Tex. Health and Safety Code § 437.0202
TEMPERATURE REQUIREMENTS FOR FOOD AT FARMERS' MARKETS
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- Tex. Health and Safety Code § 437.0202, TEMPERATURE REQUIREMENTS FOR FOOD AT FARMERS' MARKETS, Texas, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/673365
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(a) In this section, "farmers' market" and "food" have the meanings assigned by Section 437.020.
(b) The executive commissioner by rule may adopt temperature requirements for food sold at, prepared on-site at, or transported to or from a farmers' market under Section 437.020, 437.0201, or 437.0203. Food prepared on-site at a farmers' market may be sold or distributed at the farmers' market only if the food is prepared in compliance with the temperature requirements adopted under this section.
(c) Except as provided by Subsection (d), the executive commissioner or a state or local enforcement agency may not mandate a specific method for complying with the temperature control requirements adopted under Subsection (b).
(d) The municipality in which a municipally owned farmers' market is located may adopt rules specifying the method or methods that must be used to comply with the temperature control requirements adopted under Subsection (b).
(e) 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.