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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":197205,"object_type":"law","relational_id":62167,"identifier":"3.2-5118","token":"3.2\/IV\/51\/2\/3.2-5118","url":"\/3.2-5118\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-5118\/","token":"3.2\/IV\/51\/2\/3.2-5118","dublin_core":{"Title":"Sterilization of bottles and containers","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-5118","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> All bottles, jugs, cans, barrels, and containers used in the packing, bottling, storage, distribution, and sale of nonalcoholic beverage and drink products shall be sterilized by one of the following methods before using: <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> By sterilization with boiling water or live steam; or <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> By soaking in a hot caustic solution that shall contain not less than three percent alkali, of which not less than 60 percent is caustic, or its equivalent in cleansing or germicidal effectiveness as such solutions are commonly used in the soaker-type washing and sterilizing equipment.\n\t\t\t\tIf other equally efficient methods of sterilization are developed, the Commissioner<\/span> may approve those methods of sterilization. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Any violation of this section is a Class 1 misdemeanor<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSTERILIZATION OF BOTTLES AND CONTAINERS (\u00a7 3.2-5118)\n\nA. All bottles, jugs, cans, barrels, and containers used in the packing,\nbottling, storage, distribution, and sale of nonalcoholic beverage and drink\nproducts shall be sterilized by one of the following methods before using:\n\n 1. By sterilization with boiling water or live steam; or\n\n 2. By soaking in a hot caustic solution that shall contain not less than three\n percent alkali, of which not less than 60 percent is caustic, or its\n equivalent in cleansing or germicidal effectiveness as such solutions are\n commonly used in the soaker-type washing and sterilizing equipment.\n \t\t\t\tIf other equally efficient methods of sterilization are developed, the\n Commissioner may approve those methods of sterilization.\n\nB. Any violation of this section is a Class 1 misdemeanor.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 3-302; 1966, c. 702, \u00a7 3.1-382; 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}}