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Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 40 - RULES OF GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE › Chapter 40-7 - FOOD DIVISION REGULATIONS › Subject 40-7-8 - ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS APPLICABLE TO VIDALIA ONIONS › Rule 40-7-8-.09 - Invoices

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
All onions sold as Vidalia onions or Vidalia green onions
				  must be accompanied by an invoice, bill of lading, bill of sale or other
				  documentation issued by the seller, to show the producer of the onions by name
				  and address, or the person making the sale if other than the producer, name and
				  address of person or persons to whom sold and shipped, the quantity and grade,
				  if applicable. Copies of invoices, bills of lading, bills of sale or other
				  documentation, shall be required to be furnished to the Department upon
				  request, provided that nothing herein shall be construed to require the
				  maintaining of records of a retail sale to an ultimate consumer. Copies of
				  invoices, bills of lading, bills of sale or other documentation, shall be
				  maintained by the seller at the place of business of the firm for a minimum of
				  four years after the issuance date.
O.C.G.A. Secs.
				  2-14-133,
				  26-2-1
et
				  seq.
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Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
The Commissioner or his duly authorized agent shall have free
				  access at all reasonable hours to any production area, or any packaging,
				  processing, and storage facilities where onions are being held for introduction
				  into commerce, and any vehicle being used to transport or hold such onions for
				  the purpose of:
(a) Inspecting such
				area, facility or vehicle to determine if any of the provisions of these
				regulations and the Georgia Food Act are being violated;
(b) Examining business records and invoices
				to determine the origin of any onions; and
(c) Securing samples of onions, onion
				packaging or containers, labels, tags, seals, stamps, or other identification
				devices.
O.C.G.A. Secs.
				  2-14-133,
				  26-2-1
et
				  seq.
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Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
All persons producing, packaging, processing, distributing or
				  selling onions as Vidalia onions or Vidalia green onions must retain for a
				  period of four years those records which indicate the origin of any onions
				  produced, packaged, processed, distributed or sold by them.
O.C.G.A. Secs.
				  2-14-133,
				  26-2-1
et
				  seq.
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Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
The following acts and the causing thereof within this State
				  are prohibited:
(a) The selling or
				offering for sale of any onions as Vidalia onions or Vidalia green onions
				unless such onions are the type defined in paragraph (g) of Section
				40-7-8-.02 of these rules, and were
				grown in the Vidalia onion production area as defined in paragraph (i) of
				Section 40-7-8-.02 of
				these rules.
(b) The packaging or
				labeling of any onions as Vidalia onions or Vidalia green onions for sale, or
				the use of the term "
Vidalia
" in connection with the labeling
				or packaging of onions for sale, unless such onions are of the type defined in
				paragraph (g) of Section
				40-7-8-.02 of these rules, meet all
				standards for grades of Vidalia onions as required in Section
				40-7-8-.06 and paragraph (a) of
				Section 40-7-8-.08(1) of
				these rules, were grown in the Vidalia onion production area as defined in
				paragraph (i) of Section 4-7-8-.02 of these rules, and unless a current
				Certification Mark Agreement has been entered into as provided by Section
				40-7-8-.04 of these rules.
(c) The selling, holding, offering for sale,
				packaging or labeling of onions as Vidalia onions or Vidalia green onions in
				violation of the Georgia Food Act.
(d) The production and/or packaging of onions
				as Vidalia onions or Vidalia green onions unless the producer and/or packer is
				properly registered, as provided by Section
				40-7-8-.03 of these rules.
(e) The handling or shipping of Vidalia
				onions in bulk outside the production area, or Vidalia onions which have not
				been graded and packed, as provided by these rules, except for charity, relief,
				processing or experimental shipments, as provided for in paragraph (d) of
				Section 40-7-8-.08(1) of
				these rules.
(f) The repacking of
				Vidalia onions except as specifically authorized under Paragraph
				40-7-8-.08(1)(f)2.
				of these rules.
(g) The violation
				of any provision of Paragraph
				40-7-8-.08(1)(g)1.
				of these rules related to Facility Packing Requirements.
(h) The failure to provide information as
				required in paragraph 40-7-8-.032 of these rules related to documentation of
				sales by persons and entities to Vidalia onion growers. Any such information
				deemed confidential shall be subject to the requirements of Paragraph
				40-7-8-.18 of these rules.
