Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE |
Title 6. FOOD, DRUGS, ALCOHOL, AND HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES |
Subtitle A. FOOD AND DRUG HEALTH REGULATIONS |
Chapter 431. TEXAS FOOD, DRUG, AND COSMETIC ACT |
Subchapter C. ENFORCEMENT |
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.