2024 Texas Statutes
Alcoholic Beverage Code
Title 2 - Administration of Code
Chapter 5 - Alcoholic Beverage Commission
Subchapter B. Powers and Duties
Section 5.38. Quality and Purity of Beverages
Sec. 5.38. QUALITY AND PURITY OF BEVERAGES. (a) The commission shall require by rule that any alcoholic beverage sold in this state conform in all respects to its advertised quality.
(b) The commission shall promulgate and enforce rules governing the labeling and advertising of all alcoholic beverages sold in the state, and shall adopt and enforce a standard of quality, purity, and identity of all alcoholic beverages. The commission shall promulgate and enforce necessary rules to safeguard the public health and to insure sanitary conditions in the manufacturing, refining, blending, mixing, purifying, bottling, rebottling, and sale of alcoholic beverages.
(c) The commission may test the contents of any alcoholic beverage manufactured or sold in the state to protect the public health and safety and to ensure that the product:
(1) is accurately represented to the public; and
(2) complies with state law and commission rules.
Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 400, ch. 194, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.
Amended by:
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 68 (S.B. 904), Sec. 11, eff. September 1, 2007.
