A. The State Health Commissioner may in his discretion, or shall at the request of the Governor, the Marine Resources Commission, or the Commissioner of Marine Resources, conduct an examination or analysis of crustacea, finfish and shellfish, whether on the planting grounds, in an establishment, or in any other place in this Commonwealth, from which the products are to be taken or sold for food purposes.
B. The State Health Commissioner in making such examination may analyze the water and bottom sediment in and adjacent to the crustacea, finfish, or shellfish growing areas for evidence of pollution, and he may survey the sanitary conditions and pollution hazards adjacent to shellfish growing areas, both in the water and on shore.
C. The State Health Commissioner in conducting his analysis shall examine the establishments in which crustacea, finfish and shellfish are handled and the sanitary conditions surrounding the establishment. At that time, he may analyze the crustacea, finfish and shellfish in the establishment.
Code 1950, § 28-159; 1962, c. 406, § 28.1-175; 1992, c. 836.
Structure Code of Virginia
Title 28.2 - Fisheries and Habitat of the Tidal Waters
Chapter 8 - Health and Sanitation Provisions
§ 28.2-801. Authority to promulgate regulations; enforcement
§ 28.2-803. Examination, analysis and inspection
§ 28.2-804. Polluted ground; crustacea, finfish or shellfish
§ 28.2-805. Notice to cease activity
§ 28.2-806. State Health Commissioner to establish standards
§ 28.2-807. Condemnation of polluted growing area; procedure
§ 28.2-808. Periods of condemnation
§ 28.2-809. Emergency closing of ground
§ 28.2-810. Removal, transportation, etc., from polluted ground; penalty
§ 28.2-811. Permits for transporting, relaying or depurating; revocation
§ 28.2-812. Sealing motor vehicles used in transporting
§ 28.2-813. Maintenance of records
§ 28.2-814. Submission of reports
§ 28.2-815. Application for special permit
§ 28.2-816. Supervision of removal, relaying or depuration; seasons established
§ 28.2-817. Displaying identification when transporting shellfish
§ 28.2-818. Identification of relay areas
§ 28.2-819. Movement and unloading of shellfish from condemned area
§ 28.2-820. Harvesting, transporting, handling or transplanting of seed-stock shellfish
§ 28.2-821. Violations; penalty
§ 28.2-822. Suspension or revocation of licenses
§ 28.2-823. Certification of shellfish from outside the Commonwealth