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Virginia Administrative Code
Title 12. Health
Agency 5. Department of Health
Chapter 421. Food Regulations
3/9/2025

12VAC5-421-3966. Destroying or denaturing food.

The department may order the permit holder to bring food under a hold order into compliance with this chapter or to destroy or denature food if:

1. Following an informal fact-finding conference held pursuant to the Virginia Administrative Process Act (§ 2.2-4000 et seq. of the Code of Virginia), the department affirms the hold order; or

2. The permit holder fails to file an appeal within 10 calendar days of receipt of the hold order notice.

Statutory Authority

§§ 35.1-11 and 35.1-14 of the Code of Virginia.

Historical Notes

Derived from Virginia Register Volume 37, Issue 18, eff. June 10, 2021; amended, Virginia Register Volume 41, Issue 7, eff. January 2, 2025.

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