4 Tex. Admin. Code § 51.6 - Special Requirements
(a) An agent of
the commission is entitled to stop and inspect a shipment of animals or animal
products being transported in this state in order to:
(1) determine if the shipment is in
compliance with the laws and rules administered by the commission affecting the
shipment;
(2) determine if the
shipment originated from a quarantined area or herd; or
(3) determine if the shipment presents a
danger to the public health or livestock industry through insect infestation or
through a communicable or noncommunicable disease .
(b) An agent of the commission may detain a
shipment of animals or animal products that is being transported in violation
of law or a rule of the commission . The commission may require that the
shipment be unloaded at the nearest available loading facility.
(c) Inspection or testing. The executive
director of the commission may detain and require an inspection or test of any
animal for the detection of any disease or parasite or parasitic infestation
when the executive director has determined there is a risk of disease or
parasite transmission or infestation which would have a detrimental effect on
the Texas livestock industry. Entry may be denied based on the results of these
tests or inspections or all movement within Texas may be restricted based on
the risk.
(d) The commission may
post signs on public highways and use signaling devices, including red lights,
in conjunction with signs, if necessary to effectively signal and stop vehicles
for inspection.
(e) In this
section, "animal product" includes hides; bones; hoofs; horns; viscera; parts
of animal bodies; litter, straw, or hay used for bedding; and any other
substance capable of carrying insects or a disease that may endanger the
livestock industry.
(f)
Brushy-tailed possums (Trichosurus vulpecula) cannot be transported into the
state due to the fact that they carry and easily shed the bacteria of the genus
Brucella.
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