South Carolina § 46-3-20 - Department shall issue food manufacturers, processors, and packers permits.
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§ 46-3-20. Department shall issue food manufacturers, processors, and packers permits.
No person, not operating under inspection of a State or Federal agency, shall engage in the business of manufacturing, processing or packing food in any manner without first obtaining a food manufacturers, processors and packers permit from the South Carolina Department of Agriculture. The permit shall be issued upon application to the Department on forms furnished by the Department and upon conditions prescribed by regulations of the Department governing the manufacturing, processing or packing of food as may be necessary to protect the public health and promote public welfare by protecting the purchasing public from injury by merchandising deceit. Such permit shall be issued July 1, 1971, and renewed annually thereafter on or before the first day of January.
Anyone violating the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction be fined not more than one hundred dollars or be imprisoned for not more than thirty days.
HISTORY: 1962 Code SECTION 3-781; 1971 (57) 2012.
Source: official South Carolina text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 46-3-20 ("Department shall issue food manufacturers, processors, and packers permits.") is part of the South Carolina Code of Laws, the codified statutory law of South Carolina. 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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