                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

MISREPRESENTATIONS AS TO AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS (§ 18.2-225)

Misrepresentation by advertising in the press or by radio or by television, or
misrepresentation by letter, statement, mark representing grade, quality or
condition, label or otherwise in handling, selling, offering or exposing for
sale any agricultural commodities is hereby prohibited.
		Any person, firm, association or corporation who shall violate any of the
provisions of this section shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor.
		The Director of the Division of Marketing, with the approval of the
Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services, may, in his discretion, cause
prosecutions for violations of this section to be instituted through the
attorneys for the Commonwealth, or otherwise, in counties or cities of the
Commonwealth where in his opinion violations of this section are found.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 59.1-54; 1968, c. 439; 1975, cc. 14, 15.