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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>72040</law_id><section_number>3.2-5413</section_number><catch_line>Administrative detention of violative animals and products</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>3.2-5414</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="54">Slaughterhouses, Meat, and Dressed Poultry</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="3">Enforcement and Penalties</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Whenever any <span class="dictionary">livestock product</span> or <span class="dictionary">poultry product</span> exempted from the definition of a <span class="dictionary">livestock product</span> and from the definition of a <span class="dictionary">poultry product</span>, or any dead, dying, disabled, or diseased livestock or poultry, is found by the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> upon any premises where it is held for purposes of, or during or after distribution in, intrastate commerce or is otherwise subject to this chapter, and there is reason to believe that any such article is adulterated or misbranded and is capable of use as human food, or that it has not been inspected, in violation of the provisions of this chapter or of the Federal Meat Inspection Act or the Federal <span class="dictionary">Poultry Products</span> Inspection Act or the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, or that such article or animal has been or is intended to be distributed in violation of any such provisions, it may be detained for a period not to exceed 20 days, pending action under &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Seizure and condemnation provisions" href="/3.2-5414/">3.2-5414</a> or notification of any federal authorities having <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> over such article or animal, and shall not be moved by any person from the place where it is located when so detained, until released. All <span class="dictionary">official marks</span> may be required to be removed from such article or animal before it is released unless it appears to the satisfaction of the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> that the article or animal is eligible to retain such marks.</p></section></text><history>1970, c. 290, &#xA7; 3.1-884.28; 2008, c. 860.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
