Code of Virginia - Title 3.1 Agriculture, Horticulture And Food - Chapter 27 Livestock And Poultry

3.1-723 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) State Veterinarian and assistants
The Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services shall employ a qualified veterinarian who shall be known as the State Veterinarian, and may employ assistant veterinarians ...
3.1-724 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Protection of domestic animals and poultry
The State Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services, the State Veterinarian, and all other veterinarians within the Commonwealth, shall have authority, and it shall be ...
3.1-725 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Laboratory for diagnosis of diseases
The Board shall maintain and operate at some suitable location in the County of Rockingham and in such other places within the Commonwealth as the ...
3.1-726 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Contagious and infectious diseases; presence of biological res...
A. The diseases known as tuberculosis, foot and mouth disease, anthrax, Bang's abortion disease, hemorrhagic septicemia, Texas fever, hog cholera, cattle scab, sheep scab, pullorum ...
3.1-727 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Duty of State Veterinarian when animals or poultry suspected o...
It shall be the duty of the State Veterinarian at any time, upon receipt of reliable information of the existence among domestic animals or poultry ...
3.1-728 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Animals or poultry not permitted to enter or leave quarantin...
No domestic animals or poultry infected with any infectious or contagious disease or which have been exposed to such disease, or are otherwise capable of ...
3.1-729 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Quarantine of persons
Persons exposed to animal and poultry diseases which, in the opinion of the State Veterinarian, may be transmitted by such persons to animals or poultry, ...
3.1-730 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Rules as to separation and caring for diseased animals or poul...
The Board or the State Veterinarian shall also, from time to time, give and enforce such directions and prescribe such rules and regulations as to ...
3.1-731 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Right of entry
The State Veterinarian and his assistants are authorized and empowered to enter upon any grounds or premises to carry out the provisions of §§ 3.1-726 ...
3.1-732 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Notice of quarantine
The State Veterinarian, or an assistant veterinarian, may give such notice as may be necessary to make the quarantine effective. (Code 1950, § 3-574; 1966, ...
3.1-733 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Penalty
Any person who shall fail to do any of the things required of him in §§ 3.1-726 to 3.1-732, or fail or refuse to allow ...
3.1-734 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Quarantine against diseased animals or poultry in other state...
When the Board or State Veterinarian shall have good reason to believe of the existence of contagious and infectious diseases of animals or poultry in ...
3.1-735 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Certificate of veterinary inspection required for importation ...
No person shall import into this Commonwealth any pet animal, including but not limited to, dogs, cats, monkeys, or other animals, ferae naturae, wild or ...
3.1-736 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Bringing into Commonwealth animals or poultry infected with di...
Any person, firm or corporation who, for himself shall transport from outside the Commonwealth into this Commonwealth any animal or poultry, knowing the same to ...
3.1-737 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Duty of operators of stockyards, poultry slaughteryards, et...
Any person, firm or corporation who operates a stockyard, livestock auction sale, slaughterhouse pens, or poultry slaughteryards, or other places or premises where livestock or ...
3.1-738 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Duty of officers to execute orders of Board or State Veterinar...
The Board, or State Veterinarian, shall have power to call upon any law-enforcement officer as defined in § 9.1-101 to execute their orders, and such ...
3.1-738.1 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Circuit court judges may enforce orders of State Veterinaria...
Upon proper application by the State Veterinarian, the judges of all circuit courts in this Commonwealth may issue such decrees as are necessary to enforce ...
3.1-739 Description unavailable
Repealed by Acts 1983, c. 71. ...
3.1-739.1 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Suppression of pleuropneumonia and other diseases among domest...
The Governor is authorized to accept in behalf of the states the rules and regulations prepared by the Commissioner under and in pursuance of section ...
3.1-740 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Liability for damages for violating this and next article, et...
Any person, firm or corporation knowingly disregarding, violating or evading any provision of any section of this article, with the exception of § 3.1-725, or ...
3.1-741 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Cost of administering this and next article
The cost and expenses of administering this article, with the exception of § 3.1-725, and the next succeeding article (§ 3.1-742.1 et seq.) shall be ...
