Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia
Department 40 - RULES OF GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Chapter 40-7 - FOOD DIVISION REGULATIONS
Subject 40-7-8 - ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS APPLICABLE TO VIDALIA ONIONS
Rule 40-7-8-.15 - Containers
Container manufacturers will be required to maintain for a period of four years, records indicating the quantity of Vidalia onion containers produced and persons to whom sold or shipped. Each person who produces or packages onions as Vidalia onions, must maintain records for a period of four years indicating the number of Vidalia onion containers purchased, and disposition or use of those containers. A manufacturer of containers shall not sell containers imprinted with the name and address of a producer or packer to anyone other than that producer or packer. A manufacturer shall not sell stock containers (containers imprinted with the term "Vidalia" and bearing no producer or packer name) to anyone other than a currently registered Vidalia onion producer or packer.
O.C.G.A. Secs. 2-14-133, 26-2-1et seq.