Georgia Administrative Code

(1) Hemp grower licensees must not harvest a lot of hemp more than thirty (30) days following the date of sample collection. The day the Department-approved sampling agent collects a sample serves as the first of the 30 days allowable to complete harvest of the sampled lot. If an…

(1) Cannabis exceeding the total delta-9-THC concentration legal limit constitutes marijuana, a Schedule I controlled substance under Georgia law and Federal law. (2) Hemp grower licensees must either arrange for a reverse distributor to dispose of non-compliant cannabis or ensur…

(1) Each person or entity, including any hemp grower licensee, that sells hemp seed must comply with the Georgia Seed Law, O.C.G.A. § 2-11-20 et seq. and Seed Division Regulations, GA. Comp. R. & Regs. Rules 40-12-1 et seq., including obtaining any required license thereunder. (2…

(1) A hemp grower licensee may store hemp provided: (a) The hemp grower licensee identifies each storage facility on the hemp grower license application or a change request; (b) The hemp grower licensee maintains complete and accurate records detailing the harvest lot(s), includi…

(1) Any hemp grower licensee who uses a pesticide on hemp must comply with all Georgia laws and regulations pertaining to applications of pesticides including, but not limited to, licensing requirements. (2) Hemp grower licensees must not apply pesticides to hemp in violation of …

(1) Licensee Recordkeeping and Reporting (a) Hemp grower licensees must maintain records of all hemp plants acquired, produced, handled, or disposed of or remediated as will substantiate all reports required for submission to USDA by the Department. (b) All records must be made a…

(1) A hemp grower licensee violates the Georgia Hemp Farming Act when failing to comply with any provision of the Georgia Hemp Farming Act or the applicable requirements set forth in this Chapter. (2) A violation of the Georgia Hemp Farming Act or this Chapter by a hemp grower li…

(1) Any person desiring to process and handle hemp in Georgia must submit a complete and accurate hemp processor permit application to the website used by the Department to administer processor permits. (2) Any person processing or intending to process hemp must have a valid hemp…

Each permittee must acknowledge and comply with the terms and conditions governing the hemp processor permit, including the following: (1) Except as explicitly provided for in this Subject or corrections of typographical errors approved by the Department, no alterations will be a…

(1) Required Sampling and Testing for Hemp Products. Permittees shall cause each product lot of industrial or consumable hemp products to be sampled and tested by a registered laboratory prior to the transport or distribution of the hemp product lot from the processing facility. …

(1) Disposal of Non-Compliant Hemp Products. (a) Non-compliant hemp products exceeding the total delta-9-THC concentration legal limit constitute marijuana, a controlled substance under Georgia and Federal law. (b) Non-compliant hemp products exceeding the total delta-9-THC conce…

(1) Each applicant for a hemp processor permit, and any permittee whose surety bond expires, must make and deliver to the Commissioner a surety bond in the form and in the manner provided in O.C.G.A. § 2-23-6.1. (a) A permittee's surety bond may be executed by any surety corporat…

(1) A permittee may store hemp obtained from licensed growers for processing by the permittee provided: (a) The permittee identifies each storage facility on the hemp processor permit application or in a subsequent change request; (b) The permittee maintains complete and accurate…

(1) Permittees must have in place and keep a copy of written agreements with hemp grower licensees governing their business relationship. Permittees must provide a copy of each such agreement or amendment thereto to the Department within 10 days of its execution. (2) Permittees m…

(1) A hemp processor violates the Georgia Hemp Farming Act when failing to comply with any provision of the Georgia Hemp Farming Act or the applicable requirements set forth in this Chapter. (2) A violation of the Georgia Hemp Farming Act or this Chapter by a permittee will be su…

(1) Manufacturer License. Any person desiring to manufacture hemp products in Georgia must first obtain a manufacturer license issued by the Department. (a) Any person manufacturing hemp products must have a valid manufacturer license prior to manufacturing hemp products. A valid…

(1) License Required. Any person desiring to sell, offer for sale, or otherwise distribute prepackaged consumable hemp products to Georgia retail consumable hemp establishment licensees, or any person in Georgia desiring to sell prepackaged consumable hemp products to retail esta…

(1) License Required. Any person desiring to sell, offer for sale, or otherwise distribute any consumable hemp product to consumers in this state must first obtain a retail consumable hemp establishment license issued by the Department. (a) Retail consumable hemp establishment li…

(1) Registration. Any laboratory seeking to test hemp or hemp products made from hemp or hemp-derived ingredients, including but not limited to industrial hemp products and consumable hemp products, shall first register with the Department. (a) A laboratory seeking registration s…

