§ 3.2-3612 Misbranding
A. It is unlawful to distribute misbranded regulated product. A regulated product shall be deemed to be misbranded if:
1. It has a label that is false or misleading in any particular;
3. It is not labeled as specified in § 3.2-3611, and in accordance with regulations adopted pursuant to this chapter; or
4. It purports to be, or is represented as, a fertilizer, or is represented as containing a plant nutrient or fertilizer, unless such plant nutrient or fertilizer conforms to the definition of identity, if any, as prescribed by regulation of the Board.
B. The guarantor of any regulated product found to be misbranded shall pay to the consumer an assessment equal to 10 percent of the retail value of the regulated product sold to the consumer and found to be in violation of subsection A not to exceed $5,000 per occurrence. The assessment for misbranding shall apply only to the retail sale of any regulated product made from a lot or a portion thereof after the Commissioner has inspected the lot or a portion thereof. The assessment for misbranding shall be in addition to any assessment for plant food deficiency.
History
This law was first created in 1994. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 740 of that year’s edition of “Acts of Assembly,” the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 2 times. Those modifications are cataloged by “The Acts of Assembly,” a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly’s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 2008, chapter 860; in 2011, chapters 552 and 564.
1994, c. 740, § 3.1-106.10; 2008, c. 860; 2011, cc. 552, 564.