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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>85154</law_id><section_number>3.2-5412</section_number><catch_line>Inspection of products placed in container; right of access to plants at any time</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="54">Slaughterhouses, Meat, and Dressed Poultry</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="3">Enforcement and Penalties</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> No inspection of products placed in any <span class="dictionary">container</span> at any <span class="dictionary">official establishment</span> shall be deemed to be complete until the products are <span class="dictionary">sealed</span> or enclosed therein under the supervision of an <span class="dictionary">inspector</span>. <a id="paragraph-305128" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/3.2-5412/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> For purpose of any inspection of products required by this chapter, <span class="dictionary">inspectors</span> authorized by the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> shall have access at all times, by day or night, to every part of every establishment required to have inspection under this chapter, whether the establishment is operated or not. <a id="paragraph-305129" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/3.2-5412/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1970, c. 290, &#xA7; 3.1-884.27; 2008, c. 860.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
