2006 Code of Virginia § 3.1-382 - Sterilization of bottles and containers

3.1-382. Sterilization of bottles and containers.

All bottles, jugs, cans, barrels and containers used in the packing,bottling, storage, distribution and sale of nonalcoholic beverage and drinkproducts must be sterilized before using by one of the following methods:

(a) By sterilization with boiling water or live steam;

(b) By soaking in a hot caustic solution that shall contain not less thanthree per centum alkali, of which not less than sixty per centum is caustic,or its equivalent in cleansing or germicidal effectiveness as such solutionsare commonly used in the soaker-type washing and sterilizing equipment.

If during any period when the General Assembly is not in session otherequally efficient methods of sterilization shall be developed, theCommissioner is authorized to approve any such other efficient methods ofsterilization.

Any violation of the provisions of this section or failure to comply withsuch provisions shall be a misdemeanor and punishable as such.

(Code 1950, 3-302; 1966, c. 702.)