Section 4-7-1. Designation of official state agency for administration of national improvement plans; participation by hatcheries and the like in national plans; state plan; use of certain words in advertising or offering of hatching eggs, chicks, poults, or breeding stock

   (a) The Georgia Poultry Improvement Association, Inc., shall be recognized and designated as the official state agency for administration of the National Poultry Improvement Plan sponsored by the secretary of agriculture, United States Department of Agriculture. Participation in the National Poultry Improvement Plan by hatcheries, breeders, dealers, and supply flock owners shall be voluntary and administrated and governed by the rules and regulations of the official state agency in conjunction with rules and regulations promulgated by the secretary of agriculture, United States Department of Agriculture.

(b) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to establish a state plan of identification of hatcheries, dealers, or supply flocks, except as specified in this chapter.

(c) The words "state approved," "state tested," or words or phrases of similar implication and meaning shall not be used in advertising or in the sale or offering for sale of hatching eggs, chicks, poults, or breeding stock.

Ga. L. 1946, p. 147, § 1.