Texas Health and Safety Code 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.
Terms Used In Texas Health and Safety Code 433.034
- Fair market value: The price at which an asset would change hands in a transaction between a willing, informed buyer and a willing, informed seller.
- Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005
- Rule: includes regulation. See Texas Government Code 311.005
- United States: includes a department, bureau, or other agency of the United States of America. See Texas Government Code 311.005
(c) The person shall maintain a record required by this section for the period prescribed by department rule.