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The Commissioner may condemn any Babcock or other centrifugal scale that is, in his opinion, not giving accurate results. 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The Commissioner may condemn any Babcock or other centrifugal scale that is, in his opinion, not giving accurate results. 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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":197491,"object_type":"law","relational_id":86964,"identifier":"3.2-5220","token":"3.2\/IV\/52\/4\/3.2-5220","url":"\/3.2-5220\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-5220\/","token":"3.2\/IV\/52\/4\/3.2-5220","dublin_core":{"Title":"Inspection of centrifugal machines and scales; condemnation","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-5220","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Every Babcock or other centrifugal machine, or cream test or butterfat test scale, used in the Commonwealth by any inspector of milk or cream or by any person in any milk inspection laboratory for determining the composition of milk or cream for purposes of inspection, or by any person in any milk depot, ice cream factory, confectionery, creamery, cheese factory, condensed milk factory, laboratory, or other place for determining the composition or value of milk or cream as a basis for payment in buying or selling, shall be subject to inspection at least once in each year by the Commissioner<\/span>. The Commissioner<\/span> may condemn any Babcock or other centrifugal scale that is, in his opinion<\/span>, not giving accurate results. No Babcock or other centrifugal machine or scale that has been condemned by the Commissioner<\/span> shall be used in the Commonwealth by any person for determining the composition or value of milk or cream, unless the machine or scale has been changed and approved by the Commissioner<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nINSPECTION OF CENTRIFUGAL MACHINES AND SCALES; CONDEMNATION (\u00a7 3.2-5220)\n\nEvery Babcock or other centrifugal machine, or cream test or butterfat test\nscale, used in the Commonwealth by any inspector of milk or cream or by any\nperson in any milk inspection laboratory for determining the composition of milk\nor cream for purposes of inspection, or by any person in any milk depot, ice\ncream factory, confectionery, creamery, cheese factory, condensed milk factory,\nlaboratory, or other place for determining the composition or value of milk or\ncream as a basis for payment in buying or selling, shall be subject to\ninspection at least once in each year by the Commissioner. The Commissioner may\ncondemn any Babcock or other centrifugal scale that is, in his opinion, not\ngiving accurate results. No Babcock or other centrifugal machine or scale that\nhas been condemned by the Commissioner shall be used in the Commonwealth by any\nperson for determining the composition or value of milk or cream, unless the\nmachine or scale has been changed and approved by the Commissioner.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 3-402; 1966, c. 702, \u00a7 3.1-532; 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}}