Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 96.002 · Chapter 96. FALSE DISPARAGEMENT OF PERISHABLE FOOD PRODUCTS
LIABILITY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A person is liable as provided by Subsection (b) if:
(1) the person disseminates in any manner information relating to a perishable food product to the public;
(2) the person knows the information is false; and
(3) the information states or implies that the perishable food product is not safe for consumption by the public.
(b) A person who is liable under Subsection (a) is liable to the producer of the perishable food product for damages and any other appropriate relief arising from the person's dissemination of the information.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 80, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CP/htm/CP.96.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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