Tex. Health & Safety Code § 438.002 · Subchapter A. UNPACKAGED FOODS
EXEMPTIONS.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
This subchapter does not apply to:
(1) a beverage;
(2) fresh fruit or vegetables;
(3) food that is intended to be shelled or cooked before consumption; or
(4) food, such as milk products, eggs, meat, poultry, fish, or shellfish, that is capable of supporting rapid and progressive growth of infectious or toxic microorganisms.
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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- 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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