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Tex. Government Code § 501.003

FOOD

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Agriculture & Food
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Tex. Government Code § 501.003, FOOD, Texas, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/655489
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The department shall ensure that inmates housed in facilities operated by the department are fed good and wholesome food, prepared under sanitary conditions, and provided in sufficient quantity and reasonable variety. The department shall hold employees charged with preparing food for inmates strictly to account for a failure to carry out this section. The department shall provide for the training of inmates as cooks so that food for inmates may be properly prepared.