This report is made pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution No. 71 of the 197 4 Session of the General Assembly of Virginia.

The Virginia Advisory Legislative Council appointed Delegate Edward E. Lane of Richmond to chair the Committee to conduct the study directed by Senate Joint Resolution No. 71. With the approval of the Council, Mr. Lane appointed the following persons to serve as members of his Committee: Senator George S. Aldhizer, II, of Broadway; Senator Charles Waddell of Fairfax; Delegate Howard H. Carwile of Richmond; Delegate Evelyn M. Hailey of Norfolk; Delegate W. Ward Teel of Christiansburg; Fleetwood M. Frias of Norfolk; James R. Gregory of Richmond; John Pattillo of Richmond; Glenn Shoemaker of Alexandria; George Shuflat of Virginia Beach; and Steven Yates of Norfolk.

The Committee held its organizational meeting in the spring of this year. It held one public hearing to receive the comments of interested persons on the restaurant inspection laws of the Commonwealth. The Committee met on a monthly basis to consider the subjects under study and to prepare this final report.

The Council would like to acknowledge the assistance given by the Virginia Restaurant Association, the Food Service Division of the Food and Drug Administration of the United States Department of Health, Education and Welfare, and the State Department of Health. The Council offers a special thanks to Mr. J. W. Moschler and Dr. Robert Jackson of the State Department of Health and Dr. Fred J. Spencer of the Medical College of Virginia for their time and thought in assisting the Committee in its deliberations.