Virginia Code 3.2-5403: Department to cooperate with U.S. Department of Agriculture
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The Department shall cooperate with the U.S. Department of Agriculture in administration of this chapter to provide for meat and poultry products inspection programs. These programs will impose and enforce requirements with respect to intrastate operations and commerce that are at least equal to those imposed and enforced under the Federal Meat Inspection Act and the Federal Poultry Products Inspection Act with respect to operations and transactions in interstate commerce; and the Commissioner is directed to administer this chapter so as to accomplish this purpose.
Terms Used In Virginia Code 3.2-5403
- Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services. See Virginia Code 3.2-100
- Department: means the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. See Virginia Code 3.2-100
- Poultry: means any domesticated bird, whether live or dead. See Virginia Code 3.2-5400
1970, c. 290, § 3.1-884.19; 2008, c. 860.