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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>62807</law_id><section_number>3.2-4807</section_number><catch_line>Misbranding</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>3.2-4810</reference></referred_to_by><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="48">Commercial Feed</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> It is unlawful for any person who is a <span class="dictionary">manufacturer</span> or <span class="dictionary">guarantor</span> of <span class="dictionary">commercial feed</span> to <span class="dictionary">distribute</span> a <span class="dictionary">commercial feed</span> if: <a id="paragraph-228958" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/3.2-4807/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> The <span class="dictionary">labeling</span> of the <span class="dictionary">commercial feed</span> is false or misleading in any particular; <a id="paragraph-228959" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/3.2-4807/#A1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> The <span class="dictionary">commercial feed</span> is distributed under the name of another <span class="dictionary">commercial feed</span>; <a id="paragraph-228960" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/3.2-4807/#A2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> The <span class="dictionary">commercial feed</span> is labeled in any manner other than as required in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Labeling" href="/3.2-4806/">3.2-4806</a>; <a id="paragraph-228961" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/3.2-4807/#A3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A4" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> The <span class="dictionary">commercial feed</span> purports to be, or is represented as, a <span class="dictionary">commercial feed</span>, or if it purports to contain, or is represented as containing, a <span class="dictionary">commercial feed</span> ingredient, unless such <span class="dictionary">commercial feed</span> or <span class="dictionary">feed ingredient</span> conforms to the definition, if any, prescribed by regulation by the <span class="dictionary">Board</span>; or <a id="paragraph-228962" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/3.2-4807/#A4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A5" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">5.</span> Any word, statement, or other information required by, or under authority of, this chapter to appear on the <span class="dictionary">label</span> or <span class="dictionary">labeling</span> of the <span class="dictionary">commercial feed</span> is not prominently placed thereon with such conspicuousness, (as compared with other words, statements, designs, or devices in the <span class="dictionary">labeling</span>) and in such terms, so that the purchaser or user is likely to read and understand the <span class="dictionary">label</span> under customary condition of purchase and use. <a id="paragraph-228963" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/3.2-4807/#A5"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> The violation of any provision of this section shall be deemed to be misbranding. <a id="paragraph-228964" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/3.2-4807/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1994, c. 743, &#xA7; 3.1-828.9; 2008, c. 860.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
