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A regulated product shall be deemed to be adulterated if:1\n\nIt contains any deleterious or harmful ingredient, in sufficient amount to render it injurious to beneficial plant life, when applied in accordance with directions for use on the label;2\n\nIt does not contain an adequate warning statement, or directions for use, on the label sufficient to protect plant life;3\n\nIt has a composition that falls below or differs from that which it is purported to possess by its labeling; or4\n\nIt contains unwanted crop seed, or viable prohibited or restricted noxious weed seeds in amounts exceeding the limits specified in the regulations of the Board.B\n\nThe guarantor of any regulated product found to be adulterated 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 adulteration 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 adulteration shall be in addition to any assessment for plant food deficiency.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":250951,"text":"It is unlawful to distribute an adulterated regulated product. 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The assessment for adulteration 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 adulteration 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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civil penalties","url":"\/3.2-3625\/","token":"3.2\/III\/36\/3.2-3625","metadata":false}],"previous_section":{"id":86800,"structure_id":14027,"section_number":"3.2-3612","catch_line":"Misbranding","url":"\/3.2-3612\/","token":"3.2\/III\/36\/3.2-3612","metadata":false},"next_section":{"id":81584,"structure_id":14027,"section_number":"3.2-3614","catch_line":"Commercial value","url":"\/3.2-3614\/","token":"3.2\/III\/36\/3.2-3614","metadata":false},"metadata":false,"official_url":"https:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/3.2-3613\/","history_text":"<p>This law was first created in 1994. 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":false,"permalink":{"id":195685,"object_type":"law","relational_id":69387,"identifier":"3.2-3613","token":"3.2\/III\/36\/3.2-3613","url":"\/3.2-3613\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-3613\/","token":"3.2\/III\/36\/3.2-3613","dublin_core":{"Title":"Adulteration","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-3613","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> an adulterated <span class=\"dictionary\">regulated product<\/span>. A <span class=\"dictionary\">regulated product<\/span> shall be deemed to be adulterated if: <a id=\"paragraph-250951\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/3.2-3613\/#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 contains any deleterious or harmful ingredient, in sufficient amount to render it injurious to beneficial plant life, when applied in accordance with directions for use on the <span class=\"dictionary\">label<\/span>; <a id=\"paragraph-250952\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/3.2-3613\/#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 does not contain an adequate warning statement, or directions for use, on the <span class=\"dictionary\">label<\/span> sufficient to protect plant life; <a id=\"paragraph-250953\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/3.2-3613\/#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 has a composition that falls below or differs from that which it is purported to possess by its <span class=\"dictionary\">labeling<\/span>; or <a id=\"paragraph-250954\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/3.2-3613\/#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 contains unwanted crop seed, or viable prohibited or restricted noxious weed seeds in amounts exceeding the limits specified in the regulations of the <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span>. <a id=\"paragraph-250955\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/3.2-3613\/#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 adulterated 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 adulteration 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 adulteration shall be in addition to any assessment for plant food <span class=\"dictionary\">deficiency<\/span>. <a id=\"paragraph-250956\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/3.2-3613\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nADULTERATION (\u00a7 3.2-3613)\n\nA. It is unlawful to distribute an adulterated regulated product. A regulated\nproduct shall be deemed to be adulterated if:\n\n   1. It contains any deleterious or harmful ingredient, in sufficient amount to\n   render it injurious to beneficial plant life, when applied in accordance with\n   directions for use on the label;\n\n   2. It does not contain an adequate warning statement, or directions for use,\n   on the label sufficient to protect plant life;\n\n   3. It has a composition that falls below or differs from that which it is\n   purported to possess by its labeling; or\n\n   4. It contains unwanted crop seed, or viable prohibited or restricted noxious\n   weed seeds in amounts exceeding the limits specified in the regulations of the\n   Board.\n\nB. The guarantor of any regulated product found to be adulterated 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\nadulteration shall apply only to the retail sale of any regulated product made\nfrom a lot or a portion thereof after the Commissioner has inspected the lot or\na portion thereof. The assessment for adulteration shall be in addition to any\nassessment for plant food deficiency.\n\nHISTORY: 1994, c. 740, \u00a7 3.1-106.11; 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}}