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This law was first created in 2010. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 868<\/a> 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.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":56754,"section_number":"35.1-14","catch_line":"Regulations governing restaurants; advisory standards for exempt entities","order_by":null,"url":"\/35.1-14\/"}],"permalink":{"id":197747,"object_type":"law","relational_id":69218,"identifier":"3.2-5508","token":"3.2\/IV\/55.1\/3.2-5508","url":"\/3.2-5508\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-5508\/","token":"3.2\/IV\/55.1\/3.2-5508","dublin_core":{"Title":"Definitions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-5508","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

As used in this chapter unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\t\t“Food establishment<\/span>” means those operations subject to regulation by the Virginia Department<\/span> of Health as food establishments<\/span> under the authority granted by \u00a7 35.1-14<\/a>.\n\t\t“Registrant<\/span>” means any person who has registered with the Department<\/span> as a transporter of waste kitchen grease<\/span>.\n\t\t“Renderer<\/span>” means any person who commercially cooks carcasses, or parts or products of carcasses, of cattle, swine, poultry, and other animals and other waste animal by-products and waste kitchen grease<\/span> into usable products<\/span>.\n\t\t“Transport<\/span>” or “transportation<\/span>” means the movement of waste kitchen grease<\/span> in a motor vehicle on public roads.\n\t\t“Trap grease<\/span>” means waste kitchen grease<\/span> that is removed from a grease trap and is principally derived from food preparation and processing.\n\t\t“Usable products<\/span>” means a product resulting from the processing of waste kitchen grease<\/span> and shall include biofuels, lubricants, and animal feed, provided that such animal feed uses are allowed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.\n\t\t“Waste kitchen grease<\/span>” means animal fats or vegetable oils that have been used, and will not be reused, for cooking in a food establishment<\/span>, including trap grease<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDEFINITIONS (\u00a7 3.2-5508)\n\nAs used in this chapter unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\t\t“Food establishment” means those operations subject to regulation\nby the Virginia Department of Health as food establishments under the authority\ngranted by \u00a7 35.1-14.\n\t\t“Registrant” means any person who has registered with the\nDepartment as a transporter of waste kitchen grease.\n\t\t“Renderer” means any person who commercially cooks carcasses, or\nparts or products of carcasses, of cattle, swine, poultry, and other animals and\nother waste animal by-products and waste kitchen grease into usable products.\n\t\t“Transport” or “transportation” means the movement of\nwaste kitchen grease in a motor vehicle on public roads.\n\t\t“Trap grease” means waste kitchen grease that is removed from a\ngrease trap and is principally derived from food preparation and processing.\n\t\t“Usable products” means a product resulting from the processing of\nwaste kitchen grease and shall include biofuels, lubricants, and animal feed,\nprovided that such animal feed uses are allowed by the U.S. Food and Drug\nAdministration.\n\t\t“Waste kitchen grease” means animal fats or vegetable oils that\nhave been used, and will not be reused, for cooking in a food establishment,\nincluding trap grease.\n\nHISTORY: 2010, c. 868.","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}}