There are hereby adopted by reference the provisions of the current edition of the Texas Food Establishment Rules, health services, department of state health services, retail food, as found in 25 Tex. Admin. Code part 1, chapter 228, regarding the regulation of food establishments in this jurisdiction.
(1967 Code, sec. 11-29; 1976 Code, sec. 22-31; Ordinance 924 adopted 12/6/99; Ordinance 1042, sec. I, adopted 6/2/08; 2008 Code, sec. 22-31; Ordinance adopting 2020 Code; Ordinance 1191 adopted 1/19/21)
(a) 
Any person found to be in violation of any provision hereof shall be guilty of a class C misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined in accordance with the general penalty provided in section 1.01.009 of this code. Each day a violation continues shall constitute a separate offense.
(b) 
In addition, any person found to be in violation hereof shall, in addition to any fine imposed, be subject to loss of city utilities and/or closure of the food establishment.
(1967 Code, sec. 11-29; 1976 Code, sec. 22-31; Ordinance 924 adopted 12/6/99; Ordinance 1042, sec. X, adopted 6/2/08; 2008 Code, sec. 22-32; Ordinance adopting 2020 Code; Ordinance 1191 adopted 1/19/21)
The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
Authorized agent or employee.
An employee of the regulatory authority.
Food establishment.
An operation that stores, prepares, packages, serves, vends, or otherwise provides food for human consumption as follows:
(1) 
A restaurant, retail food store, satellite or catered feeding location, catering operation if the operation provides food directly to a consumer or to a conveyance used to transport people, market, vending location, (machine), self-service food market, conveyance used to transport people, institution, or food bank;
(2) 
An establishment that relinquishes possession of food to a consumer directly, or indirectly through a delivery service such as home delivery of grocery orders or restaurant takeout orders, or delivery service that is provided by common carriers;
(3) 
Includes an element of the operation such as a transportation vehicle or a central preparation facility that supplies a vending location or satellite feeding location unless the vending or feeding location is permitted by the regulatory authority and an operation that is conducted in a mobile, stationary, temporary, or permanent facility or location; where consumption is on or off the premises; and regardless of whether there is a charge for the food; and
(4) 
Food establishment does not include an establishment that offers only prepackaged foods that are not time/temperature control for safety food, a produce stand that only offers whole, uncut fresh fruits and vegetables, a food processing plant, a cottage food industry, an area where cottage food is prepared, sold or offered for human consumption, a bed and breakfast limited facility as defined in this chapter, or a private home that receives catered or home-delivered food.
Regulatory authority.
The city health department.
State rules.
State rules found at 25 Tex. Admin. Code, part 1, chapter 228. These rules are also known as the Texas Food Establishment Rules.
(Ordinance 1042, sec. II, adopted 6/2/08; 2008 Code, sec. 22-33; Ordinance adopting 2020 Code; Ordinance 1191 adopted 1/19/21)