Honorable Lois W. Kolkhorst, Chair, Senate Committee on Health & Human Services
FROM:
John McGeady, Assistant Director Sarah Keyton, Assistant Director Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:
HB410 by White (Relating to the regulation of meat and other food products.), Committee Report 2nd House, Substituted
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would amend the Health and Human Safety Code, Chapter 433, to describe when a food product is misbranded, and would modify the requirements of the personal use exemption in that chapter. Under the provisions of the bill, livestock owners of domestic rabbits who give or sell carcasses, parts of carcasses, meat, or food products derived from not more than 500 domestic rabbits in any calendar year would be exempt from inspection. The Department of State Health Services expects the number of persons or facilities which would be exempt from inspections or regulations would be very small, and anticipates that any costs associated with implementing this bill could be absorbed within existing resources.
The bill would take effect September 1, 2019.
Local Government Impact
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
Source Agencies:
529 Health and Human Services Commission, 537 State Health Services, Department of