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Texas Health and Safety Code - HEALTH & SAFETY § 437.030. Transporting, Delivering, and Serving Food at Workplace by Food Service Establishment or Mobile Food Unit

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

(a) This section applies only to a permitted food service establishment or permitted mobile food unit transporting and delivering to the premises of a workplace food to be served by an employee or contractor of the establishment or unit.

(b) Notwithstanding any other law, a county, a municipality, a public health district, or the department may not require a permitted food service establishment or permitted mobile food unit or an employee or contractor of an establishment or unit to obtain an additional permit or certification to transport, deliver, and serve food at the premises of a workplace if:

(1) in the event that the food is assembled at the workplace, the employees or contractors of the establishment or unit comply with applicable food handler and food manager certification requirements;

(2) an employee or contractor of the establishment or unit serves the prepared food at the workplace premises;

(3) the prepared food is sold to employees or guests of the workplace;

(4) the food is prepared, transported, delivered, and served in accordance with local catering food safety rules, including time and temperature requirements;

(5) adequate bathrooms and handwashing stations, whether plumbed or portable, are available on the workplace premises;  and

(6) the establishment or unit transports, delivers, and serves food to the workplace premises not more than three days in a seven-day period.

(c) Notwithstanding any other law, a county, a municipality, a public health district, or the department may not require an owner or operator of a workplace to which food is transported, delivered, or served under Subsection (b) to obtain a permit or certification.

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