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Title 3.2, Title 3.2. Agriculture, Animal Care, and Food

65 chapters · 1,133 sections in this title.

All chapters in Title 3.21,133 Ch 65, Chapter 65. Comprehensive Animal Care.131 Ch 47, Chapter 47. Sale of Farm Produce.65 Ch 51, Chapter 51. Food and Drink.65 Ch 56, Chapter 56. Weights and Measures.49 Ch 39, Chapter 39. Pesticide Control.44 Ch 60, Chapter 60. Livestock and Poultry.44 Ch 52, Chapter 52. Milk, Milk Products, and…34 Ch 36, Chapter 36. Fertilizer.28 Ch 40, Chapter 40. Seeds.28 Ch 43, Chapter 43. Grades, Marks, and Brands.28 Ch 42, Chapter 42. Implementation of Tobacc…26 Ch 32, Chapter 32. Milk Commission.24 Ch 54, Chapter 54. Slaughterhouses, Meat, a…23 Ch 17, Chapter 17. Horse Industry Board.22

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Va. Code Ann. § 3.2-4780 Definitions
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As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning: "Charitable food assistance organization" means an organization operating in Virginia that provides nutrition assistance to relieve situations of emergency and distress through the provision of food to need…
Va. Code Ann. § 3.2-4781 Virginia Agriculture Food Assistance Fund
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There is hereby created in the state treasury a special nonreverting fund to be known as the Virginia Agriculture Food Assistance Fund, referred to in this section as "the Fund." The Fund shall be established on the books of the Comptroller. All funds appropriated for such purpos…
Va. Code Ann. § 3.2-4782 Authority of Commissioner
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A. The Commissioner shall establish the Virginia Agriculture Food Assistance Program (VAFA Program) for Virginia farmers and food producers to donate, sell, or otherwise provide agriculture products to charitable food assistance organizations. B. The Commissioner may contract wit…
Va. Code Ann. § 3.2-4783 Virginia Agriculture Food Assistance Program
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The VAFA Program shall: 1. Provide grants from the Fund to charitable food assistance organizations to reimburse farmers or food producers for any costs associated with harvesting, processing, packaging, or transporting agriculture products donated to such charitable food assista…

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Va. Code Ann. § 3.2-4800 Definitions

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As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning: "Animal" means any animate being, which is not human, endowed with the power of voluntary action. "Brand name" means any word, name, symbol, or device, or any combination thereof, identifying the commercial…

Va. Code Ann. § 3.2-4801 Authority of the Board and the Commissioner to adopt regulations

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A. The Board may adopt regulations for commercial feeds as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter. B. The Commissioner may adopt as a regulation: 1. The official Definitions of Feed Ingredients, Official Feed Terms, and analytical variations adopted by the Asso…

Va. Code Ann. § 3.2-4802 Publications

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The Commissioner may publish, in such forms as he may deem proper, information concerning the sales of commercial feeds, together with such data on their production and use as he may consider appropriate.

Va. Code Ann. § 3.2-4803 Licensing of manufacturers and guarantors of commercial feed

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A. Any person who manufactures a commercial feed or any guarantor shall, before: (i) distributing, selling, offering or exposing for sale in the Commonwealth any commercial feed; or (ii) supplying commercial feed to a contract feeder, obtain a license from the Commissioner. The p…

Va. Code Ann. § 3.2-4804 Product registration required of commercial feed distributors

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A. Any person who distributes: (i) medicated feed; (ii) small package commercial feed; or (iii) specialty pet food shall register those commercial feeds with the Commissioner and pay to the Commissioner the registration fees specified in this section. It is unlawful for any perso…

Va. Code Ann. § 3.2-4805 Report and inspection fees

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A. The reporting year for commercial feed tonnage shall be January 1 through December 31. The manufacturer or guarantor shall, by February 1 of the next ensuing year: (i) file the tonnage statement with the Commissioner; and (ii) pay to the Commissioner the inspection fee that sh…

