<?xml version="1.0"?>
<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>72762</law_id><section_number>3.2-4912</section_number><catch_line>Prohibitions</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> It is unlawful for any person to: <a id="paragraph-262061" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/3.2-4912/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> <span class="dictionary">Sell</span>, deliver, hold, or offer for <span class="dictionary">sale</span> any <span class="dictionary">animal</span> remedy that has not been registered with the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> as provided in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Registration required" href="/3.2-4902/">3.2-4902</a>, except that any biological product for use on or testing of any livestock, poultry, or any <span class="dictionary">animal</span>, manufactured under a license issued by the U.S. <span class="dictionary">Department</span> of Agriculture, shall not be considered as being subject to the registration requirements of such section. <a id="paragraph-262062" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/3.2-4912/#A1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Manufacture, <span class="dictionary">sell</span>, deliver, hold, or offer for <span class="dictionary">sale</span> any <span class="dictionary">animal</span> remedy that is adulterated or misbranded. <a id="paragraph-262063" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/3.2-4912/#A2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> Compound, manufacture, make, produce, pack, package, or prepare within the Commonwealth any <span class="dictionary">animal</span> remedy to be offered for <span class="dictionary">sale</span> or distribution unless such compounding, manufacture, making, producing, packaging, packing, or preparing is done with adequate equipment under the supervision of a licensed veterinarian, a graduate chemist, a licensed pharmacist, a licensed physician, or some other person as may be approved by the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> after an investigation and a determination by the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> that they are qualified by scientific or technical training or by experience to perform such duties of supervision as may be necessary to protect <span class="dictionary">animal</span> health and public safety. <a id="paragraph-262064" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/3.2-4912/#A3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A4" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> Disseminate any <span class="dictionary">advertisement</span> that is false or misleading. No person or medium for the dissemination of any <span class="dictionary">advertisement</span>, except the manufacturer, packer, distributor, or seller of the article to which a false <span class="dictionary">advertisement</span> relates, is subject to the penalties for violations of this chapter for disseminating such false <span class="dictionary">advertisement</span>, unless he refused, on the request of the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span>, to furnish the name and address of the manufacturer, packer, distributor, seller, or advertising agency that caused him to disseminate such <span class="dictionary">advertisement</span>. <a id="paragraph-262065" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/3.2-4912/#A4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A5" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">5.</span> Dispose of a detained article in violation of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Withholding noncomplying remedies from sale; tagging, condemnation, destruction, and correction of adulterated or misbranded remedies" href="/3.2-4908/">3.2-4908</a>. <a id="paragraph-262066" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/3.2-4912/#A5"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A6" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">6.</span> Give a guaranty that is false, except a person who relied on the guaranty signed by, and containing the name and address of, the person from whom he received the <span class="dictionary">animal</span> remedy in good faith. <a id="paragraph-262067" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/3.2-4912/#A6"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A7" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">7.</span> Alter, mutilate, destroy, obliterate, or remove any part of the <span class="dictionary">labeling</span> of any <span class="dictionary">animal</span> remedy if such acts result in the <span class="dictionary">animal</span> remedy being misbranded, or do any other act, while the <span class="dictionary">animal</span> remedy is being held for <span class="dictionary">sale</span> that results in the misbranding of such article. <a id="paragraph-262068" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/3.2-4912/#A7"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A8" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">8.</span> Forge, counterfeit, simulate, or falsely represent, or without proper authority use, any mark, stamp, tag, <span class="dictionary">label</span>, or other identification device required by &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Misbranded remedy" href="/3.2-4907/">3.2-4907</a>. <a id="paragraph-262069" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/3.2-4912/#A8"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A9" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">9.</span> <span class="dictionary">Sell</span> or offer to <span class="dictionary">sell</span> any biological product for use on any livestock, poultry, or other <span class="dictionary">animal</span>, unless such product is manufactured under a license issued by the U.S. <span class="dictionary">Department</span> of Agriculture or a registration issued by the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span>, or unless such product meets the requirements of the federal Food, <span class="dictionary">Drug</span> and Cosmetic Act. <a id="paragraph-262070" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/3.2-4912/#A9"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A10" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">10.</span> <span class="dictionary">Sell</span> or offer to <span class="dictionary">sell</span> any biological product that has not been kept in refrigeration under conditions prescribed by the regulations of the <span class="dictionary">Board</span>. <a id="paragraph-262071" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/3.2-4912/#A10"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> The <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> shall assess any person who commits a prohibited act under this chapter 10 percent of the retail price of the <span class="dictionary">animal</span> remedy at the time of sampling on the product found in violation, or $50, whichever is greater, not to exceed $5,000 per occurrence. The person assessed shall pay the assessment to the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> within 60 days from the date of notice to the person whose name appears on the <span class="dictionary">label</span>. Any person who fails to pay the assessment within the specified time shall pay a late fee of $50 to the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> in addition to the assessment. The <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> shall revoke the registration of any person who fails to pay the assessment. <a id="paragraph-262072" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/3.2-4912/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 3-646.8; 1956, c. 517; 1966, c. 702, &#xA7; 3.1-837; 1994, c. 910; 2008, c. 860.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
