Texas HB2976 regulates the marketing and sale of catfish and similar fish by food service establishments, imposing administrative and civil penalties.

Texas HB2976 amends the Health and Safety Code to add a new subchapter on the marketing and sale of catfish and similar fish by food service establishments. It defines "catfish" as any species of the scientific family Ictaluridae, excluding species of the scientific genus Pangasius, family Clariidae, or family Siluridae. The bill mandates that food service establishments can only label a product as catfish if it contains catfish and not another similar fish.

Texas HB2976 regulates the marketing and sale of catfish and similar fish by food service establishments, imposing administrative and civil penalties.

Texas HB2976 amends the Health and Safety Code to add a new subchapter on the marketing and sale of catfish and similar fish by food service establishments. It defines "catfish" as any species of the scientific family Ictaluridae, excluding species of the scientific genus Pangasius, family Clariidae, or family Siluridae. The bill mandates that food service establishments can only label a product as catfish if it contains catfish and not another similar fish.