Bill Text: TX HB2273 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the definition of a cottage food production operation.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-06 - Referred to Public Health [HB2273 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-HB2273-Introduced.html

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86R11573 KKR-F
By: Guillen H.B. No. 2273

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
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
[pickles];
(xiv) mustard;
(xv) roasted coffee or dry tea; [or]
(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.