Texas Administrative Code
Title 4 - AGRICULTURE
Part 2 - TEXAS ANIMAL HEALTH COMMISSION
Chapter 40 - CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE
Section 40.4 - Entry Requirements

Universal Citation: 4 TX Admin Code ยง 40.4

Current through Reg. 49, No. 38; September 20, 2024

(a) Entry requirements for live animals transported into this state are located in § RSA 51.10 of this title (relating to Cervidae).

(b) CWD Susceptible Species Carcass Movement Restrictions for Entering this State. No person may transport into this state or possess any part of a CWD susceptible species from a state, Canadian province, or other place outside of Texas where CWD has been detected in free-ranging or captive herds, except as provided in this section.

(c) Subsection (b) of this section does not apply to CWD susceptible species processed in accordance with this section as follows:

(1) meat that has been cut up and packaged (boned or filleted);

(2) a carcass that has been reduced to quarters with no brain or spinal tissue present;

(3) a cleaned hide (skull and soft tissue must not be attached or present);

(4) a whole skull (or skull plate) with antlers attached, provided the skull plate has been completely cleaned of all soft tissue;

(5) finished taxidermy products;

(6) cleaned teeth; or

(7) tissue prepared and packaged for delivery to and use by a diagnostic or research laboratory.

(d) The skinned or unskinned head of a CWD susceptible species from a state, Canadian province, or other place outside of Texas may be transported to a taxidermist for taxidermy purposes, provided all brain material, soft tissue, spinal column and any unused portions of the head are disposed of in a landfill in Texas permitted by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

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