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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>83547</law_id><section_number>3.2-3214</section_number><catch_line>Unlawful buying and selling</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="3.2">Agriculture, Animal Care, and Food</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="III">Production and Sale of Agricultural Products</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="32">Milk Commission</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>No <span class="dictionary">distributor</span> in a <span class="dictionary">market</span> covered by the provisions of this chapter shall buy <span class="dictionary">milk</span> from <span class="dictionary">producers</span>, or others, for sale within the Commonwealth, or sell or distribute <span class="dictionary">milk</span> within the Commonwealth, unless the <span class="dictionary">distributor</span> is duly licensed under the provisions of this chapter. It shall be unlawful for a <span class="dictionary">distributor</span> to buy <span class="dictionary">milk</span> from or sell <span class="dictionary">milk</span> to a <span class="dictionary">distributor</span> who is not licensed as required by this chapter. It shall be unlawful for any <span class="dictionary">distributor</span> to deal in, or handle <span class="dictionary">milk</span> if such <span class="dictionary">distributor</span> has reason to believe it has previously been dealt in, or handled, in violation of the terms and provisions of this chapter.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 3-365; 1966, c. 702, &#xA7; 3.1-444; 2008, c. 860.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
