Texas Health & Safety Code - Section 433.034. Records
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§ 433.034. RECORDS. (a) A person engaged for intrastate
commerce in any of the following business activities shall keep
records of each of the person's business transactions:
(1) slaughtering livestock;
(2) preparing, freezing, packaging, or labeling a
livestock carcass or a part or product of a livestock carcass for
use as human food or animal food;
(3) transporting, storing, buying, or selling, as a
meat broker, wholesaler, or otherwise, a livestock carcass or a
part or product of a livestock carcass;
(4) rendering; or
(5) buying, selling, or transporting dead, dying,
disabled, or diseased livestock, or a part of a carcass of a
livestock animal that died in a manner other than slaughter.
(b) On notice by the commissioner's representative, a
person required to keep records shall at all reasonable times give
the commissioner's representative and any representative of the
United States Secretary of Agriculture accompanying the
commissioner's representative:
(1) access to the person's place of business; and
(2) an opportunity to:
(A) examine the facilities, inventory, and
records;
(B) copy the records required by this section;
and
(C) take a reasonable sample of the inventory, on
payment of the fair market value of the sample.
(c) The person shall maintain a record required by this
section for the period the commissioner by rule prescribes.
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
Section: 433.027 433.028 433.029 433.030 433.031 433.032 433.033 433.034 433.035 433.041 433.042 433.043 433.044 433.045 433.051
Last modified: August 11, 2007
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