Code of Virginia - Title 3.1 Agriculture, Horticulture And Food - Section 3.1-421 (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Warning and punishment of persons using or furnishing impure m...

§ 3.1-421. (Repealed effective October 1, 2008) Warning and punishment of persons using or furnishing impure m...

Whenever it is determined by the Commissioner or his assistants that any person is using, selling or furnishing to any skimming station, creamery, cheese factory, condensed milk factory, milk depot, farm dairy, milk dealer, the retail trade or to any consumer of milk, any impure or unwholesome milk or cream, which impurity or unwholesomeness is caused by the unsanitary or filthy conditions of the premises where cows are kept or by the unsanitary or filthy care of handling of the cows, or from the use of unclean utensils or from unwholesome food, or from any other cause, such person shall first be notified and warned by the Commissioner, his deputy or assistants not to use, sell or furnish such milk or cream to such skimming station, creamery, cheese factory, condensed milk factory, milk depot, farm dairy, milk dealers, the retail trade or to any consumer of milk, and any person failing to obey such notice and warning and continuing to use, sell or furnish to any skimming station, creamery, cheese factory, condensed milk factory, farm dairy, milk dealer or to the retail trade such impure or unwholesome milk or cream, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten dollars nor more than fifty dollars and costs of prosecution, or imprisonment in the county or city jail not to exceed ninety days, or until such fine and costs are paid, or both fine and imprisonment at the discretion of the court.

(Code 1950, § 3-342; 1966, c. 702.)

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