Tex. Agriculture Code § 94.038
This is the official text of Tex. Agriculture Code § 94.038, part of Texas’s Agriculture Code — regulates farming, livestock, and agricultural commerce.
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§ 94.038. INSPECTION FOR SUBSTITUTION AND CONDEMNATION OF UNFIT CITRUS FRUIT.
Official statutory text
(a) The department may conduct tests of citrus fruit at any location where citrus fruit is offered for sale or for shipment if there is reason to believe that immature or green citrus fruit has been substituted for ripe citrus fruit.
(b) If after inspecting and testing citrus fruit that is being or has been prepared for sale or transportation the department determines that the citrus fruit is unfit for consumption, the unfit citrus fruit is condemned as a public nuisance and as detrimental to public health.
(c) The department or the sheriff of the county where the citrus fruit is located shall seize and destroy condemned citrus fruit.
(d) In lieu of seizure and destruction of condemned citrus fruit, the department may allow disposition by the owner in accordance with department rules.
(b) If after inspecting and testing citrus fruit that is being or has been prepared for sale or transportation the department determines that the citrus fruit is unfit for consumption, the unfit citrus fruit is condemned as a public nuisance and as detrimental to public health.
(c) The department or the sheriff of the county where the citrus fruit is located shall seize and destroy condemned citrus fruit.
(d) In lieu of seizure and destruction of condemned citrus fruit, the department may allow disposition by the owner in accordance with department rules.
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