(1) General Standards. All consumable hemp products in the state of Georgia must conform with the standards established in the Georgia Hemp Farming Act and this Chapter. (a) Prohibited Forms of Consumable Hemp Products. The following products shall not be sold, offered for sale, …

(1) Cannabinoid and Contaminant Limits. No consumable hemp product intended for commercial sale or distribution in Georgia may contain cannabinoids or contaminants that exceed the limits established in applicable Federal and State laws. Additionally, no consumable hemp product in…

(1) Required Labelling. All consumable hemp products, prior to commercial sale or other distribution in Georgia, shall be labeled at least in accordance with the Georgia Hemp Farming Act and this Chapter. (a) General Provisions. Prior to and throughout commercial sale or distribu…

(1) Packaging Minimum Requirements. Consumable hemp products in final packaged form shall utilize packaging that meets the following minimum requirements: (a) Packaging shall protect the consumable hemp product from contamination and exposure to any toxic or harmful substance; (b…

(1) Prohibited Manners of Advertising. No consumable hemp product shall be advertised in this state in any manner that: (a) Is attractive to children; (b) Bears a reasonable resemblance to any existing candy, snack, or other food product that is widely distributed and familiar to…

(1) Maximum Serving Sizes and Serving Limits. Consumable hemp products in final packaged form shall not contain an amount of total delta-9-THC in excess of the limits prescribed herein. (a) A consumable hemp product in the form of a gummy shall not contain more than: 1. 10 millig…

(1) Pursuant to the authority vested in the Georgia Department of Agriculture under the Georgia Farmland Conservation Act, O.C.G.A. § 44-10-40 et seq. and O.C.G.A. § 2-2-9, the purpose of this Subject is to establish the standards, practices, procedures, and requirements for the …

As used in this Subject, the term: (1) "Act" means the Georgia Farmland Conservation Act, O.C.G.A. § 44-10-40 et seq. (2) "Agricultural conservation easement" means a conservation easement that, in accordance with the provisions of Article 1 of Chapter 10 of Title 44, the Georgia…

(1) Project Proposal Timing. During each year in which the program operates and the fund contains sufficient money, the Department will accept project proposals submitted by qualified easement holders seeking a matching grant to fund the purchase of agricultural conservation ease…

(1) Project Proposal Applications. Each year during which the program operates, the Department will accept project proposals submitted during an announced application period. The Department will review each project proposal, make a prospective determination whether the project pr…

(1) Project Agreements. Applicants whose project proposals are approved for funding by the Council must execute a Grant Agreement with the Department and comply with all its provisions, including, but not limited to, maintaining complete financial records for all activities relat…

By January 1 of each year, the Department shall prepare an accounting of the moneys expended pursuant to the program during the most recently completed fiscal year and provide that report to the Office of Planning and Budget, the House Budget and Research Office, and the Senate B…

(1) No person shall engage in the business of selling package bees, queens, or nuclei in the State of Georgia without a license issued by the Commissioner. Such license shall be issued when: (a) The applicant has submitted a license application containing information required by …

(1) No licensee shall ship any package bees or queens unless they: (a) are accompanied by a valid certificate issued by the Commissioner, certifying that the bees have been produced in an apiary which has been found apparently free of American and European Foulbrood, and other be…

Queen and package bees produced outside the State of Georgia may be shipped into Georgia when accompanied by a certificate issued by the apiary official of the state where the bees were produced, certifying that the apiaries of the producer have been inspected within one (1) year…

(1) No honey bees on comb or in hives shall be moved into or located in Georgia unless a permit has been obtained from the Commissioner of Agriculture of the State of Georgia. (2) Applications for a permit shall be made on a form obtained from the Entomology and Pesticides Divisi…

If the Commissioner should find American or European Foulbrood, other diseases, or the parasitic mite, Varroa destructor, in shipments from another state under official certificates of inspection, the Commissioner may refuse to recognize any certificate from that state until such…

Any apiary in any county in Georgia, found by the Commissioner to be infected with American or European Foulbrood, other disease shall be placed under quarantine and enforcement actions shall be taken as follows: (1) Any apiary found to be infected with American Foulbrood shall b…

Any Georgia resident beekeeper whose bees and/or hives are destroyed in accordance with Rules , shall be eligible for indemnification, the amount of which shall be established by the Commissioner as provided in O.C.G.A. 2-14-45, subject to the provision of .

Any bees or hives found by the Commissioner to have been shipped into or brought into Georgia in violation of any provision of this Chapter shall be subject to: (1) Immediate depopulation or hive destruction under the direct supervision of the Commissioner, and shall not be eligi…