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When standards have been or may be established by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, they shall be accepted by the Department and published as standards for the Commonwealth, but such standards shall not go into effect until a reasonable time after publication. The Commissioner, with the approval of the Board, shall have authority to adopt uniform regulations for carrying out the provisions of this section.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":207052,"text":"The Commissioner with the approval of the Board shall establish and publish standards or limits of variability permissible in any article of food, and these standards shall be the standards before all courts. When standards have been or may be established by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, they shall be accepted by the Department and published as standards for the Commonwealth, but such standards shall not go into effect until a reasonable time after publication. 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. 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 1966, chapter 702; in 2008, chapter 860<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":197143,"object_type":"law","relational_id":56573,"identifier":"3.2-5103","token":"3.2\/IV\/51\/1\/3.2-5103","url":"\/3.2-5103\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-5103\/","token":"3.2\/IV\/51\/1\/3.2-5103","dublin_core":{"Title":"Standards of variability permissible to any article of food","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-5103","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Commissioner<\/span> with the approval of the Board<\/span> shall establish and publish standards or limits of variability permissible in any article of food, and these standards shall be the standards before all courts<\/span>. When standards have been or may be established by the U.S. Department<\/span> of Health and Human Services, they shall be accepted by the Department<\/span> and published as standards for the Commonwealth, but such standards shall not go into effect until a reasonable time after publication. The Commissioner<\/span>, with the approval of the Board<\/span>, shall have authority to adopt uniform regulations for carrying out the provisions of this section.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSTANDARDS OF VARIABILITY PERMISSIBLE TO ANY ARTICLE OF FOOD (\u00a7 3.2-5103)\n\nThe Commissioner with the approval of the Board shall establish and publish\nstandards or limits of variability permissible in any article of food, and these\nstandards shall be the standards before all courts. When standards have been or\nmay be established by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, they\nshall be accepted by the Department and published as standards for the\nCommonwealth, but such standards shall not go into effect until a reasonable\ntime after publication. The Commissioner, with the approval of the Board, shall\nhave authority to adopt uniform regulations for carrying out the provisions of\nthis section.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 3-283; 1966, c. 702, \u00a7 3.1-364; 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}}