chapter 2 - STANDARDS, LABELING, AND ADULTERATION OF FOOD (§§ 26-2-1 — 26-2-466) › Article 10 - FISH AND OTHER SEAFOODS (§§ 26-2-310 — 26-2-320) › Section 26-2-310 - Definitions

As used in this article, the term:
(1)
"Nonresident of the State of Georgia" means a person who has not maintained a continuous residence in this state for one year and not resided therein for six months next preceding the time when he makes application for a license.
(2)
"Resident of the State of Georgia" means a person who has maintained a continuous residence in this state for one year and has resided therein for the six-month period preceding the time when he makes application for a license and a corporation organized under the laws of this state, of which a majority of the stockholders are residents of this state, or a foreign corporation which has become domesticated and qualified with the Secretary of State to do business in this state six months before it makes application for a license.
(3)
"Seafood" means all fresh or frozen fish and all fresh or frozen shellfish, such as shrimp, oysters, clams, scallops, lobsters, crayfish, and other similar fresh or frozen edible products. However, nothing in this article shall apply to any canned or salted seafoods.
(4)
"Wholesale fish dealer" means any person, firm, association of persons, or corporation who sells fish or seafood of any kind to a retail dealer, a wholesale dealer, hotels, restaurants, or other public eating places of any kind or nature whatsoever.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 26 - FOOD, DRUGS, AND COSMETICS (§§ 26-1-1 — 26-5-80) › Chapter 2 - STANDARDS, LABELING, AND ADULTERATION OF FOOD (§§ 26-2-1 — 26-2-466) › Article 10 - FISH AND OTHER SEAFOODS (§§ 26-2-310 — 26-2-320) › Section 26-2-311 - Administration by Commissioner of Agriculture

It shall be the duty of the Commissioner of Agriculture to administer this article.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 26 - FOOD, DRUGS, AND COSMETICS (§§ 26-1-1 — 26-5-80) › Chapter 2 - STANDARDS, LABELING, AND ADULTERATION OF FOOD (§§ 26-2-1 — 26-2-466) › Article 10 - FISH AND OTHER SEAFOODS (§§ 26-2-310 — 26-2-320) › Section 26-2-312 - Wholesale fish dealers' licenses

(a)
No person, firm, association of persons, or corporation shall be authorized or permitted to engage in the business of wholesale fish dealer in this state without first having paid to the Commissioner of Agriculture the annual license fees required in this Code section and having procured a license from the Commissioner authorizing such person to engage in the business of wholesale fish dealer. Any fees collected pursuant to this Code section shall be retained pursuant to the provisions of Code Section
45-12-92.1
. The annual license fee applicable to and required of wholesale fish dealers shall be as follows:
(1)
The annual license fee for each resident wholesale fish dealer shall be $60.00 for each place of business, fixed or movable; and
(2)
The annual license fee for each nonresident or alien wholesale fish dealer shall be $60.00 for each place of business, fixed or movable, provided that the annual license fee for each nonresident or alien wholesale fish dealer who is a resident of a state which charges Georgia resident wholesale fish dealers a fee in excess of $60.00 shall be the same as the fee such state charges Georgia resident wholesale fish dealers for each place of business, fixed or movable. The Commissioner of Agriculture of the State of Georgia may enter into a reciprocal agreement with any other state to limit the fees such state charges a Georgia resident who operates as a wholesale fish dealer or its equivalent in such other state.
(b)
Each truck or movable unit from which fish are sold at wholesale shall be deemed a place of business within the meaning of this article.
(c)
A resident who produces the fish and other seafood he or she sells at retail or wholesale shall not be required to pay the license fee provided in paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of this Code section; nor shall any commercial fisherman licensed to catch fish or seafood by the state game and fish laws, rules, and regulations be required to pay the license fee provided for in this Code section.
Amended by 2011 Ga. Laws 245,§ 26, eff. 5/13/2011.
Amended by 2010 Ga. Laws 360,§ 1-58, eff. 5/12/2010.
Amended by 2002 Ga. Laws 832, § 1, eff. 7/1/2002.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 26 - FOOD, DRUGS, AND COSMETICS (§§ 26-1-1 — 26-5-80) › Chapter 2 - STANDARDS, LABELING, AND ADULTERATION OF FOOD (§§ 26-2-1 — 26-2-466) › Article 10 - FISH AND OTHER SEAFOODS (§§ 26-2-310 — 26-2-320) › Section 26-2-313 - Applications for wholesale fish dealers' licenses