O.C.G.A. Secs.
				  2-14-133,
				  26-2-1
et
				  seq.
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Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
Upon the application of any person showing:
(a) That he has produced and sold or marketed
				onions as Vidalia onions in this State within three years prior to the
				effective date of these regulations; and
(b) That continued production and sales or
				marketing of such onions by the applicant would be authorized under these rules
				but for the fact that the onions would be grown outside the Vidalia onion
				production area, the Commissioner may grant a variance to such person
				authorizing him to continue to produce, package, store and sell or market such
				onions in the production area specified in the application. Any such action by
				the Commissioner shall authorize a variance only as to the production area, and
				the person receiving the variance shall be subject to all other requirements
				contained in these rules. A variance may not be transferred. The Commissioner,
				under the conditions he prescribes, may require the submission of such
				information or documentation as he deems necessary in connection with the
				issuance of such variances. All applications for variances shall be on forms
				developed by the Commissioner. An application for a variance must be filed with
				the Commissioner by December 31, 1987, in order to be eligible for
				consideration. Variance Application Forms may be obtained from the Georgia
				Department of Agriculture, Markets Division, Capitol Square, Atlanta, Georgia
				30334.
O.C.G.A. Secs.
				  2-14-133,
				  26-2-1
et
				  seq.
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Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
Any person involved in the production, packaging, holding,
				  storage, distribution and sales of Vidalia onions who desires to store by such
				  means Vidalia onions for the purpose of introduction into commerce following
				  September 15th of the year in which the onions were produced, must notify the
				  Department to provide inspection and certification of the storage facilities
				  and the onions to be stored prior to storage. The Department will place seals
				  on the facility. The Department must be notified if the seals are broken for
				  any reason. The storer must notify the Department to request inspection and
				  certification prior to removal from storage. The storer must maintain records
				  for each storage cycle for a period of two (2) years. The records must contain,
				  but not be limited to, the following:
(a) Name of storer;
(b) Producer name and address if other than
				storer;
(c) Location of storage
				facility;
(d) Diagram of facility
				relating to controlled atmosphere storage units;
(e) Date of inspection by Department prior to
				storage;
(f) Date onions enter
				storage;
(g) Volume of onions
				stored by weight, bushel count or bin count;
(h) Date onions to be removed;
(i) Date of inspection by Department prior to
				removal from storage;
(j) Volume of
				onions removed from storage by weight or bushel count;
(k) Copies of invoices from sale of stored
				onions;
(l) Seal numbers used to
				seal storage facility.
O.C.G.A. Secs.
				  2-14-133,
				  26-2-1
et
				  seq.
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Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
Container manufacturers will be required to maintain for a
				  period of four years, records indicating the quantity of Vidalia onion
				  containers produced and persons to whom sold or shipped. Each person who
				  produces or packages onions as Vidalia onions, must maintain records for a
				  period of four years indicating the number of Vidalia onion containers
				  purchased, and disposition or use of those containers. A manufacturer of
				  containers shall not sell containers imprinted with the name and address of a
				  producer or packer to anyone other than that producer or packer. A manufacturer
				  shall not sell stock containers (
containers imprinted with the
				  term
"Vidalia" and bearing no producer or packer
				  name
) to anyone other than a currently registered Vidalia onion
				  producer or packer.
O.C.G.A. Secs.
				  2-14-133,
				  26-2-1
et
				  seq.
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Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
The Commissioner shall appoint a Vidalia Onion Advisory
				  Panel, to consist of individuals involved in growing, packing, or growing and
				  packing Vidalia onions; at least one county cooperative extension agent from
				  the Vidalia onion production area; and any other person or persons selected by
				  the Commissioner, for the purpose of rendering advice upon his or her request
				  regarding the exercise of his or her authority pursuant to Code Sections
2-14-136
and
2-14-137,
as
				  well as for the purpose of recommending the commencement date for Transition 2
				  each year. Members of the advisory panel shall receive no compensation for
				  their service as such members.
O.C.G.A. §§
										2-14-133,
				  26-2-1
et
				  seq.
