Texas Agriculture Code Title 2, Chapter 18 - Certification And Agricultural Product Standards

SUBCHAPTER A ORGANIC STANDARDS AND CERTIFICATION

• Texas Section 18.001 - Definitions
  In this subchapter: (1) "Agricultural product" means any raw or processed agricultural commodity or product, including any commodity or product derived from livestock, that is...
• Texas Section 18.002 - Organic Standards Program
  (a) The department by rule may create and administer a program for the administration and enforcement of standards related to organic agricultural products, including certification...
• Texas Section 18.003 - Organic Certification
  (a) The department may certify each person who produces, processes, distributes, or handles an organic agricultural product in this state. (b) A person may apply...
• Texas Section 18.004 - Registration Program
  The department by rule may establish a voluntary or mandatory registration program for persons who produce, process, distribute, handle, or advertise organic products in this...
• Texas Section 18.006 - Fees
  (a) The department by rule may require a fee for each: (1) application for certification; (2) application for registration or registration renewal; (3) annual report...
• Texas Section 18.007 - Denial, Suspension, Or Revocation Of Organic Certification Or Registration
  The department may deny, suspend, or revoke a certification or registration issued under this subchapter if the person to whom the certification or registration was...
• Texas Section 18.0075 - Administrative Procedures
  (a) To the extent consistent with the requirements of the national organic program, the department by rule shall adopt administrative procedures relating to assessment of...
• Texas Section 18.008 - Penalty
  (a) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly: (1) violates this subchapter; or (2) fails to comply with a notice, order, or rule...
• Texas Section 18.009 - Civil Penalty; Injunction
  (a) A person who violates this subchapter or a rule adopted under this subchapter is liable to the state for a civil penalty not to...
• Texas Section 18.010 - Stop-sale Order
  (a) If an organic agricultural product is being sold or distributed in violation of this subchapter or a rule adopted under this subchapter, the department...

SUBCHAPTER B AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT STANDARDS

• Texas Section 18.011 - Public Information
  Information created, collected, assembled, or maintained by the department under this subchapter is public information, except that the department by rule may exempt specified information...
• Texas Section 18.051 - Product Certification Programs
  (a) The department may establish certification programs relating to the protection, sale, advertising, marketing, transporting, or other commercial handling of agricultural, horticultural, or related products...
• Texas Section 18.052 - Standards
  The department by rule may develop minimum certification standards for the administration and enforcement of this subchapter. Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 425,...
• Texas Section 18.053 - Fees
  The department may set fees under this subchapter in amounts that do not exceed the amounts reasonably necessary to enable the department to recover the...

SUBCHAPTER C AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION PROCESS CERTIFICATION PROGRAM

• Texas Section 18.054 - Civil Penalty; Injunction
  (a) A person who violates this subchapter or a rule adopted by the department under this subchapter is liable for a civil penalty not to...
• Texas Section 18.071 - Agricultural Certification
  The department may establish certification programs under this subchapter relating to the protection, sale, advertising, marketing, or related production processes in this state. Added by...
• Texas Section 18.072 - Certification Standards
  The department by rule may develop programs establishing minimum certification standards for production processes. Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 425, Sec. 1, eff....
• Texas Section 18.073 - Fees
  The department may set fees under this subchapter in amounts that do not exceed the amounts reasonably necessary to enable the department to recover the...
• Texas Section 18.074 - Administrative Penalty
  The department may assess an administrative penalty under Section 12.020 if the department determines that a person is falsely claiming to be certified under this...

Last modified: September 28, 2016