Tex.
Health & Safety Code Section 433.034
Records
(a)
A person engaged for intrastate commerce in any of the following business activities shall keep records of each of the person’s business transactions:(1)
slaughtering livestock;(2)
preparing, freezing, packaging, or labeling a livestock carcass or a part or product of a livestock carcass for use as human food or animal food;(3)
transporting, storing, buying, or selling, as a meat broker, wholesaler, or otherwise, a livestock carcass or a part or product of a livestock carcass;(4)
rendering; or(5)
buying, selling, or transporting dead, dying, disabled, or diseased livestock, or a part of a carcass of a livestock animal that died in a manner other than slaughter.(b)
On notice by the department, a person required to keep records shall at all reasonable times give the department and any representative of the United States Secretary of Agriculture accompanying the department staff:(1)
access to the person’s place of business; and(2)
an opportunity to:(A)
examine the facilities, inventory, and records;(B)
copy the records required by this section; and(C)
take a reasonable sample of the inventory, on payment of the fair market value of the sample.(c)
The person shall maintain a record required by this section for the period prescribed by department rule.
Source:
Section 433.034 — Records, https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.433.htm#433.034 (accessed Jun. 5, 2024).
