Texas Agriculture Code Title 6, Chapter 141 - Commercial Feed
SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS
- Texas Section 141.001 - Definitions
In this chapter: (1) "Animal" means an animate being that is not human and has the power of voluntary action. (2) "Board" means the board...
- Texas Section 141.002 - Commercial Feed
(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,...
- Texas Section 141.003 - Administration
(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...
- Texas Section 141.004 - Rules; Minimum Standards
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...
- Texas Section 141.005 - Publications
(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...
- Texas Section 141.006 - Custom Processing
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...
SUBCHAPTER B LICENSE
- Texas Section 141.007 - Aflatoxin Control
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...
- Texas Section 141.021 - License Required
(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...
- Texas Section 141.023 - Term Of License
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...
SUBCHAPTER C LABELING
- Texas Section 141.025 - Refusal Or Revocation Of License
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...
- Texas Section 141.051 - Labeling Of Commercial Feed
(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...
- Texas Section 141.052 - Labeling Of Bulk Commercial Feed
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...
- Texas Section 141.053 - Labeling Of Customer-formula 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...
- Texas Section 141.054 - General Label Restrictions
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...
SUBCHAPTER D INSPECTION FEE
- Texas Section 141.055 - Request For Label Review
(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...
- Texas Section 141.071 - Inspection Fee
(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...
- Texas Section 141.072 - Quarterly Tonnage Reporting And Inspection Fee Payment
(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...
- Texas Section 141.073 - Penalty For Late Filing Or Payment
(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...
- Texas Section 141.074 - Records; Additional Reports; Audits
(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...
SUBCHAPTER E INSPECTION, SAMPLING, AND ANALYSIS
- Texas Section 141.075 - Disposition And Use Of Fees
(a) The service shall deposit fees collected under this subchapter in the same manner that other local institutional fees of The Texas A&M University System...
- Texas Section 141.101 - Inspection And Sampling; Entry Power
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...
- Texas Section 141.102 - Procedure For Sampling And Analysis
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...
- Texas Section 141.103 - Identification Of Sample
(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;...
SUBCHAPTER F ENFORCEMENT; REMEDIES
- Texas Section 141.104 - Independent Analysis Of 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...
- Texas Section 141.121 - Stop-sale Order
(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...
- Texas Section 141.122 - Condemnation Of Feed
(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...
- Texas Section 141.123 - Warnings
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...
- Texas Section 141.124 - Injunction
(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...
- Texas Section 141.125 - Suit To Recover Fees
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...
- Texas Section 141.126 - Prosecutions
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...
- Texas Section 141.127 - Venue For Civil And Criminal Actions
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...
SUBCHAPTER G PENALTIES
- Texas Section 141.128 - Appeal Of Administrative Order Or Ruling
(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...
- Texas Section 141.141 - General Penalty
(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...
- Texas Section 141.142 - Distribution Of Customer-formula Feed In Violation Of Chapter
(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...
- Texas Section 141.143 - Distribution Of Commercial Feed Without License, Labeling, Or Payment Of Inspection Fee
(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...
- Texas Section 141.144 - Refusal Of Inspection Or Sampling
(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...
- Texas Section 141.145 - Refusal To Pay Inspection Fee Or Submit Records
(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,...
- Texas Section 141.146 - Disposal Of Feed Subject To A Stop-sale Order
(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....
- Texas Section 141.147 - Distribution Of Misbranded Feed
(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...
- Texas Section 141.148 - Distribution Of Adulterated Feed
(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...
- Texas Section 141.149 - Rules; Penalty
(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...
Last modified: September 28, 2016