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Agriculture Code § 141.071
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This section requires certain commercial feed manufacturers and distributors to pay inspection fees, sets fee amounts, and lets the director adjust the fee within limits.
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This section requires certain commercial feed manufacturers and distributors to pay inspection fees, sets fee amounts, and lets the director adjust the fee within limits.
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Certain feed-facility fee payers must file sworn tonnage reports and pay the inspection fee due with each report.
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A person who pays the inspection fee based on tonnage reporting must file the quarterly report or pay the fee by the 31st day after the quarter ends, or a penalty applies.
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The service can require licensees to keep records or file extra reports, and licensees must keep required records usable for at least two years unless the service allows otherwise.
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Fees collected under this subchapter must be deposited and set aside in the Texas feed control fund.
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The service may enter, inspect, open certain containers, and take feed samples to check compliance.
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The service must set by rule the procedures for sampling and analysis of commercial feed.
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The service may examine and copy records about a lot to identify a sample with that lot.
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If the service finds a commercial feed violation, it must notify the manufacturer or other responsible person in writing and may have the sample independently analyzed on request.
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The service may place a stop-sale order on commercial feed if it has reasonable cause to believe the feed is being distributed in violation of this chapter.
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If a commercial feed under a stop-sale order violates the chapter, the service must ask the local district or county court to condemn and confiscate it, and the court may order correction, sale, or destruction.
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The service may issue a written warning for a minor violation if it finds that doing so will serve and protect the public interest.
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The service may sue, in the director’s name, to stop a violation of this chapter, and may ask a prosecuting attorney or the attorney general to do so.
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The service may sue to recover an inspection fee or penalty due under Subchapter D.
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When the service reports a violation of this chapter, the relevant district attorney, criminal district attorney, or county attorney must start and prosecute appropriate proceedings in the proper court without delay.
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This section says where civil actions and criminal prosecutions under this chapter must be brought: in the county where the commercial feed is located when the alleged violation is discovered or made known to the service, except as Section 141.125 provides.
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A person at interest who is aggrieved by a service order or ruling may appeal it.
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A person commits an offense by violating any provision of this chapter.
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A person commits an offense by preparing, manufacturing, or distributing customer-formula feed in violation of the chapter.
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A person commits an offense if they distribute commercial feed in violation of the chapter’s rules, labeling requirements, or inspection-fee requirements.