Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE |
Title 6. FOOD, DRUGS, ALCOHOL, AND HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES |
Subtitle A. FOOD AND DRUG HEALTH REGULATIONS |
Chapter 437. REGULATION OF FOOD SERVICE ESTABLISHMENTS, RETAIL FOOD STORES, MOBILE FOOD UNITS, AND ROADSIDE FOOD VENDORS |
Sec. 437.0201. REGULATION OF FOOD AT FARMERS' MARKETS UNDER TEMPORARY FOOD ESTABLISHMENT PERMITS
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(a) In this section, "farmers' market" means a designated location used primarily for the distribution and sale directly to consumers of food products by farmers or other producers.
(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 without limiting the number of days for which the permit is effective to the number of days during which the farmers' market takes place.
(c) A permit issued under Subsection (b) may be valid for up to one year and may be renewed on expiration.
(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.
Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1317 , Sec. 7, eff. September 1, 2011.