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Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
The Commissioner is authorized to determine and announce a
				  packing date each year for the Vidalia Onion® marketing season which shall
				  commence no sooner than 12:01 AM on the Monday of the last full week of April,
				  each year. Vidalia Onions® shall not be packed or put into commerce, at any
				  time prior to the announced packing date. Once the packing date is established,
				  Vidalia Onions may be packed in containers and shipped from that day forward.
				  The Commissioner may, depending on crop conditions and with the recommendation
				  of the Vidalia Onion® Advisory Panel, specify a packing date other than the
				  Monday of the last full week in April. Drying and other forms of onion
				  preparation may take place prior to the packing date.
O.C.G.A. Sec.
				  2-14-133.
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Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1) Any data, records, reports, or
				information obtained from any person or business entity by the Commissioner and
				staff under these rules shall be reasonably available to any member of the
				public for inspection and copying at the expense of the person or business
				entity requesting copies.
(2) Upon
				proper demonstration by any person or business entity affirmatively showing,
				establishing, and declaring to the Commissioner that any records, reports, or
				information, or any particular part thereof, to which the Commissioner has
				access under these rules, would, if made public, divulge information entitled
				to protection or confidentiality under the law, the Commissioner shall consider
				such information or any particular portion thereof confidential in accordance
				with the purposes of the law under which confidentiality, trade secret, or
				protection has been claimed and established conclusively that the records,
				reports or information are entitled to this protection.
(3) This rule shall apply to any data,
				records, reports, or information which has been established and declared by the
				person or business entity to be confidential, trade secrets, or of a privileged
				or confidential nature, and required by law to be submitted to Department of
				Agriculture where such data, records, or information has not been publicly
				released, published, copyrighted, or patented.
(4) Any claim of confidentiality filed
				pursuant to this rule must be established and declared at the time of the
				initial submission of the data, records, reports or information, or the claim
				of confidentiality is deemed waived.
(5) To establish and declare confidentiality
				the person or business entity must file the claim of confidentiality which must
				include the legal basis which establishes by a preponderance of evidence that
				the data, records, reports, or information is confidential and should be
				protected.
(6) At the time of
				submission of the claim of confidentiality the person or business entity must
				submit a copy of the data, records, reports, or information which has redacted
				the confidential data, records, reports, or information for the public
				file.
O.C.G.A. Secs.
				  2-14-133,
				  50-18-70
et
				  seq.
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Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
Any person who violates these Rules and Regulations shall be
				  subject to penalty as set forth in O.C.G.A. §
									2-2-.9.1 and O.C.G.A. §
									2-14-135.
O.C.G.A. Sec.
				  2-14-133.
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Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1) Syrup rooms shall be separately
				enclosed.
(2) A sink of sufficient
				size for operations performed, with hot and cold water under pressure, shall be
				provided.
Ga. L. 1956 p. 195 as
				  amended; p. 611.
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Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
All vats, jars, mixing and storage tanks, pipe lines,
				  filters, and other apparatus used in the preparation of syrups, shall be of
				  sanitary construction and lined with materials resistent to the action of syrup
				  ingredients. All mixing and storage tanks shall be provided with approved
				  covers at all times.
Ga. L. 1956, p. 195 as
				  amended; Ga. L. 1956, p. 611.
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Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
Syrups shall be prepared in a sanitary manner and every
				  precaution shall be taken against contamination or absorption of deleterious
				  substances during the process of preparation and subsequent
				  storage.
Ga. L. 1956, P. 195 as
				  amended; P. 611.
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Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1) Each plant
				shall be equipped with:
(a) suitable
				mechanical bottle washing equipment;
(b) approved machines for carbonating,
				filling, and crowning.
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Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
Conveyors and cases shall be maintained in a clean and
				  sanitary condition at all times.
Ga. L. 1956, p. 195 as
				  amended; p. 611.
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Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
All pipe lines, apparatus, and containers used in the
				  manufacturing process shall be thoroughly cleaned and sterilized daily. Steam,
				  hot water, chlorine or other equally efficient agents are permissible for
				  Sterilization.
Ga. L. 1956, p. 195 as
				  amended; p. 611.
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Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
Every plant manufacturing beverages shall be adequately
				  provided with thermometers, and apparatus for ascertaining the alkalinity
				  and/or causticity of the soaker solution used in bottle washing. The record of
				  the A.B.C.D. Alkali Test or other approved index for ascertaining the strength
				  of the soaker solution shall be available at all times.
