2-11-52
Section 2-11-52 Establishment and alteration of grades and standards. The commissioner, with
the approval of the Board of Agriculture and Industries, may establish and promulgate official
grades and standards for farm products and fish produced and processed within the state for
the purpose of sale and may from time to time amend or modify such grades and standards. Such
official grades and standards may be promulgated so as to apply regardless of the stage of
processing or of the form in which such farm products and fish are sold. Before establishing,
amending or modifying any such grades or standards, the said commissioner shall hold public
hearings in such places within the state as shall be most convenient to producers of the commodity
under consideration. Notice of such hearings shall be advertised for three successive weeks
prior thereto in a newspaper or newspapers of general circulation within the county where
the hearing is to be held and shall specify the date and place of...
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2-11-53
Section 2-11-53 Adoption of brands, labels or trademarks; application for use; revocation or
suspension of right to use. The commissioner, with the approval of the Board of Agriculture
and Industries, may determine or design brands or labels for identifying farm products or
fish packed and processed in accordance with the official grades and standards established
as provided by law and may furnish information to packers and shippers as to where such labels
may be obtained. A written application to the said commissioner requesting permission to use
said brands or labels and a written acceptance thereto by the said commissioner or his duly
authorized assistants shall be a condition precedent to the use of such brands or labels.
The said commissioner, with the approval of said board, may revoke or suspend the right to
use such brands or labels whenever it appears on investigation that they have been used to
identify farm products or fish not in fact conforming to the grade indicated....
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2-11-56
Section 2-11-56 Inspection of farm products and fish; certificate. The commissioner or his
duly authorized agents may inspect farm products and fish marked, branded or labeled in accordance
with official grades or standards established and promulgated by the said commissioner, with
the approval of the Board of Agriculture and Industries, for the purpose of determining and
certifying the quality and condition thereof and other material facts relative thereto. Certificates
issued in pursuance of such inspection and executed by the inspector shall state the date
and place of inspection, the grade, condition and approximate quality of the farm products
and fish inspected and such other pertinent facts as the said commissioner, with the approval
of the said board, may require. Such a certificate relative to the condition or quality of
said farm products and fish shall be prima facie evidence in all courts of the state of the
facts required to be stated therein. (Acts 1969, No. 311, p. 646,...
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8-16-16
Section 8-16-16 Standards for containers of farm products - Duty to establish. It shall be
the duty of the State Board of Agriculture and Industries to fix and promulgate official standards
for containers of farm products and to change any of them from time to time as may be found
necessary. (Ag. Code 1927, §260; Code 1940, T. 2, §617.)...
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2-11-57
Section 2-11-57 Right of entry; samples; obstructing commissioner, etc., in performance of
duty. The commissioner, in person or by deputy, shall have free access at all reasonable hours
to any building or other place wherein it is reasonably believed that farm products and fish
are marked, branded or labeled in accordance with official grades established and promulgated
by the said commissioner, with the approval of the Board of Agriculture and Industries, or
are being marketed or held for commercial purposes. He shall have power, in person or by deputy,
to open any bags, crates or other containers containing said farm products and fish and to
examine the contents thereof and may, upon tendering the market price, take samples therefrom.
Whoever obstructs or hinders the said commissioner or any of his duly qualified assistants
in the performance of his duties under this article shall be punished by a fine of not less
than $10.00 nor more than $100.00. (Acts 1969, No. 311, p. 646, §7.)...
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2-11-55
Section 2-11-55 Unauthorized use of brand or label. After notice of the establishment of grades
or standards and the determination of brands and labels, it shall be unlawful to use a brand
or label to identify farm products and fish as being of a grade established before a permit
is granted or after the revocation of the right to use such brand or label by the commissioner,
with the approval of said board. Violations of this section shall be punishable for the first
offense by a fine of not more than $50.00 and for subsequent offenses by a fine of not more
than $200.00. (Acts 1969, No. 311, p. 646, §5.)...
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2-5A-1
Section 2-5A-1 Establishment; powers and duties. (a) The Farmers' Market Authority is established
in the Department of Agriculture and Industries. The authority shall have the powers and duties
to establish agricultural markets to prevent waste and to provide marketing facilities where
farm products, including fruits, vegetables, nuts, truck crops, and other agricultural commodities,
and fish products, including, but not limited to, farm-raised fish, shellfish, and wild fish,
may be processed, graded, packaged, displayed, or exhibited in order to encourage the buying
and selling of the commodities, and to encourage the public interest, thus promoting good
will between the rural and urban sectors of the State of Alabama. The Commissioner of the
Department of Agriculture and Industries, with approval of the Board of Agriculture and Industries,
may procure by purchase, lease, rent, gift, or otherwise, necessary market sites in this state
on which to conduct farmers' markets. (b)...
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2-5A-5
Section 2-5A-5 Regulating conduct of markets; grades and classes for produce; sale of cull
produce. The commissioner, with approval of the Board of Agriculture and Industries, may make
such rules as in his or her judgment may be necessary to conduct properly such farmers' market
or markets, both wholesale and retail. The commissioner may provide experienced and competent
persons to act as graders and classifiers on such markets. The commissioner may prescribe
and designate reasonable grades and classes for farm products, truck crops, fruits, vegetables,
and fish products and to enforce the same in all markets in the state. The commissioner may
designate separate places on any market where fruits, vegetables, truck crops, and fish products
of the different classes and grades shall be handled and kept separate. The commissioner may
promulgate rules regulating or prohibiting the sale of cull produce or produce unfit for human
consumption at any state farmers' market. Ripe peaches,...
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8-16-17
Section 8-16-17 Standards for containers of farm products - Adoption of federal standards.
The State Board of Agriculture and Industries is authorized to fix and promulgate as the official
standards for this state, for any container for any agricultural product, the standard for
such product which may have been promulgated or announced therefor under the authority of
the Congress of the United States. In carrying out the provisions of this section the Commissioner
of Agriculture and Industries is authorized to cooperate with the United States government,
or any department thereof, in accomplishing the matters and things referred to in this section.
(Ag. Code 1927, §258; Code 1940, T. 2, §615.)...
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27-60-2
Section 27-60-2 Interstate Insurance Product Regulation Compact. The State of Alabama hereby
agrees to the following interstate compact known as the Interstate Insurance Product Regulation
Compact: ARTICLE I. PURPOSES. The purposes of this compact are, through means of joint and
cooperative action among the compacting states: 1. To promote and protect the interest of
consumers of individual and group annuity, life insurance, disability income, and long-term
care insurance products; 2. To develop uniform standards for insurance products covered under
the compact; 3. To establish a central clearinghouse to receive and provide prompt review
of insurance products covered under the compact and, in certain cases, advertisements related
thereto, submitted by insurers authorized to do business in one or more compacting states;
4. To give appropriate regulatory approval to those product filings and advertisements satisfying
the applicable uniform standard; 5. To improve coordination of...
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