                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

ADULTERATED LIVESTOCK PRODUCT OR POULTRY PRODUCT (§ 3.2-5401)

Any livestock product or poultry product shall be deemed to be adulterated:

1. If it bears or contains any poisonous or deleterious substance that may
render it injurious to health; but in case the substance is not an added
substance, such article shall not be considered adulterated under this clause if
the quantity of such substance in or on such article does not ordinarily render
it injurious to health;

2. If it bears or contains (by reason of administration of any substance to the
livestock or poultry or otherwise) any added poisonous or added deleterious
substance (other than one that is: (i) a pesticide chemical in or on a raw
agricultural commodity; (ii) a food additive; or (iii) a color additive) that
may, in the judgment of the Commissioner, make such article unfit for human
food;

3. If it is, in whole or in part, a raw agricultural commodity and such
commodity bears or contains a pesticide chemical that is unsafe within the
meaning of &#xA7; 346a of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act;

4. If it bears or contains any food additive that is unsafe within the meaning
of &#xA7; 348 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act;

5. If it bears or contains any color additive that is unsafe within the meaning
of &#xA7; 379e of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act; provided, that an
article that is not otherwise deemed adulterated under subsection C or D of this
section shall nevertheless be deemed adulterated if use of the pesticide
chemical, food additive, or color additive in or on such article is prohibited
by regulations of the Board in official establishments;

6. If it consists in whole or in part of any filthy, putrid, or decomposed
substance or is for any other reason unsound, unhealthful, unwholesome, or
otherwise unfit for human food;

7. If it has been prepared, packed, or held under unsanitary conditions whereby
it may have become contaminated with filth, or whereby it may have been rendered
injurious to health;

8. If it is, in whole or in part, the product of an animal (including poultry)
that has died otherwise than by slaughter;

9. If its container is composed, in whole or in part, of any poisonous or
deleterious substance that may render the contents injurious to health;

10. If it has been intentionally subjected to radiation, unless the use of the
radiation was in conformity with a regulation or exemption in effect pursuant to
&#xA7; 348 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act;

11. If any valuable constituent has been in whole or in part omitted or
abstracted therefrom; or if any substance has been substituted, wholly or in
part therefor; or if damage or inferiority has been concealed in any manner; or
if any substance has been added thereto or mixed or packed therewith so as to
increase its bulk or weight, or reduce its quality or strength, or make it
appear better or of greater value than it is; or

12. If it is margarine containing animal fat and any of the raw material used
therein consisted in whole or in part of any filthy, putrid, or decomposed
substance.

HISTORY: 1970, c. 290, § 3.1-884.18; 2008, c. 860; 2020, c. 318.