Texas Agriculture Code

§ 141.002 — COMMERCIAL FEED

AG § 141.002Title 6. PRODUCTION, PROCESSING, AND SALE OF ANIMAL PRODUCTS · Part B. LIVESTOCK · Ch. 141. COMMERCIAL FEED · Art. A. GENERAL PROVISIONS

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(a)Except as otherwise provided by this section, a material is a commercial feed subject to this chapter if it is a simple, mixed, compounded, ground, unground, organic, or inorganic material used as a feed for an animal, including a vitamin, mineral, antibiotic, antioxidant, medicine, drug, chemical, or other material used as an ingredient or component of a mixture of materials used as a feed for an animal.

(b)Except as specifically provided by this chapter, a customer-formula feed is a commercial feed subject to this chapter.

(c)The following are not commercial feeds subject to this chapter:

(1)unground hay not containing toxins or chemical adulterants;

(2)whole grain or whole seed not containing toxins or chemical adulterants;

(3)unadulterated cotton plant by-products or any unadulterated hulls;

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Legislative history

Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1324, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981. Amended by Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 1860, ch. 394, art. 2, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1983; Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 107, Sec. 2, eff. May 17, 1985; Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 314, Sec. 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1996; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.