The Department shall cooperate with the U.S. Department of Agriculture in administration of this chapter to provide for meat and poultry products inspection programs. These programs will impose and enforce requirements with respect to intrastate operations and commerce that are at least equal to those imposed and enforced under the Federal Meat Inspection Act and the Federal Poultry Products Inspection Act with respect to operations and transactions in interstate commerce; and the Commissioner is directed to administer this chapter so as to accomplish this purpose.
1970, c. 290, § 3.1-884.19; 2008, c. 860.
Structure Code of Virginia
Title 3.2 - Agriculture, Animal Care, and Food
Chapter 54 - Slaughterhouses, Meat, and Dressed Poultry
§ 3.2-5401. Adulterated livestock product or poultry product
§ 3.2-5402. Misbranded livestock product or poultry product
§ 3.2-5403. Department to cooperate with U.S. Department of Agriculture
§ 3.2-5404. Duties of the Board
§ 3.2-5405. Powers of Commissioner
§ 3.2-5406. Meat inspection regulations
§ 3.2-5407. Prohibitions in general
§ 3.2-5408. Prohibitions against unauthorized use of any official marks
§ 3.2-5409. Prohibition against intrastate distribution of equine, livestock and poultry products
§ 3.2-5411. Limitation of inspection to plants preparing products for human food
§ 3.2-5412. Inspection of products placed in container; right of access to plants at any time
§ 3.2-5413. Administrative detention of violative animals and products
§ 3.2-5414. Seizure and condemnation provisions
§ 3.2-5415. General criminal penalties; warning letter
§ 3.2-5416. Authority of Commissioner
§ 3.2-5417. Power of injunction
§ 3.2-5418. Limitation on applicability of chapter to matters regulated under federal acts
§ 3.2-5419. Smithfield hams defined
§ 3.2-5420. Only genuine Smithfield hams to be labeled or advertised as such