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This law was first created in 1991. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 344 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 1991 \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":[{"id":86911,"section_number":"2.2-4000","catch_line":"Short title; purpose","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-4000\/"}],"permalink":{"id":197643,"object_type":"law","relational_id":65053,"identifier":"3.2-5406","token":"3.2\/IV\/54\/2\/3.2-5406","url":"\/3.2-5406\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-5406\/","token":"3.2\/IV\/54\/2\/3.2-5406","dublin_core":{"Title":"Meat inspection regulations","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-5406","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> The Commissioner<\/span> may adopt: (i) by reference any regulation under the federal acts<\/span> as it pertains to this chapter, amending it as necessary for intrastate applicability; and (ii) any regulation containing provisions no less stringent than those contained in federal regulation. Such regulation adopted by the Commissioner<\/span> shall be effective upon filing with the Registrar of Regulations, who shall publish the regulation as a final regulation in the Virginia Register of Regulations.\n\t\t\tThe regulation shall contain a preamble stating that the Board<\/span> will receive, consider, and respond to petitions<\/span> by any interested person at any time with respect to reconsideration or revision of such regulation. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The Board<\/span>, after giving notice in the Virginia Register of Regulations, may reconsider and revise the regulation adopted by the Commissioner<\/span>. Such revised regulation shall be effective upon filing with the Registrar of Regulations, who shall publish the regulation as a final regulation in the Virginia Register of Regulations. Neither the provisions of the Administrative Process Act (§ 2.2-4000<\/a> et seq.) nor public participation guidelines adopted pursuant thereto shall apply to the adoption, reconsideration, or revision of any regulation adopted pursuant to this section. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nMEAT INSPECTION REGULATIONS (\u00a7 3.2-5406)\n\nA. The Commissioner may adopt: (i) by reference any regulation under the federal\nacts as it pertains to this chapter, amending it as necessary for intrastate\napplicability; and (ii) any regulation containing provisions no less stringent\nthan those contained in federal regulation. Such regulation adopted by the\nCommissioner shall be effective upon filing with the Registrar of Regulations,\nwho shall publish the regulation as a final regulation in the Virginia Register\nof Regulations.\n\t\t\tThe regulation shall contain a preamble stating that the Board will receive,\nconsider, and respond to petitions by any interested person at any time with\nrespect to reconsideration or revision of such regulation.\n\nB. The Board, after giving notice in the Virginia Register of Regulations, may\nreconsider and revise the regulation adopted by the Commissioner. Such revised\nregulation shall be effective upon filing with the Registrar of Regulations, who\nshall publish the regulation as a final regulation in the Virginia Register of\nRegulations. Neither the provisions of the Administrative Process Act (§\n2.2-4000 et seq.) nor public participation guidelines adopted pursuant thereto\nshall apply to the adoption, reconsideration, or revision of any regulation\nadopted pursuant to this section.\n\nHISTORY: 1991, c. 344, \u00a7 3.1-884.21:1; 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}}