Ga. L. 1956, p. 195 as
				  amended; p. 611.
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Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
Electrical or chemical coagulation devices and filters used
				  for clarification of water shall be of types approved by the Commissioner of
				  Agriculture or his agent; shall not be operated beyond their rated capacity,
				  and shall be maintained in a clean and sanitary condition at all
				  times.
Ga. L. 1956, p. 195 as
				  amended; p. 611.
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Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
Water used in any phase of the manufacture or bottling of
				  beverages shall conform to the latest standards established by the Georgia
				  Department of Agriculture for potable water.
Ga. L. 1956, p. 195 as
				  amended; p. 611.
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Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
Crowns shall be stored in dustproof and verminproof
				  containers.
Ga. L. 1956, p. 195 as
				  amended; p. 611.
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Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1) Hand bottle washing, except as a
				preliminary to subsequent mechanical washing, shall be prohibited. All bottles
				shall be thoroughly cleaned and sterilized immediately before
				filling.
(2) Unclean bottles shall
				be exposed to a 3% alkali solution of which not less than 60% is caustic
				(sodium hydroxide), for a period of not less than 5 minutes at a temperature of
				not less than 130° F. or to an equivalent cleansing and sterilizing
				process.
(3) The bottles shall be
				rinsed free of all caustic with potable water.
Ga. L. 1956, p. 195 as
				  amended; p. 611.
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Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
Manual filling or crowning shall be prohibited. Bottles shall
				  be filled and capped with automatic machinery.
Ga. L. 1956, p. 195 as
				  amended; p. 611.
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Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
Broken bottles and all refuse or rubbish shall be placed in
				  suitable container and removed from plant daily.
Ga. L. 1956, p. 195 as
				  amended; p. 611.
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Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1) The name or
				trade-mark, net contents, name of product or flavor, address of bottler or
				distributor and such other descriptive matter as provided by law or regulations
				must appear on the label (bottle or crown).
(2) No bottler shall fill bottles or
				distribute products in bottles bearing a trade-mark other than his own
				trade-mark, unless such bottler has a contract right from the owner of such
				trade-mark to use it.
(3) No
				bottler may use a stock or plain bottle unless he attaches thereto a label
				which meets all of the requirements of the Georgia Bottling Act.
(4) All syrups, flavors, concentrates and
				beverage bases must be so labeled as to show their proper classification. They
				must state on the labels if Artificial Flavor or Artificial Color is present.
				If the product is made from pure juices and has artificial color, artificial
				cloud, or essential oils added, the label must so state.
(5) If any of these products contain
				artificial flavor, they must be labeled "Imitation" directly above the name of
				the product imitated. The wording "Artificial Flavor and Color" (if artificial
				color is present), must appear directly under the name of the product imitated.
				A list of ingredients must appear on label. Spices, flavorings and colorings,
				other than those sold as such, may be designated as spices, flavorings and
				colorings without naming each.
Ga. L. 1956, p. 195 as
				  amended.
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Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
All vending machines and other devices used in dispensing
				  bulk beverages must comply with all labeling regulations by signs or other
				  acceptable methods.
Ga. L. 1956, p. 195 as
				  amended.
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Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
The following words or terms shall have the meaning set forth
				  herein wherever used in these rules and regulations:
(a) Natural Flavor is a flavor derived from
				natural sources, such as fruits, vegetables, leaves, roots, barks, or berries.
				It may contain ethyl alcohol or other suitable vehicle or solvent.
(b) True Fruit Flavor is a natural flavor
				derived from and limited to essence, extract, concentrate, or oil of the fruit
				named.
(c) Artificial Flavor is a
				synthetically produced flavor which contains any sapid or aromatic
				constituent.
(d) Natural Color is
				any harmless coloring material found in nature which is derived by extraction
				or other methods from natural sources.
(e) Artificial Color is any harmless coloring
				material not found in nature which is manufactured by a process of synthesis or
				similar artifice.
(f) Non-nutritive
				Artificial Sweeteners may only be used in accordance with
				21 C.F.R,
				170-
				180 relating to food additives,
				GRAS or prior sanctioned substances allowed in
				21 CFR,
				181-
				186.
(g) Nutritive Artificial Sweeteners may only
				be used in accordance with 21 CFR, 170-
				180 relating to food additives,
				GRAS or prior sanctioned substances allowed in
				21 CFR,
				181-
				186.
