Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. R. 40-10-1-.22 - Records, Registration, and Reports
(1) Records required to be kept:
(a) Every person (including every firm or
corporation) within any of the classes specified in subparagraph 1., 2., or 3.
of this paragraph is required by the Act to keep records which will fully and
correctly disclose all transactions involved in his or its business subject to
the Act:
1. Any person that engages, for
commerce, in the business of slaughtering any cattle, sheep, swine, goats,
horses, mules, or other equines, or preparing, freezing, packaging, or labeling
any carcasses, or parts or products of carcasses, of any such animals, for use
as human food or animal food;
2.
Any person that engages in the business of buying or selling (as a meat broker,
wholesaler or otherwise), or transporting in commerce, or storing in, or for
commerce, or importing, any carcasses, or parts or products of carcasses, of
any such animals:
3. Any person
that engages in business, or for commerce, as a renderer, or engages in the
business of buying, selling, or transporting, in commerce, or importing, any
dead, dying, disabled, or diseased cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules,
or other equines, or parts of the carcasses of any such animals that died
otherwise than by slaughter.
(b) The required records are:
1. Records, such as bills of sale, invoices,
bills of lading, and receiving and shipping papers, giving the following
information with respect to each transaction in which any livestock or carcass,
part thereof, meat or meat food product is purchased, sold, shipped, received,
transported, or otherwise handled by said person in connection with any
business subject to the Act:
(i) The name or
description of the livestock or article;
(ii) The net weight of the livestock or
article;
(iii) The number of
shipping containers (if any);
(iv)
The name and address of the buyer of livestock or articles sold by such person;
and the name and address of the seller of livestock or articles purchased by
such person:
(v) The name and
address of the consignee or receiver (if other than the buyer);
(vi) The method of shipment;
(vii) The date of shipment; and
(viii) The name and address of the
carrier.
2.
Reserved.
3. All information
relating to consumer complaints received by the person required to keep the
records, concerning article prepared under Federal or state inspection handled
by him.
(2)
Place of maintenance of records. Every person engaged in any business described
in 40-10-1-.21(1) and
required by this part to keep records shall maintain such records at the place
where such business is conducted except that if such person conducts such
business at multiple locations, he may maintain such records at his
headquarters' office. When not in actual use, all such records shall be kept in
a safe place at the prescribed location in accordance with good commercial
practices.
(3) Record retention
period. Every record required to be maintained under this part shall be
retained for a period of 2 years after December 31 of the year in which the
transaction to which the record relates has occurred and for such further
period as the Commissioner may require for purposes of any investigation or
litigation under the Act, by written notice to the person required to keep such
records under this part.
(4) Access
to and inspection of records, facilities, and inventory; copying and sampling.
Every person (including every firm or corporation) within any of the classes
specified shall upon proper identification and request by any authorized
representative of the Commissioner during ordinary business hours, permit such
representative to enter his or its place of business and examine the records
required to be kept and the facilities and inventory pertaining to the business
of such person subject to the Act, and to copy all such records, and to take
reasonable samples of the inventory upon payment of the fair market value
therefor. Any necessary facilities (other than reproduction equipment) for such
examination and copying of records and for such examination and sampling of
inventory shall be afforded to authorized representatives of the Commissioner
by such person.
(5) Registration:
(a) Except as provided in paragraph (c) of
this section, every person that engages in business, in or for commerce as a
meat broker, renderer, or animal food manufacturer or engages in business in
commerce as a wholesaler of any carcasses, or parts or products of the
carcasses, of any livestock, whether intended for human food or other purposes,
or engages in business as a public warehouseman storing any such articles in or
for commerce or engages in the business of buying, selling, or transporting in
commerce, or importing any dead, dying, disabled, or diseased livestock or
parts of the carcasses of any such livestock that died otherwise than by
slaughter, shall furnish the Commissioner such information as required
including his name, and the address of each place of business at which, and all
trade names under which he conducts such business, by filing with the
Commissioner a form containing such information within 90 days after the
effective date hereof or after such later date as he begins to engage in such
business if not engaged therein upon said effective date. All information
submitted shall be current and correct. The registration form shall be obtained
from the Georgia Meat Inspection Section, Georgia Department of Agriculture, 19
Martin Luther King Blvd., Atlanta, Georgia 30334;
(b) Whenever any change is made in the name
of, or address of any place of business at which, or any trade name under which
a registrant conducts his business, he shall report such change in writing to
the Commissioner within 15 days after making the change;
(c) The registration requirements prescribed
in this section shall not apply to persons conducting any of the businesses
specified in this section only at an official establishment.
(6) Information and reports
required from official establishment operators:
(a) The operator of each official
establishment shall furnish to Program employees accurate information as to all
matters needed by them for making their daily reports of the amount of products
prepared or handled in the departments of the establishment to which they are
assigned and such reports concerning sanitation and other aspects of the
operations of the establishment and the conduct of inspection thereat as the
officer in charge may require of such Program employees for the purposes of the
Act and the regulations in this chapter;
(b) The operator of each official
establishment shall also make such other reports as the Commissioner may from
time to time require under the Act.
(7) Reports by consignees of allegedly
adulterated or misbranded products; sale or transportation as violations.
Whenever the consignee of any product which bears an official inspection legend
refuses to accept delivery of such product on the grounds that it is
adulterated or misbranded, the consignee shall notify the Commissioner of the
kind, quantity, source, and present location of the product and the respects in
which it is alleged to be adulterated or misbranded, and it will be a violation
of the Act for any person to sell or transport, or offer for sale or
transportation, or receive for transportation, in commerce, any such product
which is capable of use as human food and is proved to be adulterated or
misbranded at the time of such sale, transportation, offer, or receipt;
Provided, however, that any such allegedly adulterated or misbranded product
may be transported to the official establishment from which it had been
transported in accordance with this chapter.
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