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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?051+ful+CHAP0497\">497<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?051+ful+CHAP0588\">588<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2008, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?081+ful+CHAP0860\">860<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":357885,"section_number":"3.2-4800","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/3.2-4800\/"},{"id":357888,"section_number":"3.2-4803","catch_line":"Licensing of manufacturers and guarantors of commercial feed","order_by":null,"url":"\/3.2-4803\/"}],"permalink":{"id":1421731,"object_type":"law","relational_id":357326,"identifier":"3.2-1712","token":"3.2\/II\/B\/17\/3\/3.2-1712","url":"\/3.2-1712\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-1712\/","token":"3.2\/II\/B\/17\/3\/3.2-1712","dublin_core":{"Title":"Definitions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-1712","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>As used in this article, unless the context requires a different meaning:<\/p><p>&#8220;<span class=\"dictionary\">Manufactured equine feed<\/span>&#8221; means a commercial feed as defined by \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Definitions\" href=\"\/3.2-4800\/\">3.2-4800<\/a> that is intended for consumption by horses or other equine.<\/p><p>&#8220;<span class=\"dictionary\">Manufacturer<\/span>&#8221; means any person who manufactures equine feed and is licensed to conduct business in the Commonwealth under \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Licensing of manufacturers and guarantors of commercial feed\" href=\"\/3.2-4803\/\">3.2-4803<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDEFINITIONS (\u00a7 3.2-1712)\n\nAs used in this article, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\n&#8220;Manufactured equine feed&#8221; means a commercial feed as defined by \u00a7\n3.2-4800 that is intended for consumption by horses or other equine.\n\n&#8220;Manufacturer&#8221; means any person who manufactures equine feed and is\nlicensed to conduct business in the Commonwealth under \u00a7 3.2-4803.\n\nHISTORY: 2005, cc. 497, 588, \u00a7 3.1-22.67; 2008, c. 860.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}