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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>82561</law_id><section_number>3.2-5200</section_number><catch_line>Duty of Commissioner to foster dairy industry</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>15.2-1109</reference><reference>3.2-5143</reference><reference>3.2-5145</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="52">Milk, Milk Products, and Dairies</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="1">General Provisions</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>It shall be the duty of the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> to foster and encourage the dairy industry of the Commonwealth, and for that purpose he shall investigate the general conditions of the creameries, cheese factories, condensed milk factories, skimming stations, milk stations, and farm dairies in the Commonwealth, with full power to enter upon any premises for such investigation, with the <span class="dictionary">object</span> in view of improving the quality and creating and maintaining uniformity of the dairy products of the Commonwealth. Should it become necessary in the <span class="dictionary">judgment</span> of the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span>, he may cause instruction to be given in any facility or in any locality of the Commonwealth, in <span class="dictionary">order</span> to promote the proper feeding and care of cows, or the practical operation of any plant producing dairy products, and in <span class="dictionary">order</span> to procure such a uniform and standard quality of dairy products in the Commonwealth.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 3-341; 1966, c. 702, &#xA7; 3.1-420; 2008, c. 860.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
