Rule 40-7-18-.07. Reporting

1. (1) Whenever any person or firm operating a food processing plant in this state obtains information from testing of samples or specimens of finished foods or finished food ingredients which, based on a confirmed positive test result, indicates the presence of a substance that would cause a manufactured food bearing or containing the same to be adulterated with the presence of poisonous or deleterious substances or other contaminates, such person or firm shall report such test result(s) to the Department within 24 hours after obtaining such result.

   1. (a) The person or firm that operates a food processing plant shall be required to report the presence of poisonous or deleterious substances or other contaminates even if the product was not distributed and the problem was corrected.
   2. (b) A presumptive positive test result or test result requiring further typing or numeration shall be carried out through additional testing, utilizing the same sample that yielded the presumptive, to obtain a final result.
2. (2) Firms reporting positive products shall be placed on an accelerated sampling program as determined by the Department.

Authority: O.C.G.A. § 26-2-1, et seq.

History. Original Rule entitled "Reporting" adopted. F. Apr. 14, 2010; eff. May 4, 2010.

Amended: F. Aug. 27, 2019; eff. Sept. 16, 2019.