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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>79997</law_id><section_number>3.2-5106</section_number><catch_line>Sanitary conditions of food establishments</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>3.2-5117</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="IV">Food and Drink; Weights and Measures</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="51">Food and Drink</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="2">Sanitary Requirements</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Every place used for the preparation for sale, manufacture, packing, storage, sale, or distribution of any food shall be properly lighted, drained, plumbed, and ventilated, and shall be operated with strict regard for the purity and wholesomeness of the food produced, and with strict regard to the influence of such conditions upon the health of any worker or employee. <a id="paragraph-286508" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/3.2-5106/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> The floors, sidewalls, ceilings, furniture, receptacles, implements, and machinery of every place where food is manufactured, packed, stored, sold, or distributed, shall at all times be kept in a clean, healthful, and sanitary condition. <a id="paragraph-286509" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/3.2-5106/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> All refuse, dirt, and waste products subject to decomposition and fermentation incident to the manufacture, preparation, packing, storing, selling, and distributing of food, shall be removed from the premises daily. <a id="paragraph-286510" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/3.2-5106/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7;&#xA7; 3-286, 3-287, 3-289; 1966, c. 702, &#xA7;&#xA7; 3.1-366, 3.1-367, 3.1-369; 2008, c. 860.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
