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Policy Summary

This provision exempts people selling fresh farm products (among other exemptions) from a requirement that mobile peddlers, vendors, and canvassers obtain a permit to operate within the town.

Background Information

State Virginia
Jurisdiction Name Abingdon
Jurisdiction Type Town/Township,
Population Size 5,000-50,000
Legal Strategies
  • Creates an exemption
Reach Community-wide
Food System Category Distribute; Get;
Evidence for Health

This policy may correspond to diet-related strategies identified by the County Health Rankings’ What Works for Health tool, including:

For research on the potential effectiveness, please review the category links above.

We understand that this information is not comprehensive. It also does not include other important forms of evidence such as community members’ lived experiences and practice-based evidence.

Policy Details

Refers to priority populations?
No

Emergency management?
No
Health-related linkage?
Yes

Refers to supervision of food sales by health officer to ensure sales are occuring in a healthy environment. See sec. 18-132(a)(6) and (a)(6)(e ) specifically.

Environmental linkage?
No

Economic linkage?
No

Includes findings?
No

Has a stated intent or purpose?
No

Includes definitions?
Yes

Sec. 18-131

Addresses implementation?
Yes

States that the health officer should collect notice of when and where food concessionaires will sell food, provide information and assistance, and conduct inspections. Sec. 18-132(a)(6).

Enforcement provisions?
Yes

Violations of any provision can be a Class I Misdemeanor. Sec. 18-142.

Evaluation component?
No

Requires extra investment?
No

Code context and ordinance history

Part II (Code); Chapter 18 (Businesses); Article VI (Peddlers, Vendors and Canvassers). Ordinances: Ord. No. 2-2006, 2-6-06; Ord. of 10-1-12.

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