§ 26-2-317. Traveling Fish Dealers; Equipment
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. History. Ga. L. 1937-38, […]
§ 26-2-373. Promulgation of Rules, Regulations, and Standards by Department of Public Health and County Boards of Health; Exemption for Nonprofit Schools and Institutions Producing Own Milk
For the purpose of protecting the public health, the Department of Public Health shall have the power to adopt and promulgate such rules and regulations as it deems necessary and proper to carry out the purpose and intent of this article, including the establishment of reasonable standards of sanitation for food service establishments and such […]
§ 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. History. Ga. L. 1937-38, Ex. Sess., p. 332, § 10.
§ 26-2-373.1. Use of Hair Nets or Hats by Food Preparers; Penalty
A person who, in the ordinary course of business in a food service establishment, prepares food which is to be consumed by humans shall wear, when preparing food, appropriate hair nets or hats or restraints to prevent contamination of such food. Notwithstanding the provisions of Code Section 26-2-377, any person who violates subsection (a) of […]
§ 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 […]
§ 26-2-374. Contents and Posting of Notices Relating to Assistance to Persons Choking; Relief From Civil Liability of Persons Rendering Emergency Aid
The Department of Public Health shall print and distribute notices to every food service establishment in this state explaining the proper procedures to be taken to assist or aid persons who are choking. The notices shall contain such information as is found appropriate or necessary by the department and shall be posted and maintained by […]
§ 26-2-350. Definitions
As used in this article, the term: “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 […]
§ 26-2-375. Enforcement of Article; Inspection of Food Service and Food Sales Establishments
The Department of Public Health and the county boards of health, acting as duly authorized agents of the department, are authorized to enforce this article and rules, regulations, and standards adopted and promulgated under this article in establishments that have the majority of square footage of building floor space, including indoor and outdoor dining areas, […]
§ 26-2-293. Vitamins and Ingredients in Degerminated Corn Meal and Degerminated Hominy Grits; Specification Changes; Milling Process
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: Not less than 2.0 milligrams of vitamin B1 (thiamin); Not […]
§ 26-2-294. Exemptions
The terms of this article shall not apply to: 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, […]