(h) Chemical Preservative is any chemical
				that, when added to a beverage product, tends to prevent or retard
				deterioration thereof.
(i)
				Concentrate is the food product resulting from the extraction of substantial
				quantity of water from a juice in the normal processing/manufacturing
				practice.
Ga. L. 1956, p. 195 as
				  amended.
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(1) Organic
				salts/Minerals, Use of.-Edible organic acids and their salts may be used.
				Mineral acids other than orthophosphoric acid and its salts, are
				prohibited.
(2) Colors.-Only
				caramel, U.S. Certified food colors, or harmless vegetable colors, may be
				used.
(3) Wholesome
				Ingredients.-All materials used in the manufacture of beverages must be
				wholesome and free from any deleterious or foreign substances. Such products
				must be handled in a sanitary manner.
(4) Preservatives.-If benzoate of soda, or
				benzoic acid is used, beverages may contain a maximum of 1/10 of 1%, as
				benzoate of soda. The presence and percentage must be indicated properly on the
				label.
(5) Saponins.-Saponins are
				permissible when not toxic or when not present in amounts that render beverages
				or other food products injurious to health. They will not be permitted when
				their use has the effect of concealing damage or inferiority in the finished
				article.
(6) Vitamin Added.-The
				vitamin content may not be claimed unless vitamins as such are added as an
				ingredient in the beverage. The fact that other ingredients in the beverage may
				contain vitamins will not support such a claim.
Ga. L 1956, p. 195 as
				  amended.
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(1) When added artificial flavor (in
				semblance of a natural flavor), is used, all such drinks must be labeled
				"Imitation". The word "Imitation" must appear in the same size and type as the
				name of the fruit it imitates and on the same background. The statement
				"Artificial Flavor and Color", (if artificial color is used), must appear
				directly under the fruit name. When a product is made from pure juice or
				berries, and artificial color is added, the words, "Artificially Colored" or
				equivalent words must appear on the label.
(2) A flavored beverage sold under a
				trade-name, even though the name be non-descriptive, yet in color, appearance,
				or taste, it imitates a fruit or berry, it must be labeled "Imitation", and
				comply with all regulations pertaining to the labeling of fruit-flavored
				beverages.
Ga. L. 1956, p. 195 as
				  amended.
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(1) Artificially
				Sweetened Nonalcoholic Noncarbonated Beverage is a beverage which complies in
				all respects except sweetener(s) with the standard provided for the similar
				nutritively sweetened or unsweetened nonalcoholic noncarbonated beverage. It
				shall be sweetened with non-nutritive artificial sweeteners. It shall not
				contain added nutritive sweeteners. It may contain substances safe for use in
				dietary foods.
(2) The name of the
				beverage shall show "Artificially Sweetened" followed by the name of the
				similar nutritively sweetened beverage.
Ga. L. 1956, p. 195 as
				  amended.
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Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1) The sweetening agents used in the
				manufacture of beverages shall consist only of those nutritive sugars as set
				forth in the Georgia Food Laws.
(2)
				Non-nutritive sweeteners are prohibited in beverage bases and finished drinks,
				except when used in dietary beverages.
Ga. L. 1956, p. 195 as
				  amended.
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Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
Dietary beverages shall not contain nutritive sugars, and
				  their label shall clearly state that they are for dietary
				  purposes.
Ga. L. 1956, p. 195 as
				  amended.
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Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
When a juice type drink is made from a concentrate base
				  (sweetened or unsweetened) and brought back to its original state with plain
				  water, it shall be labeled as "Reconstituted", (Sweetened or unsweetened) on
				  the main display panel.
Ga. L. 1956, p. 195 as
				  amended.
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Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
Reconstituted fruit juice is the beverage composed of water
				  and concentrated fruit juice of one or more fruits, with or without added juice
				  of the fruit(s) named, provided an amount of water is added to the concentrated
				  fruit juice(s) so as to restore to a reasonable average natural strength. It
				  may contain a preservative, be heat-treated, chilled, canned, or frozen. The
				  name of the beverage shall show that it is "reconstituted _____ juice" or
				  "_____ juice from concentrate", the blank shall be filled with the name of the
				  fruit(s) used. If more than one fruit is used, the name shall appear in order
				  of descending predominance.
