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Texas Health and Safety Code - HEALTH & SAFETY § 437.0201. Regulation of Food at Farmers' Markets Under Temporary Food Establishment Permits

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by FindLaw Staff

(a) In this section, “farmers' market” and “food” have the meanings assigned by Section 437.020.

(b) The department or a local health department may issue a temporary food establishment permit to a person who sells food at a farmers' market, subject to Section 437.0065.

(c) Repealed by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., ch. 339 (S.B. 932), § 4.

(d) 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.

(e) The executive commissioner, a state enforcement agency, or a local government authority, including a local health department, may not adopt a rule requiring a farmers' market to pay a permit fee for:

(1) conducting a cooking demonstration if the demonstration is conducted for a bona fide educational purpose; or

(2) providing samples of food.

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