Sec. 436.033. CORRECTION BY PROPER LABELING  


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  • (a) A court may order the delivery of sampled, detained, or embargoed molluscan shellfish or crabmeat that is misbranded to the claimant for relabeling under the supervision of the director or an authorized agent if:

    (1) the court costs and other expenses have been paid;

    (2) proper labeling can correct the misbranding; and

    (3) the claimant executes a bond, conditioned on the correction of the misbranding by proper labeling.

    (b) The claimant shall pay the costs of the supervision.

    (c) The court shall order the return of the molluscan shellfish or crabmeat to the claimant if the director or an authorized agent represents to the court that the molluscan shellfish or crabmeat no longer violates this chapter and that the expenses of supervision are paid.

Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 336, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.