Georgia § 4-7-2 - Pullorum disease control.
Full text of Georgia Official Code of Georgia Annotated § 4-7-2 — Pullorum disease control., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 4-7-2. Pullorum disease control.
Regulations for control and eradication of pullorum disease shall be made following a joint hearing between the Commissioner and the Georgia Poultry Improvement Association, Inc. Requirements for pullorum disease testing and other sanitary measures shall be set by the Commissioner. In the event that state regulations do not exist or apply, the minimum pullorum disease control regulations of the Georgia Poultry Improvement Association, Inc., shall be effective. The Commissioner shall be authorized to quarantine and prohibit the sale or shipment of hatching eggs, chicks, poults, poultry breeding stock, or birds of any species to or from any hatchery, dealer, or flock or in any area within the state. The Commissioner shall be authorized to promulgate special regulations for prevention and spread of pullorum disease or other infectious or contagious diseases of poultry. Appointment of qualified pullorum disease testing agents and supervision of their field work shall be made by the Commissioner. Only persons who have demonstrated that they are capable of doing satisfactory testing work shall be so authorized. (Ga. L. 1946, p. 147, § 2.)
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