2020 Georgia Code
Title 4 - Animals
Chapter 7 - Hatchery Operators and Dealers
§ 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.)
OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
Notice of shipment conditions by Commissioner.
- The Commissioner can give notice to any carrier to whom consignments of eggs, chicks, or poultry are made for shipment into this state of the conditions under which Georgia will permit these shipments to be made, and any carrier who accepts for shipment and ships into this state, hatching eggs, chicks, or poultry in violation of these rules or regulations would be guilty of a misdemeanor. 1945-47 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 15.
Mandatory compliance with rules and regulations of commissioner.- A hatchery which does not voluntarily abide by the rules and regulations of the Georgia Poultry Improvement Association must abide by the rules and regulations of the Commissioner of Agriculture. 1957 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 2.
RESEARCH REFERENCES
Am. Jur. 2d.
- 4 Am. Jur. 2d, Animals, § 27 et seq.
C.J.S.- 3B C.J.S., Animals, §§ 128, 134 et seq.
