Tex. Health and Safety Code § 431.226
REFUSAL TO GRANT LICENSE; SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION OF LICENSE
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- Tex. Health and Safety Code § 431.226, REFUSAL TO GRANT LICENSE; SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION OF LICENSE, Texas, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/673077
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(a) The department may refuse an application for a license or may suspend or revoke a license.
(b) The executive commissioner by rule shall establish minimum standards for granting and maintaining a license. In adopting rules under this section, the executive commissioner shall:
(1) ensure that the minimum standards prioritize safe handling of fruits and vegetables based on known safety risks, including any history of outbreaks of food-borne communicable diseases; and
(2) consider acceptable produce safety standards developed by a federal agency, state agency, or university.
(c) The refusal or the suspension or revocation of a license by the department and the appeal from that action are governed by the procedures for a contested case hearing under Chapter 2001, Government Code.