Tex. Health and Safety Code § 431.053
CONDEMNATION OF PERISHABLE ARTICLES
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- Tex. Health and Safety Code § 431.053, CONDEMNATION OF PERISHABLE ARTICLES, Texas, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/673017
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(a) The department shall immediately condemn or render by any means unsalable as human food an article that is a nuisance under Subsection (b) and that the department finds in any room, building, or other structure or in a vehicle.
(b) Any meat, seafood, poultry, vegetable, fruit, or other perishable article is a nuisance if it:
(1) is unsound;
(2) contains a filthy, decomposed, or putrid substance; or
(3) may be poisonous or deleterious to health or otherwise unsafe.