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Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
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HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE |
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Title 6. FOOD, DRUGS, ALCOHOL, AND HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES |
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Subtitle A. FOOD AND DRUG HEALTH REGULATIONS |
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Chapter 438. PUBLIC HEALTH MEASURES RELATING TO FOOD |
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Subchapter C. FOOD SERVICE EMPLOYEES |
Sec. 438.032. INFECTED PERSONS; FOOD HANDLING PROHIBITED
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(a) A person may not handle food, utensils, dishes, or serving implements that are for public sale or for the consumption or use by another if the person:
(1) is infected with a disease that is transmissible through the handling of food;
(2) resides in a household in which there is a transmissible case of a communicable disease that may be food borne;
(3) is known to be a carrier of the organisms causing a communicable disease that may be food borne; or
(4) has a local infection that is commonly transmitted through the handling of food.
(b) A person, firm, corporation, or organization operating or managing a public eating place or vehicle or other place where food is manufactured, processed, prepared, dispensed, or handled in a manner or under circumstances that would permit the probable transmission of disease from a handler to a consumer may not employ a person described in Subsection (a) to handle the food, utensils, dishes, or serving implements.