{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-434.003","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 434.003","heading":"SANITARY REQUIREMENTS.","body":"(a) A person may not sit or lie on any table, bench, trough, or shelf intended for dough or bakery products.\n(b) Animals or fowl may not be kept or allowed in any bakery or other place where bakery products are produced or stored.\n(c) A person engaged in the preparation or handling of bakery products shall wash the person's arms and hands thoroughly before beginning the preparation, mixing, or handling of ingredients used in baking. A bakery shall provide sufficient soap, washbasins, and clean towels for that purpose.\n(d) A person may not use tobacco in any form in any room in which a bakery product is manufactured, wrapped, or prepared for sale.\n(e) A person with a communicable disease may not work in a bakery, handle any product in the bakery, or deliver a product from the bakery.\nActs 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 6. FOOD, DRUGS, ALCOHOL, AND HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES","SUBTITLE A. FOOD AND DRUG HEALTH REGULATIONS","CHAPTER 434. PUBLIC HEALTH PROVISIONS RELATING TO PRODUCTION OF BAKED GOODS","SUBCHAPTER A. BAKERIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.434.htm#434.003","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"89bd25f143d6675a5438377304accc402091b0243e1a8166d73c3821b72fb0b9","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-434.002","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-434.004"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}