3.2-5200 - Duty of Commissioner to foster dairy industry. - Virginia Statutes

§ 3.2-5200. Duty of Commissioner to foster dairy industry.

It shall be the duty of the Commissioner to foster and encourage the dairyindustry of the Commonwealth, and for that purpose he shall investigate thegeneral conditions of the creameries, cheese factories, condensed milkfactories, skimming stations, milk stations, and farm dairies in theCommonwealth, with full power to enter upon any premises for suchinvestigation, with the object in view of improving the quality and creatingand maintaining uniformity of the dairy products of the Commonwealth. Shouldit become necessary in the judgment of the Commissioner, he may causeinstruction to be given in any facility or in any locality of theCommonwealth, in order to promote the proper feeding and care of cows, or thepractical operation of any plant producing dairy products, and in order toprocure such a uniform and standard quality of dairy products in theCommonwealth.

(Code 1950, § 3-341; 1966, c. 702, § 3.1-420; 2008, c. 860.)