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This law was first created in 1979. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 714 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1979 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 1992, chapter 836.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":191767,"object_type":"law","relational_id":75779,"identifier":"28.2-800","token":"28.2\/II\/8\/1\/28.2-800","url":"\/28.2-800\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/28.2-800\/","token":"28.2\/II\/8\/1\/28.2-800","dublin_core":{"Title":"Definitions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 28.2-800","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\t\t“Crustacea<\/span>” means all edible species of crab, lobster and shrimp, whether raw or processed.\n\t\t“Depuration<\/span>” means the process that uses a controlled aquatic environment to reduce the level of bacteria or viruses in live shellfish<\/span>.\n\t\t“Establishment<\/span>” means any vehicle, vessel, property or premises where crustacea<\/span>, finfish<\/span> or shellfish<\/span> are transported, held, stored, processed, packed, repacked, or pasteurized in preparation for marketing.\n\t\t“Finfish<\/span>” means any cold-blooded, strictly aquatic, water-breathing craniate vertebrate with fins, including cyclostomes, elasmobranchs and higher-gilled aquatic vertebrates with cartilaginous or bony skeletons or any parts thereof.\n\t\t“Relay<\/span>” means to move shellfish<\/span> for the purpose of natural purification from water which is not approved to water which is approved or conditionally approved by the State Health Commissioner<\/span>.\n\t\t“Shellfish<\/span>” means all species within the phylum Mollusca including but not limited to oysters, clams, mussels, scallops, conchs and whelks, whether raw or processed.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDEFINITIONS (\u00a7 28.2-800)\n\nAs used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\t\t“Crustacea” means all edible species of crab, lobster and shrimp,\nwhether raw or processed.\n\t\t“Depuration” means the process that uses a controlled aquatic\nenvironment to reduce the level of bacteria or viruses in live shellfish.\n\t\t“Establishment” means any vehicle, vessel, property or premises\nwhere crustacea, finfish or shellfish are transported, held, stored, processed,\npacked, repacked, or pasteurized in preparation for marketing.\n\t\t“Finfish” means any cold-blooded, strictly aquatic,\nwater-breathing craniate vertebrate with fins, including cyclostomes,\nelasmobranchs and higher-gilled aquatic vertebrates with cartilaginous or bony\nskeletons or any parts thereof.\n\t\t“Relay” means to move shellfish for the purpose of natural\npurification from water which is not approved to water which is approved or\nconditionally approved by the State Health Commissioner.\n\t\t“Shellfish” means all species within the phylum Mollusca including\nbut not limited to oysters, clams, mussels, scallops, conchs and whelks, whether\nraw or processed.\n\nHISTORY: 1979, c. 714, \u00a7 28.1-175.1; 1992, c. 836.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}