{"formats":[{"name":"JSON","format":"json","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-json\/3.2-4807.json"},{"name":"Plain Text","format":"text","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-text\/3.2-4807.txt"},{"name":"XML","format":"xml","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-xml\/3.2-4807.xml"},{"name":"HTML","format":"html","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-html\/3.2-4807.html"}],"law_id":62807,"edition_id":1,"section_id":62807,"structure_id":13515,"section_number":"3.2-4807","catch_line":"Misbranding","history":"1994, c. 743, \u00a7 3.1-828.9; 2008, c. 860.","full_text":"A\n\nIt is unlawful for any person who is a manufacturer or guarantor of commercial feed to distribute a commercial feed if:1\n\nThe labeling of the commercial feed is false or misleading in any particular;2\n\nThe commercial feed is distributed under the name of another commercial feed;3\n\nThe commercial feed is labeled in any manner other than as required in § 3.2-4806;4\n\nThe commercial feed purports to be, or is represented as, a commercial feed, or if it purports to contain, or is represented as containing, a commercial feed ingredient, unless such commercial feed or feed ingredient conforms to the definition, if any, prescribed by regulation by the Board; or5\n\nAny word, statement, or other information required by, or under authority of, this chapter to appear on the label or labeling of the commercial feed is not prominently placed thereon with such conspicuousness, (as compared with other words, statements, designs, or devices in the labeling) and in such terms, so that the purchaser or user is likely to read and understand the label under customary condition of purchase and use.B\n\nThe violation of any provision of this section shall be deemed to be misbranding.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":228958,"text":"It is unlawful for any person who is a manufacturer or guarantor of commercial feed to distribute a commercial feed if:","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"A1"},"1":{"id":228959,"text":"The labeling of the commercial feed is false or misleading in any particular;","type":"section","prefixes":["A","1"],"prefix":"1","entire_prefix":"A1","prefix_anchor":"A1","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A","next_prefix":"A2"},"2":{"id":228960,"text":"The commercial feed is distributed under the name of another commercial feed;","type":"section","prefixes":["A","2"],"prefix":"2","entire_prefix":"A2","prefix_anchor":"A2","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A1","next_prefix":"A3"},"3":{"id":228961,"text":"The commercial feed is labeled in any manner other than as required in § 3.2-4806;","type":"section","prefixes":["A","3"],"prefix":"3","entire_prefix":"A3","prefix_anchor":"A3","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A2","next_prefix":"A4"},"4":{"id":228962,"text":"The commercial feed purports to be, or is represented as, a commercial feed, or if it purports to contain, or is represented as containing, a commercial feed ingredient, unless such commercial feed or feed ingredient conforms to the definition, if any, prescribed by regulation by the Board; or","type":"section","prefixes":["A","4"],"prefix":"4","entire_prefix":"A4","prefix_anchor":"A4","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A3","next_prefix":"A5"},"5":{"id":228963,"text":"Any word, statement, or other information required by, or under authority of, this chapter to appear on the label or labeling of the commercial feed is not prominently placed thereon with such conspicuousness, (as compared with other words, statements, designs, or devices in the labeling) and in such terms, so that the purchaser or user is likely to read and understand the label under customary condition of purchase and use.","type":"section","prefixes":["A","5"],"prefix":"5","entire_prefix":"A5","prefix_anchor":"A5","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A4","next_prefix":"B"},"6":{"id":228964,"text":"The violation of any provision of this section shall be deemed to be misbranding.","type":"section","prefixes":["B"],"prefix":"B","entire_prefix":"B","prefix_anchor":"B","level":1,"prior_prefix":"A5"}},"ancestry":[{"id":13515,"edition_id":1,"name":"Commercial Feed","identifier":"48","label":"chapter","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":13102,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:45:06","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:45:06","permalink":{"id":196983,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13515,"identifier":"48","token":"3.2\/III\/48","url":"\/3.2\/III\/48\/","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":81397,"structure_id":13515,"section_number":"3.2-4800","catch_line":"Definitions","url":"\/3.2-4800\/","token":"3.2\/III\/48\/3.2-4800","metadata":false},{"id":76618,"structure_id":13515,"section_number":"3.2-4801","catch_line":"Authority of the Board and the Commissioner to adopt regulations","url":"\/3.2-4801\/","token":"3.2\/III\/48\/3.2-4801","metadata":false},{"id":57760,"structure_id":13515,"section_number":"3.2-4802","catch_line":"Publications","url":"\/3.2-4802\/","token":"3.2\/III\/48\/3.2-4802","metadata":false},{"id":81048,"structure_id":13515,"section_number":"3.2-4803","catch_line":"Licensing of manufacturers and guarantors of commercial feed","url":"\/3.2-4803\/","token":"3.2\/III\/48\/3.2-4803","metadata":false},{"id":54482,"structure_id":13515,"section_number":"3.2-4804","catch_line":"Product registration required of commercial feed distributors","url":"\/3.2-4804\/","token":"3.2\/III\/48\/3.2-4804","metadata":false},{"id":73178,"structure_id":13515,"section_number":"3.2-4805","catch_line":"Report and inspection fees","url":"\/3.2-4805\/","token":"3.2\/III\/48\/3.2-4805","metadata":false},{"id":66183,"structure_id":13515,"section_number":"3.2-4806","catch_line":"Labeling","url":"\/3.2-4806\/","token":"3.2\/III\/48\/3.2-4806","metadata":false},{"id":62807,"structure_id":13515,"section_number":"3.2-4807","catch_line":"Misbranding","url":"\/3.2-4807\/","token":"3.2\/III\/48\/3.2-4807","metadata":false},{"id":60623,"structure_id":13515,"section_number":"3.2-4808","catch_line":"Adulteration","url":"\/3.2-4808\/","token":"3.2\/III\/48\/3.2-4808","metadata":false},{"id":67470,"structure_id":13515,"section_number":"3.2-4809","catch_line":"Inspection, sampling, and analysis","url":"\/3.2-4809\/","token":"3.2\/III\/48\/3.2-4809","metadata":false},{"id":63681,"structure_id":13515,"section_number":"3.2-4810","catch_line":"Assessments for variance from guaranteed analysis, misbranding, and adulteration","url":"\/3.2-4810\/","token":"3.2\/III\/48\/3.2-4810","metadata":false},{"id":69389,"structure_id":13515,"section_number":"3.2-4811","catch_line":"Fee for late payment of assessments","url":"\/3.2-4811\/","token":"3.2\/III\/48\/3.2-4811","metadata":false},{"id":56713,"structure_id":13515,"section_number":"3.2-4812","catch_line":"Prohibited acts","url":"\/3.2-4812\/","token":"3.2\/III\/48\/3.2-4812","metadata":false},{"id":82344,"structure_id":13515,"section_number":"3.2-4813","catch_line":"Detained commercial feeds","url":"\/3.2-4813\/","token":"3.2\/III\/48\/3.2-4813","metadata":false},{"id":65239,"structure_id":13515,"section_number":"3.2-4814","catch_line":"Disposition of fees, assessments, and penalties","url":"\/3.2-4814\/","token":"3.2\/III\/48\/3.2-4814","metadata":false},{"id":79032,"structure_id":13515,"section_number":"3.2-4815","catch_line":"Commissioner's actions; injunction","url":"\/3.2-4815\/","token":"3.2\/III\/48\/3.2-4815","metadata":false},{"id":61038,"structure_id":13515,"section_number":"3.2-4816","catch_line":"The Commissioner to cancel license and product registrations","url":"\/3.2-4816\/","token":"3.2\/III\/48\/3.2-4816","metadata":false},{"id":79588,"structure_id":13515,"section_number":"3.2-4817","catch_line":"Violation of chapter; penalty","url":"\/3.2-4817\/","token":"3.2\/III\/48\/3.2-4817","metadata":false}],"previous_section":{"id":66183,"structure_id":13515,"section_number":"3.2-4806","catch_line":"Labeling","url":"\/3.2-4806\/","token":"3.2\/III\/48\/3.2-4806","metadata":false},"next_section":{"id":60623,"structure_id":13515,"section_number":"3.2-4808","catch_line":"Adulteration","url":"\/3.2-4808\/","token":"3.2\/III\/48\/3.2-4808","metadata":false},"metadata":false,"official_url":"https:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/3.2-4807\/","history_text":"

