Tex. Agriculture Code § 150.001
This is the official text of Tex. Agriculture Code § 150.001, part of Texas’s Agriculture Code — regulates farming, livestock, and agricultural commerce.
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§ 150.001. DEFINITIONS.
Official statutory text
In this subchapter:
(1) "Fresh meat" means a quarter, half, or whole carcass of beef, pork, or mutton or a cut or other part of the carcass that has not been canned, cooked, or otherwise processed.
(2) "Ground meat" includes fresh meat subsequently ground or commingled.
(3) "Imported fresh meat" means fresh meat imported from a foreign nation. The term includes ground meat any part of which is fresh meat imported from a foreign nation.
(4) "Person" means an individual, firm, partnership, association, or corporation.
(5) "Retail store" means a grocery store, butcher shop, delicatessen, or other place where fresh meat is sold at retail for consumption off premises.
(1) "Fresh meat" means a quarter, half, or whole carcass of beef, pork, or mutton or a cut or other part of the carcass that has not been canned, cooked, or otherwise processed.
(2) "Ground meat" includes fresh meat subsequently ground or commingled.
(3) "Imported fresh meat" means fresh meat imported from a foreign nation. The term includes ground meat any part of which is fresh meat imported from a foreign nation.
(4) "Person" means an individual, firm, partnership, association, or corporation.
(5) "Retail store" means a grocery store, butcher shop, delicatessen, or other place where fresh meat is sold at retail for consumption off premises.
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