Sec. 94.031. INSPECTION. (a) Grapefruit may not be transported, or prepared, received, or delivered for transportation or market, after July 31 and before December 2 each year unless the grapefruit has been inspected for maturity and approved by a citrus fruit inspector employed by or otherwise under the direction and supervision of the department or by a United States Department of Agriculture citrus fruit inspector and is accompanied by a maturity stamp.
(b) Early and midseason oranges may not be transported, or prepared, received, or delivered for transportation or market, after July 31 and before November 2 each year unless the oranges have been inspected for maturity and approved by a citrus fruit inspector employed by or otherwise under the direction and supervision of the department or by a United States Department of Agriculture citrus fruit inspector and are accompanied by a maturity stamp.
(c) A certificate of inspection and maturity issued under this section must identify the citrus fruit to which it relates.
Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1244, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981. Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 290, Sec. 6, eff. June 5, 1995.
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