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TX Health & Safety Code § 431.415 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 6 - Food, Drugs, Alcohol, and Hazardous Substances|Subtitle A - Food and Drug Health Regulations|Chapter 431 - Texas Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act|Subchapter N. Wholesale Distributors of Prescription Drugs|Section 431.415. Order to Cease Distribution

Sec. 431.415.  ORDER TO CEASE DISTRIBUTION.  (a)  The department shall issue an order requiring a person, including a manufacturer, distributor, or retailer of a prescription drug, to immediately cease distribution of the drug if the department determines there is a reasonable probability that:(1)  a wholesale distributor has:(A)  violated this subchapter;(B)  falsified a pedigree; or(C)  sold, distributed, transferred, manufactured, repackaged, handled, or held a counterfeit prescription drug intended for human use that could cause serious adverse health consequences or death; and(2)  other procedures would result in unreasonable delay.(b)  An order under Subsection (a) must provide the person subject to the order with an opportunity for an informal hearing on the actions required by the order to be held not later than the 10th day after the date of issuance of the order.(c)  If, after providing an opportunity for a hearing, the department determines that inadequate grounds exist to support the actions required by the order, the commissioner shall vacate the order.|Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 282 (H.B. 164), Sec. 3(g), eff. March 1, 2006.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1012, eff. April 2, 2015.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 433.001 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 6 - Food, Drugs, Alcohol, and Hazardous Substances|Subtitle A - Food and Drug Health Regulations|Chapter 433 - Texas Meat and Poultry Inspection Act|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 433.001. Short Title

Sec. 433.001.  SHORT TITLE.  This chapter may be cited as the Texas Meat and Poultry Inspection Act.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 433.002 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 6 - Food, Drugs, Alcohol, and Hazardous Substances|Subtitle A - Food and Drug Health Regulations|Chapter 433 - Texas Meat and Poultry Inspection Act|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 433.002. Policy

Sec. 433.002.  POLICY.  (a)  Meat and meat food products are an important source of the nation's total food supply.  It is essential in the public interest that the health and welfare of consumers be protected by assuring that meat and meat food products distributed to them are wholesome, unadulterated, and properly marked, labeled, and packaged.  Unwholesome, adulterated, or misbranded meat or meat food products:(1)  injure the public welfare; (2)  destroy markets for wholesome, unadulterated, and properly labeled and packaged meat and meat food products; (3)  cause losses to livestock producers and processors of meat and meat food products; (4)  cause injury to consumers;  and(5)  can be sold at lower prices and compete unfairly with wholesome, unadulterated, and properly labeled and packaged articles, to the detriment of consumers and the public.(b)  Regulation by the department and cooperation by this state and the United States as provided by this chapter are appropriate to protect the health and welfare of consumers and otherwise accomplish the purposes of this chapter.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1024, eff. April 2, 2015.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 433.004 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 6 - Food, Drugs, Alcohol, and Hazardous Substances|Subtitle A - Food and Drug Health Regulations|Chapter 433 - Texas Meat and Poultry Inspection Act|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 433.004. Adulteration