(a)
Each and every person desiring to engage in the business of wholesale fish dealer in this state shall annually on or before January 1 in every year make application to the Commissioner of Agriculture for a license in which such applicant shall state his name, his post office address, the nature of business in which he desires to engage, and the place at which he proposes to conduct his business. Such applicant shall also furnish to the Commissioner such other and additional information as the Commissioner may require. When such information is furnished, the Commissioner shall advise the applicant the amount of the license tax required of such applicant, and when said annual license tax is paid, the Commissioner shall issue to such applicant a license which shall particularly state the nature of the business which the applicant thereunder is authorized to conduct in this state and the place or places from which it may be conducted.
(b)
The annual license fee shall be payable on or before January 1 of each and every year thereafter; provided, however, that whenever an application is submitted after July 1 of any year, the annual license fee for the remaining portion of such year shall be one-half of the annual license fee provided for in Code Section
26-2-312
.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 26 - FOOD, DRUGS, AND COSMETICS (§§ 26-1-1 — 26-5-80) › Chapter 2 - STANDARDS, LABELING, AND ADULTERATION OF FOOD (§§ 26-2-1 — 26-2-466) › Article 10 - FISH AND OTHER SEAFOODS (§§ 26-2-310 — 26-2-320) › Section 26-2-314 - License revocation

The license of any wholesale fish dealer is subject to revocation by the Commissioner of Agriculture for violation of any law, rule, or regulation pertaining to the sale or distribution of seafoods or fish.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 26 - FOOD, DRUGS, AND COSMETICS (§§ 26-1-1 — 26-5-80) › Chapter 2 - STANDARDS, LABELING, AND ADULTERATION OF FOOD (§§ 26-2-1 — 26-2-466) › Article 10 - FISH AND OTHER SEAFOODS (§§ 26-2-310 — 26-2-320) › Section 26-2-315 - Promulgation of rules and regulations regarding sanitation, distribution, and transportation of fish and seafoods

The Commissioner of Agriculture is authorized to regulate and prescribe rules and regulations with respect to the proper method of sanitation, distribution, and transportation of all fish and seafoods in this state and, as well, all fish and seafood transported from all other states. To this end the Commissioner may require that all fish and seafoods transported into and in and through this state shall be in refrigerated cars or by refrigerated trucks with insulated bodies or in containers disconnected from the body of the truck or by express or in boxes or other containers adequately iced. When fish and seafoods are transported from this state by truck, they shall be equipped with enclosed insulated bodies or containers disconnected from the body of the truck with proper refrigeration to carry the fish and seafood in good condition with 50 percent weight of ice to weight of fish or seafoods.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 26 - FOOD, DRUGS, AND COSMETICS (§§ 26-1-1 — 26-5-80) › Chapter 2 - STANDARDS, LABELING, AND ADULTERATION OF FOOD (§§ 26-2-1 — 26-2-466) › Article 10 - FISH AND OTHER SEAFOODS (§§ 26-2-310 — 26-2-320) › Section 26-2-316 - Suitable equipment and sanitation for wholesale fish dealers

The Commissioner of Agriculture is authorized to require each wholesale fish dealer having a fixed place of business to provide suitable equipment and sanitation to handle and care for fish and seafoods in a sanitary manner; and that each wholesale dealer having a fixed place of business shall have in his place of business a refrigerated or insulated box or cooler in which a degree of not higher than 40 degrees temperature shall be maintained and that his place of business shall have proper drainage and sewerage for the care of waste in the proper dressing or processing of fish and seafoods.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 26 - FOOD, DRUGS, AND COSMETICS (§§ 26-1-1 — 26-5-80) › Chapter 2 - STANDARDS, LABELING, AND ADULTERATION OF FOOD (§§ 26-2-1 — 26-2-466) › Article 10 - FISH AND OTHER SEAFOODS (§§ 26-2-310 — 26-2-320) › Section 26-2-317 - Equipment for traveling fish dealers

No person shall be permitted as a traveling fish dealer to conduct a business in this state unless he is so equipped with refrigerated and insulated containers and unless his vehicle is so equipped with proper refrigeration or insulation as to provide adequate safeguards to prevent the sale of unsanitary products.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 26 - FOOD, DRUGS, AND COSMETICS (§§ 26-1-1 — 26-5-80) › Chapter 2 - STANDARDS, LABELING, AND ADULTERATION OF FOOD (§§ 26-2-1 — 26-2-466) › Article 10 - FISH AND OTHER SEAFOODS (§§ 26-2-310 — 26-2-320) › Section 26-2-318 - Inspection of fish and seafoods

