{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-431.053","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 431.053","heading":"CONDEMNATION OF PERISHABLE ARTICLES.","body":"(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.\n(b) Any meat, seafood, poultry, vegetable, fruit, or other perishable article is a nuisance if it:\n(1) is unsound;\n(2) contains a filthy, decomposed, or putrid substance; or\n(3) may be poisonous or deleterious to health or otherwise unsafe.\nActs 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.\nAmended by:\nActs 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0954, eff. April 2, 2015.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 6. FOOD, DRUGS, ALCOHOL, AND HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES","SUBTITLE A. FOOD AND DRUG HEALTH REGULATIONS","CHAPTER 431. TEXAS FOOD, DRUG, AND COSMETIC ACT","SUBCHAPTER C. ENFORCEMENT"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.431.htm#431.053","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"6034e1212bf095bb80804df8af001268048e23188471a04778b96e84c92d7be4","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-431.052","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-431.054"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}