Tex. Health & Safety Code § 437.0191 · Chapter 437. REGULATION OF FOOD SERVICE ESTABLISHMENTS, RETAIL FOOD STORES, MOBILE FOOD UNITS, AND ROADSIDE FOOD VENDORS
EXEMPTION FOR COTTAGE FOOD PRODUCTION OPERATIONS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A cottage food production operation is not a food service establishment for purposes of this chapter.
(b) The exemption provided by Subsection (a) does not affect the application of Sections 431.045, 431.0495, and 431.247 authorizing the department or other local health authority to act to prevent an immediate and serious threat to human life or health.
(c) Notwithstanding any other law, a cottage food production operation that manufactures and distributes at wholesale cottage food for resale by others is exempt from department licensing requirements under Chapter 431.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1317 (S.B. 81), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2011.
Amended by:
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 653 (H.B. 970), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2013.
Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 303 (S.B. 541), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2025.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.437.htm
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Health and Safety Code
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 431.045EMERGENCY ORDER.Printed as Sections 431.045, 431.0495, and 431.247
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 431.0495RECALL ORDERS.Printed as Sections 431.045, 431.0495, and 431.247
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 431.247DELEGATION OF POWERS OR DUTIES.Printed as Sections 431.045, 431.0495, and 431.247
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