A person, at an establishment preparing articles only for intrastate commerce, may not slaughter a livestock animal or prepare a carcass, part of a carcass, meat, or a meat food product of a livestock animal, capable of use as human food, except in compliance with this chapter.
Tex. Health & Safety Code § 433.051
SLAUGHTER OR PREPARATION NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH CHAPTER
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
Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.