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This law was first created in 1970. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 290 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":[{"id":73972,"section_number":"3.2-5404","catch_line":"Duties of the Board","order_by":null,"url":"\/3.2-5404\/"},{"id":71262,"section_number":"3.2-5405","catch_line":"Powers of Commissioner","order_by":null,"url":"\/3.2-5405\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":197629,"object_type":"law","relational_id":59871,"identifier":"3.2-5403","token":"3.2\/IV\/54\/1\/3.2-5403","url":"\/3.2-5403\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-5403\/","token":"3.2\/IV\/54\/1\/3.2-5403","dublin_core":{"Title":"Department to cooperate with U.S. Department of Agriculture","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-5403","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Department<\/span> shall cooperate with the U.S. Department<\/span> of Agriculture in administration of this chapter to provide for meat and poultry products<\/span> inspection programs. These programs will impose and enforce requirements with respect to intrastate operations and commerce that are at least equal to those imposed and enforced under the Federal Meat Inspection Act and the Federal Poultry Products<\/span> Inspection Act with respect to operations and transactions in interstate commerce; and the Commissioner<\/span> is directed to administer this chapter so as to accomplish this purpose.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDEPARTMENT TO COOPERATE WITH U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (\u00a7 3.2-5403)\n\nThe Department shall cooperate with the U.S. Department of Agriculture in\nadministration of this chapter to provide for meat and poultry products\ninspection programs. These programs will impose and enforce requirements with\nrespect to intrastate operations and commerce that are at least equal to those\nimposed and enforced under the Federal Meat Inspection Act and the Federal\nPoultry Products Inspection Act with respect to operations and transactions in\ninterstate commerce; and the Commissioner is directed to administer this chapter\nso as to accomplish this purpose.\n\nHISTORY: 1970, c. 290, \u00a7 3.1-884.19; 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}}