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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 650 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 1988, chapter 765.<\/p>","references":[{"id":68796,"section_number":"54.1-3461","catch_line":"Adulterated drug or device","order_by":null,"url":"\/54.1-3461\/"},{"id":68497,"section_number":"54.1-3464","catch_line":"Adulterated cosmetics","order_by":null,"url":"\/54.1-3464\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":243699,"object_type":"law","relational_id":82971,"identifier":"54.1-3460","token":"54.1\/III\/34\/6\/54.1-3460","url":"\/54.1-3460\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/54.1-3460\/","token":"54.1\/III\/34\/6\/54.1-3460","dublin_core":{"Title":"Poisonous or deleterious substance, or color additive","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 54.1-3460","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Any added poisonous or deleterious substance, or any color additive, shall with respect to any particular use or intended use be deemed unsafe with respect to any <span class=\"dictionary\">drug<\/span>, <span class=\"dictionary\">device<\/span>, or cosmetic, unless there is a regulation allowing limited use of a quantity of such substance, and the use or intended use of such substance conforms to the terms prescribed by regulation. 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While such regulations relating\nto such substance are in effect, a drug or cosmetic shall not, by reason of\nbearing or containing such substance in accordance with the regulations, be\nconsidered adulterated.\n\nHISTORY: 1970, c. 650, \u00a7 54-524.91; 1988, c. 765.","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}}