- (a) The department shall request court-ordered destruction of a sampled, detained, or embargoed consumable hemp product if the court finds the article is misbranded or adulterated.
- (b) After entry of the court's order, an authorized agent shall supervise the destruction of the article.
- (c) The claimant of the article shall pay the cost of the destruction of the article.
- (d) If the article is being destroyed in whole or in part due to a THC content that meets the definition of a schedule I drug, the article must be destroyed by a reverse distributor authorized by the United States Drug Enforcement Agency.
Source Note:The provisions of this §300.604 adopted to be effective August 2, 2020, 45 TexReg 5195.