Tex. Health & Safety Code § 436.071 · Subchapter E. MISBRANDING
MISBRANDED MOLLUSCAN SHELLFISH AND CRABMEAT.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
Molluscan shellfish or crabmeat is misbranded if:
(1) its labeling is false, misleading, or fails to conform with the requirements of Section 436.081;
(2) it is offered for sale under the name of another food;
(3) its container is made, formed, or filled so as to be misleading;
(4) a word, statement, or other information required by this chapter or a rule adopted under this chapter to appear on a label is not prominently and conspicuously placed on the label and is not likely to be read and understood by the ordinary individual under customary conditions of purchase and use; or
(5) it does not have a label containing:
(A) the name, address, and certification or license number of the processor;
(B) an accurate statement in a uniform location on the principal display panel of the quantity of the contents in terms of weight, measure, or numerical count; and
(C) a date as provided by department rules.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 336, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1109, 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.436.htm
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