Bill Text: TX HB2273 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the definition of a cottage food production operation.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-06 - Referred to Public Health [HB2273 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB2273-Introduced.html
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| By: Guillen | H.B. No. 2273 | |
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| relating to the definition of a cottage food production operation. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 437.001(2-b), Health and Safety Code, is | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| (2-b) "Cottage food production operation" means an | ||
| individual, operating out of the individual's home, who: | ||
| (A) produces at the individual's home, subject to | ||
| Section 437.0196: | ||
| (i) a baked good that is not a potentially | ||
| hazardous food, as defined by Section 437.0196; | ||
| (ii) candy; | ||
| (iii) coated and uncoated nuts; | ||
| (iv) unroasted nut butters; | ||
| (v) fruit butters; | ||
| (vi) a canned jam or jelly; | ||
| (vii) a fruit pie; | ||
| (viii) dehydrated fruit or vegetables, | ||
| including dried beans; | ||
| (ix) popcorn and popcorn snacks; | ||
| (x) cereal, including granola; | ||
| (xi) dry mix; | ||
| (xii) vinegar; | ||
| (xiii) pickled fruit or vegetables | ||
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| (xiv) mustard; | ||
| (xv) roasted coffee or dry tea; [ |
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| (xvi) a dried herb or dried herb mix; or | ||
| (xvii) dried meat; | ||
| (B) has an annual gross income of $50,000 or less | ||
| from the sale of food described by Paragraph (A); | ||
| (C) sells the foods produced under Paragraph (A) | ||
| only directly to consumers at the individual's home, a farmers' | ||
| market, a farm stand, or a municipal, county, or nonprofit fair, | ||
| festival, or event; and | ||
| (D) delivers products to the consumer at the | ||
| point of sale or another location designated by the consumer. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
