Tex. Agriculture Code § 132.005
This is the official text of Tex. Agriculture Code § 132.005, part of Texas’s Agriculture Code — regulates farming, livestock, and agricultural commerce.
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§ 132.005. SAMPLES.
Official statutory text
(a) The department shall prescribe methods of selecting samples of lots or containers of eggs. The methods must be:
(1) reasonably calculated to ensure a fair representation of the entire lot or container sampled; and
(2) similar to methods prescribed for sampling by the United States Department of Agriculture.
(b) The department may enter during ordinary business hours a retail place of business where eggs are offered for sale to the ultimate consumer or a distribution center where eggs are held after being received from a packing plant and take for inspection representative samples of eggs and containers to determine if this chapter has been violated.
(c) The department shall compensate a place of business located in this state for the actual cost of eggs taken as samples under Subsection (b) of this section.
(d) A sample of eggs taken under this section or an official certificate of grade is prima facie evidence in the courts of this state of the condition of the entire lot from which the sample is taken.
(1) reasonably calculated to ensure a fair representation of the entire lot or container sampled; and
(2) similar to methods prescribed for sampling by the United States Department of Agriculture.
(b) The department may enter during ordinary business hours a retail place of business where eggs are offered for sale to the ultimate consumer or a distribution center where eggs are held after being received from a packing plant and take for inspection representative samples of eggs and containers to determine if this chapter has been violated.
(c) The department shall compensate a place of business located in this state for the actual cost of eggs taken as samples under Subsection (b) of this section.
(d) A sample of eggs taken under this section or an official certificate of grade is prima facie evidence in the courts of this state of the condition of the entire lot from which the sample is taken.
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