Tex. Agric. Code Section 165.003
Sale or Distribution of Unattenuated Classical Swine Fever Virus

(a)

A person may not sell, offer for sale, barter, exchange, or give away unattenuated classical swine fever virus.

(b)

This section does not prohibit:

(1)

acquisition, propagation, manufacture, or use of unattenuated classical swine fever virus by, and on the licensed premises of, a firm operating under a United States veterinary license issued by the secretary of agriculture of the United States;

(2)

manufacture of unattenuated classical swine fever virus by a firm operating under a United States veterinary license for the sale or distribution in states in which use of attenuated classical swine fever virus is permitted; or

(3)

keeping vaccine on hand for purely experimental or research activities by a recognized college, university, school, or laboratory engaged in research activities.

(c)

In this section, “unattenuated classical swine fever virus” means a classical swine fever virus that has not been modified or inactivated.
Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1428, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.
Amended by:
Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 623 (S.B. 1997), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2021.
Sec. 165.021. COOPERATION WITH U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. The commission may cooperate with the United States Department of Agriculture in the eradication of vesicular exanthema, foot and mouth disease of swine, classical swine fever, and other diseases of swine.
Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1429, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.
Amended by:
Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 623 (S.B. 1997), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2021.

Source: Section 165.003 — Sale or Distribution of Unattenuated Classical Swine Fever Virus, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/AG/htm/AG.­165.­htm#165.­003 (accessed May 11, 2024).

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