Sale Or Distribution of Unattenuated Classical Swine Fever Virus

Sec. 165.003. SALE OR DISTRIBUTION OF UNATTENUATED CLASSICAL SWINE FEVER VIRUS. (a) A person may not sell, offer for sale, barter, exchange, or give away unattenuated classical swine fever virus. (b) This section does not prohibit: (1) acquisition, propagation, manufacture, or use of unattenuated classical swine fever virus by, and on the licensed premises of, a firm operating under a United States veterinary license issued by the secretary of agriculture of the United States; (2) manufacture of unattenuated classical swine fever virus by a firm operating under a United States veterinary license for the sale or distribution in states in which use of attenuated classical swine fever virus is permitted; or (3) keeping vaccine on hand for purely experimental or research activities by a recognized college, university, school, or laboratory engaged in research activities. (c) In this section, "unattenuated classical swine fever virus" means a classical swine fever virus that has not been modified or inactivated. Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1428, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981. Amended by: Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 623 (S.B. 1997), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2021. SUBCHAPTER B. COOPERATIVE PROGRAM FOR DISEASE ERADICATION