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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":197161,"object_type":"law","relational_id":86880,"identifier":"3.2-5107","token":"3.2\/IV\/51\/2\/3.2-5107","url":"\/3.2-5107\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-5107\/","token":"3.2\/IV\/51\/2\/3.2-5107","dublin_core":{"Title":"Plastering and painting sidewalls and ceilings; interior woodwork; floors","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-5107","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Any place where food is manufactured, produced, prepared, processed, packed, or exposed shall: (i) keep its sidewalls and ceilings well plastered, wainscoted, or ceiled, preferably with metal or lumber, and shall be kept oil-painted or well limewashed; and (ii) keep all interior woodwork clean and washed with soap and water. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Every building, room, basement, or cellar occupied or used for the preparation, manufacture, packing, storage, sale, or distribution of food, shall have an impermeable floor made of cement or tile, laid in cement, brick, wood, or other suitable nonabsorbent material<\/span> that can be flushed and washed clean with water. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPLASTERING AND PAINTING SIDEWALLS AND CEILINGS; INTERIOR WOODWORK; FLOORS (\u00a7\n3.2-5107)\n\nA. Any place where food is manufactured, produced, prepared, processed, packed,\nor exposed shall: (i) keep its sidewalls and ceilings well plastered,\nwainscoted, or ceiled, preferably with metal or lumber, and shall be kept\noil-painted or well limewashed; and (ii) keep all interior woodwork clean and\nwashed with soap and water.\n\nB. Every building, room, basement, or cellar occupied or used for the\npreparation, manufacture, packing, storage, sale, or distribution of food, shall\nhave an impermeable floor made of cement or tile, laid in cement, brick, wood,\nor other suitable nonabsorbent material that can be flushed and washed clean\nwith water.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7\u00a7 3-292 to 3-294; 1966, c. 702, \u00a7\u00a7 3.1-372 to 3.1-374;\n2008, 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}}