Tex. Health & Safety Code § 438.017 · Subchapter B. CLEANING AND STERILIZATION OF FOOD SERVICE ITEMS
PROTECTION OF OTHER FOOD SERVICE ITEMS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A paper receptacle, ice cream cone, or other single service utensil to be used for serving food or drink shall be kept in a sanitary manner, protected from dust, flies, and other contaminants.
(b) A napkin, straw, toothpick, or other article may not be offered for the use of a person unless the article has been securely protected from dust, dirt, insects, rodents, and, as necessary and by all reasonable means, other contaminants.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
Source of truth
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- 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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