Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 40 - RULES OF GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE › Chapter 40-1 - ADMINISTRATION › Subject 40-1-1 - ORGANIZATION › Rule 40-1-1-.01 - Organization

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1) The Head of the
				Department is the Commissioner of Agriculture.
(2) The Georgia Department of Agriculture is
				the regulatory department of the State government for the agricultural industry
				of the State. The objective of the Department is the regulation and control of
				products which farmers of the state buy or sell, as well as the promotion of
				agricultural products and commodities.
The regulation by the Department is accomplished by
				  Licensing, Issuance of Permits, Inspection and Sampling as well as the
				  with-holding, suspension or revocation of licenses and permits.
The Department is organized into four branches known as the
				  Office of Animal Industry, the Office of Plant Industry, and the Office of
				  Marketing and Consumer Protection, with an additional Office for Administrative
				  and Personnel Affairs.
(3)
				Where any law of the State of Georgia or any Rule or Regulation of the
				Department of Agriculture requires a license or permit from the Department
				before engaging in any particular activity, application for such license or
				permit may be made to the local inspector, the Supervisor, Section or Division
				Head concerned or to the Commissioner. Where the application is required to be
				accomplished on a specified form, the form will be furnished upon request to
				any of said persons.
(4) When any
				application is denied and the denial shall result in a dispute, the matter
				shall be disposed of in accordance with the procedural rules adopted and
				promulgated by the Commissioner of Agriculture.
(5) Inspectors of the Department will make
				such inspections and samplings as are authorized by the Regulations of the
				Department. Reports will be made to the Division concerned and appropriate
				action taken. Quarantine powers and the right to condemn livestock will be
				exercised in accordance with the law and the rules and regulations of the
				Department. Where indemnity programs are in effect application shall be made to
				the appropriate Section or Division Head or to the Commissioner of Agriculture
				and shall be acted upon in accordance with the rules and regulations of the
				Department.
(6) Requests for
				analysis of seed should be directed to the Seed Section or to the Commissioner
				of Agriculture. Other available cooperative services furnished by the
				Department will be made available upon informal request to the appropriate
				Division Head or the Commissioner.
(7) The Department of Agriculture publishes
				the GEORGIA FARMERS' MARKET BULLETIN weekly as a part of its agricultural
				promotion service. Subscriptions are by request to the Commissioner of
				Agriculture, the Editor of the MARKET BULLETIN or the Chief of the Information
				and Education Section.
(8)
				Commodity marketing associations established in accordance with the law operate
				under the Department of Agriculture but the marketing orders are proposed by
				the Agriculture Commodity Commission for the particular product and adopted by
				vote of producers of that product.
(9) All applications for employment in the
				Department of Agriculture should be addressed to the Personnel Section within
				the Administrative Office of the Department.
(10) Any labels, formulas, advertising
				material or other matter required by law or regulations to be approved by the
				Department of Agriculture should be submitted to the Section or Department Head
				Concerned.
(11) The Department of
				Agriculture is also the administrative force charged with executing policies,
				rules and orders of the Milk Control Commission which is the agency charged
				with controlling the usage, distribution and price of milk. The rules,
				regulations and orders of the Milk Control Commission are published
				separately.
Ga. L. 1964, p. 338, as
				  amended by Ga. Laws 1965, p. 283.