Tex. Agric. Code § 91.124 · Subchapter H. IRISH POTATO GRADES
PERMISSIBLE VARIATIONS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) In order to allow for variations incident to commercial grading and handling, any lot of potatoes may, as limited by this section, contain potatoes that do not meet the grade requirements for the lot's grade.
(b) In any lot of potatoes not more than three percent by weight may fail to meet the grade requirements other than size.
(c) In any lot of potatoes not more than five percent by weight may fail to meet the grade requirements for size.
(d) In any lot of potatoes not more than three percent by weight shall be allowed for shrinkage on all new potatoes grown in this state.
(e) A fair and reasonable estimate of the dirt that adheres to potatoes shall be made, and the weight of the dirt shall be deducted from the gross weight of the potatoes. The estimate may be made by removing and weighing the dirt from three or more samples weighing at least 50 pounds each.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1227, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.
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.91.htm
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