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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the regulation of meat and other food products. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 433.003, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended by adding Subdivisions (1-a), (2-a), (10-a), (11-a), |
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(19-a), (23-a), and (26) to read as follows: |
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(1-a) "Beef" means any edible portion of a formerly |
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live and whole cattle carcass, not derived by synthetic or |
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artificial means. |
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(2-a) "Chicken" means any edible portion of a formerly |
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live and whole chicken carcass, not derived by synthetic or |
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artificial means. |
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(10-a) "Lamb" means any edible portion of a formerly |
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live and whole lamb carcass, not derived by synthetic or artificial |
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means. |
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(11-a) "Meat" means any edible portion of a livestock |
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carcass that does not contain lab-grown, cell cultured, insect, or |
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plant-based products. |
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(19-a) "Pork" means any edible portion of a formerly |
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live and whole swine carcass, not derived by synthetic or |
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artificial means. |
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(23-a) "Rabbit" means any edible portion of a formerly |
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live and whole rabbit, not derived by synthetic or artificial |
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means. |
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(26) "Turkey" means any edible portion of a formerly |
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live and whole turkey carcass, not derived by synthetic or |
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artificial means. |
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SECTION 2. Section 433.005, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended by adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: |
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(a-1) A food product is misbranded if: |
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(1) the food product is misrepresented as harvested |
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meat through the use of false or misleading advertising or |
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labeling; or |
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(2) any part of the food product's labeling includes |
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the terms "meat," "beef," "chicken," "pork," "turkey," "lamb," |
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"rabbit," or any common variation of those terms and the product |
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does not contain the product described by the term listed on the |
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label. |
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SECTION 3. Section 433.0245, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended by adding Subsections (a-1), (e), and (f) and amending |
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Subsections (b), (c), and (d) to read as follows: |
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(a-1) For purposes of this section, a low-volume livestock |
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processing establishment: |
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(1) includes an establishment that processes fewer |
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than 10,000 domestic rabbits or more than 1,000 but fewer than |
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10,000 poultry in a calendar year; and |
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(2) does not include an establishment that processes |
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1,000 or fewer poultry raised by the operator of the establishment |
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in a calendar year. |
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(b) Except as provided by Subsections (e) and (f), a [A] |
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low-volume livestock processing establishment that is exempt from |
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federal inspection shall register with the department in accordance |
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with rules adopted by the executive commissioner for registration. |
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(c) Except as provided by Subsections (e) and (f), a [A] |
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low-volume livestock processing establishment that is exempt from |
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federal inspection shall develop a sanitary operation procedures |
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plan. |
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(d) Except as provided by Subsection (f), if [If] |
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contaminated livestock can be reasonably traced to a low-volume |
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livestock processing establishment that is exempt from federal |
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inspection, the department may request the attorney general or the |
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district or county attorney in the jurisdiction where the facility |
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is located to institute a civil suit to enjoin the operation of the |
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establishment until the department determines that the |
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establishment has been sanitized and is operating safely. |
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(e) A low-volume livestock processing establishment that is |
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exempt from federal inspection and processes fewer than 500 |
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domestic rabbits in a calendar year is not required to comply with |
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Subsection (b) or (c). |
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(f) An establishment described by Subsection (a-1)(2): |
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(1) is not subject to additional state regulation; and |
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(2) may sell poultry products directly to: |
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(A) consumers; and |
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(B) restaurants that provide food for immediate |
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human consumption. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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