Tex. Health & Safety Code § 438.011 · Subchapter B. CLEANING AND STERILIZATION OF FOOD SERVICE ITEMS
DEFINITIONS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
In this subchapter:
(1) "Dish" includes a vessel of any shape or size, made of any type of material, commonly used in eating or drinking.
(2) "Food factory" includes a place in which, as a business, food is manufactured or prepared for human consumption.
(3) "Receptacle" includes a vessel, tray, pot, pan, or other article used for holding food.
(4) "Utensil" includes a vessel or article of any shape or size, made of any material, commonly used in preparing, holding, storing, transporting, serving, or eating food.
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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