Tex. Health & Safety Code § 433.044 · Subchapter C. LABELING AND OTHER STANDARDS
ORDER TO CEASE FALSE OR MISLEADING PRACTICE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) If the department has reason to believe that a marking or labeling or the size or form of a container in use or proposed for use in relation to an article subject to this subchapter is false or misleading, the department may prohibit the use until the marking, labeling, or container is modified in the manner the department prescribes to prevent it from being false or misleading.
(b) The person using or proposing to use the marking, labeling, or container may request a hearing. The department may prohibit the use pending a final determination by the department.
(c) A hearing and any appeal under this section are governed by the department's rules for a contested case hearing and Chapter 2001, Government Code.
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. 3.1049, eff. April 2, 2015.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.433.htm
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