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;(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.Tex. Health and Safety Code § 433.034
Amended by Acts 2015, Texas Acts of the 84th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 1,Sec. 3.1044, eff. 4/2/2015. Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1989.