Tex. Health & Safety Code § 437.0201 – REGULATION OF FOOD AT FARMERS' MARKETS UNDER TEMPORARY FOOD ESTABLISHMENT PERMITS

Sec. 437.0201. REGULATION OF FOOD AT FARMERS' MARKETS UNDER TEMPORARY FOOD ESTABLISHMENT PERMITS

(a) In this section, "farmers' market" means a designated location used primarily for the distribution and sale directly to consumers of food products by farmers or other producers.
(b) The department or a local health department may issue a temporary food establishment permit to a person who sells food at a farmers' market without limiting the number of days for which the permit is effective to the number of days during which the farmers' market takes place.
(c) A permit issued under Subsection (b) may be valid for up to one year and may be renewed on expiration.
(d) This section does not apply to a farmers' market in a county:
1. (1) that has a population of less than 50,000; and
2. (2) over which no local health department has jurisdiction.

Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1317 (S.B. 81), Sec. 7, eff. September 1, 2011.

Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 339 (S.B. 932), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2019.