3.1-741.1 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Extension of authority under this article to include native an...
In each instance where the terms "livestock and/or poultry," "domestic animals and/or poultry," and "animals and/or poultry" are used in this article, these terms shall ...
3.1-741.2 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Horse breeder incentive program authorized
A. It is the policy of the Commonwealth to encourage the growth of all segments of its agricultural industry. The General Assembly finds that the ...
3.1-741.3 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Definitions
As used in this article, unless the context requires a different meaning: "Accredited veterinarian" means a veterinarian approved by the United States Department of Agriculture ...
3.1-741.4 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Importation of subject avian species; test
A. Except as provided in subsection D, no person may bring or ship to Virginia any type of subject avian species or hatching egg from ...
3.1-741.5 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) State Veterinarian's proclamation of avian influenza testin...
When (i) avian influenza of the H5 or H7 subtype has been found in another state, (ii) the State Veterinarian determines that conditions in another ...
3.1-741.6 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Prevention and control measures; penalty.
A. The Commissioner may adopt regulations to prevent and control avian influenza in the live-bird marketing system and is authorized to participate in the federal ...
3.1-741.7 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Compensation for animals slaughtered or animals or animal prod...
When, in the judgment of the State Veterinarian, it is necessary for the control or eradication of an animal disease outbreak to slaughter or destroy ...
3.1-742 Description unavailable
Repealed by Acts 1992, c. 101. ...
3.1-742.1 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Definitions
As used in this article unless the context requires a different meaning: "Composting" means the natural process, carried out pursuant to § 3.1-745.2, in which ...
3.1-743 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Proper disposal of dead poultry required of persons raising o...
It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in the raising or keeping of poultry for profit on any premises within the Commonwealth of ...
3.1-744 Description unavailable
Repealed by Acts 1992, c. 101. ...
3.1-745 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Disposal of dead poultry
It shall be unlawful for any person engaged in the raising or keeping of poultry for profit to dispose of dead poultry on his premises ...
3.1-745.1 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Transportation of dead poultry
The State Veterinarian may specify requirements governing the transportation of dead poultry. (1992, c. 101.) ...
3.1-745.2 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Composting requirements
A person shall not compost dead poultry unless he does so in a composter which meets the following requirements: 1. The composter shall be of ...
3.1-746 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Exemptions from provisions of article
The State Veterinarian may authorize disposal of dead poultry by a method other than as provided in § 3.1-743 or § 3.1-745 when it is ...
3.1-747 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Regulations
The Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services is authorized to adopt regulations concerning the specifications of disposal pits, incinerators, composting and rendering and all other ...
3.1-748 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Violation a Class 1 misdemeanor
Any person violating any provisions of this article or failing to comply with the provisions thereof or any rules and regulations promulgated thereunder shall be ...
3.1-748.1 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Applicability
Nothing in this article shall apply to the disposal of entire flocks of dead poultry governed by regulations adopted pursuant to § 3.1-726. (1992, c. ...
3.1-749 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Condemnation or quarantine of cattle
A report of all tests for tuberculosis, para-tuberculosis and Bang's disease shall, within five days from the date of such tests, be made to the ...
3.1-750 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Appraisement of condemned cattle
All condemned cattle shall be appraised at their fair cash value by three persons, one of whom shall be appointed by the Board or State ...
3.1-751 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Slaughter of condemned cattle by owner
Within ninety days after the tests are made, or within such other period of time as the State Veterinarian may require, the owner or custodian ...
3.1-752 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Slaughter by State Veterinarian when owner fails to ac...
Should the owner or custodian fail to slaughter any condemned animal within the period provided in the preceding section (§ 3.1-751), the State Veterinarian, or ...
3.1-753 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Duty of owner or custodian to submit cattle to tests for tuber...
In every county where the State Veterinarian knows or suspects tuberculosis, para-tuberculosis or Bang's disease to exist, the owners or custodians of cattle therein shall, ...
3.1-754 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Additional compensation to owners of slaughtered animals; liab...
