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A regulated product shall be deemed to be misbranded if:1\n\nIt has a label that is false or misleading in any particular;2\n\nIt is distributed under the name of another product;3\n\nIt is not labeled as specified in &#xA7; 3.2-3611, and in accordance with regulations adopted pursuant to this chapter; or4\n\nIt 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\n\nThe 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.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":310801,"text":"It is unlawful to distribute misbranded regulated product. 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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.","type":"section","prefixes":["B"],"prefix":"B","entire_prefix":"B","prefix_anchor":"B","level":1,"prior_prefix":"A4"}},"ancestry":[{"id":14027,"edition_id":1,"name":"Fertilizer","identifier":"36","label":"chapter","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":13102,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:46:38","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:46:38","permalink":{"id":195619,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":14027,"identifier":"36","token":"3.2\/III\/36","url":"\/3.2\/III\/36\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":13102,"edition_id":1,"name":"Production and Sale of Agricultural Products","identifier":"III","label":"subtitle","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12793,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:17","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:17","permalink":{"id":195443,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13102,"identifier":"III","token":"3.2\/III","url":"\/3.2\/III\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12793,"edition_id":1,"name":"Agriculture, Animal Care, and Food","identifier":"3.2","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:53","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:53","permalink":{"id":193939,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12793,"identifier":"3.2","token":"3.2","url":"\/3.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":59575,"structure_id":14027,"section_number":"3.2-3600","catch_line":"Definitions","url":"\/3.2-3600\/","token":"3.2\/III\/36\/3.2-3600","metadata":false},{"id":68481,"structure_id":14027,"section_number":"3.2-3601","catch_line":"Authority of the Board and the Commissioner to adopt regulations","url":"\/3.2-3601\/","token":"3.2\/III\/36\/3.2-3601","metadata":false},{"id":66799,"structure_id":14027,"section_number":"3.2-3602","catch_line":"Local government regulation of fertilizer","url":"\/3.2-3602\/","token":"3.2\/III\/36\/3.2-3602","metadata":false},{"id":55117,"structure_id":14027,"section_number":"3.2-3602.1","catch_line":"Board authorized to adopt regulations for the application of regulated products to nonagricultural property; 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?941+ful+CHAP0740\">740<\/a> 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. It has been modified 2 times. 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. Those modifications are as follows: in 2008, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?081+ful+CHAP0860\">860<\/a>; in 2011, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?111+ful+CHAP0552\">552<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?111+ful+CHAP0564\">564<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":85495,"section_number":"3.2-3611","catch_line":"Labeling","order_by":null,"url":"\/3.2-3611\/"}],"permalink":{"id":195681,"object_type":"law","relational_id":86800,"identifier":"3.2-3612","token":"3.2\/III\/36\/3.2-3612","url":"\/3.2-3612\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-3612\/","token":"3.2\/III\/36\/3.2-3612","dublin_core":{"Title":"Misbranding","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-3612","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> It is unlawful to <span class=\"dictionary\">distribute<\/span> misbranded <span class=\"dictionary\">regulated product<\/span>. A <span class=\"dictionary\">regulated product<\/span> shall be deemed to be misbranded if: <a id=\"paragraph-310801\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/3.2-3612\/#A\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A1\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">1.<\/span> It has a <span class=\"dictionary\">label<\/span> that is false or misleading in any particular; <a id=\"paragraph-310802\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/3.2-3612\/#A1\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A2\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">2.<\/span> It is distributed under the name of another product; <a id=\"paragraph-310803\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/3.2-3612\/#A2\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A3\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">3.<\/span> It is not labeled as specified in &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Labeling\" href=\"\/3.2-3611\/\">3.2-3611<\/a>, and in accordance with regulations adopted pursuant to this chapter; or <a id=\"paragraph-310804\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/3.2-3612\/#A3\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A4\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">4.<\/span> It purports to be, or is represented as, a <span class=\"dictionary\">fertilizer<\/span>, or is represented as containing a plant nutrient or <span class=\"dictionary\">fertilizer<\/span>, unless such plant nutrient or <span class=\"dictionary\">fertilizer<\/span> conforms to the definition of identity, if any, as prescribed by regulation of the <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span>. <a id=\"paragraph-310805\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/3.2-3612\/#A4\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">B.<\/span> The <span class=\"dictionary\">guarantor<\/span> of any <span class=\"dictionary\">regulated product<\/span> found to be misbranded shall pay to the consumer an assessment equal to 10 <span class=\"dictionary\">percent<\/span> of the retail value of the <span class=\"dictionary\">regulated product<\/span> 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 <span class=\"dictionary\">regulated product<\/span> made from a <span class=\"dictionary\">lot<\/span> or a portion thereof after the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commissioner<\/span> has inspected the <span class=\"dictionary\">lot<\/span> or a portion thereof. The assessment for misbranding shall be in addition to any assessment for plant food <span class=\"dictionary\">deficiency<\/span>. <a id=\"paragraph-310806\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/3.2-3612\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nMISBRANDING (\u00a7 3.2-3612)\n\nA. It is unlawful to distribute misbranded regulated product. A regulated\nproduct shall be deemed to be misbranded if:\n\n   1. It has a label that is false or misleading in any particular;\n\n   2. It is distributed under the name of another product;\n\n   3. It is not labeled as specified in &#xA7; 3.2-3611, and in accordance with\n   regulations adopted pursuant to this chapter; or\n\n   4. It purports to be, or is represented as, a fertilizer, or is represented as\n   containing a plant nutrient or fertilizer, unless such plant nutrient or\n   fertilizer conforms to the definition of identity, if any, as prescribed by\n   regulation of the Board.\n\nB. The guarantor of any regulated product found to be misbranded shall pay to\nthe consumer an assessment equal to 10 percent of the retail value of the\nregulated product sold to the consumer and found to be in violation of\nsubsection A not to exceed $5,000 per occurrence. The assessment for misbranding\nshall apply only to the retail sale of any regulated product made from a lot or\na portion thereof after the Commissioner has inspected the lot or a portion\nthereof. The assessment for misbranding shall be in addition to any assessment\nfor plant food deficiency.\n\nHISTORY: 1994, c. 740, \u00a7 3.1-106.10; 2008, c. 860; 2011, cc. 552, 564.","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}}