Bill Text: TX SB829 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Comm Sub
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Bill Title: Relating to cottage food production operations.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-05-23 - Placed on General State Calendar [SB829 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB829-Comm_Sub.html
Bill Title: Relating to cottage food production operations.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-05-23 - Placed on General State Calendar [SB829 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB829-Comm_Sub.html
By: Kolkhorst | S.B. No. 829 | |
(In the Senate - Filed February 10, 2023; March 1, 2023, | ||
read first time and referred to Committee on Health & Human | ||
Services; April 3, 2023, reported adversely, with favorable | ||
Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; | ||
April 3, 2023, sent to printer.) | ||
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 829 | By: Miles |
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relating to cottage food production operations. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 437.001, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended by amending Subdivision (2-b) and adding Subdivisions (3) | ||
and (5-a) to read as follows: | ||
(2-b) "Cottage food production operation" means an | ||
individual, operating out of the individual's home, who or a | ||
nonprofit organization that: | ||
(A) produces at the individual's home or the home | ||
of an individual who is a director or officer of the nonprofit | ||
organization, as applicable, subject to Section 437.0196: | ||
(i) a baked good [ |
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(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, | ||
including beets and carrots, that are preserved in vinegar, brine, | ||
or a similar solution at an equilibrium pH value of 4.6 or less; | ||
(xiv) mustard; | ||
(xv) roasted coffee or dry tea; | ||
(xvi) a dried herb or dried herb mix; | ||
(xvii) plant-based acidified canned goods; | ||
(xviii) fermented vegetable products, | ||
including products that are refrigerated to preserve quality; | ||
(xix) frozen raw and uncut fruit or | ||
vegetables; or | ||
(xx) any other food that is not a time and | ||
temperature control for safety food, as defined by Section | ||
437.0196; | ||
(B) has an annual gross income of $100,000 | ||
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(C) sells the foods produced under Paragraph (A) | ||
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(D) delivers products to the consumer or cottage | ||
food vendor at the point of sale or another location designated by | ||
the consumer or cottage food vendor. | ||
(3) "Cottage food vendor" means a person who: | ||
(A) has a contractual relationship with a cottage | ||
food production operation; and | ||
(B) sells food described by Subdivision (2-b)(A) | ||
on behalf of the cottage food production operation directly to | ||
consumers. | ||
(5-a) "Nonprofit organization" means an organization | ||
exempt from federal income tax under Section 501(a), Internal | ||
Revenue Code of 1986, as an organization described by Section | ||
501(c)(3) of that code. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 437.0192, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c) to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(a) A local government authority, including a local health | ||
department, may not: | ||
(1) regulate the production of food at a cottage food | ||
production operation; or | ||
(2) require a cottage food production operation to | ||
obtain any type of license or permit or pay any fee to sell food | ||
described by Section 437.001(2-b)(A) directly to a consumer or | ||
cottage food vendor. | ||
(c) A local government authority, including a local health | ||
department, may not employ or continue to employ a person who | ||
knowingly requires or attempts to require a cottage food production | ||
operation to obtain a license or permit in violation of Subsection | ||
(a)(2). | ||
SECTION 3. Section 437.0193, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsections (b-1) and | ||
(e) to read as follows: | ||
(b) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules requiring | ||
a cottage food production operation to label all of the foods | ||
described in Section 437.001(2-b)(A) that the operation sells to | ||
consumers. The label must include: | ||
(1) the name and address of the cottage food | ||
production operation; [ |
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(2) at least one of the following for the cottage food | ||
production operation: | ||
(A) the phone number; | ||
(B) the e-mail address; or | ||
(C) the mailing address; and | ||
(3) the following disclosure: | ||
"THIS PRODUCT WAS PRODUCED IN A PRIVATE RESIDENCE AND IS NOT | ||
SUBJECT TO GOVERNMENTAL LICENSING OR INSPECTION. THIS PRODUCT MAY | ||
CONTAIN ALLERGENS." [ |
