Tex. Agriculture Code § 132.082: SELLING INEDIBLE EGGS.
Where this section sits in the code
- AGRICULTURE CODE
- TITLE 6. PRODUCTION, PROCESSING, AND SALE OF ANIMAL PRODUCTS
- SUBTITLE A. BEES AND NONLIVESTOCK ANIMAL INDUSTRY
- CHAPTER 132. EGGS
- SUBCHAPTER F. PENALTIES
(a) A person commits an offense if the person sells, in bulk or in containers, eggs that are not denatured and are inedible for any reason, including eggs that are:
(1) leakers;
(2) affected by black, white, or mixed rot;
(3) addled;
(4) incubated; or
(5) contaminated by a blood ring or an embryo chick at or beyond the blood-ring stage.
(b) It is an exception to the application of this section that:
(1) the inedible eggs do not exceed five percent by count of the eggs sold; and
(2) the eggs are sold to:
(A) a dealer for candling and grading; or
(B) a breaking plant for breaking purposes.
(c) An offense under this section is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than $50 nor more than $1,000.
Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1320, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.
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