Sec. 433.004.  ADULTERATION.  A carcass, part of a carcass, meat, or a meat food product is adulterated if:(1)  it bears or contains a poisonous or deleterious substance that may render it injurious to health unless:(A)  the substance is not an added substance; and(B)  the quantity of the substance in or on the article does not ordinarily render it injurious to health;(2)  it bears or contains, because of administration of a substance to a live animal or otherwise, an added poisonous or deleterious substance that the department has reason to believe makes the article unfit for human food, other than a:(A)  pesticide chemical in or on a raw agricultural commodity;(B)  food additive; or(C)  color additive;(3)  any part of it is a raw agricultural commodity that bears or contains a pesticide chemical that is unsafe under Section 408, Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. Section 346a);(4)  it bears or contains a food additive that is unsafe under Section 409, Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. Section 348) or a color additive that is unsafe for purposes of Section 721 of that Act (21 U.S.C. Section 379e);(5)  it is not adulterated under Subdivision (3) or (4), but use of the pesticide chemical, food additive, or color additive that the article bears or contains is prohibited by department rule in establishments at which inspection is maintained under Subchapter B;(6)  any part of it consists of a filthy, putrid, or decomposed substance or is for another reason unsound, unhealthy, unwholesome, or otherwise unfit for human food;(7)  it is prepared, packed, or held under unsanitary conditions that may have caused it to become contaminated with filth or rendered injurious to health;(8)  any part of it is the product of an animal, including an exotic animal, that has died in a manner other than slaughter;(9)  any part of its container is composed of a poisonous or deleterious substance that may render the contents injurious to health;(10)  it is intentionally subjected to radiation, unless the use of the radiation is in conformity with a regulation or exemption under Section 409, Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. Section 348);(11)  any part of a valuable constituent is omitted or abstracted from it, or a substance is substituted for all or part of it;(12)  damage or inferiority is concealed;(13)  a substance has been added to or mixed or packed with it in a manner that:(A)  increases its bulk or weight;(B)  reduces its quality or strength; or(C)  makes it appear better or of greater value than it is; or(14)  it is margarine containing animal fat and any part of the raw material used in it consists of a filthy, putrid, or decomposed substance.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1026, eff. April 2, 2015.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 433.006 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 6 - Food, Drugs, Alcohol, and Hazardous Substances|Subtitle A - Food and Drug Health Regulations|Chapter 433 - Texas Meat and Poultry Inspection Act|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 433.006. Exemption for Personal Use or Donation to Nonprofit Food Bank

Sec. 433.006.  EXEMPTION FOR PERSONAL USE OR DONATION TO NONPROFIT FOOD BANK.  (a)  The provisions of this chapter requiring inspection of the slaughter of livestock and the preparation of carcasses, parts of carcasses, meat, and meat food products at establishments conducting those operations do not apply to the slaughtering of livestock or the preparation and transportation in intrastate commerce of those articles if:(1)  the articles are:(A)  livestock exclusively for personal use by the owner of the livestock, a member of the owner's family, or a nonpaying guest of the owner; or(B)  exotic animals exclusively for donation by a hunter to a nonprofit food bank, as defined by Section 418.026(a), Government Code;(2)  the slaughter or preparation is conducted at the owner's premises, the premises where the hunter killed the exotic animal, or at a processing establishment; and(3)  the transportation is limited to moving the carcasses, parts of carcasses, meat, and meat food products to and from:(A)  the owner's premises and a processing establishment; or(B)  the premises where the hunter killed the exotic animal, the processing establishment, and the nonprofit food bank.(b)  The adulteration and misbranding provisions of this chapter, other than the requirement of an inspection legend, apply to articles prepared by a processing establishment under Subsection (a).(c)  This section does not grant a personal use exemption to an owner who intends to give carcasses, parts of carcasses, meat, or meat food products to any person other than a person listed in Subsection (a)(1).(d)  An article described by Subsection (a)(1)(B) may not be combined with:(1)  a meat food product regulated under the Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. Section 601 et seq.); or(2)  a poultry product regulated under the federal Poultry Products Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. Section 451 et seq.).|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.  Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 539, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.Amended by: Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 338 (H.B. 2213), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2021.Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 338 (H.B. 2213), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2021.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 433.007 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 6 - Food, Drugs, Alcohol, and Hazardous Substances|Subtitle A - Food and Drug Health Regulations|Chapter 433 - Texas Meat and Poultry Inspection Act|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 433.007. Construction With Other Law

Sec. 433.007.  CONSTRUCTION WITH OTHER LAW.  (a)  This chapter prevails over any other law, including Chapter 431 (Texas Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act), to the extent of any conflict.(b)  This chapter applies to a person, establishment, animal, or article regulated under the Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. Section 601 et seq.) or the Federal Poultry Products Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. Section 451 et seq.).|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.  Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 539, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 433.008 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 6 - Food, Drugs, Alcohol, and Hazardous Substances|Subtitle A - Food and Drug Health Regulations|Chapter 433 - Texas Meat and Poultry Inspection Act|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 433.008. Rules

Sec. 433.008.  RULES.  (a)  The executive commissioner shall adopt rules necessary for the efficient execution of this chapter.(b)  The executive commissioner shall adopt and use federal rules, regulations, and procedures for meat and poultry inspection, as applicable.(c)  The executive commissioner may adopt rules requiring a processing establishment that processes livestock under Section 433.006(a)(2) to obtain a grant of custom exemption for that activity.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.  Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 539, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1028, eff. April 2, 2015.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 433.009 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 6 - Food, Drugs, Alcohol, and Hazardous Substances|Subtitle A - Food and Drug Health Regulations|Chapter 433 - Texas Meat and Poultry Inspection Act|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 433.009. Fees

