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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>84597</law_id><section_number>3.2-4907</section_number><catch_line>Misbranded remedy</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="49">Animal Remedies</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>An <span class="dictionary">animal</span> remedy is misbranded:</p></section>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Unless the <span class="dictionary">label</span> bears, in the English language:
			a. The name and principal addresses of the manufacturer or person responsible for placing such <span class="dictionary">animal</span> remedy on the market.
			b. The name, brand, or trademark under which the <span class="dictionary">animal</span> remedy is sold.
			c. An accurate <span class="dictionary">quantity statement</span> of the net contents of the package, lot, or parcel, such contents stated by weight in the case of solids, by volume in the case of liquids, and by both count and weight or volume per dose in the case of <span class="dictionary">dosage forms</span>.
			d. The common or usual name of each active ingredient; in the case of a <span class="dictionary">drug</span> or <span class="dictionary">drugs</span> intended to be mixed with or in a feed for <span class="dictionary">animals</span>, and in the case of mixtures of a <span class="dictionary">drug</span> or <span class="dictionary">drugs</span> with or in a feed for <span class="dictionary">animals</span>, the English name of each active ingredient shall be stated and also the percentage of each active ingredient, or, in the case of antibiotics, the number of grams of each such active ingredient present in one pound of the product.
			e. Adequate directions for use.
			f. Adequate warnings against use in those conditions, whether pathological or normal, where its use may be dangerous to the health of <span class="dictionary">animals</span>, or against unsafe dosage, methods or duration of methods, administration, or application, in such manner and form, as are necessary for the protection of <span class="dictionary">animals</span>. <a id="paragraph-303165" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/3.2-4907/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> If the <span class="dictionary">labeling</span> is false or misleading in any particular. <a id="paragraph-303166" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/3.2-4907/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="3"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> If its container is made, formed, or filled so as to be deceptive or misleading as to the amount of contents. <a id="paragraph-303167" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/3.2-4907/#3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="4"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> If it is dangerous to the health of <span class="dictionary">animals</span> when used in the dosage or with the frequency or duration prescribed, recommended, or suggested in the <span class="dictionary">labeling</span> of such remedy. <a id="paragraph-303168" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/3.2-4907/#4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="5"><p><span class="prefix-number">5.</span> If any word, statement, or other information appearing on the <span class="dictionary">label</span> does not also appear on the outside container or wrapper, if present, of the retail package of such article, or is not easily legible through the outside container or wrapper. <a id="paragraph-303169" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/3.2-4907/#5"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="6"><p><span class="prefix-number">6.</span> If any word, statement, or other information required to appear on the <span class="dictionary">label</span> is not prominently placed on the <span class="dictionary">label</span> with such conspicuousness, as compared with other words, statements, designs, or devices in the <span class="dictionary">labeling</span>, and in such terms, that it is likely to be read and understood by the ordinary individual under customary conditions of purchase and use.
			Any <span class="dictionary">animal</span> remedy that is manufactured and distributed under license from and under the supervision of the U.S. <span class="dictionary">Department</span> of Agriculture, and in compliance with the regulations of such <span class="dictionary">department</span> complies with this section. <a id="paragraph-303170" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/3.2-4907/#6"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7;&#xA7; 3-646.1, 3-646.3; 1956, c. 517; 1966, c. 702, &#xA7;&#xA7; 3.1-829, 3.1-832; 1994, c. 910; 2008, c. 860.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
