Any person involved in the production, packaging, holding,
storage, distribution and sales of Vidalia onions who desires to store by such
means Vidalia onions for the purpose of introduction into commerce following
September 15th of the year in which the onions were produced, must notify the
Department to provide inspection and certification of the storage facilities
and the onions to be stored prior to storage. The Department will place seals
on the facility. The Department must be notified if the seals are broken for
any reason. The storer must notify the Department to request inspection and
certification prior to removal from storage. The storer must maintain records
for each storage cycle for a period of two (2) years. The records must contain,
but not be limited to, the following:
(a) Name of storer;
(b) Producer name and address if other than
storer;
(c) Location of storage
facility;
(d) Diagram of facility
relating to controlled atmosphere storage units;
(e) Date of inspection by Department prior to
storage;
(f) Date onions enter
storage;
(g) Volume of onions
stored by weight, bushel count or bin count;
(h) Date onions to be removed;
(i) Date of inspection by Department prior to
removal from storage;
(j) Volume of
onions removed from storage by weight or bushel count;
(k) Copies of invoices from sale of stored
onions;
(l) Seal numbers used to
seal storage facility.
Notes
Ga. Comp. R.
& Regs. R. 40-7-8-.14
O.C.G.A. Secs.
2-14-133,
26-2-1et
seq.
Original Rule entitled
"Penalty" adopted. F. Apr. 30, 1996; eff.
May 20, 1996.
Repealed: New rule entitled "Certified Controlled
Atmosphere Storage" adopted. F. Dec. 13,
1996; eff. Jan. 2,
1997.
Repealed: New Rule entitled "Containers" adopted. F.
Sept. 25, 2003; eff.
Oct. 15, 2003.
Amended: F. Mar. 4,
2004; eff. Mar. 24,
2004.
Repealed: New Rule entitled "Certified Controlled
Atmosphere Storage" adopted. F. Aug. 6,
2004; eff. Aug. 26,
2004.
Repealed: New Rule of same title adopted. F.
Oct. 6, 2005; eff.
Oct. 26, 2005.
Amended: F. Aug. 11,
2006; eff. Aug. 31,
2006.
Repealed: New Rule of same title adopted. F.
June 11, 2007; eff.
July 1, 2007.
Repealed: New Rule of same title adopted. F.
Sept. 20, 2007; eff.
Oct. 10, 2007.
Repealed: New Rule of same title adopted. F.
Mar. 31, 2010; eff.
Apr. 20,
2010.
