The Commissioner is charged with the enforcement of this article and is authorized to adopt sanitary standards and specifications for the manufacture, bottling, and distribution of a bottled soft drink or a soft drink syrup. No person shall manufacture, bottle, or distribute any bottled soft drink or soft drink syrup that has been produced, manufactured, bottled, or distributed under sanitary conditions and specifications that are less than those adopted by the Commissioner; provided, however, that such standards and specifications shall be no less than those adopted pursuant to the food laws of this state.
(Ga. L. 1956, p. 611, § 3.)
OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
Bottled soft drinks subject to section on misbranding.
- Provisions of Ga. L. 1956, p. 195 (see now O.C.G.A. § 26-2-28) apply to bottled soft drinks. 1958-59 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 7.
RESEARCH REFERENCES
Am. Jur. 2d.
- 35A Am. Jur. 2d, Food, §§ 7, 34.
C.J.S.- 36A C.J.S., Food, §§ 4, 39.
ALR.
- Validity of regulations as to ingredients of nonalcoholic soft drinks, 41 A.L.R. 930.
Presumption or prima facie case of negligence based on presence of foreign substance in bottled or canned beverage, 52 A.L.R.2d 117.
Liability of manufacturer or seller for injury caused by beverage sold, 77 A.L.R.2d 215.