It shall be the duty of the Commissioner of Agriculture to provide the proper and necessary inspection of all fish and seafoods sold or distributed in this state or transported into this state from other states.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 26 - FOOD, DRUGS, AND COSMETICS (§§ 26-1-1 — 26-5-80) › Chapter 2 - STANDARDS, LABELING, AND ADULTERATION OF FOOD (§§ 26-2-1 — 26-2-466) › Article 10 - FISH AND OTHER SEAFOODS (§§ 26-2-310 — 26-2-320) › Section 26-2-319 - [Reserved] Allocation of license fees

Repealed by 2010 Ga. Laws 360,§ 1-58.1, eff. 5/12/2010.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 26 - FOOD, DRUGS, AND COSMETICS (§§ 26-1-1 — 26-5-80) › Chapter 2 - STANDARDS, LABELING, AND ADULTERATION OF FOOD (§§ 26-2-1 — 26-2-466) › Article 10 - FISH AND OTHER SEAFOODS (§§ 26-2-310 — 26-2-320) › Section 26-2-320 - Penalty

Any person who violates any provision of this article or any valid rule or regulation promulgated by the Commissioner of Agriculture pursuant to the terms of this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than 30 days nor more than six months or by a fine of not less than $50.00 nor more than $500.00, or by both fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 26 - FOOD, DRUGS, AND COSMETICS (§§ 26-1-1 — 26-5-80) › Chapter 2 - STANDARDS, LABELING, AND ADULTERATION OF FOOD (§§ 26-2-1 — 26-2-466) › Article 11 - [RESERVED] (§ 26-2-330) › Section 26-2-330 - through 26-2-335 - [Reserved]

Repealed by Ga. L. 2010, p. 114, § 2/HB 1345, effective May 20, 2010.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 26 - FOOD, DRUGS, AND COSMETICS (§§ 26-1-1 — 26-5-80) › Chapter 2 - STANDARDS, LABELING, AND ADULTERATION OF FOOD (§§ 26-2-1 — 26-2-466) › Article 12 - SOFT DRINKS (§§ 26-2-350 — 26-2-357) › Section 26-2-350 - Definitions

As used in this article, the term:
(1)
"Bottled soft drink" means all nonalcoholic beverages, whether carbonated or not, such as soda water, carbonated water, orangeade, lemonade, fruit juice when any plain or carbonated water, flavoring, or syrup is added, or any and all preparations commonly referred to as "soft drinks" of whatever kind, which are closed and sealed in glass, paper, metal, or any other type of container or bottle, whether manufactured with or without the use of any syrup. This term shall not include fluid milk to which no flavoring has been added, or natural undiluted fruit or vegetable juice but shall include these drinks when mixed with any syrup, flavoring, water, or additive.
(2)
"Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Agriculture.
(3)
"Person" means any person, firm, corporation, association, or any combination thereof.
(4)
"Soft drink syrup" means the compound mixture or the basic ingredients, whether dry or liquid, practically and commercially usable in making, mixing, or compounding soft drinks at soda fountains by the mixing thereof with carbonated or plain water, ice, fruit, milk, or any other product suitable to make a soft drink, or any such syrup used in the manufacture, bottling, or distribution of a bottled soft drink.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 26 - FOOD, DRUGS, AND COSMETICS (§§ 26-1-1 — 26-5-80) › Chapter 2 - STANDARDS, LABELING, AND ADULTERATION OF FOOD (§§ 26-2-1 — 26-2-466) › Article 12 - SOFT DRINKS (§§ 26-2-350 — 26-2-357) › Section 26-2-351 - License for manufacture and bottling; separate license for each business or bottling or manufacturing plant

(a)
In addition to complying with the food laws of this state, no person shall manufacture or bottle any soft drink or soft drink syrup within this state unless he or she has a current food sales establishment license from the Commissioner.
(b)
Each place of business or bottling or manufacturing plant shall be required to obtain a separate license.
Amended by 2007 Ga. Laws 36,§ 3, eff. 7/1/2007.
2023 CODE OF GEORGIA › Title 26 - FOOD, DRUGS, AND COSMETICS (§§ 26-1-1 — 26-5-80) › Chapter 2 - STANDARDS, LABELING, AND ADULTERATION OF FOOD (§§ 26-2-1 — 26-2-466) › Article 12 - SOFT DRINKS (§§ 26-2-350 — 26-2-357) › Section 26-2-352 - Sanitary standards and specifications for the manufacture, bottling, and distribution of soft drinks or soft drink syrup

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.