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Any person who fails to obey such notice and warning and continues to use, sell, or furnish to any skimming station, creamery, cheese factory, condensed milk factory, farm dairy, milk dealer, or to the retail trade impure or unwholesome milk or cream, is guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor.\n\n","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":1332244,"text":"Whenever it is determined by the Commissioner that any person is using, selling, or furnishing to any facility, milk dealer, the retail trade, or to any consumer of milk, any impure or unwholesome milk or cream, which impurity or unwholesomeness is caused by the unsanitary or filthy conditions of the premises where cows are kept or by the unsanitary or filthy care of handling of the cows, or from the use of unclean utensils or from unwholesome food, or from any other cause, such person shall first be notified and warned by the Commissioner not to use, sell, or furnish such milk or cream to any facility, milk dealers, the retail trade, or to any consumer of milk. 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. 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 860<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1424423,"object_type":"law","relational_id":357995,"identifier":"3.2-5204","token":"3.2\/IV\/52\/1\/3.2-5204","url":"\/3.2-5204\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-5204\/","token":"3.2\/IV\/52\/1\/3.2-5204","dublin_core":{"Title":"Warning and punishment of persons using or furnishing impure milk","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-5204","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Whenever it is determined by the Commissioner<\/span> that any person is using, selling, or furnishing to any facility, milk dealer, the retail trade, or to any consumer of milk, any impure or unwholesome milk or cream, which impurity or unwholesomeness is caused by the unsanitary or filthy conditions of the premises where cows are kept or by the unsanitary or filthy care of handling of the cows, or from the use of unclean utensils or from unwholesome food, or from any other cause, such person shall first be notified and warned by the Commissioner<\/span> not to use, sell, or furnish such milk or cream to any facility, milk dealers, the retail trade, or to any consumer of milk. Any person who fails to obey such notice and warning and continues to use, sell, or furnish to any skimming station, creamery, cheese factory, condensed milk factory, farm dairy, milk dealer, or to the retail trade impure or unwholesome milk or cream, is guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nWARNING AND PUNISHMENT OF PERSONS USING OR FURNISHING IMPURE MILK (\u00a7 3.2-5204)\n\nWhenever it is determined by the Commissioner that any person is using, selling,\nor furnishing to any facility, milk dealer, the retail trade, or to any consumer\nof milk, any impure or unwholesome milk or cream, which impurity or\nunwholesomeness is caused by the unsanitary or filthy conditions of the premises\nwhere cows are kept or by the unsanitary or filthy care of handling of the cows,\nor from the use of unclean utensils or from unwholesome food, or from any other\ncause, such person shall first be notified and warned by the Commissioner not to\nuse, sell, or furnish such milk or cream to any facility, milk dealers, the\nretail trade, or to any consumer of milk. Any person who fails to obey such\nnotice and warning and continues to use, sell, or furnish to any skimming\nstation, creamery, cheese factory, condensed milk factory, farm dairy, milk\ndealer, or to the retail trade impure or unwholesome milk or cream, is guilty of\na Class 2 misdemeanor.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 3-342; 1966, c. 702, \u00a7 3.1-421; 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"}}