Texas Agriculture Code Title 6, Chapter 132 - Eggs
SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS
- Texas Section 132.001 - Definitions
In this chapter: (1) "Egg" means a chicken egg. (2) "Person" means an individual, firm, corporation, cooperative, or any other type of business entity. (3)...
- Texas Section 132.002 - Limitation Of Chapter
This chapter does not apply to a person selling only eggs that are produced by the person's own flock and for which the person does...
- Texas Section 132.003 - Powers And Duties Of Department
(a) The department shall administer this chapter and adopt and enforce necessary rules. (b) The department may: (1) prescribe record forms and require the reporting...
- Texas Section 132.004 - Adoption Of Standards
Standards for the inspection and regulation of shell eggs, including quality, grade, and size of shell eggs, shall: (1) be at least equal to those...
- Texas Section 132.005 - Samples
(a) The department shall prescribe methods of selecting samples of lots or containers of eggs. The methods must be: (1) reasonably calculated to ensure a...
- Texas Section 132.006 - Out-of-state Inspection Of Records And Expenses
(a) If the grade determination and size determination required by Section 132.041 of this code is performed at a location outside of this state, the...
SUBCHAPTER B LICENSING
- Texas Section 132.008 - Memoranda Of Understanding With Other State Agency
(a) The department shall initiate negotiations for and enter into a memorandum of understanding with the Texas Department of Health to coordinate regulatory programs and...
- Texas Section 132.021 - License Required
(a) A person may not buy or sell eggs in this state for the purpose of resale without first obtaining a license from the department....
- Texas Section 132.022 - License Categories
(a) A person who is required by Section 132.021 of this code to be licensed shall apply to the department for licensing in the category...
- Texas Section 132.023 - Resident Agent For Service
Before receiving a license required by this chapter, an applicant whose home office or principal place of business is outside this state shall file with...
- Texas Section 132.024 - License Term
A license issued or renewed under this chapter is valid for one year. Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1316, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept....
- Texas Section 132.025 - Time For Payment Of License Fee
(a) An applicant for an initial license shall pay the license fee prior to the issuance of the license. (b) An applicant for the renewal...
- Texas Section 132.026 - Fee For Dealer-wholesaler License
(a) The license fee for each plant operated by a dealer-wholesaler is provided by department rule. (b) The fee for an initial dealer-wholesaler's license shall...
- Texas Section 132.027 - Fee For Processor's License
(a) The license fee for each plant operated by a processor is provided by department rule. (b) The fee for an initial processor's license shall...
SUBCHAPTER C GRADE DETERMINATION, SIZE DETERMINATION, AND LABELING
- Texas Section 132.028 - Fee For Broker's License
The department shall charge a license fee, as provided by department rule, for a broker. Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1318, ch. 388, Sec. 1,...
- Texas Section 132.041 - Grade Determination And Size Determination
(a) Grades and sizes established for eggs sold in this state must be established by candling and weighing by a person licensed under this chapter....
- Texas Section 132.042 - Grading And Classification Required
Eggs offered for sale shall be: (1) classified as Texas eggs or shipped eggs, as applicable; and (2) graded and weighed according to: (A) consumer...
- Texas Section 132.043 - Inspection Fees
(a) A person licensed under this chapter who first establishes the grade, size, and classification of eggs offered for sale or sold in this state...
- Texas Section 132.044 - Labeling Requirements For Egg Containers
(a) A container in which eggs for human consumption are offered for retail or wholesale must be legibly labeled with a statement showing: (1) the...
- Texas Section 132.045 - Sanitation Required
(a) Eggs shall be handled under reasonably sanitary conditions in compliance with the rules of the department. (b) After being received from the producer, shell...
- Texas Section 132.046 - Special Requirements For Shipped Eggs
Shipped eggs coming into Texas in cartons ready for retail sale must be at least Grade A, as established by a Texas licensee. Shipped eggs...
SUBCHAPTER D RECORDS
- Texas Section 132.047 - Uncartoned Eggs
(a) Eggs offered for sale that are not in a carton must be in a container that: (1) contains all information required by Section 132.044...
- Texas Section 132.061 - Records
(a) A licensed dealer-wholesaler or processor shall keep on file for two years a complete record of all eggs bought and sold, including: (1) the...
SUBCHAPTER E ENFORCEMENT
- Texas Section 132.062 - Invoice
A licensed dealer-wholesaler or processor shall: (1) deliver with each transaction, sale, or delivery a signed invoice stating the date, quantity, grade, and size of...
- Texas Section 132.071 - Stop-sale Order
(a) If the department determines that eggs are not in compliance with this chapter, the department shall issue and enforce an order to stop the...
- Texas Section 132.0715 - Civil Penalty; Injunction
(a) A person who violates this chapter or a rule adopted under this chapter is liable to the state for a civil penalty not to...
SUBCHAPTER F PENALTIES
- Texas Section 132.072 - Revocation, Modification, Or Suspension Of License
(a) The department shall revoke, modify, or suspend a license, assess an administrative penalty, place on probation a person whose license has been suspended, or...
- Texas Section 132.081 - General Penalty
(a) A person commits an offense if the person violates a provision of this chapter. (b) An offense under this chapter is a misdemeanor punishable...
- Texas Section 132.082 - Selling Inedible Eggs
(a) A person commits an offense if the person sells, in bulk or in containers, eggs that are not denatured and are inedible for any...
- Texas Section 132.083 - Improper Use Of The Prefix "U
Sec. 132.083. IMPROPER USE OF THE PREFIX "U.S." (a) A person commits an offense if the person uses the prefix "U.S." on grades and weight...
- Texas Section 132.084 - Misleading Advertising
(a) A person commits an offense if the person: (1) advertises or sells shell eggs below the quality of Grade A by describing the eggs...
Last modified: September 28, 2016