In addition to the amount received for the carcasses of animals slaughtered, further compensation may be paid to the owners by the Department out of ...
3.1-755 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Altering, substituting, etc., tag, brand, etc
Any person who shall, otherwise than in accordance with such rules and regulations as may be adopted by the Board, alter, deface, change from one ...
3.1-756 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Unlawful to buy, etc., or administer anthrax germs or hog chol...
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to buy, sell or have in possession, or to administer to livestock, or to permit ...
3.1-757 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Penalty for violation of { 3.1-756
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate the provisions of § 3.1-756 shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished by ...
3.1-758 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Definitions
"Garbage" shall mean animal, poultry, and vegetable wastes resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking, and consumption of foods containing animal or poultry carcasses or parts ...
3.1-759 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Unlawful to feed raw garbage to swine on own premises; feedin...
It shall be unlawful for any person to feed or knowingly allow any other person to feed any raw garbage to swine on his premises ...
3.1-760 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Permit required
It shall be unlawful for any person to feed garbage to swine without a permit for such feeding from the Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer ...
3.1-761 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Application for renewal of permit; fee
Application for such renewal of permit shall be made to the Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services in writing on forms to be furnished by ...
3.1-762 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Rules and regulations; inspection of premises; rules and regul...
The Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services shall have authority and at its discretion may adopt and enforce regulations regarding the feeding, hauling, handling, transportation ...
3.1-762.1 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Ordinances prohibiting feeding of certain putrescible waste...
The governing body of any city, county, or town of this Commonwealth may by ordinance prohibit the feeding to swine within its jurisdiction of putrescible ...
3.1-763 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Violations
Any person who shall violate the provisions of this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not ...
3.1-763.1 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Definitions
The following words and phrases when used in this article shall, for the purposes of this article, have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in ...
3.1-763.2 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Destruction authorized
The Commissioner may destroy or require the destruction of any swine after receipt of written notice from the State Veterinarian that in his opinion such ...
3.1-763.3 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Indemnity to owner
At such time as the Commonwealth is approved for and becomes eligible to participate in and receive funds from the United States Department of Agriculture ...
3.1-763.4 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Rules and regulations
The Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services may make, promulgate, amend, repeal, and enforce necessary rules and regulations for implementing and executing the provisions of ...
3.1-763.5 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Authority of employees of Department
All authority vested in the Commissioner by virtue of the provisions of this article may with like force and effect be executed by such employees ...
3.1-763.5:1 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Definitions
As used in this article, unless the context requires a different meaning: "Board" means the Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services. "Department" means the Department ...
3.1-763.5:2 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Department authorized to issue, deny and revoke licenses; exce...
A. The Department shall issue a license for shooting enclosures only to those enclosures which were in operation on or before January 1, 1995. However, ...
3.1-763.5:3 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Grounds for denial, suspension or revocation of licens...
The Department may deny, suspend or revoke a license to operate a shooting enclosure, if the: 1. Applicant for a license does not own or ...
3.1-763.5:4 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Application and license fees; other costs
A. Any person desiring to obtain a license to operate a shooting enclosure shall pay to the Department a one-time application fee to be established ...
3.1-763.5:5 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Board to promulgate regulations
A. The Board shall promulgate regulations to carry out the provisions of this article including, but not limited to, the requirements for licensing and operating ...
3.1-763.5:6 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Limitation on animals to be held
In no instance shall any animals other than goats of the genus Capri, sheep of the genera Ammotragus and Ovis, and hogs of the genus ...
3.1-763.5:7 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Exemption from article
Nothing in this article or any regulation promulgated thereunder shall apply to shooting preserves licensed under Chapter 6 (§ 29.1-600 et seq.) of Title 29.1. ...
3.1-763.5:8 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Penalty
Any person who violates any provision of this article or a regulation promulgated thereunder shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. (1995, c. 822; ...
3.1-763.6 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Definitions
As used in this article: "Board" means the Virginia Pork Industry Board. "Commission" means the Virginia Pork Industry Board. "Feeder pig" means a hog not ...
