Bill Text: TX HB735 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to required labeling of meat, poultry, shrimp, and certain related food products.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-11-12 - Filed [HB735 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-HB735-Introduced.html
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| By: Leo Wilson | H.B. No. 735 | |
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| relating to required labeling of meat, poultry, shrimp, and certain | ||
| related food products. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 433, Health and Safety | ||
| Code, is amended by adding Section 433.046 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 433.046. LABELING OF MEAT, POULTRY, AND CERTAIN | ||
| RELATED FOOD PRODUCTS. In this state, a person may not sell meat, a | ||
| meat food product, poultry, or a poultry product unless the food's | ||
| label includes a clear and conspicuous notice stating whether the | ||
| food originated in this state. | ||
| SECTION 2. Subchapter F, Chapter 436, Health and Safety | ||
| Code, is amended by adding Section 436.083 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 436.083. LABELING OF SHRIMP. A person may not sell | ||
| shrimp in this state unless the shrimp's label includes a clear and | ||
| conspicuous notice stating whether the shrimp originated in this | ||
| state. | ||
| SECTION 3. As soon as practicable after the effective date | ||
| of this Act, the executive commissioner of the Health and Human | ||
| Services Commission shall adopt rules necessary to implement | ||
| Sections 433.046 and 436.083, Health and Safety Code, as added by | ||
| this Act. | ||
| SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. | ||
