2014 Virginia Code
Title 3.2 - Agriculture, Animal Care, and Food
§ 3.2-5135. Authority to seize food and dairy products; analysis; disposition of remainder

A. The Commissioner is authorized at all times to seize and take possession of any and all food and dairy products, substitutes, or imitations kept for sale, exposed for sale, or held in possession or under the control of any person that in the opinion of the Commissioner are believed to be in violation of any provision of law.

B. When the Commissioner seizes any goods pursuant to subsection A, he shall take a sample from the goods for the purpose of analysis, box and seal the remainder, and leave the remainder in the possession of the person from whom they were seized, subject to the determined disposition.

C. Any person making a seizure under this section shall forward the sample taken to the Division of Consolidated Laboratory Services. The Division of Consolidated Laboratory Services shall turn over the sample to a qualified analyst who shall certify the results of the analysis. Their certificate shall be prima facie evidence of the facts certified to, in an appropriate court where the sample may be offered in evidence.

Code 1950, §§ 3-329 to 3-331; 1966, c. 702, §§ 3.1-408 to 3.1-410; 1978, c. 702; 2008, c. 860.