§ 3.1-420. (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Duty of Commissioner to foster dairy industry
It shall be the duty of the Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services to foster and encourage the dairy industry of the Commonwealth, and for that purpose he shall investigate the general conditions of the creameries, cheese factories, condensed milk factories, skimming stations, milk stations and farm dairies in this Commonwealth, with full power to enter upon any premises for such investigation, with the object in view of improving the quality and creating and maintaining uniformity of the dairy products of the Commonwealth; and should it become necessary in the judgment of the Commissioner, he may cause instruction to be given in any creamery, cheese factory, condensed milk factory, skimming station, milk station or farm dairy, or in any locality of this Commonwealth, and in order to secure the proper feeding and care of cows, or the practical operation of any plant producing dairy products, and in order to procure such a uniform and standard quality of dairy products in this Commonwealth, he shall furnish a sufficient number of competent assistants, and they shall be duly qualified to act as such assistants.
(Code 1950, § 3-341; 1966, c. 702.)
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