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It has been modified 2 times. 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. Those modifications are as follows: in 1966, chapter 702; in 2008, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?081+ful+CHAP0860\">860<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1424179,"object_type":"law","relational_id":357937,"identifier":"3.2-5111","token":"3.2\/IV\/51\/2\/3.2-5111","url":"\/3.2-5111\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-5111\/","token":"3.2\/IV\/51\/2\/3.2-5111","dublin_core":{"Title":"Food protected from flies, dust, and dirt","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-5111","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Food in the process of manufacture, preparation, packing, storing, sale, or distribution, shall be protected from flies, dust, dirt, and all other foreign or injurious contamination.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nFOOD PROTECTED FROM FLIES, DUST, AND DIRT (\u00a7 3.2-5111)\n\nFood in the process of manufacture, preparation, packing, storing, sale, or\ndistribution, shall be protected from flies, dust, dirt, and all other foreign\nor injurious contamination.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 3-288; 1966, c. 702, \u00a7 3.1-368; 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"}}