§8-16-102. Cornmeal and grits to be sold in five to 200 pound packages; exceptions.  


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  • (a) No person shall sell, offer for sale, expose for sale, have in possession with intent to sell, pack or deliver in this state cornmeal or grits in packages of sizes other than five pounds, 10 pounds, 25 pounds, 50 pounds, 100 pounds and 200 pounds; provided, that any person may weigh and sell from bulk cornmeal or grits any number of pounds desired by a customer on order and provided further, that any person may sell, offer for sale, expose for sale, have in possession with intent to sell, pack or deliver in this state cornmeal or grits in weight packages weighing less than five pounds.

    (b) For the purpose of this section, the term "cornmeal" shall be deemed to include all products in the form of meal or grits derived from corn, with or without additional processing, such as bolting, degerming or refining, and all mixtures of same with chemicals and other modifying agents.

(Ag. Code 1927, §§99, 100; Code 1940, T. 2, §§134, 135; Acts 1945, No. 284, p. 471, §§1, 2.)