{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-agriculture-code-132.082","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Agriculture Code § 132.082","heading":"SELLING INEDIBLE EGGS.","body":"(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:\n(1) leakers;\n(2) affected by black, white, or mixed rot;\n(3) addled;\n(4) incubated; or\n(5) contaminated by a blood ring or an embryo chick at or beyond the blood-ring stage.\n(b) It is an exception to the application of this section that:\n(1) the inedible eggs do not exceed five percent by count of the eggs sold; and\n(2) the eggs are sold to:\n(A) a dealer for candling and grading; or\n(B) a breaking plant for breaking purposes.\n(c) An offense under this section is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than $50 nor more than $1,000.\nActs 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1320, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.","path":["AGRICULTURE CODE","TITLE 6. PRODUCTION, PROCESSING, AND SALE OF ANIMAL PRODUCTS","SUBTITLE A. BEES AND NONLIVESTOCK ANIMAL INDUSTRY","CHAPTER 132. EGGS","SUBCHAPTER F. PENALTIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/AG/htm/AG.132.htm#132.082","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:46:50Z","sha256":"ac198806b69f587d82e7731f41d494a2fdc1d452b364b42dfe02ac42500f177f","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-agriculture-code-132.081","next":"us-tx/tex.-agriculture-code-132.083"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}