Sec. 433.009.  FEES.  The department may collect fees for overtime and special services rendered to establishments, and may collect a fee for services required to be performed under this chapter relating to the inspection of animals, birds, or products that are not regulated under the Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. Section 601 et seq.) or the Federal Poultry Products Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. Section 451 et seq.).  The executive commissioner by rule shall set the inspection fee in an amount sufficient to recover the department's costs of providing those services.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1029, eff. April 2, 2015.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 433.021 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 6 - Food, Drugs, Alcohol, and Hazardous Substances|Subtitle A - Food and Drug Health Regulations|Chapter 433 - Texas Meat and Poultry Inspection Act|Subchapter B. Inspection and Other Regulation|Section 433.021. Inspection Before Slaughter

Sec. 433.021.  INSPECTION BEFORE SLAUGHTER.  (a)  To prevent the use in intrastate commerce of adulterated meat and meat food products, the department shall examine and inspect each livestock animal before it is allowed to enter a processing establishment in this state in which slaughtering and preparation of meat and meat food products of livestock are conducted solely for intrastate commerce.(b)  Any livestock animal found on inspection to show symptoms of disease shall be set apart and slaughtered separately from other livestock.  The carcass of the animal shall be carefully examined and inspected as provided by department rule.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1030, eff. April 2, 2015.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 433.022 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 6 - Food, Drugs, Alcohol, and Hazardous Substances|Subtitle A - Food and Drug Health Regulations|Chapter 433 - Texas Meat and Poultry Inspection Act|Subchapter B. Inspection and Other Regulation|Section 433.022. Inspection of Carcasses

Sec. 433.022.  INSPECTION OF CARCASSES.  (a)  To prevent the use in intrastate commerce of adulterated meat and meat food products, the department shall inspect each livestock carcass or part of a carcass capable of use as human food that is to be prepared at a processing establishment in this state in which those articles are prepared solely for intrastate commerce.  If a carcass or part of a carcass is brought into the processing establishment, the inspection shall be made before a carcass or part of a carcass is allowed to enter a department in which it is to be treated and prepared for meat food products.  The department shall also inspect products that have left a processing establishment and are returned to a processing establishment in which inspection is maintained.(b)  The inspector shall mark, stamp, tag, or label a carcass or part of a carcass found on inspection to be unadulterated as "inspected and passed," and one found adulterated as "inspected and condemned."(c)  If an inspector considers a subsequent inspection necessary, the inspector may reinspect any carcass or part of a carcass and condemn it if it has become adulterated.(d)  The processing establishment, in the presence of an inspector, shall destroy for food purposes each condemned carcass or part of a carcass.  If the establishment fails to destroy a condemned carcass or part of a carcass, the department may remove the inspectors from the establishment.(e)  The executive commissioner may adopt rules that limit the entry of carcasses, parts of carcasses, meat, or meat food products into an establishment in which inspection under this chapter is maintained to assure that entry of the article into the establishment is consistent with the purposes of this chapter.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1031, eff. April 2, 2015.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 433.023 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 6 - Food, Drugs, Alcohol, and Hazardous Substances|Subtitle A - Food and Drug Health Regulations|Chapter 433 - Texas Meat and Poultry Inspection Act|Subchapter B. Inspection and Other Regulation|Section 433.023. Investigation of Disease Findings; Quarantine

Sec. 433.023.  INVESTIGATION OF DISEASE FINDINGS;  QUARANTINE.  (a)  The department may investigate a disease finding by a livestock inspector if the department determines that the investigation is in the best interest of public health.(b)  If a disease adverse to the public health is found under this chapter, the commissioner may quarantine the premises where an animal is located that is afflicted with any stage of a disease that may be transmitted to man or other animals.  A quarantined animal may be removed from a quarantined area only on permission from and under supervision by the commissioner.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1032, eff. April 2, 2015.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 433.024 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 6 - Food, Drugs, Alcohol, and Hazardous Substances|Subtitle A - Food and Drug Health Regulations|Chapter 433 - Texas Meat and Poultry Inspection Act|Subchapter B. Inspection and Other Regulation|Section 433.024. Inspection of Processing and Slaughtering Establishments

