Virginia Code 3.2-4906: Adulterated remedy
An animal remedy is adulterated if:
Terms Used In Virginia Code 3.2-4906
- Animal: means any animate being, which is not human, endowed with the power of voluntary action. See Virginia Code 3.2-4900
- Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services. See Virginia Code 3.2-100
- Labeling: means all labels and other written, printed, or graphic matter upon any article or any of its containers or wrappers or accompanying such article. See Virginia Code 3.2-4900
1. It was prepared or held under unsanitary conditions and as a result it: (i) may have become contaminated with filth; or (ii) may have been rendered injurious to animal health.
2. Its composition, purity, strength, or quality falls below or differs from what it is purported or is represented to possess by its labeling. The Commissioner shall allow a reasonable tolerance from such representation, in accordance with good manufacturing practices.
3. It consists in whole or in part of any filthy, putrid or decomposed substance.
4. It bears or contains any poisonous or deleterious substance that may render it injurious to health under such conditions of use as are customary or usual.
5. Its container is composed of any injurious or deleterious substance that may render it injurious to health.
Code 1950, § 3-646.2; 1956, c. 517; 1966, c. 702, § 3.1-831; 1994, c. 910; 2008, c. 860.