3.1-763.7 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Commission continued as Board; appointment, terms and expense...
(a) The Virginia Pork Industry Commission within the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services is continued and shall hereafter be known as the Virginia Pork ...
3.1-763.8 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Educational and research programs; contracts; expenditure of m...
The Board shall plan and conduct programs for education and research relating to the Virginia pork industry, with primary emphasis on programs designed to increase ...
3.1-763.9 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Excise tax generally
There is hereby levied on all hogs sold in Virginia for slaughter an excise tax of ten cents per head, and there is hereby levied ...
3.1-763.10 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Nonpayment of excise tax
(a) If the tax imposed hereby is not paid when due, the State Department of Taxation shall immediately notify the taxpayer of such deficiency and ...
3.1-763.11 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Virginia Pork Industry Fund; expenditures; accounts and audit...
(a) All moneys levied and collected under the provisions of this article shall be credited on the Comptroller's books to a fund to be known ...
3.1-763.12 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Violations
Any person knowingly reporting falsely the number of slaughter hogs and feeder pigs subject to tax bought by or handled by him during any period ...
3.1-763.13 Description unavailable
Repealed by Acts 1979, c. 72. ...
3.1-763.14 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Application of article
This article shall apply to the marketing of eggs to consumers, institutional consumers and retailers. (1968, c. 142.) ...
3.1-763.15 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Definitions
As used in this article, unless the context clearly requires a different construction: (a) "Eggs" mean eggs in the shell that are the product of ...
3.1-763.16 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Standards, grades, and size-weight classes; cracked or checke...
(a) The Virginia Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services shall establish, and from time to time may amend or revise standards, grades, and size-weight classes ...
3.1-763.17 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Labeling and advertising
No label, container, display, or advertisement of eggs shall contain incorrect, fraudulent, or misleading representations. No person shall advertise eggs for sale unless the unabbreviated ...
3.1-764 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Requirements for eggs sold as fresh or with similar descriptio...
The term "fresh eggs," or any legend, symbol, picture, representation or device declaring or tending to convey the impression that the eggs are fresh may ...
3.1-765 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Certain producers exempt from law
Producers selling a total of 150 dozen eggs or less per week produced by their own hens, or eggs purchased from other producers not to ...
3.1-766 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Certain eggs not required to be marked
Eggs moving into private or cooperative packing plants, which are first receivers, where they will be candled and graded, need not be marked. (Code 1950, ...
3.1-767 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Sale or offering for sale of inedible eggs
The sale or offering for sale of inedible eggs as defined in the grades adopted by the Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services is prohibited ...
3.1-768 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Enforcement of article; how eggs marked and quality determine...
This article shall be enforced by the Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services or his duly authorized agents and all eggs sold or offered for ...
3.1-769 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) When seller to furnish invoice; what to appear thereo...
Any person, firm or corporation selling or delivering eggs to restaurants, hotels, retail stores, bakeries or other institution purchasing eggs for serving to guests, patrons, ...
3.1-769.1 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Sanitation and related matters
(a) Any person, firm, or corporation assembling, transporting, processing, holding, or offering for sale eggs of grade A quality or better shall maintain the internal ...
3.1-769.2 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Stop-sale order and seizure
(a) If after inspection, the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services determines that any eggs are being offered, displayed, stored, processed, or transported in ...
3.1-769.3 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Right of entry
The Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services, acting by any duly authorized officer, employee, or agent, may enter during normal business hours on or into ...
3.1-769.4 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Rule making
The Virginia Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services may make and amend, from time to time, such rules and regulations as may be necessary to ...
3.1-770 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Violation a misdemeanor
Any person, firm or corporation which by itself, its agents or employees, violates any provision of this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. (Code ...
3.1-770.1 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Injunction
The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services acting by the Attorney General or local prosecutor may enforce any provision of this article or any ...
3.1-770.2 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Remedies not exclusive
The institution of proceedings for the application of any remedy available pursuant to this article, or the issuance of any order on account thereof, or ...
3.1-770.3 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Judicial review
Any determination of final actions of the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services taken pursuant to or under color of this article shall be ...