Sec. 433.024.  INSPECTION OF PROCESSING AND SLAUGHTERING ESTABLISHMENTS.  (a)  The department shall inspect each processing establishment in which livestock is slaughtered and meat and meat food products of the livestock are prepared solely for intrastate commerce as necessary to obtain information about the establishment's sanitary conditions.(b)  The department shall inspect each slaughtering establishment whose primary business is the selling of livestock to be slaughtered by the purchaser on premises owned or operated by the seller.  This subsection does not nullify the provisions in Section 433.006 relating to exemptions.(c)  The executive commissioner shall adopt rules governing sanitation maintenance in processing and slaughtering establishments as defined by this section.(d)  If sanitary conditions of a processing establishment render meat or meat food products adulterated, the department shall prohibit the meat or meat food products from being labeled, marked, stamped, or tagged as "Texas inspected and passed."|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.  Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 308, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1033, eff. April 2, 2015.Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 338 (H.B. 2213), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2021.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 433.0245 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 6 - Food, Drugs, Alcohol, and Hazardous Substances|Subtitle A - Food and Drug Health Regulations|Chapter 433 - Texas Meat and Poultry Inspection Act|Subchapter B. Inspection and Other Regulation|Section 433.0245. Requirements for Certain Low-Volume Livestock Processing Establishments

Sec. 433.0245.  REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN LOW-VOLUME LIVESTOCK PROCESSING ESTABLISHMENTS.  (a)  Except as provided by this section, the inspection and regulatory provisions of this chapter do not apply to a low-volume livestock processing establishment that is exempt from federal inspection.(a-1)  For purposes of this section, a low-volume livestock processing establishment:(1)  includes an establishment that processes fewer than 10,000 domestic rabbits or more than 1,000 but fewer than 10,000 poultry in a calendar year; and(2)  does not include an establishment that processes 1,000 or fewer poultry raised by the operator of the establishment in a calendar year.(b)  Except as provided by Subsections (e) and (f), a low-volume livestock processing establishment that is exempt from federal inspection shall register with the department in accordance with rules adopted by the executive commissioner for registration.(c)  Except as provided by Subsections (e) and (f), a low-volume livestock processing establishment that is exempt from federal inspection shall develop a sanitary operation procedures plan.(d)  Except as provided by Subsection (f), if contaminated livestock can be reasonably traced to a low-volume livestock processing establishment that is exempt from federal inspection, the department may request the attorney general or the district or county attorney in the jurisdiction where the facility is located to institute a civil suit to enjoin the operation of the establishment until the department determines that the establishment has been sanitized and is operating safely.(e)  A low-volume livestock processing establishment that is exempt from federal inspection and processes fewer than 500 domestic rabbits in a calendar year is not required to comply with Subsection (b) or (c).(f)  An establishment described by Subsection (a-1)(2):(1)  is not subject to additional state regulation; and(2)  may sell poultry products directly to consumers.|Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 730, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1034, eff. April 2, 2015.Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1032 (H.B. 410), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2019.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 433.025 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 6 - Food, Drugs, Alcohol, and Hazardous Substances|Subtitle A - Food and Drug Health Regulations|Chapter 433 - Texas Meat and Poultry Inspection Act|Subchapter B. Inspection and Other Regulation|Section 433.025. Inspection of Meat Food Products

Sec. 433.025.  INSPECTION OF MEAT FOOD PRODUCTS.  (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.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1035, eff. April 2, 2015.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 433.026 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 6 - Food, Drugs, Alcohol, and Hazardous Substances|Subtitle A - Food and Drug Health Regulations|Chapter 433 - Texas Meat and Poultry Inspection Act|Subchapter B. Inspection and Other Regulation|Section 433.026. Night Inspection; Hours of Operation

Sec. 433.026.  NIGHT INSPECTION;  HOURS OF OPERATION.  (a)  The department shall provide for inspection at night of livestock slaughtered at night and food products prepared at night for the purposes of intrastate commerce.(b)  If the department determines that a person's operating hours are capricious or unnecessarily difficult, the department may set the person's time and duration of operation.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1036, eff. April 2, 2015.|