{"formats":[{"name":"JSON","format":"json","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-json\/3.2-5306.json"},{"name":"Plain Text","format":"text","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-text\/3.2-5306.txt"},{"name":"XML","format":"xml","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-xml\/3.2-5306.xml"},{"name":"HTML","format":"html","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-html\/3.2-5306.html"}],"law_id":63844,"edition_id":1,"section_id":63844,"structure_id":14909,"section_number":"3.2-5306","catch_line":"Enforcement of chapter; how eggs marked and quality determined; requirements","history":"Code 1950, \u00a7\u00a7 3-601, 3-603; 1952, c. 308; 1956, c. 284; 1966, c. 702, \u00a7\u00a7 3.1-766, 3.1-768; 1968, c. 142; 2008, c. 860.","full_text":"A\n\nThis chapter shall be enforced by the Commissioner and all eggs sold or offered for sale except those exempted in § 3.2-5305 shall be marked according to the grades, sizes, quality, ungraded or cracked and other required terms adopted by the Commissioner with the approval of the Board and shall conform to the standards established for the grade, size, ungraded or cracked as labeled. Official determination of the quality of all eggs outlined in this chapter shall be by candling.B\n\nEggs moving into private or cooperative packing plants, which are first receivers, where they will be candled and graded, need not be marked.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":232577,"text":"This chapter shall be enforced by the Commissioner and all eggs sold or offered for sale except those exempted in § 3.2-5305 shall be marked according to the grades, sizes, quality, ungraded or cracked and other required terms adopted by the Commissioner with the approval of the Board and shall conform to the standards established for the grade, size, ungraded or cracked as labeled. 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 5 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 1952, chapter 308; in 1956, chapter 284; in 1966, chapter 702; in 1968, chapter 142; in 2008, chapter 860<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":60027,"section_number":"3.2-5305","catch_line":"Certain producers exempt from law","order_by":null,"url":"\/3.2-5305\/"}],"permalink":{"id":197573,"object_type":"law","relational_id":63844,"identifier":"3.2-5306","token":"3.2\/IV\/53\/3.2-5306","url":"\/3.2-5306\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-5306\/","token":"3.2\/IV\/53\/3.2-5306","dublin_core":{"Title":"Enforcement of chapter; how eggs marked and quality determined; requirements","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-5306","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> This chapter shall be enforced by the Commissioner<\/span> and all eggs<\/span> sold or offered for sale except those exempted in § 3.2-5305<\/a> shall be marked according to the grades<\/span>, sizes, quality, ungraded or cracked and other required terms adopted by the Commissioner<\/span> with the approval of the Board<\/span> and shall conform to the standards<\/span> established for the grade<\/span>, size, ungraded or cracked as labeled. Official determination of the quality of all eggs<\/span> outlined in this chapter shall be by candling. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Eggs<\/span> moving into private or cooperative packing plants, which are first receivers, where they will be candled and graded, need not be marked. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nENFORCEMENT OF CHAPTER; HOW EGGS MARKED AND QUALITY DETERMINED; REQUIREMENTS (\u00a7\n3.2-5306)\n\nA. This chapter shall be enforced by the Commissioner and all eggs sold or\noffered for sale except those exempted in § 3.2-5305 shall be marked\naccording to the grades, sizes, quality, ungraded or cracked and other required\nterms adopted by the Commissioner with the approval of the Board and shall\nconform to the standards established for the grade, size, ungraded or cracked as\nlabeled. Official determination of the quality of all eggs outlined in this\nchapter shall be by candling.\n\nB. Eggs moving into private or cooperative packing plants, which are first\nreceivers, where they will be candled and graded, need not be marked.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7\u00a7 3-601, 3-603; 1952, c. 308; 1956, c. 284; 1966, c. 702,\n\u00a7\u00a7 3.1-766, 3.1-768; 1968, c. 142; 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}}