Texas § 445.003 ADULTERATED, CONTAMINATED, AND PROHIBITED KRATOM PRODUCTS.

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§ 445.003 — ADULTERATED, CONTAMINATED, AND PROHIBITED KRATOM PRODUCTS.

Texas § 445.003

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Bluebook

Tex. Health and Safety Code Code Ann. § 445.003 (2026).

Text

Sec. 445.003. ADULTERATED, CONTAMINATED, AND PROHIBITED KRATOM PRODUCTS. A kratom processor or kratom retailer may not prepare, distribute, sell, or offer to sell a kratom product that:

(1)is adulterated with a dangerous non-kratom substance affecting the quality or strength of the product to a degree that renders the product injurious to a consumer;

(2)is contaminated with a poisonous or otherwise deleterious non-kratom substance, including any substance designated as a controlled substance by Chapter 481 (Texas Controlled Substances Act);

(3)contains a level of 7-hydroxymitragynine in the alkaloid fraction that is greater than two percent of the overall alkaloid composition of the product; or

(4)contains any synthetic alkaloids, including synthetic 7-hydroxymitragynine and synthetica

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Sec. 445.003. ADULTERATED, CONTAMINATED, AND PROHIBITED KRATOM PRODUCTS. A kratom processor or kratom retailer may not prepare, distribute, sell, or offer to sell a kratom product that:
(1) is adulterated with a dangerous non-kratom substance affecting the quality or strength of the product to a degree that renders the product injurious to a consumer;
(2) is contaminated with a poisonous or otherwise deleterious non-kratom substance, including any substance designated as a controlled substance by Chapter 481 (Texas Controlled Substances Act);
(3) contains a level of 7-hydroxymitragynine in the alkaloid fraction that is greater than two percent of the overall alkaloid composition of the product; or
(4) contains any synthetic alkaloids, including synthetic 7-hydroxymitragynine and synthetically derived compounds from a kratom plant.

Legislative History

Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 2 (S.B. 497 ), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2023. Redesignated from Health and Safety Code, Chapter 444 by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 204 (H.B. 1620 ), Sec. 22.001(22), eff. September 1, 2025.