Va. Code Ann. § 3.2-4806 Labeling

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A. The manufacturer or guarantor of a commercial feed, except customer-formula or custom mix feed, shall affix a label to the commercial feed that states in the English language the following information: 1. The quantity statement; 2. The product name and, if any, the brand name …

Va. Code Ann. § 3.2-4807 Misbranding

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A. It is unlawful for any person who is a manufacturer or guarantor of commercial feed to distribute a commercial feed if: 1. The labeling of the commercial feed is false or misleading in any particular; 2. The commercial feed is distributed under the name of another commercial f…

Va. Code Ann. § 3.2-4808 Adulteration

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A. It is unlawful for any person who is a manufacturer or guarantor of a commercial feed to distribute a commercial feed if the commercial feed: 1. Contains any poisonous or deleterious substance that may render the commercial feed or its packaging injurious to health, unless the…

Va. Code Ann. § 3.2-4809 Inspection, sampling, and analysis

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A. The Commissioner may enter and inspect any factory, warehouse, or establishment within the Commonwealth during operating hours in which commercial feed is manufactured, processed, packed, warehoused, sold, or held for distribution, or any vehicle used to transport or hold such…

Va. Code Ann. § 3.2-4810 Assessments for variance from guaranteed analysis, misbranding, and adulteration

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A. If the Commissioner determines that a commercial feed fails to meet the label guarantee within the analytical variations specified in § 3.2-4801, the Commissioner shall make an assessment against the guarantor on each pound of the lot of commercial feed represented by the samp…

Va. Code Ann. § 3.2-4811 Fee for late payment of assessments

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Any manufacturer or guarantor who does not pay an assessment for variance from label guarantee within 60 days shall pay to the Commissioner a late payment fee of 10 percent of the assessment or $50, whichever is greater, in addition to the assessment for variance from label guara…

Va. Code Ann. § 3.2-4812 Prohibited acts

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A. It is unlawful for a manufacturer or guarantor of commercial feed to: 1. Manufacture or distribute any commercial feed that is adulterated or misbranded; 2. Adulterate or misbrand any commercial feed; 3. Remove or dispose of a commercial feed in violation of an order issued pu…

Va. Code Ann. § 3.2-4813 Detained commercial feeds

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A. The Commissioner may issue and enforce a written or printed stop sale, use, removal, or seizure order to the owner or custodian of any lot of commercial feed distributed in violation of this chapter. The Commissioner shall release for distribution the commercial feed held unde…

Va. Code Ann. § 3.2-4814 Disposition of fees, assessments, and penalties

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All licensing, registration and inspection fees, assessments and penalties under this chapter received by the Commissioner shall be paid into the Feed, Lime, Fertilizer, and Animal Remedies Fund, established in § 3.2-3617. The fund shall be used in carrying out the purpose and pr…

Va. Code Ann. § 3.2-4815 Commissioner's actions; injunction

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A. Nothing in this chapter shall require the Commissioner to: (i) report for prosecution; (ii) institute seizure proceedings; or (iii) issue a withdrawal from distribution order if a violation of this chapter is minor, or if the Commissioner believes the public interest will best…

Va. Code Ann. § 3.2-4816 The Commissioner to cancel license and product registrations

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The Commissioner shall cancel the commercial feed license and product registrations of any person who fails to comply with the chapter by: 1. Failing to file the tonnage report; 2. Falsifying information; 3. Making an inaccurate statement of tonnage distributed in Virginia during…

Va. Code Ann. § 3.2-4817 Violation of chapter; penalty

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Any person convicted of violating any provision of this chapter is guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor.