Ga. L. 1956, p. 195 as
				  amended.
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Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
Sweetened reconstituted fruit juice is reconstituted fruit
				  juice with a nutritive sweetener added. The name of the beverage shall show
				  that it is "reconstituted _____ juice" or "_____ juice from concentrate"
				  followed by sugar added or sweetened, with no intervening printed or graphic
				  material. The blank shall be filled with the name of the fruit(s) used; if more
				  than one fruit is used, the names shall appear in order of descending
				  predominance.
Ga. L. 1956, p. 195 as
				  amended.
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Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
Combination fruit juice is the beverage composed of one or
				  more fruit juices and one or more reconstituted fruit juices, provided the
				  reconstituted portion does not exceed 50% of the total product. It may contain
				  a preservative, be heat-treated, chilled, canned, or frozen. The name of the
				  beverage shall conform to the names of the fruits from which the juice is
				  derived or, if it contains three or more juices or reconstituted juices, it may
				  be identified as combination fruit juice or mixed fruit juice immediately
				  preceded or followed by the names of the fruits from which the juice is
				  derived, listed in order of descending predominance.
Ga. L. 1956, p. 195 as
				  amended.
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Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
Sweetened combination fruit juice is a combination fruit
				  juice with a nutritive sweetener added. The name of the beverage shall be one
				  of the names provided for combination fruit juice followed by "sugar added" or
				  "sweetened", with no intervening printed or graphic material.
Ga. L. 1956, p. 195 as
				  amended.
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Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
Percentage juice declaration for foods purporting to be
				  beverages that contain fruit or vegetable juice shall be in accordance with
				  21 CFR
				  101.30.
Ga. L. 1956, p. 195 as
				  amended. O.C.G.A. Sec.
				  26-2-1
et
				  seq.
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Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
Beverages that contain fruit or vegetable juice shall be in
				  accordance with 21 CFR
				  102.33.
Ga. L. 1956, p. 195 as
				  amended. O.C.G.A. Sec.
				  26-2-1
et
				  seq.
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Ga. L. 1956, p. 195 as
				  amended.
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Ga. L. 1956, p. 195 as
				  amended.
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Ga. L. 1956, p. 195 as
				  amended.
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Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
Ga. L. 1956, p. 195 as
				  amended.
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Ga. L. 1956, p. 195 as
				  amended.
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Ga. L. 1956, p. 195 as
				  amended.
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Ga. L. 1956, p. 195 as
				  amended.
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Ga. L. 1956, p. 195 as
				  amended.
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Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
Ga. L. 1956, p. 195 as
				  amended.
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Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
No grower, merchant, broker, or dealer shall sell any insect
				  infested, moldy, rancid, or otherwise decomposed Almond, Brazil, Chestnut,
				  Filbert, Pecan, Walnut or Pistachio nuts in the State of Georgia, to other than
				  cracking plants, with a tolerance that exceeds 10 per cent.
Ga. L. 1963, p. 125;
				  Ga. L. 1956, p. 195 as amended; O.C.G.A. Sec.
				  26-2-1
et
				  seq.
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Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
"Blow-outs" or rejected nuts at cleaning and grading plants
				  shall not be sold unless crushed or otherwise denatured (rendered unfit for
				  human consumption).
Ga. L. 1956, p. 195 as
				  amended; O.C.G.A. Sec.
				  26-2-1
et
				  seq.
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Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
All nuts if sold in package form must be labeled showing an
				  accurate statement of the quantity of the contents in terms of net weight, the
				  name or variety, and the name and place of business of the packer or
				  distributor.
Ga. L. 1956, p. 195 as
				  amended; O.C.G.A. Sec
				  26-2-1
et
				  seq.
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Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1) Bulk meats should be sold in terms of
				avoirdupois weight, specified in pounds and ounces.
(2) The firm shall clearly explain to the
				customer before the sale is consummated:
(a)
				The purchase of wholesale cuts by hanging weight is subject to cutting, boning
				and trim loss during processing;
(b) The number of pounds of retail style cuts
				will be considerably less than the hanging weight upon which the price is
				based; and
(c) Shall give the buyer
				an estimate of the actual weight of retail cuts of meat expected to be
				delivered; same to be stated on the Customer Order Form.