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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>57938</law_id><section_number>3.2-4908</section_number><catch_line>Withholding noncomplying remedies from sale; tagging, condemnation, destruction, and correction of adulterated or misbranded remedies</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 id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> The <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> shall require those <span class="dictionary">animal remedies</span> that are found or believed not to comply with the provisions of this chapter to be withheld from <span class="dictionary">sale</span> until he determines that the remedies are in compliance with such provisions. <a id="paragraph-212193" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/3.2-4908/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Whenever the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> finds or has reasonable cause to believe an animal remedy is adulterated or misbranded he shall affix to such article a tag or other appropriate marking, giving notice that such article is, or is suspected of being, adulterated or misbranded and has been detained and warning all persons not to dispose of such article in any manner until permission is given by the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> or an appropriate <span class="dictionary">court</span>. Any such article may be removed from display by the manufacturer or vendor, but shall remain on the premises. <a id="paragraph-212194" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/3.2-4908/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> If such a detained article is found, after examination and analysis, to be adulterated or misbranded, the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> may <span class="dictionary">petition</span> the <span class="dictionary">judge</span> of any appropriate <span class="dictionary">court</span> in whose <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> the article is detained for condemnation. If the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> finds that such detained article is not adulterated or misbranded, he shall remove the tag or other marking. <a id="paragraph-212195" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/3.2-4908/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D"><p><span class="prefix-number">D.</span> If the <span class="dictionary">court</span> finds that a detained animal remedy is adulterated or misbranded, such article shall, after entry of the <span class="dictionary">decree</span>, be destroyed, under the supervision of the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span>, at the expense of the <span class="dictionary">defendant</span>. All <span class="dictionary">court</span> costs and fees, and storage and other proper expenses, shall be paid by the <span class="dictionary">defendant</span> or his agent. <a id="paragraph-212196" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/3.2-4908/#D"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="E"><p><span class="prefix-number">E.</span> If the adulteration or misbranding can be corrected by proper processing or <span class="dictionary">labeling</span> of the article, an appropriate <span class="dictionary">court</span>, after entry of the <span class="dictionary">decree</span> and after such costs, fees, and expenses have been paid and a sufficient <span class="dictionary">bond</span>, conditioned that such article shall be so processed or labeled, has been executed, may <span class="dictionary">order</span> such article to be delivered to the <span class="dictionary">defendant</span> for such processing or <span class="dictionary">labeling</span> under the supervision of the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span>. The expense of such supervision shall be paid by the <span class="dictionary">defendant</span>. The <span class="dictionary">bond</span> shall be returned to the <span class="dictionary">defendant</span> on the representation to the <span class="dictionary">court</span> by the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> that the article no longer violates any of the provisions of this chapter and that expenses incident to such proceeding were paid. <a id="paragraph-212197" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/3.2-4908/#E"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 3-646.4; 1956, c. 517; 1966, c. 702, &#xA7; 3.1-833; 1994, c. 910; 2008, c. 860.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
