Tex. Agric. Code § 132.082 · Subchapter F. PENALTIES
SELLING INEDIBLE EGGS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A person commits an offense if the person sells, in bulk or in containers, eggs that are not denatured and are inedible for any reason, including eggs that are:
(1) leakers;
(2) affected by black, white, or mixed rot;
(3) addled;
(4) incubated; or
(5) contaminated by a blood ring or an embryo chick at or beyond the blood-ring stage.
(b) It is an exception to the application of this section that:
(1) the inedible eggs do not exceed five percent by count of the eggs sold; and
(2) the eggs are sold to:
(A) a dealer for candling and grading; or
(B) a breaking plant for breaking purposes.
(c) An offense under this section is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than $50 nor more than $1,000.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1320, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/AG/htm/AG.132.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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