Code of Virginia - Title 3.2 Agriculture, Animal Care, And Food - Chapter 52 Milk, Milk Products, And Dairies

3.2-5200 (Effective October 1, 2008) Duty of Commissioner to foster dairy industry.
It shall be the duty of the Commissioner to foster and encourage the dairy industry of the Commonwealth, and for that purpose he shall investigate ...

3.2-5201 (Effective October 1, 2008) Conformity with regulations of U.S. Department of Health and Human Serv...
In adopting regulations for the purpose of sanitation and to prevent deception, the Board shall be guided by those regulations recommended by the U.S. Department ...

3.2-5202 (Effective October 1, 2008) Sale of products not subject to local supervision.
Products produced, processed, or manufactured under the regulations adopted under this chapter may be sold in all localities in the Commonwealth and shall not be ...

3.2-5203 (Effective October 1, 2008) Importing of products.
A. No regulation adopted under this chapter shall be construed to prohibit the sale within the Commonwealth of any product that is produced outside of ...

3.2-5204 (Effective October 1, 2008) Warning and punishment of persons using or furnishing impure milk...
Whenever it is determined by the Commissioner that any person is using, selling, or furnishing to any facility, milk dealer, the retail trade, or to ...

3.2-5205 (Effective October 1, 2008) Injunctions.
If any person violates any provision of this article or the regulations adopted hereunder, then either the Commissioner or the State Health Commissioner may petition ...

3.2-5206 (Effective October 1, 2008) Board authorized to establish standards and adopt regulations; guidanc...
A. The Board is authorized to establish definitions, standards of quality and identity, and to adopt and enforce regulations dealing with the issuance of permits, ...

3.2-5207 (Effective October 1, 2008) Powers and duties of Commissioner; obstruction unlawful.
The Commissioner shall administer and enforce the regulations adopted pursuant to § 3.2-5206 except as provided in § 3.2-5208. He is empowered, in the performance ...

3.2-5208 (Effective October 1, 2008) Powers and duties of State Health Commissioner; obstruction unlawful...
The State Health Commissioner, pursuant to the regulations adopted pursuant to § 3.2-5206, shall issue permits to all plants that process and distribute Grade A ...

3.2-5209 (Effective October 1, 2008) Penalties.
Any violation of the provisions of this article, or the regulations adopted hereunder, or failure to comply with such provisions or regulations, is a Class ...

3.2-5210 (Effective October 1, 2008) Civil penalties.
A. In addition to the penalties prescribed in § 3.2-5209, any person violating any provision of this article or regulation adopted hereunder may be assessed ...

3.2-5211 (Effective October 1, 2008) Excessive drug residue; penalty.
A. For the purposes of this section: "Dairy farm" means any farm producing Grade A milk or milk for manufacturing purposes. "Excessive drug residue" means ...

3.2-5212 (Effective October 1, 2008) Authority of Board to establish standards, adopt regulations.
The Board is authorized to establish definitions, standards of quality and identity, and to adopt and enforce regulations dealing with the issuance of permits, labeling, ...

3.2-5213 (Effective October 1, 2008) Commissioner to enforce article; right of entry.
The Commissioner shall administer and enforce the regulations adopted pursuant to this article. He is empowered, in the performance of his duties, to enter upon ...

3.2-5214 (Effective October 1, 2008) Permits; delegation of enforcement of article to State Health Commissio...
Any person engaged in the manufacture in the Commonwealth of any of the foods listed in § 3.2-5212 shall apply to the Commissioner on an ...

3.2-5215 (Effective October 1, 2008) Detention of adulterated, misbranded products.
Whenever any product subject to this article is found by the Commissioner upon any premises where it is held and there is reason to believe ...

3.2-5216 (Effective October 1, 2008) Condemnation of adulterated, misbranded products.
Any product referred to by § 3.2-5215 shall be liable to be proceeded against and condemned. At any time prior to the expiration of the ...

3.2-5217 (Effective October 1, 2008) Penalties.
Any violation of the provisions of this article or the regulations adopted hereunder, or failure to comply with such provisions or regulations, is a Class ...

3.2-5218 (Effective October 1, 2008) Definitions.
As used in this article, unless the context requires a different meaning: "Holder" means a corporation, association, partnership or two or more persons having a ...

3.2-5219 (Effective October 1, 2008) No test or apparatus other than Babcock or other centrifugal machines t...
No test or apparatus shall be used for the purpose of determining the composition of milk or cream as a basis for payment in buying ...

3.2-5220 (Effective October 1, 2008) Inspection of centrifugal machines and scales; condemnation.
Every Babcock or other centrifugal machine, or cream test or butterfat test scale, used in the Commonwealth by any inspector of milk or cream or ...

3.2-5221 (Effective October 1, 2008) Manipulators of machines to procure certificates; renewal of certificat...
No inspector of milk or cream, and no person in any milk inspection laboratory, shall manipulate the Babcock or other centrifugal machine for the purpose ...

3.2-5222 (Effective October 1, 2008) To whom certificates issued.
The Commissioner is authorized to issue certificates of competency to persons desiring to manipulate the Babcock or other centrifugal machine or to sample or weigh ...

3.2-5223 (Effective October 1, 2008) Regulations governing applications for certificates; revocation by Boar...
The Board is authorized to adopt and enforce regulations governing applications for certificates and the granting of certificates. The Board may, in its discretion, revoke ...

3.2-5224 (Effective October 1, 2008) Regulations governing equipment, standards and procedures.
The Board shall have authority to adopt and enforce regulations governing the equipment, standards, and procedures used in the receiving, weighing, measuring, sampling, and testing ...

3.2-5225 (Effective October 1, 2008) Capacity of standard measurers.
In the use of the Babcock or any other centrifugal machine, the standard milk measurer or pipettes shall have a capacity of 17.6 cubic centimeters ...

3.2-5226 (Effective October 1, 2008) Units for testing cream.
Cream shall be tested by weight and the standard units for testing shall be 18 grams, and nine grams. It is a violation of the ...

3.2-5227 (Effective October 1, 2008) Sampling to determine butterfat by composite tests.
In sampling milk or cream for composite tests to determine the percent of butterfat contained, no such sample or sampling shall be lawful unless a ...

3.2-5228 (Effective October 1, 2008) Test of measurers; inspection of machines and scales; right of entry...
The Commissioner shall inspect or cause to be inspected at least once each year every Babcock or other centrifugal machine or cream test or butterfat ...

3.2-5229 (Effective October 1, 2008) False manipulation and reading of tests.
Any person who shall, by himself or as the officer, servant, agent, or employee of any person falsely manipulate, underread, or overread the Babcock test ...

3.2-5230 (Effective October 1, 2008) Tender of payment as evidence of test.
The tender of payment for milk or cream at any given test, shall constitute prima facie evidence that such test was made. (Code 1950, § ...

3.2-5231 (Effective October 1, 2008) Commissioner to enforce article; persons exempt.
It shall be the duty of the Commissioner to see that the provisions of this article are complied with, and he may in his discretion ...

3.2-5232 (Effective October 1, 2008) Obstructing Commissioner; violations of article.
Any person who shall hinder or obstruct the Commissioner in the discharge of the authority or duty imposed upon him by this article, and any ...

3.2-5233 (Effective October 1, 2008) Civil penalties.
A. In addition to the penalties prescribed in § 3.2-5229 or 3.2-5232, any person violating any provision of this article or regulation adopted hereunder may ...