Section 92.004 - Exceptions(a) This chapter does not apply to:(1) a sale or delivery of unpacked and unmarked tomatoes by the grower to another person for packing and resale;(2) a bulk sale of tomatoes by the producer to a packer for grading, packing, processing, or storing;(3) the conversion of tomatoes by a grower or packer into a tomato by-product;(4) the sale of unpacked or unmarked tomatoes by a grower or packer to a person who operates a commercial by-product plant and who intends to convert the tomatoes into a by-product for resale; or(5) a sale of tomatoes in less than commercial quantities.(b) The department may permit a grower with an entire crop of tomatoes ripe on the vine to personally transport and sell those tomatoes to retail merchants or consumers. If the department determines that a permit granted under this subsection has been abused, the department may cancel the permit.Tex. Agric. Code § 92.004
Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1230, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1981.