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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":74040,"section_number":"3.2-5414","catch_line":"Seizure and condemnation provisions","order_by":null,"url":"\/3.2-5414\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":74040,"section_number":"3.2-5414","catch_line":"Seizure and condemnation provisions","order_by":null,"url":"\/3.2-5414\/"}],"permalink":{"id":197673,"object_type":"law","relational_id":72040,"identifier":"3.2-5413","token":"3.2\/IV\/54\/3\/3.2-5413","url":"\/3.2-5413\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-5413\/","token":"3.2\/IV\/54\/3\/3.2-5413","dublin_core":{"Title":"Administrative detention of violative animals and products","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-5413","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Whenever any livestock product<\/span> or poultry product<\/span> exempted from the definition of a livestock product<\/span> and from the definition of a poultry product<\/span>, or any dead, dying, disabled, or diseased livestock or poultry, is found by the Commissioner<\/span> upon any premises where it is held for purposes of, or during or after distribution in, intrastate commerce or is otherwise subject to this chapter, and there is reason to believe that any such article is adulterated or misbranded and is capable of use as human food, or that it has not been inspected, in violation of the provisions of this chapter or of the Federal Meat Inspection Act or the Federal Poultry Products<\/span> Inspection Act or the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, or that such article or animal has been or is intended to be distributed in violation of any such provisions, it may be detained for a period not to exceed 20 days, pending action under \u00a7 3.2-5414<\/a> or notification of any federal authorities having jurisdiction<\/span> over such article or animal, and shall not be moved by any person from the place where it is located when so detained, until released. All official marks<\/span> may be required to be removed from such article or animal before it is released unless it appears to the satisfaction of the Commissioner<\/span> that the article or animal is eligible to retain such marks.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nADMINISTRATIVE DETENTION OF VIOLATIVE ANIMALS AND PRODUCTS (\u00a7 3.2-5413)\n\nWhenever any livestock product or poultry product exempted from the definition\nof a livestock product and from the definition of a poultry product, or any\ndead, dying, disabled, or diseased livestock or poultry, is found by the\nCommissioner upon any premises where it is held for purposes of, or during or\nafter distribution in, intrastate commerce or is otherwise subject to this\nchapter, and there is reason to believe that any such article is adulterated or\nmisbranded and is capable of use as human food, or that it has not been\ninspected, in violation of the provisions of this chapter or of the Federal Meat\nInspection Act or the Federal Poultry Products Inspection Act or the Federal\nFood, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, or that such article or animal has been or is\nintended to be distributed in violation of any such provisions, it may be\ndetained for a period not to exceed 20 days, pending action under \u00a7 3.2-5414 or\nnotification of any federal authorities having jurisdiction over such article or\nanimal, and shall not be moved by any person from the place where it is located\nwhen so detained, until released. All official marks may be required to be\nremoved from such article or animal before it is released unless it appears to\nthe satisfaction of the Commissioner that the article or animal is eligible to\nretain such marks.\n\nHISTORY: 1970, c. 290, \u00a7 3.1-884.28; 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}}