3.1-771 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Illegal use of term "certified"
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to use, orally or in writing, relative to any hatchery products, poultry-breeding stock, chicks or ...
3.1-772 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Inspection and certification
If such hatchery products, poultry-breeding stock, chicks or turkey poults were produced in another state or in a foreign country, certification by the legally constituted ...
3.1-773 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Penalty for violation
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any of the provisions of this article, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall ...
3.1-774 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Separate offenses
Each violation of the preceding section (§ 3.1-773) shall constitute a separate offense. (Code 1950, § 3-608; 1966, c. 702.) ...
3.1-775 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Prosecutions for violations
The Director of the Division of Marketing, with the approval of the Commissioner, is hereby empowered and directed, in his discretion, to cause prosecutions for ...
3.1-776 Description unavailable
Repealed by Acts 1977, c. 598. ...
3.1-777 through 3.1-796
Repealed by Acts 1980, c. 316. ...
3.1-796.01 Description unavailable
Not set out. (1980, c. 316.) ...
3.1-796.02 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Declaration of public interest; definitions
Subject to § 3.1-796.09, the General Assembly hereby declares it to be in the public interest that farmers producing turkeys or chicken broilers each be ...
3.1-796.03 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Petition for referendum on question of levying tax; action of ...
The Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services, hereinafter referred to as the Board, upon petition being filed with it by the Virginia State Poultry Federation, ...
3.1-796.04 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Commissioner to arrange for and manage referendum; notice to b...
The Commissioner shall arrange for and manage any referendum conducted under this chapter. The Commissioner is directed, sixty days before the date upon which a ...
3.1-796.05 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Persons eligible to vote
Each farmer in Virginia who raised 500 or more turkeys or 1,000 or more chicken broilers during the year next preceding the date of the ...
3.1-796.06 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Rules governing ballots, conduct of referendum and canvassing ...
The Board shall further adopt rules governing the ballots to be used in the referendum, the conduct of the referendum, canvassing the results thereof, and ...
3.1-796.07 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Date of referendum; areas, hours, voting places, etc.; publica...
The State Board shall fix the date, areas, hours, voting places, rules and regulations with respect to the holding of any referendum provided for in ...
3.1-796.08 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Distribution of ballots and supplies; arranging for polling pl...
The Commissioner with the assistance of the Federation shall prepare and distribute in advance of such referendum all necessary ballots and supplies required for such ...
3.1-796.09 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Action of Governor if voters favor levy of tax
The Governor shall examine all matters relating to the referendum and whether a majority of the farmers voting in a referendum or farmers owning more ...
3.1-796.010 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Action of Governor if voters oppose levy of tax
If the Governor finds that the referendum results do not meet the conditions set forth in § 3.1-796.09 or finds that additional research, education, publicity, ...
3.1-796.011 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Subsequent referenda
If the Governor issues a proclamation under § 3.1-796.010, the Board may call, in the manner prescribed in this article, another referendum in the next ...
3.1-796.012 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Question to be printed on ballots
The question to be printed on the ballots used in a referendum held under this article, unless otherwise specified herein, shall be as follows: "Do ...
3.1-796.013 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Virginia Poultry Products Commission continued as Virginia Pou...
The Virginia Poultry Products Commission within the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services is continued and shall hereafter be known as the Virginia Poultry ...
3.1-796.014 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Handler to deduct tax from payment to farmer; report and payme...
For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this article, the packer, processor or handler, hereinafter referred to as "the handler," of any poultry ...
3.1-796.015 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Records to be kept by handlers
The handler shall keep a complete record of the poultry products subject to the provisions of this article which have been packed, processed or handled ...
3.1-796.016 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Interest on tax; collection of delinquent tax
The tax imposed under the provisions of this article and unpaid on the date on which such tax was due and payable shall bear interest ...
3.1-796.017 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Virginia Poultry Products Fund; audit; Board may cooperate wit...
All moneys levied and collected under the provisions of this article shall be credited on the Comptroller's books to a fund to be known as ...
