Tex. Health & Safety Code § 434.022 · Subchapter B. ADULTERATED INGREDIENTS
SELF-RISING FLOUR.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) In this section, "self-rising flour" means a combination of flour, salt, and chemical leavening ingredients. The flour must be at least of the "straight" grade, and the chemical leavening ingredients must be bicarbonate of soda and:
(1) calcium acid phosphate;
(2) sodium aluminum sulphate;
(3) cream of tartar;
(4) tartaric acid; or
(5) a combination of those ingredients.
(b) A self-rising flour or other compound by that name must produce when sold not less than one-half percent by weight of available carbon dioxide gas and may not contain more than 3-1/2 percent chemical leavening ingredients.
(c) A self-rising flour or other compound by that name that does not meet the requirements of Subsection (b) is adulterated.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.434.htm
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