Sec. 144.021. GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR OPERATING LICENSES  


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  • (a) Each applicant for or holder of an operating license shall adopt operating procedures that:

    (1) provide for the sanitary performance of rendering operations and processes;

    (2) prevent the spread of infectious or noxious materials; and

    (3) ensure that finished products are free from disease-producing organisms.

    (b) As a condition of licensure, the department may prescribe other reasonable and appropriate construction, operational, maintenance, and inspection requirements to ensure compliance with this chapter and applicable rules of the department.

Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 485, Sec. 6, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.