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Tex. Health and Safety Code § 437.0191

EXEMPTION FOR COTTAGE FOOD PRODUCTION OPERATIONS

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Tex. Health and Safety Code § 437.0191, EXEMPTION FOR COTTAGE FOOD PRODUCTION OPERATIONS, Texas, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/673350
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(a) A cottage food production operation is not a food service establishment for purposes of this chapter. (b) The exemption provided by Subsection (a) does not affect the application of Sections 431.045, 431.0495, and 431.247 authorizing the department or other local health authority to act to prevent an immediate and serious threat to human life or health. (c) Notwithstanding any other law, a cottage food production operation that manufactures and distributes at wholesale cottage food for resale by others is exempt from department licensing requirements under Chapter 431.