Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia
Department 669 - AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY COMMISSION FOR SWEET POTATOES
Chapter 669-1 - MARKETING ORDER FOR SWEET POTATOES
Rule 669-1-.03 - Scope of Operation
Current through Rules and Regulations filed through September 23, 2024
(1) Research.
(2) Promotion.
(3) Education.
(4) Establishing grading standards of quality, including a requirement that all sweet potatoes being sold be labeled to show the variety, grade and weight thereof, and that no sweet potatoes be offered for sale for human consumption other than the following grades: U.S. Extra No. 1, U.S. No. 1, U.S. No. 2 and Jumbos. Also, all sweet potatoes offered for sale shall be in bushel containers or less, except that quantities of 50 bushels or less may be offered for sale in bulk, provided they meet the grading requirement of this section.
(5) Provisions authorizing the Commission to establish definite dates within each year as to the marketing of green and cured sweet potatoes and to establish in connection therewith, marketing seasons for green and cured sweet potatoes.
(6) Establishing of surplus, stabilization, or by-product pool or pools, and to provide for the sale or disposition of the sweet potatoes in any such pool or pools.
(7) To provide a means for the prohibition of unfair trade practices, relating to misleading the buyer, purchaser or consumer, and to contest any trade practices affecting the processing, distribution or handling of sweet potatoes.
Georgia Laws 1961, p. 301 as amended.
