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Texas Agriculture Code - Chapter 141 Commercial FeedLegal Research Home > Texas Lawyer > Agriculture Code > Texas Agriculture Code - Chapter 141 Commercial Feed Amended by Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 1858, ch. 349, art. 2, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1983; Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 107, § ... (a) Except as otherwise provided by this section, a material is a commercial feed subject to this chapter if it is a simple, mixed, compounded, ... (a) The Texas Feed and Fertilizer Control Service is under the direction of the director of the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, who is responsible for ... Following notice and public hearing, the service may adopt rules as necessary for the enforcement of this chapter, including rules defining and establishing minimum standards ... (a) At least annually, the service shall publish: (1) information concerning the sales of commercial feeds, together with data on commercial feed production and use ... This chapter does not apply to the mixing, milling, or processing of a material produced by a purchaser of commercial feed or acquired by the ... The service shall establish by rule aflatoxin contamination levels considered safe for whole seed and whole grain offered for retail sale for wildlife feed. Added ... (a) A person may not manufacture or distribute commercial feed in this state without a valid current license issued by the service for each feed ... A license issued under this chapter is permanent unless: (1) the service revokes, suspends, annuls, or amends the license; (2) the licensee withdraws or cancels ... Following notice and a hearing, the service may revoke, suspend, annul, or amend an existing license or may refuse to issue a license if it ... (a) Except as provided by Subsection (d) of this section, each container of commercial feed distributed in this state, other than customer-formula feed, must have ... At the time of delivery of bulk commercial feed distributed in this state, other than customer-formula feed, the manufacturer or other person distributing the feed ... (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) of this section, a person distributing customer-formula feed in this state shall furnish to the purchaser at the ... Except as authorized by this chapter or a rule of the service, the label of a commercial feed may not: (1) advertise, name, promote or ... (a) The service shall: (1) by rule adopt procedures that allow a licensee to submit a product label to the service for review; (2) review ... (a) For each state fiscal year, a person who manufactures or distributes commercial feed or a component of commercial feed in this state, including a ... (a) The person responsible for paying the inspection fee for a feed facility generating $100 or more during a license year in tonnage fees shall ... (a) If a person paying the inspection fee on the basis of tonnage reporting does not file a quarterly report or pay the fee before ... (a) For the purpose of determining the accurate tonnage of commercial feed distributed in this state or identify or verify tonnage reports, the service may ... (a) The service shall deposit fees collected under this subchapter in the same manner that other local institutional fees of The Texas A & M ... In order to determine if feed is in compliance with this chapter, the service is entitled to: (1) enter during regular business hours and inspect ... The service by rule shall prescribe the procedures for sampling and analysis of commercial feed. The procedures must, to the extent practicable, be in accordance ... (a) Each sample taken shall be sealed with a label placed on the container of the sample showing: (1) the serial number of the sample; ... (a) If the service finds through chemical analysis or another method that a commercial feed is in violation of a provision of this chapter, the ... (a) If the service has reasonable cause to believe that a commercial feed is being distributed in violation of a provision of this chapter, the ... (a) If, after examination and analysis, the service finds that a commercial feed subject to a stop-sale order is in violation of a provision of ... If the service determines that a violation of this chapter is of a minor nature and that the public interest will be served and protected ... (a) The service may sue in the name of the director to enjoin a violation of this chapter. (b) The service may request a prosecuting ... The service may sue to recover an inspection fee or a penalty due under Subchapter D of this chapter. Venue for a suit under this ... Each district attorney, criminal district attorney, or county attorney to whom the service reports a violation of this chapter shall cause appropriate proceedings to be ... Except as provided by Section 141.125 of this code, venue for a civil action or criminal prosecution under this chapter is in the county in ... (a) A person at interest who is aggrieved by an order or ruling of the service may appeal the order or ruling in the manner ... (a) A person commits an offense if the person violates a provision of this chapter. (b) An offense under this section is a Class C ... (a) A person commits an offense if the person engages, conspires to engage, or causes another person to engage in the preparation, manufacture, or distribution ... (a) A person commits an offense if the person distributes, conspires to distribute, or causes another person to distribute commercial feed: (1) in violation of ... (a) A person commits an offense if the person refuses, conspires to refuse, or causes another person to refuse to permit entry, inspection, sampling, or ... (a) A person commits an offense if the person refuses, conspires to refuse, or causes another person to refuse to make records available, furnish reports, ... (a) A person commits an offense if the person disposes of feed subject to a stop-sale order in violation of Section 141.121 of this code. ... (a) A person commits an offense if the person distributes, conspires to distribute, or causes another person to distribute commercial feed that: (1) carries a ... (a) A person commits an offense if the person distributes, conspires to distribute, or causes another person to distribute commercial feed: (1) that is of ... (a) The service shall adopt rules that conform to but are not more strict than current good manufacturing practices as established under 21 U.S.C. Section ... Texas Lawyers
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