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When meat, poultry, or seafood is combined with or associated with some other food elements to form either a distinctive food product or a food combination, such food product or combination shall be offered or exposed for sale and sold by weight, and the quantity representation may be the total weight of the product or combination, and a quantity representation need not be made for each of the several elements of the product or combination. Cooked poultry that is offered or exposed for sale, or sold, as a commodity in package form, it may be sold by minimum net weight and so labeled notwithstanding the provisions of \u00a7 3.2-5623 of this chapter.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":312277,"text":"All meat, meat products, poultry (whole or parts), and all seafood except shellfish, offered or exposed for sale, or sold, as food shall be offered or exposed for sale and sold by weight, except for immediate consumption on the premises where sold, or as one of several elements comprising a ready-to-eat meal sold as a unit for consumption elsewhere than on the premises where sold. When meat, poultry, or seafood is combined with or associated with some other food elements to form either a distinctive food product or a food combination, such food product or combination shall be offered or exposed for sale and sold by weight, and the quantity representation may be the total weight of the product or combination, and a quantity representation need not be made for each of the several elements of the product or combination. Cooked poultry that is offered or exposed for sale, or sold, as a commodity in package form, it may be sold by minimum net weight and so labeled notwithstanding the provisions of \u00a7 3.2-5623 of this chapter.","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1}},"ancestry":[{"id":13213,"edition_id":1,"name":"Weights and Measures","identifier":"56","label":"chapter","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12965,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:27","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:27","permalink":{"id":197783,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13213,"identifier":"56","token":"3.2\/IV\/56","url":"\/3.2\/IV\/56\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12965,"edition_id":1,"name":"Food and Drink; Weights and Measures","identifier":"IV","label":"subtitle","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12793,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:05","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:05","permalink":{"id":197125,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12965,"identifier":"IV","token":"3.2\/IV","url":"\/3.2\/IV\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12793,"edition_id":1,"name":"Agriculture, Animal Care, and Food","identifier":"3.2","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:53","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:53","permalink":{"id":193939,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12793,"identifier":"3.2","token":"3.2","url":"\/3.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":65679,"structure_id":13213,"section_number":"3.2-5600","catch_line":"Definitions generally","url":"\/3.2-5600\/","token":"3.2\/IV\/56\/3.2-5600","metadata":false},{"id":86251,"structure_id":13213,"section_number":"3.2-5601","catch_line":"Powers and duties of Commissioner","url":"\/3.2-5601\/","token":"3.2\/IV\/56\/3.2-5601","metadata":false},{"id":63694,"structure_id":13213,"section_number":"3.2-5602","catch_line":"Commissioner to test accuracy of point-of-sale systems","url":"\/3.2-5602\/","token":"3.2\/IV\/56\/3.2-5602","metadata":false},{"id":61865,"structure_id":13213,"section_number":"3.2-5603","catch_line":"Two systems of weights and measures recognized; 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It has been modified 4 times. 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. Those modifications are as follows: in 1962, chapter 298; in 1966, chapter 702; in 1993, chapter 604; in 2008, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?081+ful+CHAP0860\">860<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":54221,"section_number":"3.2-5623","catch_line":"Information to be shown on packages","order_by":null,"url":"\/3.2-5623\/"}],"permalink":{"id":197921,"object_type":"law","relational_id":87204,"identifier":"3.2-5634","token":"3.2\/IV\/56\/3.2-5634","url":"\/3.2-5634\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-5634\/","token":"3.2\/IV\/56\/3.2-5634","dublin_core":{"Title":"Meat, poultry, and seafood","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-5634","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>All meat, meat products, poultry (whole or parts), and all seafood except shellfish, offered or exposed for <span class=\"dictionary\">sale<\/span>, or sold, as food shall be offered or exposed for <span class=\"dictionary\">sale<\/span> and sold by weight, except for immediate consumption on the premises where sold, or as one of several elements comprising a ready-to-eat meal sold as a unit for consumption elsewhere than on the premises where sold. When meat, poultry, or seafood is combined with or associated with some other food elements to form either a distinctive food product or a food combination, such food product or combination shall be offered or exposed for <span class=\"dictionary\">sale<\/span> and sold by weight, and the quantity representation may be the total weight of the product or combination, and a quantity representation need not be made for each of the several elements of the product or combination. Cooked poultry that is offered or exposed for <span class=\"dictionary\">sale<\/span>, or sold, as a <span class=\"dictionary\">commodity in package form<\/span>, it may be sold by minimum <span class=\"dictionary\">net weight<\/span> and so labeled notwithstanding the provisions of \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Information to be shown on packages\" href=\"\/3.2-5623\/\">3.2-5623<\/a> of this chapter.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nMEAT, POULTRY, AND SEAFOOD (\u00a7 3.2-5634)\n\nAll meat, meat products, poultry (whole or parts), and all seafood except\nshellfish, offered or exposed for sale, or sold, as food shall be offered or\nexposed for sale and sold by weight, except for immediate consumption on the\npremises where sold, or as one of several elements comprising a ready-to-eat\nmeal sold as a unit for consumption elsewhere than on the premises where sold.\nWhen meat, poultry, or seafood is combined with or associated with some other\nfood elements to form either a distinctive food product or a food combination,\nsuch food product or combination shall be offered or exposed for sale and sold\nby weight, and the quantity representation may be the total weight of the\nproduct or combination, and a quantity representation need not be made for each\nof the several elements of the product or combination. Cooked poultry that is\noffered or exposed for sale, or sold, as a commodity in package form, it may be\nsold by minimum net weight and so labeled notwithstanding the provisions of \u00a7\n3.2-5623 of this chapter.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 3-708.32; 1962, c. 298; 1966, c. 702, \u00a7 3.1-950; 1993,\nc. 604; 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}}