Georgia
Department of Human Resources - Division of Public Health
Environmental Health and Injury Prevention Branch
Inspections and permitting
of: on-site sewage management systems, food service establishments,
tourist accommodations, personal care homes, institutions, and public
swimming pools.
Additional programs include: childhood lead poisoning prevention,
rabies and vector control, injury prevention, hazardous materials exposure
investigations, Georgia healthy farmers, epidemiological investigations,
indoor air quality, nuisance complaints, individual and non-public water
systems, and occupational health assistance.
Department
of Agriculture - Consumer Protection Division
Inspection and permitting of:
food products including meats, eggs and milk in grocery stores, bakeries,
food processing plants, bottled water and soft drink bottling plants,
farmers markets and meat and seafood dealers.
Additional activities include: inspection
of all commercial scales and fuel pumps for accuracy, licenses and
monitors commercial nurseries, lawn care companies, exterminators,
pesticides, pet and animal industries, tests dairy cattle and equipment,
assures proper formulation of fertilizers, pesticides, feeds and fuels,
enforces fair standards in the purchase of grain and livestock, inspects
bedding manufacturers for quality and proper content, monitors the health
of livestock in the state as well as those imported into Georgia.
University
of Georgia School of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
Our mission:
- To provide baccalaureate and graduate
education in agricultural and environmental sciences that promotes
excellence in student achievement and prepares students to effectively
contribute and excel in a changing world.
- To inquire into the nature of
agriculture and the environment, through the discovery, interpretation
and creative application of knowledge.
- To serve the public through timely
education of producers, consumers and agribusiness using relevant,
accurate and unbiased research-based information.
- To improve the quality of life through
youth development and life-long education.
Thus, the college of agricultural and
environmental sciences promotes economic viability and global
competitiveness of Georgia agriculture, fosters environmental stewardship
and wise management of natural resources, and ensures the production and
distribution of Safe food, feed and fiber.
Georgia
Business and industry
Georgia business and industry support and encourage a wide variety
of environmental leadership initiatives. They share a commitment to the
environment based on the principle that they shall conduct business in
ways that protect and preserve our environment. Furthermore, they promote
a philosophy of shared responsibility, where all participants in the
supply chain accept responsibility for the environmental impacts occurring
in their specific part of the chain. Working together with suppliers,
customers, regulators and other environmental partners, Georgia business
and industry achieve an effective balance between responsible
environmental and economic stewardship.
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