Tex. Agric. Code § 18.051 · Subchapter B. AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT STANDARDS
PRODUCT CERTIFICATION PROGRAMS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The department may establish certification programs relating to the protection, sale, advertising, marketing, transporting, or other commercial handling of agricultural, horticultural, or related products in this state if the department determines that a certification program is warranted to:
(1) ensure genetic purity, identity, or disease or pest resistance; or
(2) help prevent the spread of insects, other pests, diseases, or pathogens.
(b) The department may regulate the use of the term "Texas Certified Product," other terms that indicate product quality standards, and symbols connected with those terms as used with a product regulated under this subchapter.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 425, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/AG/htm/AG.18.htm
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