§ 26-2-133. Identification of Carcasses, Meat, or Meat Food Products Not Intended for Human Use
No person, firm, or corporation shall buy, sell, transport, offer for sale or transportation, or receive for transportation any animal, carcasses, or parts thereof, meat, or meat food products of any such animals, which are not intended for use as human food unless they are denatured or otherwise identified as required by the regulations of […]
§ 26-2-150. Legislative Intent
The General Assembly declares that purchasers and consumers have a right to expect and demand honesty and fair practices in the sale of meat for human consumption. It is the purpose of this Code section and Code Sections 26-2-151 through 26-2-154 to ensure that honest, fair, and ethical practices are followed in the advertising and […]
§ 26-2-151. Promulgation of Rules and Regulations Regarding Deceptive Advertising of Meat
The Commissioner of Agriculture is authorized to promulgate and adopt rules and regulations necessary or convenient to carry out Code Section 26-2-150, this Code section, and Code Sections 26-2-152 through 26-2-154 and to prevent the deceptive advertising of meat. History. Ga. L. 1974, p. 1030, § 4; Ga. L. 2003, p. 140, § 26.
§ 26-2-152. Advertisement or Sale of Beef, Pork, and Lamb; “Bait and Switch” Advertising
It shall be unlawful for any person, partnership, firm, company, or corporation to advertise, sell, or offer for sale any carcass cuts of beef, pork, or lamb without prominently disclosing the price per pound of such beef, pork, or lamb in all such advertisements or on the packaging or display case in which the meat […]
§ 26-2-153. Sale of Partial or Whole Carcasses
It shall be unlawful for any person, partnership, firm, company, or corporation to advertise, sell, or offer for sale any quarter, half, three-quarters, or whole animal carcass for use as food for human consumption without disclosing in such advertisement and to the purchaser at the time of sale the minimum number of pounds of retail […]
§ 26-2-154. Penalty for Violation of Code Sections 26-2-150 Through 26-2-153
Any person, partnership, firm, company, or corporation violating the provisions of Code Sections 26-2-150 through 26-2-153 or any rule or regulation adopted by the Commissioner of Agriculture pursuant to Code Sections 26-2-150 through 26-2-153 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. History. Ga. L. 1974, p. 1030, § 5.
§ 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 […]
§ 26-2-155. Food Service Establishment Display of Information if Serving Imported Beef
All food service establishments in this state, as defined in Code Section 26-2-370, which serve carcass beef, or cuts derived from such carcass, imported from a foreign country, shall conspicuously display or attach to their menus the words: “We serve beef imported from a foreign country.” Any person, firm, or corporation who violates this Code […]
§ 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 […]
§ 26-2-156. Slaughter of Horses for Human Consumption or Other Purposes
No person, partnership, association, corporation, or firm shall slaughter a horse in this state for the purpose of selling or offering for sale for human consumption or for other than human consumption the horse meat derived from such slaughtered animal unless: Such horse shall have remained on the business premises for at least four consecutive […]