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This law was first created in 2002. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 138<\/a> and 529<\/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.<\/p>","references":[{"id":369029,"section_number":"54.1-4306","catch_line":"Penalties","order_by":null,"url":"\/54.1-4306\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1471623,"object_type":"law","relational_id":369028,"identifier":"54.1-4305","token":"54.1\/V\/43\/54.1-4305","url":"\/54.1-4305\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/54.1-4305\/","token":"54.1\/V\/43\/54.1-4305","dublin_core":{"Title":"Prohibited sale of certain merchandise; penalty","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 54.1-4305","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> No itinerant merchant<\/span> shall offer for sale or knowingly permit the sale of any infant formula<\/span>, baby formula<\/span> or nonprescription drugs<\/span>. This section shall not apply to any person who maintains for public inspection a valid authorization identifying such person as an authorized representative of the manufacturer or distributor of the prohibited merchandise. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Any person convicted of violating this section shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor<\/span> on the first offense<\/span>. Upon conviction<\/span> of any subsequent offense<\/span> he shall be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPROHIBITED SALE OF CERTAIN MERCHANDISE; PENALTY (\u00a7 54.1-4305)\n\nA. No itinerant merchant shall offer for sale or knowingly permit the sale of\nany infant formula, baby formula or nonprescription drugs. This section shall\nnot apply to any person who maintains for public inspection a valid\nauthorization identifying such person as an authorized representative of the\nmanufacturer or distributor of the prohibited merchandise.\n\nB. Any person convicted of violating this section shall be guilty of a Class 3\nmisdemeanor on the first offense. Upon conviction of any subsequent offense he\nshall be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor.\n\nHISTORY: 2002, cc. 138, 529.","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"}}