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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the regulation of certain low-volume poultry processing |
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establishments. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 433.0245, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended by adding Subsections (e) and (f) to read as follows: |
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(e) For the purposes of this section, a low-volume livestock |
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processing establishment: |
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(1) includes a poultry processing establishment that |
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processes more than 1,000 but not more than 20,000 poultry raised by |
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the operator of the establishment in a calendar year; and |
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(2) does not include a poultry processing |
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establishment that processes 1,000 or fewer poultry raised by the |
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operator of the establishment in a calendar year. |
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(f) A poultry processing establishment described by |
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Subsection (e)(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 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |