Tex. Health & Safety Code § 438.001 · Subchapter A. UNPACKAGED FOODS
DEFINITIONS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
In this subchapter:
(1) "Gravity feed type container" means a self-service container in which food is dispensed by operating a mechanism that permits the food to drop into a receptacle.
(2) "Scoop utensil type container" means a self-service container from which food is dispensed by using a utensil provided with the container.
(3) "Unpackaged food" means food that is:
(A) not in individual packaging or wrapping;
(B) offered for sale by a retail food store; and
(C) sold in bulk from a container that permits a customer to dispense the food directly into a receptacle.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.438.htm
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- sha256 63b5256a30c99aed263cf05e85486eeda9cc6b083ecf1dfeb9b9e3e201443fe3
- 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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