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This law was first created in 1968. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 142 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 1968 \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":false,"permalink":{"id":197581,"object_type":"law","relational_id":58045,"identifier":"3.2-5308","token":"3.2\/IV\/53\/3.2-5308","url":"\/3.2-5308\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-5308\/","token":"3.2\/IV\/53\/3.2-5308","dublin_core":{"Title":"Sanitation and related matters","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-5308","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Any person assembling, transporting, processing, holding, or offering for sale eggs<\/span> destined for a consumer or an institutional consumer<\/span> shall provide and maintain a satisfactory relative humidity. In addition, any container, including the packaging material<\/span> therein or associated therewith, shall be clean and free from foreign odor. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The Board<\/span> shall by regulations, provide for the keeping, processing, transporting, and the sale of eggs<\/span> under sanitary conditions. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> Nothing in this chapter or in any regulations of the Board<\/span> shall be construed to exempt any persons or premises from the application of any laws<\/span> otherwise applicable and relating to the operation of establishments or facilities for the storing, transporting, sale, distribution, preparation, or serving of food. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSANITATION AND RELATED MATTERS (\u00a7 3.2-5308)\n\nA. Any person assembling, transporting, processing, holding, or offering for\nsale eggs destined for a consumer or an institutional consumer shall provide and\nmaintain a satisfactory relative humidity. In addition, any container, including\nthe packaging material therein or associated therewith, shall be clean and free\nfrom foreign odor.\n\nB. The Board shall by regulations, provide for the keeping, processing,\ntransporting, and the sale of eggs under sanitary conditions.\n\nC. Nothing in this chapter or in any regulations of the Board shall be construed\nto exempt any persons or premises from the application of any laws otherwise\napplicable and relating to the operation of establishments or facilities for the\nstoring, transporting, sale, distribution, preparation, or serving of food.\n\nHISTORY: 1968, c. 142, \u00a7 3.1-769.1; 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}}