Friday, October 10, 2008
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HB2043: Crabmeat; processors to include on label of container date was processed and packed, civil penalty.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 3.1-396.2 as follows:
§ 3.1-396.2. Labeling of crab meat; penalty.
It is unlawful for a processor of hand-picked crabmeat to offer for commercial sale any hand-picked crabmeat in a container that does not include on its label the date the crabmeat was processed and packed. Any processor violating the provisions of this section is guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor.
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