Current through Rules and Regulations filed through November 21, 2024
Rule 40-7-7-.01 - Definition of Terms(1) As used in these regulations, the words set forth below shall have the following meanings: (a) "Processor" - Any person, firm, partnership, or corporation engaged in the business of cracking, shelling, and grading pecan meats for sale or cleaning, grading, storing, bagging, or selling of in-shell pecans, but this term shall not include persons engaged solely in retail sales to the consumer.(b) "Grower" - Any producer of pecans who does not engage in the business of a processor as defined above and who does not sell any pecans at wholesale other than those grown by him.(c) "Wholesaler" - Any person, firm, partnership, or corporation other than a grower, as defined herein, who sells pecans to others for the purpose of resale. This term shall not apply to anyone selling pecans only direct to the consumer unless also engaged in the business of processing as herein defined.(d) "Retailer" - Any person, firm, partnership, or corporation other than a grower, as defined herein, who sells pecans direct to the consumer unless also engaged in the business of processing or wholesaling as herein defined.(e) "Pecans fit for human consumption" - Pecans fit for human consumption sold at retail shall be those shelled or in-shell pecans that meet US and Ga. standard and grades for Number 1 and Commercial; and in the case of unclassified pecans, the pecans shall not exceed the damage and seriously damage tolerances for US and Ga. standard and grades for Commercial.Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. R. 40-7-7-.01
Ga. L. 1956 as amended; Ga. L. 1937-38, Extra Sess. p. 332; O.C.G.A. Sec. 26-2-1et seq.
Original Rule entitled "Floors" was F. June 30, 1965.Repealed: Now Rule entitled "Definition of Terms" adopted. F. Apr. 30, 1996; eff. May 20, 1996.