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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 3 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 1996, chapter 723<\/a>; in 2008, chapter 860<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":197523,"object_type":"law","relational_id":66410,"identifier":"3.2-5228","token":"3.2\/IV\/52\/4\/3.2-5228","url":"\/3.2-5228\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-5228\/","token":"3.2\/IV\/52\/4\/3.2-5228","dublin_core":{"Title":"Test of measurers; inspection of machines and scales; right of entry","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-5228","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Commissioner<\/span> shall inspect or cause to be inspected at least once each year every Babcock or other centrifugal machine or cream test or butterfat test scales used in the Commonwealth by an inspector of milk or cream or by any person in any milk inspection laboratory for purposes of inspection, or by any person in any milk depot, ice cream factory, confectionery, creamery, cheese factory, condensed milk factory, or other place for determining the composition or value of milk or cream as a basis for payment in buying or selling. The Commissioner<\/span> is further authorized to enter upon any premises in the Commonwealth where any centrifugal machine or cream test and butterfat test scales are used to inspect the devices and to ascertain if the provisions of law<\/span> are complied with.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nTEST OF MEASURERS; INSPECTION OF MACHINES AND SCALES; RIGHT OF ENTRY (\u00a7\n3.2-5228)\n\nThe Commissioner shall inspect or cause to be inspected at least once each year\nevery Babcock or other centrifugal machine or cream test or butterfat test\nscales used in the Commonwealth by an inspector of milk or cream or by any\nperson in any milk inspection laboratory for purposes of inspection, or by any\nperson in any milk depot, ice cream factory, confectionery, creamery, cheese\nfactory, condensed milk factory, or other place for determining the composition\nor value of milk or cream as a basis for payment in buying or selling. The\nCommissioner is further authorized to enter upon any premises in the\nCommonwealth where any centrifugal machine or cream test and butterfat test\nscales are used to inspect the devices and to ascertain if the provisions of law\nare complied with.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 3-409; 1966, c. 702, \u00a7 3.1-539; 1996, c. 723; 2008, c.\n860.","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}}