Tex. Health & Safety Code § 437.0075 · Chapter 437. REGULATION OF FOOD SERVICE ESTABLISHMENTS, RETAIL FOOD STORES, MOBILE FOOD UNITS, AND ROADSIDE FOOD VENDORS
FOOD MANAGERS IN CERTAIN POPULOUS COUNTIES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A county with a population of at least four million may require a certified or trained food manager to be on duty during the operating hours of a food establishment.
(b) The training required of food managers can be no more extensive than that specified under Subchapter D, Chapter 438.
(c) A food establishment that handles only prepackaged food and does not prepare or package food may not be required to have a certified food manager under this section.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1378, Sec. 7, eff. June 19, 1999.
Amended by:
Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 911 (S.B. 1158), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2017.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.437.htm
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- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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