Tex.
Health & Safety Code Section 437.0202
Temperature Requirements for Food at Farmers’ Markets
(a)
In this section, “farmers’ market” and “food” have the meanings assigned by Section 437.020 (Regulation of Food Samples at Farms and Farmers’ Markets).(b)
The executive commissioner by rule may adopt temperature requirements for food sold at, prepared on-site at, or transported to or from a farmers’ market under Section 437.020 (Regulation of Food Samples at Farms and Farmers’ Markets), 437.0201 (Regulation of Food at Farmers’ Markets Under Temporary Food Establishment Permits), or 437.0203 (Regulation of Cooking Demonstrations at Farmers’ Markets). Food prepared on-site at a farmers’ market may be sold or distributed at the farmers’ market only if the food is prepared in compliance with the temperature requirements adopted under this section.(c)
Except as provided by Subsection (d), the executive commissioner or a state or local enforcement agency may not mandate a specific method for complying with the temperature control requirements adopted under Subsection (b).(d)
The municipality in which a municipally owned farmers’ market is located may adopt rules specifying the method or methods that must be used to comply with the temperature control requirements adopted under Subsection (b).(e)
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.
Source:
Section 437.0202 — Temperature Requirements for Food at Farmers' Markets, https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.437.htm#437.0202 (accessed Jun. 5, 2024).
