Tex. Health & Safety Code § 445.001 · Chapter 445. MANUFACTURE, DISTRIBUTION, AND SALE OF KRATOM PRODUCTS
DEFINITIONS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
In this chapter:
(1) "Food" has the meaning assigned by Section 431.002.
(2) "Kratom" means any part of the leaf of the plant Mitragyna speciosa.
(3) "Kratom processor" means a person who:
(A) manufactures, prepares, distributes, or maintains kratom products for sale;
(B) advertises, represents, or holds oneself out as a manufacturer, preparer, or seller of kratom products;
(C) is responsible for ensuring the purity and proper labeling of kratom products; or
(D) packages or labels kratom products.
(4) "Kratom product" means a food, including an extract, capsule, or pill, containing any form of kratom.
(5) "Kratom retailer" means a kratom processor who sells kratom products to consumers or who advertises, represents, or holds oneself out as a person who sells kratom products to consumers.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 2 (S.B. 497), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2023.
Redesignated from Health and Safety Code, Chapter 444 by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 204 (H.B. 1620), Sec. 22.001(22), eff. September 1, 2025.
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