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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>86880</law_id><section_number>3.2-5107</section_number><catch_line>Plastering and painting sidewalls and ceilings; interior woodwork; floors</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="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> Any place where food is manufactured, produced, prepared, processed, packed, or exposed shall: (i) keep its sidewalls and ceilings well plastered, wainscoted, or ceiled, preferably with metal or lumber, and shall be kept oil-painted or well limewashed; and (ii) keep all interior woodwork clean and washed with soap and water. <a id="paragraph-311066" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/3.2-5107/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Every building, room, basement, or cellar occupied or used for the preparation, manufacture, packing, storage, sale, or distribution of food, shall have an impermeable floor made of cement or tile, laid in cement, brick, wood, or other suitable nonabsorbent <span class="dictionary">material</span> that can be flushed and washed clean with water. <a id="paragraph-311067" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/3.2-5107/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7;&#xA7; 3-292 to 3-294; 1966, c. 702, &#xA7;&#xA7; 3.1-372 to 3.1-374; 2008, c. 860.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
