Georgia § 26-2-110 - Slaughter, preparation, sale, or transportation of animals, meat, or meat food products generally.
Full text of Georgia Official Code of Georgia Annotated § 26-2-110 — Slaughter, preparation, sale, or transportation of animals, meat, or meat food products generally., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 26-2-110. Slaughter, preparation, sale, or transportation of animals, meat, or meat food products generally.
No person, firm, or corporation shall, with respect to any cattle, sheep, swine, nontraditional livestock, rabbits, goats, horses, mules, or other equines, or any carcasses, parts of carcasses, meat, or meat food products of any such animals: Slaughter any such animals or prepare any such articles which are capable of use as human food, at any establishment preparing such articles for commerce except in compliance with this article; Slaughter or handle in connection with such slaughter any such animals in any manner not declared to be humane under Code Section 26-2-110.1; Sell, transport, offer for sale or transportation, or receive for transportation, in commerce: Any such articles which: Are capable of use as human food; and Are adulterated or misbranded at the time of such sale, transportation, offer for sale or transportation, or receipt for transportation; or Any articles required to be inspected under this part unless they have been so inspected and passed; or With respect to any such articles which are capable of use as human food, do any act while they are being transported in commerce or held for sale after such transportation which is intended to cause or has the effect of causing such articles to be adulterated or misbranded. (Ga. L. 1969, p. 1028, § 10; Ga. L. 1974, p. 453, § 1; Ga. L. 1981, p. 657, § 2; Ga. L. 1995, p. 244, § 22; Ga. L. 1996, p. 1219, § 11; Ga. L. 2008, p. 458, § 18/SB 364.)
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Section 26-2-110 ("Slaughter, preparation, sale, or transportation of animals, meat, or meat food products generally.") is part of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, the codified statutory law of Georgia. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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