CODE OF VIRGINIA NEW ANIMAL HAIR, FEATHERS AND DOWN TO BE STERILIZED (ยง 32.1-214) No person shall use in the making, remaking, reupholstering or renovating of any bedding or upholstered furniture any new animal hair, new feathers or new down unless such new animal hair, new feathers or new down shall have been sterilized by a reasonable process approved by the Commissioner. HISTORY: 1979, c. 711.