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Agriculture Code § 151.001

This section defines terms like bison, buffalo, bison meat, buffalo meat, restaurant, and retail store, and excludes certain hybrids from the bison and buffalo definitions.

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Agriculture Code § 151.001

This section defines terms like bison, buffalo, bison meat, buffalo meat, restaurant, and retail store, and excludes certain hybrids from the bison and buffalo definitions.

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§ 151.001Agriculture Code § 151.001Interpretation

This section defines terms like bison, buffalo, bison meat, buffalo meat, restaurant, and retail store, and excludes certain hybrids from the bison and buffalo definitions.

Sec. 151.001. DEFINITIONS. (a) In this chapter: (1) "Bison" means: (A) an animal known by the scientific name Bovidae bison bison, commonly known as the North American prairie bison; or (B) an animal known by the scientific name Bovidae bison athabascae, commonly known as the Canadian woods bison. (2) "Bison meat" means the meat or flesh of a bison. (3) "Buffalo" means: (A) an animal known by the scientific name Bovidae bubalus bubalis, commonly known as the Asian Indian buffalo, water buffalo, or caraboa; (B) an animal known by the scientific name Bovidae syncerus caffer, commonly known as the African buffalo or Cape buffalo; (C) an animal known by the scientific name Bovidae anoa depressicornis, commonly known as the Celebes buffalo; or (D) an animal known by the scientific name Bovidae anoa mindorenis, commonly known as the Philippine buffalo or Mindoro buffalo. (4) "Buffalo meat" means the meat or flesh of a buffalo. (5) "Restaurant" means a public eating place where food is sold. (6) "Retail store" means a retail food store as defined under Section 437.001, Health and Safety Code, butcher shop, delicatessen, or other place where fresh or cooked meat is sold at retail for consumption off premises. (b) For the purposes of: (1) Subdivision (1), Subsection (a), the term "bison" does not include a hybrid of an animal listed in that subdivision; and (2) Subdivision (3), Subsection (a), the term "buffalo" does not include a hybrid of an animal listed in that subdivision. Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 954, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
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