Texas § HS.433.024 - INSPECTION OF PROCESSING AND SLAUGHTERING ESTABLISHMENTS
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§ HS.433.024. INSPECTION OF PROCESSING AND SLAUGHTERING ESTABLISHMENTS
INSPECTION OF PROCESSING AND SLAUGHTERING ESTABLISHMENTS. (a) The department shall inspect each processing establishment in which livestock is slaughtered and meat and meat food products of the livestock are prepared solely for intrastate commerce as necessary to obtain information about the establishment's sanitary conditions. (b) The department shall inspect each slaughtering establishment whose primary business is the selling of livestock to be slaughtered by the purchaser on premises owned or operated by the seller. This subsection does not nullify the provisions in Section 433.006 relating to exemptions or Section 433.0065 relating to an animal share exemption. (c) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules governing sanitation maintenance in processing and slaughtering establishments as defined by this section. (d) If sanitary conditions of a processing establishment render meat or meat food products adulterated, the department shall prohibit the meat or meat food products from being labeled, marked, stamped, or tagged as "Texas inspected and passed." Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 308, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1993. Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219 ), Sec. 3.1033, eff. April 2, 2015. Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 338 (H.B. 2213 ), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2021. Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1137 (S.B. 691 ), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2023.
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