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This law was first created in 1970. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 48 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. Unfortunately, the 1970 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. 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":false,"refers_to":[{"id":86911,"section_number":"2.2-4000","catch_line":"Short title; purpose","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-4000\/"},{"id":82070,"section_number":"3.2-5212","catch_line":"Authority of Board to establish standards, adopt regulations","order_by":null,"url":"\/3.2-5212\/"},{"id":78556,"section_number":"3.2-5213","catch_line":"Commissioner to enforce article; right of entry","order_by":null,"url":"\/3.2-5213\/"}],"permalink":{"id":197409,"object_type":"law","relational_id":55272,"identifier":"3.2-5201","token":"3.2\/IV\/52\/1\/3.2-5201","url":"\/3.2-5201\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-5201\/","token":"3.2\/IV\/52\/1\/3.2-5201","dublin_core":{"Title":"Conformity with regulations of U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and Department of Agriculture; compliance with Administrative Process Act","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-5201","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

In adopting regulations for the purpose of sanitation and to prevent deception, the Board<\/span> shall be guided by those regulations recommended by the U.S. Department<\/span> of Health and Human Services and the U.S. Department<\/span> of Agriculture. The definitions and standards so adopted may conform, so far as practical, to the definitions and standards adopted or recommended by the Secretary of the U.S. Department<\/span> of Health and Human Services or the U.S. Department<\/span> of Agriculture. The regulations authorized by \u00a7\u00a7 3.2-5212<\/a>, 3.2-5213<\/a>, and by this section shall be adopted in accordance with the Administrative Process Act (\u00a7 2.2-4000<\/a> et seq.).<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCONFORMITY WITH REGULATIONS OF U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES AND\nDEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE; COMPLIANCE WITH ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESS ACT (\u00a7\n3.2-5201)\n\nIn adopting regulations for the purpose of sanitation and to prevent deception,\nthe Board shall be guided by those regulations recommended by the U.S.\nDepartment of Health and Human Services and the U.S. Department of Agriculture.\nThe definitions and standards so adopted may conform, so far as practical, to\nthe definitions and standards adopted or recommended by the Secretary of the\nU.S. Department of Health and Human Services or the U.S. Department of\nAgriculture. The regulations authorized by \u00a7\u00a7 3.2-5212, 3.2-5213, and by this\nsection shall be adopted in accordance with the Administrative Process Act (\u00a7\n2.2-4000 et seq.).\n\nHISTORY: 1970, c. 48, \u00a7 3.1-562.2; 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}}