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HOUSE BILL NO. 2043 Offered January 10, 2007 Prefiled January 8, 2007 A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 3.1-396.2, relating to labeling of crabmeat; penalty. ---------- Patrons-- Hamilton, Oder and Rapp ---------- Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 3.1-396.2 as follows:

§ 3.1-396.2. Labeling of crab meat; penalty.

It is unlawful for a processor of hand-picked crabmeat to offer for commercial sale any hand-picked crabmeat in a container that does not include on its label the date the crabmeat was processed and packed. Any processor violating the provisions of this section is guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor.