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House
Bill 122 (AS PASSED HOUSE AND SENATE)
By:
Representatives England of the
108th,
McCall of the
30th,
Roberts of the
154th,
Burns of the
157th,
Maddox of the
172nd,
and others
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Code Section 2-13-8 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to
labeling requirements for commercial feeds, so as to exclude equine feeds from
those feeds for which collective terms of ingredients may be used or which may
be exempted from certain requirements; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other
purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Code
Section 2-13-8 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to labeling
requirements for commercial feeds, is amended by revising paragraph (4) of
subsection (a) as follows:
"(4)
The common or usual name of each ingredient used in the manufacture of the
commercial feed,
listed in
descending order of predominance by
weight; provided
that,
however, that for any commercial feed other than equine
feed, the Commissioner, by regulation, may
permit the use of a collective term for a group of ingredients which performs a
similar
function;
or he may
or
exempt such commercial
feeds,
or any group thereof from this requirement of an ingredient statement if
he
the
Commissioner finds that such statement is
not required in the interest of consumers;"
SECTION
2.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.