{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-17.881","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Business \u0026 Commerce Code § 17.881","heading":"DEFINITIONS.","body":"In this subchapter:\n(1) \"Halal,\" as applied to food, means food prepared and served in conformity with Islamic religious requirements according to a recognized Islamic authority.\n(2) \"Label\" means a display of written, printed, or graphic matter on the immediate article or container of any food product.\n(3) \"Person\" includes an individual, corporation, or association.\n(4) \"Restaurant\" means a place where food is sold for on-premises consumption.\n(5) \"Retail store\" means a retail grocery store, delicatessen, butcher shop, or other place where food is sold for off-premises consumption.\n(6) \"Sell\" means to offer for sale, expose for sale, have in possession for sale, convey, exchange, barter, or trade.\nAdded by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1013, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.","path":["BUSINESS AND COMMERCE CODE","TITLE 2. COMPETITION AND TRADE PRACTICES","CHAPTER 17. DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICES","SUBCHAPTER I. LABELING, ADVERTISING, AND SALE OF HALAL FOODS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/BC/htm/BC.17.htm#17.881","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:46:56Z","sha256":"7e160bf2dbfdd6cc7352467e7d56f20b04d9665153be24492b2e92b8356fdba3","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-17.854","next":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-17.882"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}