Tex. Health & Safety Code § 437.0192 · Chapter 437. REGULATION OF FOOD SERVICE ESTABLISHMENTS, RETAIL FOOD STORES, MOBILE FOOD UNITS, AND ROADSIDE FOOD VENDORS
REGULATION OF COTTAGE FOOD PRODUCTION OPERATIONS BY LOCAL GOVERNMENT AUTHORITIES PROHIBITED; COMPLAINTS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A local government authority, including a local health department, may not:
(1) regulate the production of food at a cottage food production operation; or
(2) require a cottage food production operation to obtain any type of license or permit or pay any fee to produce or sell directly to a consumer or cottage food vendor, or to provide samples directly to a consumer, a food other than a food described by Sections 437.001(2-b)(A)(i)-(vi).
(b) Each local health department and the department shall maintain a record of a complaint made by a person against a cottage food production operation.
(c) A local government authority, including a local health department, may not employ or continue to employ a person who knowingly requires or attempts to require a cottage food production operation to obtain a license or permit in violation of Subsection (a)(2).
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. 3, eff. September 1, 2013.
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 653 (H.B. 970), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2013.
Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 303 (S.B. 541), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2025.
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