Tex. Health & Safety Code § 437.0202 · Chapter 437. REGULATION OF FOOD SERVICE ESTABLISHMENTS, RETAIL FOOD STORES, MOBILE FOOD UNITS, AND ROADSIDE FOOD VENDORS
TEMPERATURE REQUIREMENTS FOR FOOD AT FARMERS' MARKETS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) In this section, "farmers' market" and "food" have the meanings assigned by Section 437.020.
(b) The executive commissioner by rule may adopt temperature requirements for food sold at, prepared on-site at, or transported to or from a farmers' market under Section 437.020, 437.0201, or 437.0203. Food prepared on-site at a farmers' market may be sold or distributed at the farmers' market only if the food is prepared in compliance with the temperature requirements adopted under this section.
(c) Except as provided by Subsection (d), the executive commissioner or a state or local enforcement agency may not mandate a specific method for complying with the temperature control requirements adopted under Subsection (b).
(d) The municipality in which a municipally owned farmers' market is located may adopt rules specifying the method or methods that must be used to comply with the temperature control requirements adopted under Subsection (b).
(e) This section does not apply to a farmers' market in a county:
(1) that has a population of less than 50,000; and
(2) over which no local health department has jurisdiction.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1317 (S.B. 81), Sec. 7, eff. September 1, 2011.
Amended by:
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1275 (H.B. 1382), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2013.
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- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 437.020REGULATION OF FOOD SAMPLES AT FARMS AND FARMERS' MARKETS.Printed as Section 437.020 | Section 437.020, 437.0201, or 437.0203
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 437.0201REGULATION OF FOOD AT FARMERS' MARKETS UNDER TEMPORARY FOOD ESTABLISHMENT PERMITS.Printed as Section 437.020, 437.0201, or 437.0203
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 437.0203REGULATION OF COOKING DEMONSTRATIONS AT FARMERS' MARKETS.Printed as Section 437.020, 437.0201, or 437.0203
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- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 437.020REGULATION OF FOOD SAMPLES AT FARMS AND FARMERS' MARKETS.Printed as Section 437.0202(b) | Sections 437.0065, 437.0201, 437.0202, and 437.0203
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 437.0203REGULATION OF COOKING DEMONSTRATIONS AT FARMERS' MARKETS.Printed as Sections 437.020 and 437.0202 | Sections 437.020, 437.0201, and 437.0202
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