Sec. 433.033. EQUINE PRODUCTS. A person may not sell, transport, offer for sale or transportation, or receive for transportation, in intrastate commerce, a carcass, part of a carcass, meat, or a meat food product of a horse, mule, or other equine unless the article is plainly and conspicuously marked or labeled or otherwise identified, as required by department rule, to show the kind of animal from which the article was derived. The department may require an establishment at which inspection is maintained under this chapter to prepare those articles in an establishment separate from one in which livestock other than equines is slaughtered or carcasses, parts of carcasses, meat, or meat food products of livestock other than equines are prepared.
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. 3.1043, 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