Sec. 431.053. CONDEMNATION OF PERISHABLE ARTICLES  


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  • (a) The commissioner or an authorized agent shall immediately condemn or render by any means unsalable as human food an article that is a nuisance under Subsection (b) and that the commissioner or authorized agent finds in any room, building, or other structure or in a vehicle.

    (b) Any meat, seafood, poultry, vegetable, fruit, or other perishable article is a nuisance if it:

    (1) is unsound;

    (2) contains a filthy, decomposed, or putrid substance; or

    (3) may be poisonous or deleterious to health or otherwise unsafe.

Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.