{"id":165,"date":"2016-05-03T14:39:33","date_gmt":"2016-05-03T14:39:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/environmental-health\/?page_id=165"},"modified":"2023-01-03T09:30:42","modified_gmt":"2023-01-03T14:30:42","slug":"food-regulations","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/environmental-health\/food-safety-in-virginia\/food-regulations\/","title":{"rendered":"Food Regulations"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center\">\u00a0Virginia Food Regulations <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2441 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2016\/05\/Reg-graphic-290x300.png\" alt=\"Regulation words\" width=\"217\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2016\/05\/Reg-graphic-290x300.png 290w, https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2016\/05\/Reg-graphic.png 471w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 217px) 100vw, 217px\" \/><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><em>Effective June 24, 2021 <\/em>the <a href=\"https:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/admincode\/title12\/agency5\/chapter421\/\">Virginia Food Regulations<\/a> \u00a0were amended to be consistent with the current 2017 Food and Drug Administration\u2019s (FDA) Food Code. Many of the changes simply refine and provide further clarity to our existing regulations.<\/p>\n<p>The VDH changes are adopted concurrently with the <strong>Virginia Department of Agriculture and <\/strong><strong>Consumer Services\u2019 (VDACS)<\/strong> adoption of the current <strong>2017 FDA Food Code.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>To find a list of the most up-to-date Guidance Documents, please see the <a href=\"http:\/\/townhall.virginia.gov\/L\/GDocs.cfm?boardid=58\">Virginia Regulatory Townhall website<\/a> All Food and General Environmental Services guidance documents can be found in the &#8220;ENV&#8221; section. Guidance documents contain further explanation of a regulatory process or define a standard put in place by the Office of Environmental Health Services.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0Virginia Food Regulations Effective June 24, 2021 the Virginia Food Regulations \u00a0were amended to be consistent with the current 2017 Food and Drug Administration\u2019s (FDA) Food Code. Many of the changes simply refine and provide further clarity to our existing regulations. 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