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Senate Bill 572 |
Senate Author: Kolkhorst et al. |
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Effective: 9-1-19 |
House Sponsor: Rodriguez et al. |
Senate Bill 572 amends the Health and Safety Code to revise the regulation of cottage food operations. The bill expands the products that cottage food production operations may produce at an individual's home and revises certain requirements relating to the production and sale of cottage food. The bill provides for the following:
· packaging and labeling requirements for frozen raw and uncut fruit or vegetables;
· restrictions on the sale of cottage food through the Internet or by mail order;
· requirements for the sale of certain cottage foods; and
· a prohibition against a cottage food production operation selling foods that require time and temperature control for safety to limit pathogen growth or toxin production, including to prevent the growth of bacteria that may cause human illness.
The bill requires the Department of State Health Services (DSHS) to develop and implement a process by which an individual may request DSHS to approve an additional source for certain recipes that a cottage food production operation may use.