(1) Georgia Department of Agriculture, Meat Inspection Section may take a regulatory control action because of: (a) Unsanitary conditions or practices;(b) Product adulteration or misbranding;(c) Conditions that preclude the Georgia Department of Agriculture, Meat Inspection Section from determining that product is not adulterated or misbranded; or(d) Inhumane handling or slaughtering of livestock.(2) If a regulatory control action is taken, the program employee will immediately notify the establishment orally or in writing of the action and the basis for the action.(3) An establishment may appeal a regulatory control action, as provided in 9 CFR 306.5 and 381.35 as modified by this part.Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. R. 40-10-5-.02
O.C.G.A. Secs. 26-2-201, 26-2-202, 26-2-204, 26-2-208, 26-2-210, 26-2-214.
Original Rule entitled "Regulatory Control Action" adopted. F. Jan. 17, 2003; eff. Feb. 6, 2003.