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Tex. Health & Safety Code § 431.053

CONDEMNATION OF PERISHABLE ARTICLES

Known as the Texas Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act

The act spans §§ 431–431 (124 sections).

Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff

(a) The department shall immediately condemn or render by any means unsalable as human food an article that is a nuisance under Subsection (b) and that the department finds in any room, building, or other structure or in a vehicle.

(b) Any meat, seafood, poultry, vegetable, fruit, or other perishable article is a nuisance if it:

(1) is unsound;

(2) contains a filthy, decomposed, or putrid substance; or

(3) may be poisonous or deleterious to health or otherwise unsafe.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.