Va. Code Ann. § 3.2-4900 Definitions

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As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning: "Advertisement" means all representations, other than those on the label, disseminated in any manner or by any means, relating to animal remedies. "Animal" means any animate being, which is not human, endow…

Va. Code Ann. § 3.2-4901 Exemptions from chapter

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The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to: 1. The compounding or dispensing of veterinarians' prescriptions, nor the dispensing of drugs or preparations by registered pharmacists compounded at the request of the purchaser and not intended for resale, nor shall such provis…

Va. Code Ann. § 3.2-4902 Registration required

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A. The manufacturer or person responsible for distributing an animal remedy in the Commonwealth shall obtain a registration from the Commissioner for the animal remedy before placing such remedy on the market, except for medicated feeds registered under subsection C of § 3.2-4804…

Va. Code Ann. § 3.2-4903 Refusal or revocation of registration

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The Commissioner may refuse to issue any certificate of registration to any applicant, if available facts indicate that the product proposed for registration is of negligible or no value in correcting, alleviating, or mitigating animal injuries or diseases for which it is intende…

Va. Code Ann. § 3.2-4904 Registration fees; terms of registration; renewal of registration

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A. The Commissioner shall, before issuing a certificate of registration for any animal remedy, collect from the applicant for such certificate a registration fee of $25 for each separate animal remedy registered. When an animal remedy has been registered and the registration fee …

Va. Code Ann. § 3.2-4905 Disposition of funds collected

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All fees and assessments received by the Commissioner under this chapter shall be paid into the Feed, Lime, Fertilizer and Animal Remedies Fund, established in § 3.2-3617, to be used in carrying out the provisions of this chapter.

Va. Code Ann. § 3.2-4906 Adulterated remedy

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An animal remedy is adulterated if: 1. It was prepared or held under unsanitary conditions and as a result it: (i) may have become contaminated with filth; or (ii) may have been rendered injurious to animal health. 2. Its composition, purity, strength, or quality falls below or d…

Va. Code Ann. § 3.2-4907 Misbranded remedy

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An animal remedy is misbranded: 1. Unless the label bears, in the English language: a. The name and principal addresses of the manufacturer or person responsible for placing such animal remedy on the market. b. The name, brand, or trademark under which the animal remedy is sold. …

Va. Code Ann. § 3.2-4908 Withholding noncomplying remedies from sale; tagging, condemnation, destruction, and correction of adulterated or misbranded remedies

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A. The Commissioner shall require those animal remedies that are found or believed not to comply with the provisions of this chapter to be withheld from sale until he determines that the remedies are in compliance with such provisions. B. Whenever the Commissioner finds or has re…

Va. Code Ann. § 3.2-4909 Investigations by Commissioner; right of access; securing and examining samples; obstructing Commissioner; penalty

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The Commissioner shall make all necessary investigations pertinent to the enforcement of this chapter. The Commissioner shall have free access during operating hours to any establishment in which animal remedies are manufactured, processed, packed, sold or offered for sale, to in…

Va. Code Ann. § 3.2-4910 Use of information acquired by Commissioner or employees of Department

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The Commissioner or any employee of the Department shall not use or reveal information acquired under §§ 3.2-4902 and 3.2-4909 except in the enforcement of this chapter, or to the courts, when relevant in any judicial proceeding.

Va. Code Ann. § 3.2-4911 Publication of information by Commissioner

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The Commissioner may publish at such times and in such forms as he may deem proper, information concerning the sales of animal remedies, together with data on their production and use, and a report of the results of the analyses of official samples of animal remedies sold within …

Va. Code Ann. § 3.2-4912 Prohibitions

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A. It is unlawful for any person to: 1. Sell, deliver, hold, or offer for sale any animal remedy that has not been registered with the Commissioner as provided in § 3.2-4902, except that any biological product for use on or testing of any livestock, poultry, or any animal, manufa…

Va. Code Ann. § 3.2-4913 Report of violations; duty of attorney for the Commonwealth

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The Commissioner shall report violations of this chapter to the attorney for the Commonwealth. It shall be the duty of every attorney for the Commonwealth, to whom the Commissioner shall report any violation of this chapter, to commence proceedings and prosecute without delay. Th…

Va. Code Ann. § 3.2-4914 Violation of chapter or regulations a misdemeanor

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Any person convicted of violating any provisions of this chapter and the regulations issued hereunder is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor, except as otherwise provided.

