Texas Health And Safety Code Title 6, Chapter 435 - Dairy Products

SUBCHAPTER A MILK OFFERED FOR SALE AND MILK GRADING

• Texas Section 435.001 - Definitions
  In this subchapter: (1) "Department" means the Department of State Health Services. (2) "Executive commissioner" means the executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services...
• Texas Section 435.0015 - Applicability Of Other Law
  Except as provided by Section 431.010(c), Chapter 431 applies to a person and milk or a milk product regulated under this chapter. Added by Acts...
• Texas Section 435.002 - Grading Of Milk And Milk Products
  The executive commissioner may regulate the grading and labeling of milk and milk products. The department shall supervise the grading and labeling of milk and...
• Texas Section 435.003 - Milk Specifications
  (a) The executive commissioner by rule may: (1) define what constitutes Grade "A" raw milk, Grade "A" raw milk products, Grade "A" pasteurized milk, Grade...
• Texas Section 435.004 - Inspection Of Milk And Milk Products By Department
  (a) The department shall sample, test, or inspect Grade "A" pasteurized milk and milk products, Grade "A" raw milk and milk products for pasteurization, milk...
• Texas Section 435.005 - Inspection Of Milk And Milk Products By Other Entities
  (a) The department may contract with a county or municipality to act as the agent of the department to inspect milk and milk products and...
• Texas Section 435.006 - Permit To Sell Milk
  (a) A person who offers milk or milk products for sale or to be sold in this state must hold a permit issued by the...
• Texas Section 435.007 - Use Of Misleading Label
  (a) A person may not use a label, device, or design marked Grade "A," or any other grade, statement, device, or design related to the...
• Texas Section 435.008 - Milk For Resale
  A person is not required to hold a permit to resell or offer for resale in the same container any milk or milk products that...
• Texas Section 435.009 - Fees
  (a) A political subdivision or agency of this state, other than the department, may not impose a fee on milk or a milk product, or...
• Texas Section 435.010 - Records
  The executive commissioner by rule shall establish minimum standards for recordkeeping by persons required to pay a fee under this subchapter. Those persons shall make...
• Texas Section 435.011 - Hearing
  (a) The executive commissioner shall establish a procedure by which a person aggrieved by the application of a department rule may receive a hearing under...
• Texas Section 435.012 - Refusal To Grant Permit; Suspension Or Revocation Of Permit
  (a) The department may refuse an application for a permit under this chapter or may suspend or revoke a permit issued under this chapter. (b)...
• Texas Section 435.013 - Municipal Regulation Authorized
  A municipality by ordinance may allow only pasteurized milk and pasteurized milk products to be sold at retail in that municipality. Acts 1989, 71st Leg.,...

SUBCHAPTER B SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS; SALE OF MILK

• Texas Section 435.014 - Criminal Penalty
  (a) A person commits an offense if the person violates this chapter. (b) An offense under this section is punishable by a fine of not...
• Texas Section 435.021 - Imported Milk
  (a) In this section: (1) "Political subdivision" means a county or municipality or a school, junior college, water, hospital, reclamation, or other special-purpose district. (2)...

Last modified: September 28, 2016