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.