Tex. Health & Safety Code § 431.053 · Subchapter C. ENFORCEMENT
CONDEMNATION OF PERISHABLE ARTICLES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The department shall immediately condemn or render by any means unsalable as human food an article that is a nuisance under Subsection (b) and that the department finds in any room, building, or other structure or in a vehicle.
(b) Any meat, seafood, poultry, vegetable, fruit, or other perishable article is a nuisance if it:
(1) is unsound;
(2) contains a filthy, decomposed, or putrid substance; or
(3) may be poisonous or deleterious to health or otherwise unsafe.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0954, eff. April 2, 2015.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.431.htm
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- Composed by
- 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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