Sec. 433.025. INSPECTION OF MEAT FOOD PRODUCTS. (a) To prevent the use in intrastate commerce of adulterated meat food products, the department shall examine and inspect all meat food products prepared in a processing establishment solely for intrastate commerce. To make the examination and inspection, an inspector shall be given access at all times to each part of the establishment, regardless of whether the establishment is being operated.
(b) The inspector shall mark, stamp, tag, or label products found unadulterated as "Texas inspected and passed" and those found adulterated as "Texas inspected and condemned."
(c) The establishment shall, in the manner provided for condemned livestock or carcasses, destroy for food purposes each condemned meat food product. If the establishment does not destroy a condemned meat food product, the department may remove inspectors from the establishment.
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1035, eff. April 2, 2015.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 6 - Food, Drugs, Alcohol, and Hazardous Substances
Subtitle A - Food and Drug Health Regulations
Chapter 433 - Texas Meat and Poultry Inspection Act
Subchapter B. Inspection and Other Regulation
Section 433.021. Inspection Before Slaughter
Section 433.022. Inspection of Carcasses
Section 433.023. Investigation of Disease Findings; Quarantine
Section 433.024. Inspection of Processing and Slaughtering Establishments
Section 433.0245. Requirements for Certain Low-Volume Livestock Processing Establishments
Section 433.025. Inspection of Meat Food Products
Section 433.026. Night Inspection; Hours of Operation
Section 433.028. Refusal to Inspect
Section 433.029. Articles Not Intended for Human Consumption
Section 433.032. Storage and Handling
Section 433.033. Equine Products
Section 433.035. Inspection and Other Regulation of Exotic Animals in Interstate Commerce