Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 17.881 · Subchapter I. LABELING, ADVERTISING, AND SALE OF HALAL FOODS
DEFINITIONS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
In this subchapter:
(1) "Halal," as applied to food, means food prepared and served in conformity with Islamic religious requirements according to a recognized Islamic authority.
(2) "Label" means a display of written, printed, or graphic matter on the immediate article or container of any food product.
(3) "Person" includes an individual, corporation, or association.
(4) "Restaurant" means a place where food is sold for on-premises consumption.
(5) "Retail store" means a retail grocery store, delicatessen, butcher shop, or other place where food is sold for off-premises consumption.
(6) "Sell" means to offer for sale, expose for sale, have in possession for sale, convey, exchange, barter, or trade.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1013, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/BC/htm/BC.17.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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