Texas

Meat shares

State MPI program: Meat & Poultry

Federal custom exemption (9 CFR 303.1) applies; buy live-animal share before slaughter; meat Not for Sale; state specifics unverified

This is a share of a live animal, bought before slaughter and processed by a custom-exempt plant. Meat is marked Not for Sale and may not be resold or donated.

State-inspected meat may only be sold within this state unless the plant is federally inspected or in the Cooperative Interstate Shipment program.

Source: https://www.fsis.usda.gov/inspection/apply-grant-inspection/state-inspection-programs/states-and-without-inspection-programs www.fsis.usda.gov/inspection/apply-grant-i

Raw milk and herd shares

The rules on file mark on-farm or direct raw milk sales as allowed, with the limits in the summary.

Herd shares on file: allowed. A new herd-share listing is allowed. A raw milk sale is allowed, with the limits below.

Direct to consumer on-farm sales are legal, so long as producer/seller has a state permit and otherwise complies with state requirements for Grade A raw milk for retail sale.

Statute: Texas Administrative Code: Title 25, Section 217.32; Chapter 217 Milk and Dairy

Source: https://www.farmtoconsumer.org/raw-milk-nation-interactive-map/ www.farmtoconsumer.org/raw-milk-nation-int

Farm visits

Your state may require a posted warning sign. Check your state's agritourism law.

On file: Yes (NALC list)

Source: https://nationalaglawcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/assets/articles/Agritourism-series-Immunity-laws.pdf nationalaglawcenter.org/wp-content/uploads

Cottage food

$150,000 cap (eff. Sept 1 2025); IJ B- (62)

Source: https://ij.org/report/baking-bad-legal-barriers-for-starting-a-business-selling-homemade-food/ ij.org/report/baking-bad-legal-barriers-fo

CSA

unverified (no state CSA-specific rule found; federal SNAP 14-day rule applies)

A SNAP note is shown on a CSA only when that farm says it is SNAP-authorized. This market does not take SNAP online.