{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-agriculture-code-148.021","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Agriculture Code § 148.021","heading":"MEAT PROCESSOR.","body":"A person is a meat processor subject to this subchapter if the person is engaged in the business of slaughtering cattle, sheep, goats, or hogs and processing or packaging them for sale as meat.\nActs 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1387, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.","path":["AGRICULTURE CODE","TITLE 6. PRODUCTION, PROCESSING, AND SALE OF ANIMAL PRODUCTS","SUBTITLE B. LIVESTOCK","CHAPTER 148. SLAUGHTERING OF LIVESTOCK","SUBCHAPTER C. PAYMENT FOR LIVESTOCK PURCHASED FOR SLAUGHTER"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/AG/htm/AG.148.htm#148.021","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:46:50Z","sha256":"6dc520384a505f024093c3c74fbf0749fa4e2e0d025a8f970dd9241bad71985e","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-agriculture-code-148.012","next":"us-tx/tex.-agriculture-code-148.022"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}