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(b-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (b)(1), a cottage food | ||
production operation is not required to include on a food label the | ||
address of the operation if the operation registers with the | ||
department in the form and manner prescribed by the department. The | ||
executive commissioner may adopt rules to implement this | ||
subsection. | ||
(e) A cottage food production operation that sells time and | ||
temperature control for safety baked goods must include on the | ||
label of the food or on an invoice or receipt provided with the food | ||
when sold the following statement in at least 12-point font: "SAFE | ||
HANDLING INSTRUCTIONS: To prevent illness from bacteria, keep this | ||
food refrigerated or frozen until the food is prepared for | ||
consumption." | ||
SECTION 4. Section 437.0194, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended by amending Subsections (a) and (c) and adding Subsection | ||
(a-1) to read as follows: | ||
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (a-1), a [ |
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food production operation may not sell any of the foods described in | ||
Section 437.001(2-b)(A) at wholesale. | ||
(a-1) A cottage food production operation may sell food | ||
described by Section 437.001(2-b)(A) to a cottage food vendor at | ||
wholesale. | ||
(c) The operator of a cottage food production operation that | ||
sells a food described by Section 437.001(2-b)(A) in this state in | ||
the manner described by Subsection (b): | ||
(1) is not required to include the information | ||
required under Section 437.0193(b)(2) for [ |
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operation in the labeling information required under Subsection | ||
(b)(2) before the operator accepts payment for the food; and | ||
(2) shall provide the information required under | ||
Section 437.0193(b)(2) for [ |
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of the food in the manner required by that subdivision [ |
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SECTION 5. Chapter 437, Health and Safety Code, is amended | ||
by adding Section 437.01953 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 437.01953. REQUIREMENTS FOR SALE OF CERTAIN BAKED | ||
GOODS. A cottage food production operation that sells to consumers | ||
time and temperature control for safety baked goods shall: | ||
(1) store and deliver the food at the air temperature | ||
necessary to prevent the growth of bacteria that may cause human | ||
illness; and | ||
(2) label the food in accordance with Section | ||
437.0193(e). | ||
SECTION 6. Section 437.0196(a), Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) In this section, "time and temperature control for | ||
safety food" means a food that requires time and temperature | ||
control for safety to limit pathogen growth or toxin production. | ||
The term includes a food that must be held under proper temperature | ||
controls, such as refrigeration, to prevent the growth of bacteria | ||
that may cause human illness. A time and temperature control for | ||
safety food may include a food that contains protein and moisture | ||
and is neutral or slightly acidic, such as meat, poultry, fish, and | ||
shellfish products, pasteurized and unpasteurized milk and dairy | ||
products, raw seed sprouts, [ |
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products. The term does not include: | ||
(1) a food that uses time and temperature control for | ||
safety food as ingredients if the final food product does not | ||
require time or temperature control for safety to limit pathogen | ||
growth or toxin production; or | ||
(2) a baked good, including a baked good that: | ||
(A) contains pasteurized and unpasteurized milk | ||
and dairy products; or | ||
(B) requires refrigeration. | ||
SECTION 7. Chapter 437, Health and Safety Code, is amended | ||
by adding Section 437.01965 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 437.01965. COTTAGE FOOD VENDOR. (a) A cottage food | ||
vendor may sell food described by Section 437.001(2-b)(A) directly | ||
to consumers at a farmers' market, farm stand, food service | ||
establishment, or retail food store. | ||
(b) A cottage food vendor who sells food described by | ||
Section 437.001(2-b)(A) must display in a prominent place near the | ||
location where the food is offered for sale a sign with the | ||
following disclosure: | ||
"THIS PRODUCT WAS PRODUCED IN A PRIVATE RESIDENCE AND IS NOT | ||
SUBJECT TO GOVERNMENTAL LICENSING OR INSPECTION. THIS PRODUCT MAY | ||
CONTAIN ALLERGENS." | ||
(c) A cottage food vendor that purchases food from a cottage | ||
food production operation at wholesale shall register with the | ||
department in the form and manner prescribed by the department. The | ||
executive commissioner may adopt rules to implement this | ||
subsection. | ||
SECTION 8. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
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