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2021 Texas Statutes
Civil Practice and Remedies Code
Title 4 - Liability in Tort
Chapter 96 - False Disparagement of Perishable Food Products
Section 96.002. Liability
Universal Citation: TX Civ Prac & Rem Code § 96.002 (2021)
Sec. 96.002. LIABILITY. (a) A person is liable as provided by Subsection (b) if:
(1) the person disseminates in any manner information relating to a perishable food product to the public;
(2) the person knows the information is false; and
(3) the information states or implies that the perishable food product is not safe for consumption by the public.
(b) A person who is liable under Subsection (a) is liable to the producer of the perishable food product for damages and any other appropriate relief arising from the person's dissemination of the information.
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 80, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
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