Tex. Health & Safety Code § 144.029 · Subchapter C. OPERATING PROCEDURES
SANITARY CONDITIONS REQUIRED.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The premises of a rendering establishment shall be kept clean and neat, in good repair, and reasonably free from:
(1) undue collection of refuse;
(2) waste materials;
(3) rodent infestation;
(4) insect breeding places;
(5) standing water; and
(6) other objectionable conditions.
(b) Equipment and utensils shall be provided as necessary for the rendering establishment to conduct operations in a sanitary manner.
(c) Rodents, roaches, and other vermin shall be controlled.
(d) Hide storage facilities shall be in closed areas separate from all other areas.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.144.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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