Tex. Agric. Code § 149.002 · Chapter 149. SALE OF HORSEMEAT FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION

SALE OR POSSESSION OF HORSEMEAT.

Verbatim from the official edition

Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

A person commits an offense if:

(1) the person sells, offers for sale, or exhibits for sale horsemeat as food for human consumption; or

(2) the person possesses horsemeat with the intent to sell the horsemeat as food for human consumption.

Notes and commentary — not statutory text

History

Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 16, Sec. 2.01(a), eff. Aug. 26, 1991.

Source of truth

Edition: Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
Official file: https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/AG/htm/AG.149.htm
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