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  89R13796 LRM-D     By: Shofner H.B. No. 2840       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the labeling of products as milk and milk products.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 435.001, Health and Safety Code, is   amended by adding Subdivisions (2-a) and (2-b) to read as follows:                 (2-a)     "Milk" means a liquid secreted by the mammary   glands of female mammals.                 (2-b)  "Milk product" means a product containing milk.          SECTION 2.  Section 435.007, Health and Safety Code, is   amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:           (d)     A person may not represent, label, or advertise a   product as:                 (1)  milk if the product is not milk; or                 (2)     a milk product if the product is not a milk   product.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.