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or any articles required to be inspected under this chapter unless they have been so inspected and passed; or3\n\nPerform any act, with respect to any articles that are capable of use as human food, while they are being transported in intrastate commerce or held for sale after such transportation, that is intended to cause or has the effect of causing such articles to be adulterated or misbranded.B\n\nNo person shall sell, transport, offer for sale or transportation, or receive for transportation, in intrastate commerce, or from an official establishment, any slaughtered poultry from which the blood, feathers, feet, head, or viscera have not been removed in accordance with regulations promulgated by the Board.C\n\nNo person shall violate any provision of the regulations of the Board under subdivisions 7, 8, 9, or 10 of § 3.2-5404 or orders of the Commissioner under subdivisions A 3 and A 4 of § 3.2-5405.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":290399,"text":"No person shall, with respect to any livestock or poultry or any livestock products or poultry products:","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"A1"},"1":{"id":290400,"text":"Slaughter any such animals or prepare any such articles that are capable of use as human food, at any establishment preparing such articles solely for intrastate commerce, except in compliance with the requirements of this chapter;","type":"section","prefixes":["A","1"],"prefix":"1","entire_prefix":"A1","prefix_anchor":"A1","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A","next_prefix":"A2"},"2":{"id":290401,"text":"Sell, transport, offer for sale or transportation, or receive for transportation, in intrastate commerce, any such articles that: (i) are capable of use as human food, and (ii) are adulterated or misbranded at the time of such sale, transportation, offer for sale or transportation, or receipt for transportation; 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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":false,"refers_to":[{"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\/"}],"permalink":{"id":197647,"object_type":"law","relational_id":81014,"identifier":"3.2-5407","token":"3.2\/IV\/54\/2\/3.2-5407","url":"\/3.2-5407\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-5407\/","token":"3.2\/IV\/54\/2\/3.2-5407","dublin_core":{"Title":"Prohibitions in general","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-5407","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> No person shall, with respect to any livestock or poultry or any livestock products<\/span> or poultry products<\/span>: <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> Slaughter any such animals or prepare any such articles that are capable of use as human food, at any establishment preparing such articles solely for intrastate commerce, except in compliance with the requirements of this chapter; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> Sell, transport, offer for sale or transportation, or receive for transportation, in intrastate commerce, any such articles that: (i) are capable of use as human food, and (ii) are adulterated or misbranded at the time of such sale, transportation, offer for sale or transportation, or receipt for transportation; or any articles required to be inspected under this chapter unless they have been so inspected and passed; or <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> Perform any act, with respect to any articles that are capable of use as human food, while they are being transported in intrastate commerce or held for sale after such transportation, that is intended to cause or has the effect of causing such articles to be adulterated or misbranded. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> No person shall sell, transport, offer for sale or transportation, or receive for transportation, in intrastate commerce, or from an official establishment<\/span>, any slaughtered poultry from which the blood, feathers, feet, head, or viscera have not been removed in accordance with regulations promulgated by the Board<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> No person shall violate any provision of the regulations of the Board<\/span> under subdivisions 7, 8, 9, or 10 of § 3.2-5404<\/a> or orders<\/span> of the Commissioner<\/span> under subdivisions A 3 and A 4 of § 3.2-5405<\/a>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPROHIBITIONS IN GENERAL (\u00a7 3.2-5407)\n\nA. No person shall, with respect to any livestock or poultry or any livestock\nproducts or poultry products:\n\n 1. Slaughter any such animals or prepare any such articles that are capable of\n use as human food, at any establishment preparing such articles solely for\n intrastate commerce, except in compliance with the requirements of this\n chapter;\n\n 2. Sell, transport, offer for sale or transportation, or receive for\n transportation, in intrastate commerce, any such articles that: (i) are\n capable of use as human food, and (ii) are adulterated or misbranded at the\n time of such sale, transportation, offer for sale or transportation, or\n receipt for transportation; or any articles required to be inspected under\n this chapter unless they have been so inspected and passed; or\n\n 3. Perform any act, with respect to any articles that are capable of use as\n human food, while they are being transported in intrastate commerce or held\n for sale after such transportation, that is intended to cause or has the\n effect of causing such articles to be adulterated or misbranded.\n\nB. No person shall sell, transport, offer for sale or transportation, or receive\nfor transportation, in intrastate commerce, or from an official establishment,\nany slaughtered poultry from which the blood, feathers, feet, head, or viscera\nhave not been removed in accordance with regulations promulgated by the Board.\n\nC. No person shall violate any provision of the regulations of the Board under\nsubdivisions 7, 8, 9, or 10 of § 3.2-5404 or orders of the Commissioner\nunder subdivisions A 3 and A 4 of § 3.2-5405.\n\nHISTORY: 1970, c. 290, \u00a7 3.1-884.22; 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}}