Section 165.003. Sale or Distribution of Unattenuated Hog Cholera Virus

TX Agric Code § 165.003 (2019) (N/A)
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Sec. 165.003. SALE OR DISTRIBUTION OF UNATTENUATED HOG CHOLERA VIRUS. (a) A person may not sell, offer for sale, barter, exchange, or give away unattenuated hog cholera virus.

(b) This section does not prohibit:

(1) acquisition, propagation, manufacture, or use of unattenuated hog cholera virus by, and on the licensed premises of, a firm operating under a United States veterinary license issued by the secretary of agriculture of the United States;

(2) manufacture of unattenuated hog cholera virus by a firm operating under a United States veterinary license for the sale or distribution in states in which use of attenuated hog cholera virus is permitted; or

(3) keeping vaccine on hand for purely experimental or research activities by a recognized college, university, school, or laboratory engaged in research activities.

(c) In this section, "unattenuated hog cholera virus" means a hog cholera virus that has not been modified or inactivated.

Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1428, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.