Texas Health And Safety Code Title 2, Chapter 144 - Renderers

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 144.002 - Definitions
  In this chapter: (1) "Dead animal" means the whole or substantially whole carcass of a dead or fallen domestic animal, or domesticated wild animal, that...

SUBCHAPTER C OPERATING PROCEDURES

• Texas Section 144.003 - Construction Of Other Laws
  (a) This chapter does not affect: (1) Chapter 141, Agriculture Code; or (2) any state law or a rule of any public regulatory body that...
• Texas Section 144.021 - General Requirements For Rendering Operations
  Each rendering establishment, related station, transfer station, dead animal hauler, or renderable raw material hauler shall adopt operating procedures that: (1) provide for the sanitary...
• Texas Section 144.022 - Records
  (a) Each rendering establishment, related station, or dead animal hauler shall have a dead animal log that meets the requirements prescribed by department rule. The...
• Texas Section 144.023 - Vehicles
  (a) A vehicle used to transport dead animals or renderable raw materials to or from a rendering establishment must: (1) be leak-proof and maintained in...
• Texas Section 144.024 - Treatment Of Dead Animals Or Renderable Raw Materials
  (a) Dead animals or renderable raw materials received by a rendering establishment shall either be immediately placed in the rendering process or stored for not...
• Texas Section 144.025 - Floors
  (a) During operations, the floors in processing areas shall be kept reasonably free from processing wastes, including: (1) blood; (2) manure; (3) scraps; (4) grease;...
• Texas Section 144.026 - Waste Treatment
  (a) Waste shall be handled and disposed of in a manner that prevents contamination of: (1) the water supply; (2) processing equipment; (3) packaging materials;...
• Texas Section 144.027 - Employee Facilities
  (a) Adequate and convenient toilet facilities for employees shall be located in an establishment. (b) An adequate number of lavatory facilities for employees to wash...
• Texas Section 144.028 - Hygiene Requirements
  A person engaging in rendering processes or operations shall wear washable garments and accessories and conform to hygienic practices. Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678,...
• Texas Section 144.029 - Sanitary Conditions Required
  (a) The premises of a rendering establishment shall be kept clean and neat, in good repair, and reasonably free from: (1) undue collection of refuse;...

SUBCHAPTER G ADMINISTRATIVE AND ENFORCEMENT PROVISIONS; PENALTIES

• Texas Section 144.030 - Collection Container Requirements
  (a) A container in which dead animals or renderable raw materials are accumulated by a producer at collecting points for pickup by a dead animal...
• Texas Section 144.078 - Injunction
  (a) The attorney general may bring an action in any district court of this state that has jurisdiction and venue for an injunction to compel...
• Texas Section 144.079 - Prohibited Acts
  (a) A person may not receive, hold, slaughter, butcher, or otherwise process any animal as food for human consumption in a building or compartmented area...

Last modified: September 28, 2016