Va. Code Ann. § 3.2-5000 Sale of farm machinery or equipment where serial number has been removed, defaced or obliterated; penalty

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A. It is unlawful for any person to sell or offer for sale in the Commonwealth any new agricultural implement, farm tractor, or other type of farm machinery or equipment, knowing that the manufacturer's original serial number has been removed, defaced, or in any way obliterated. …

Va. Code Ann. § 3.2-5100 Duties of Commissioner

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A. The Commissioner shall inquire into the dairy and food and drink products, and the articles that are food or drinks, or the necessary constituents of the food or drinks, that are manufactured, sold, exposed, or offered for sale in the Commonwealth. B. The Commissioner may proc…

Va. Code Ann. § 3.2-5101 Board authorized to adopt regulations; exception

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A. Whenever in the judgment of the Commissioner action will promote honesty and fair dealing in the interest of consumers, the Board shall adopt regulations fixing and establishing for any food or class of food: labeling requirements; a reasonable definition and standard of ident…

Va. Code Ann. § 3.2-5102 Commissioner to have access to factories, warehouses, and other places; examination of samples

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The Commissioner shall have free access at all reasonable hours to any factory, warehouse, or establishment in which foods are manufactured, processed, packed, or held for introduction into commerce, or to enter any vehicle being used to transport or hold such foods in commerce, …

Va. Code Ann. § 3.2-5103 Standards of variability permissible to any article of food

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The Commissioner with the approval of the Board shall establish and publish standards or limits of variability permissible in any article of food, and these standards shall be the standards before all courts. When standards have been or may be established by the U.S. Department o…

Va. Code Ann. § 3.2-5104 Chemical work incident to execution of laws

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The chemical work incident to the execution of the provisions of this chapter shall be provided by the Division of Consolidated Laboratory Services.

Va. Code Ann. § 3.2-5105 Definition of term "food."

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The term "food" as used in this article means all articles used for food, drink, confectionery or condiment, whether simple, mixed or compound, and all substances or ingredients used in the preparation thereof, intended for human consumption and introduction into commerce.

Va. Code Ann. § 3.2-5106 Sanitary conditions of food establishments

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A. Every place used for the preparation for sale, manufacture, packing, storage, sale, or distribution of any food shall be properly lighted, drained, plumbed, and ventilated, and shall be operated with strict regard for the purity and wholesomeness of the food produced, and with…

Va. Code Ann. § 3.2-5107 Plastering and painting sidewalls and ceilings; interior woodwork; floors

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A. Any place where food is manufactured, produced, prepared, processed, packed, or exposed shall: (i) keep its sidewalls and ceilings well plastered, wainscoted, or ceiled, preferably with metal or lumber, and shall be kept oil-painted or well limewashed; and (ii) keep all interi…

Va. Code Ann. § 3.2-5108 Sleeping arrangements

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The sleeping places for persons employed in any food establishment shall be separate and apart from the room in which food products are manufactured or stored, and no person shall sleep in any place where flour, meal, or any manufactured products thereof are manufactured or store…

Va. Code Ann. § 3.2-5109 Washrooms and toilets

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Any place where food is manufactured, prepared, exposed, or offered for sale shall have a convenient washroom and toilet of sanitary construction, but such toilet shall be entirely separate and apart from any room used for the manufacture or storage of food products.

Va. Code Ann. § 3.2-5110 Daily cleaning of instruments and machinery

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All trucks, trays, boxes, baskets, buckets, and other receptacles, chutes, platforms, racks, tables, shelves, and all knives, saws, cleavers, and other utensils and machinery used in moving, handling, cutting, chopping, mixing, canning, and any other process, shall be thoroughly …

Va. Code Ann. § 3.2-5111 Food protected from flies, dust, and dirt

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Food in the process of manufacture, preparation, packing, storing, sale, or distribution, shall be protected from flies, dust, dirt, and all other foreign or injurious contamination.