Sec. 431.053.  CONDEMNATION OF PERISHABLE ARTICLES.  (a)  The department shall immediately condemn or render by any means unsalable as human food an article that is a nuisance under Subsection (b) and that the department finds in any room, building, or other structure or in a vehicle.
(b)  Any meat, seafood, poultry, vegetable, fruit, or other perishable article is a nuisance if it:
(1)  is unsound; 
(2)  contains a filthy, decomposed, or putrid substance;  or
(3)  may be poisonous or deleterious to health or otherwise unsafe.
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
Amended by: 
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0954, eff. April 2, 2015.