3.1-796.018 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Expenditures
All moneys collected under this article shall be expended by the Virginia Poultry Products Board by warrants of the Comptroller on the state treasury issued ...
3.1-796.019 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Misdemeanors
It shall be a Class 1 misdemeanor for any handler knowingly to report falsely to the Virginia Department of Taxation the quantity of poultry products ...
3.1-796.020 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Who deemed "handler"
In the case of turkeys and broilers, the "handler" shall be the processor or live hauler who purchases from the farmer. (1980, c. 316.) ...
3.1-796.1 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Virginia Egg Board authorized to adopt quality mark; purpose...
The Virginia Egg Board is authorized to adopt a quality mark. The purpose for adopting and promoting this official quality mark is to provide assurance ...
3.1-796.2 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) What eggs may bear quality mark; control of quality
The Board is only authorized to grant the use of this quality mark to identify or advertise eggs of at least A quality as defined ...
3.1-796.3 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Where, how and by whom mark to be used
The official Virginia egg quality mark, owned and controlled by the Virginia Egg Board, may be imprinted on any label, insert, carton, sealing tape or ...
3.1-796.4 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Requirements for license to use mark
Application for license to use the official quality mark as outlined above shall be made in writing upon a form to be supplied by the ...
3.1-796.5 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Facsimile reproduction of mark may be obtained from Board for ...
Any person, firm or corporation licensed or the manufacturer or printer supplying the licensee with cartons, sealing tapes, labels or inserts bearing the quality mark ...
3.1-796.6 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Reproduction to be approved by Board
A specimen showing the reproduction of the official quality mark as it is to appear on any label, insert or carton or in any advertisement ...
3.1-796.7 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Records and reports required of licensee; if license revoked, ...
The licensee shall agree to supply the Board with the names, addresses and sizes of flocks of his Virginia producer suppliers and/or the size of ...
3.1-796.8 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Information on container
All consumer containers in which eggs are kept for the purpose of sale or offered or exposed for sale shall be marked according to one ...
3.1-796.9 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to supervise a...
The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services is authorized to supervise and control the use of the quality mark, to establish such procedures and ...
3.1-796.10 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Board may subpoena records, enter upon premises, etc
The Board shall have the power to subpoena records of handlers to determine if a proper accounting has been made of the packages containing the ...
3.1-796.11 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Violation of article
Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. (1968, c. 550.) ...
3.1-796.11:1 Description unavailable
Not set out. (1980, c. 316.) ...
3.1-796.11:2 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Virginia Egg Commission continued as Virginia Egg Board; compo...
The Virginia Egg Commission within the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services is continued and shall hereafter be known as the Virginia Egg Board. ...
3.1-796.11:3 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Levy of tax; rules and regulations
There is hereby levied on eggs purchased or sold for use or consumption in Virginia an excise tax of five cents per thirty-dozen case or, ...
3.1-796.11:4 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Handler to remit tax to Tax Commissioner; report and payment o...
A. For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this article, the handler shall collect the tax imposed by this article from the person ...
3.1-796.11:5 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Exemptions
The eggs of any producer selling less than 500 cases per year, or the liquid equivalent thereof, and sales of eggs between registered handlers shall ...
3.1-796.11:6 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Records to be kept by handlers
The handler shall keep a complete record of the eggs subject to the provisions of this article which have been packed, processed or handled by ...
3.1-796.11:7 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Interest on tax; collection of delinquent tax
The tax imposed under the provisions of this article and unpaid on the date on which the tax was due and payable shall bear interest ...
3.1-796.11:8 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Virginia Egg Fund; Board may cooperate with other agencie...
All moneys levied and collected under the provisions of this article shall be credited on the Comptroller's books to a fund to be known as ...
3.1-796.11:9 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Expenditures
All moneys collected under this article shall be expended by the Virginia Egg Board by warrants of the Comptroller on the state treasury issued on ...
3.1-796.11:10 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Misdemeanors; penalties
It shall be a Class 1 misdemeanor for any handler knowingly to report falsely to the Virginia Department of Taxation the quantity of shell or ...

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