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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":false,"permalink":{"id":197669,"object_type":"law","relational_id":85154,"identifier":"3.2-5412","token":"3.2\/IV\/54\/3\/3.2-5412","url":"\/3.2-5412\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-5412\/","token":"3.2\/IV\/54\/3\/3.2-5412","dublin_core":{"Title":"Inspection of products placed in container; right of access to plants at any time","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-5412","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> No inspection of products placed in any container<\/span> at any official establishment<\/span> shall be deemed to be complete until the products are sealed<\/span> or enclosed therein under the supervision of an inspector<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> For purpose of any inspection of products required by this chapter, inspectors<\/span> authorized by the Commissioner<\/span> shall have access at all times, by day or night, to every part of every establishment required to have inspection under this chapter, whether the establishment is operated or not. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nINSPECTION OF PRODUCTS PLACED IN CONTAINER; RIGHT OF ACCESS TO PLANTS AT ANY\nTIME (\u00a7 3.2-5412)\n\nA. No inspection of products placed in any container at any official\nestablishment shall be deemed to be complete until the products are sealed or\nenclosed therein under the supervision of an inspector.\n\nB. For purpose of any inspection of products required by this chapter,\ninspectors authorized by the Commissioner shall have access at all times, by day\nor night, to every part of every establishment required to have inspection under\nthis chapter, whether the establishment is operated or not.\n\nHISTORY: 1970, c. 290, \u00a7 3.1-884.27; 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}}