Rule Text
After conviction for selling unwholesome food or adulterated medicine, the court shall enter and issue an order to the sheriff or other proper officer to seize and destroy such as remains in the hands of the defendant.
Amendment history: Text of article effective until April 01, 2027
Acts 1965, 59th Leg., vol. 2, p. 317, ch. 722.
Repealed by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 202 (H.B. 1610), Sec. 3.01, eff. April 1, 2027.
Plain-English Summary (for reference only — not a substitute for the rule text above)
This summary is not the rule. The rule text controls.
If someone is found guilty of selling bad food or fake or contaminated medicine, the court doesn't just stop at a conviction. The judge will also order the sheriff or another officer to go find whatever unsold food or medicine the person still has and get rid of it.
This means the leftover products get seized and destroyed. The goal is simple: stop the guilty person from selling any more of the same bad food or medicine to other people after they've already been caught once.