HB2043: Crabmeat; processors to include on label of container date was processed and packed, civil penalty.

HOUSE BILL NO. 2043
Offered January 10, 2007
Prefiled January 8, 2007
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 3.1-396.2, relating to labeling of crabmeat; penalty.
Patron-- Hamilton
Committee Referral Pending

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.