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It has been modified 2 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1966, chapter 702; in 2008, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?081+ful+CHAP0860\">860<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1422493,"object_type":"law","relational_id":357521,"identifier":"3.2-3211","token":"3.2\/III\/32\/3.2-3211","url":"\/3.2-3211\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-3211\/","token":"3.2\/III\/32\/3.2-3211","dublin_core":{"Title":"Right of entry and inspection; publication of information","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-3211","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Any <span class=\"dictionary\">Commission<\/span> employee designated for the purpose, shall have access to, and may enter at all reasonable hours, all places where <span class=\"dictionary\">milk<\/span> is stored, bottled, or manufactured into food products and any designated employee shall have the power to inspect <span class=\"dictionary\">books and records<\/span> in any place within the Commonwealth for the purpose of ascertaining <span class=\"dictionary\">facts<\/span> to enable the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commission<\/span> to administer this chapter. 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The Commission may combine such\ninformation for any market and make it public.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 3-361; 1966, c. 702, \u00a7 3.1-440; 2008, c. 860.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}