A records-first route into the reviewed Texas rule snapshot, with operational preparation kept separate from legal requirements.
What this means for your records
Check → Prove → Respond™ starts before an inspection: preserve what you checked, the evidence you relied on, and the response when a gap appears.
Evidence boundary
This page does not represent an official DSHS inspection checklist and does not predict an inspector's actions.
Verification state: 1 of 2 statements shown on this page are independently verified; 1 remain pending. Pending statements remain visible with their uncertainty; rejected statements never render.
Provenance
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Effective date, enforcement posture, litigation, and verification are shown separately. A date alone is never treated as an enforcement conclusion.
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COA content requirements for consumable hemp products
The adopted DSHS rules set out the required contents of a certificate of analysis for consumable hemp products as a condition of sale in Texas. Section 300.301(d) names twelve fields, among them laboratory identification and contact information, sample and lot identification, analytical methods and instrumentation with limits of detection and quantitation, an expiration date, measurement of uncertainty analysis parameters, a QR code verifying the authenticity of testing at an accredited laboratory, and results reporting delta-9 THC, total delta-9 THC, and total THC per container.
[Pending verification] The required-field list was verified 2026-08-16 against two independent official publications — the DSHS adopted-rule text and the Texas Register adoption notice (TRD-202601066) — which agree that §300.301(d) names twelve fields. The earlier conflicting counts came from third-party summaries rather than the adopted text, and the count is therefore no longer withheld. Katherine Ulbricht ratification remains outstanding as a receipt; this record stays pending until it lands.
In effect — March 31, 2026, adopted DSHS rules filed with the Secretary of State March 2, 2026 (TRD-202601066).
Enforcement
In force. No stay or injunction against the COA content requirements as such was identified in this review. The total delta-9 THC threshold is recorded separately below because its posture is different; §300.301(d) is the certificate-of-analysis field set and carries no threshold of its own.
This statement was included in the reviewed snapshot on 2026-08-16. No independent Katherine verification receipt is recorded yet, so it remains pending and keeps the caveat shown above.
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Retail registration for consumable hemp product sellers
The adopted rules require retailers of consumable hemp products to register with DSHS, with a registration fee of $5,000 per retail location under the adopted fee provisions.
This statement was included in the reviewed snapshot on 2026-08-14. Independent Katherine verification is recorded by receipt kv-receipt-2026-08-16-fees-r5.