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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 94. CITRUS FRUIT MATURITY STANDARDS |
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Subchapter D. CITRUS FRUIT INSPECTION |
Sec. 94.031. INSPECTION
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(a) Grapefruit may not be transported, or prepared, received, or delivered for transportation or market, after July 31 and before December 2 each year unless the grapefruit has been inspected for maturity and approved by a citrus fruit inspector employed by or otherwise under the direction and supervision of the department or by a United States Department of Agriculture citrus fruit inspector and is accompanied by a maturity stamp.
(b) Early and midseason oranges may not be transported, or prepared, received, or delivered for transportation or market, after July 31 and before November 2 each year unless the oranges have been inspected for maturity and approved by a citrus fruit inspector employed by or otherwise under the direction and supervision of the department or by a United States Department of Agriculture citrus fruit inspector and are accompanied by a maturity stamp.
(c) A certificate of inspection and maturity issued under this section must identify the citrus fruit to which it relates.