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Tex. Health & Safety Code § 433.025

INSPECTION OF MEAT FOOD PRODUCTS

Known as the Texas Meat and Poultry Inspection Act

The act spans §§ 433–433 (64 sections).

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

(a) To prevent the use in intrastate commerce of adulterated meat food products, the department shall examine and inspect all meat food products prepared in a processing establishment solely for intrastate commerce. To make the examination and inspection, an inspector shall be given access at all times to each part of the establishment, regardless of whether the establishment is being operated.

(b) The inspector shall mark, stamp, tag, or label products found unadulterated as "Texas inspected and passed" and those found adulterated as "Texas inspected and condemned."

(c) The establishment shall, in the manner provided for condemned livestock or carcasses, destroy for food purposes each condemned meat food product. If the establishment does not destroy a condemned meat food product, the department may remove inspectors from the establishment.

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