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Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
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AGRICULTURE CODE |
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Title 5. PRODUCTION, PROCESSING, AND SALE OF HORTICULTURAL PRODUCTS |
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Subtitle C. GRADING, PACKING, AND INSPECTING HORTICULTURAL PRODUCTS |
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Chapter 92. TOMATO STANDARDIZATION AND INSPECTION |
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Subchapter A. GENERAL |
Sec. 92.002. DEFINITIONS
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In this chapter:
(1) "Commercial quantity" means more than 500 pounds.
(2) "Cooperative agreement" means the agreement concerning shipping point inspection service having an October 1, 1931, effective date executed by the department and the United States Department of Agriculture, and all supplementary agreements executed by the department and Texas firms, corporations, or associations organized for that purpose.
(3) "Cooperative financing plan" means a system to finance and collect the expenses of inspection under a cooperative agreement.
(4) "Dealer" means a person who packs or delivers tomatoes in commercial quantities to a transporting agency for shipment.
(5) "Inspection certificate" means the joint federal-state inspection certificate under the cooperative agreement.
(6) "Inspector" means an employee of the department or the United States Department of Agriculture who is authorized to inspect or grade tomatoes or to certify tomatoes for shipment.
(7) "Person" means an individual, partnership, corporation, or association.