Wednesday, July 23, 2008
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Tracking Virginia’s General Assembly
since 2007.
HB124: Farm produce; allows farmers to sell if they meet certain conditions, penalty.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 3.1-14.4 as follows:
§ 3.1-14.4. Sale of produce on farm; penalty.
No rule or regulation shall prohibit or restrict any person from selling food or food products grown or processed on his farm to any customer provided that: (i) the food or food products are sold on the farm on which they are produced; (ii) the food or food products are sold to the customer for personal consumption and shall not be sold for reuse, including restaurant sales; and (iii) the food or food products are marked with the following: "Not for Resale, Produced Without State Inspection." Any customer who resells food or food products bought at the farm under this section shall be guilty of a Class 4 misdemeanor.
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