This law was first created in 1994. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 743<\/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 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 2008, chapter 860<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":63681,"section_number":"3.2-4810","catch_line":"Assessments for variance from guaranteed analysis, misbranding, and adulteration","order_by":null,"url":"\/3.2-4810\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":66183,"section_number":"3.2-4806","catch_line":"Labeling","order_by":null,"url":"\/3.2-4806\/"}],"permalink":{"id":197013,"object_type":"law","relational_id":62807,"identifier":"3.2-4807","token":"3.2\/III\/48\/3.2-4807","url":"\/3.2-4807\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-4807\/","token":"3.2\/III\/48\/3.2-4807","dublin_core":{"Title":"Misbranding","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-4807","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> It is unlawful for any person who is a manufacturer<\/span> or guarantor<\/span> of commercial feed<\/span> to distribute<\/span> a commercial feed<\/span> if: <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> The labeling<\/span> of the commercial feed<\/span> is false or misleading in any particular; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> The commercial feed<\/span> is distributed under the name of another commercial feed<\/span>; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> The commercial feed<\/span> is labeled in any manner other than as required in § 3.2-4806<\/a>; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

4.<\/span> The commercial feed<\/span> purports to be, or is represented as, a commercial feed<\/span>, or if it purports to contain, or is represented as containing, a commercial feed<\/span> ingredient, unless such commercial feed<\/span> or feed ingredient<\/span> conforms to the definition, if any, prescribed by regulation by the Board<\/span>; or <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

5.<\/span> Any word, statement, or other information required by, or under authority of, this chapter to appear on the label<\/span> or labeling<\/span> of the commercial feed<\/span> is not prominently placed thereon with such conspicuousness, (as compared with other words, statements, designs, or devices in the labeling<\/span>) and in such terms, so that the purchaser or user is likely to read and understand the label<\/span> under customary condition of purchase and use. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The violation of any provision of this section shall be deemed to be misbranding. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nMISBRANDING (\u00a7 3.2-4807)\n\nA. It is unlawful for any person who is a manufacturer or guarantor of\ncommercial feed to distribute a commercial feed if:\n\n 1. The labeling of the commercial feed is false or misleading in any\n particular;\n\n 2. The commercial feed is distributed under the name of another commercial\n feed;\n\n 3. The commercial feed is labeled in any manner other than as required in\n § 3.2-4806;\n\n 4. The commercial feed purports to be, or is represented as, a commercial\n feed, or if it purports to contain, or is represented as containing, a\n commercial feed ingredient, unless such commercial feed or feed ingredient\n conforms to the definition, if any, prescribed by regulation by the Board; or\n\n 5. Any word, statement, or other information required by, or under authority\n of, this chapter to appear on the label or labeling of the commercial feed is\n not prominently placed thereon with such conspicuousness, (as compared with\n other words, statements, designs, or devices in the labeling) and in such\n terms, so that the purchaser or user is likely to read and understand the\n label under customary condition of purchase and use.\n\nB. The violation of any provision of this section shall be deemed to be\nmisbranding.\n\nHISTORY: 1994, c. 743, \u00a7 3.1-828.9; 2008, c. 860.","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}}