§ 26-2-110.1. Approved Methods for Handling and Slaughtering of Animals; Designation by Commissioner of Methods of Handling and Slaughtering
For purposes of this article, the following methods of slaughtering and handling are declared to be humane: In the case of cattle, calves, horses, mules, sheep, swine, nontraditional livestock, rabbits, and other livestock, all animals are to be rendered insensible to pain by a single blow or gunshot or by an electrical, chemical, or other […]
§ 26-2-111. Labeling and Preparation of Carcasses, Meat, and Meat Food Products of Equines
No person, firm, or corporation shall sell, transport, offer for sale or transportation, or receive for transportation, in commerce, any carcasses of horses, mules, or other equines, or parts of such carcasses, or the meat or meat food products thereof unless they are plainly and conspicuously marked or labeled or otherwise identified as required by […]
§ 26-2-112. Inspection Exceptions; Labeling and Handling of Custom Slaughtered and Prepared Meat or Meat Food Products
Except as provided in subsection (c) of this Code section, the provisions of this part requiring inspection of the slaughter of animals and the preparation of the carcasses, parts thereof, meat, and meat food products at establishments conducting such operations shall not apply to: The slaughtering by any person of animals of his or her […]
§ 26-2-113. Storage and Handling Regulations for Carcasses, Meat, and Meat Food Products
The Commissioner may by regulations prescribe conditions under which carcasses, parts of carcasses, meat, and meat food products of cattle, sheep, swine, nontraditional livestock, rabbits, goats, horses, mules, or other equines, capable of use as human food, shall be stored or otherwise handled by any person, firm, or corporation engaged in the business of buying, […]
§ 26-2-114. Fraudulent Practices
No brand manufacturer, printer, or other person, firm, or corporation shall cast, print, lithograph, or otherwise make any device containing any official mark or simulation thereof, or any label bearing any such mark or simulation, or any form of official certificate or simulation thereof, except as authorized by the Commissioner. No person, firm, or corporation […]
§ 26-2-115. Use of “Georgia” in Trademark, Trade Name, Service Mark, or Advertisement
It shall be unlawful for any person, partnership, firm, or corporation to use the word “Georgia” in any trademark, trade name, service mark, or advertisement in connection with any meat or meat food product which is not equal to or better than U.S. grade “good.” Any person who violates this Code section shall be guilty […]
§ 26-2-116. Applicability of Part to Federally Inspected Slaughtering and Packing Establishments
The ante mortem, post-mortem, and sanitary inspection services provided for in this part are not required at any slaughtering, meat-canning, salting, packing, rendering, or similar establishment at which such services are furnished by the United States Department of Agriculture pursuant to the Federal Meat Inspection Act. History. Ga. L. 1969, p. 1028, § 32. U.S. […]
§ 26-2-130. Buying, Selling, Transporting, or Receiving of Dead, Dying, Disabled, or Diseased Animals
No person, firm, or corporation engaged in the business of buying, selling, or transporting in commerce dead, dying, disabled, or diseased animals, or any parts of the carcasses of any such animals, shall buy, sell, transport, offer for sale or transportation, or receive for transportation any dead, dying, disabled, or diseased cattle, sheep, swine, nontraditional […]
§ 26-2-131. Registration of Dealers in Dead, Dying, Diseased, or Disabled Animals
No person, firm, or corporation shall engage in business as a meat broker, renderer, or animal food manufacturer or engage in business as a wholesaler of any carcasses, or parts or products of the carcasses, of any cattle, sheep, swine, nontraditional livestock, rabbits, goats, horses, mules, or other equines, whether intended for human food or […]
§ 26-2-132. Maintenance and Inspection of Records
The following classes of persons, firms, and corporations shall keep such records as will fully and correctly disclose all transactions involved in their businesses; and all persons, firms, and corporations subject to such requirements shall, at all reasonable times, upon notice by a duly authorized representative of the Commissioner, afford such representative and any duly […]