Texas law lets residents sell certain non-hazardous homemade foods as a cottage food production operation, and bars any local government (including the county and City of Lubbock) from regulating that food production. Sales are capped at $50,000 gross annually with required labeling.
Under Health & Safety Code Ch. 437, a cottage food production operation lets an individual make and sell approved non-time/temperature-control foods such as baked goods, candy, jams, and dried items from home. State law expressly prohibits local governments and health departments from regulating that production, so neither Lubbock County nor the City of Lubbock can require a permit or inspection for it. Operators must properly label products and stay within the statutory annual gross-income cap. The county still cannot use zoning, and City of Lubbock home-occupation limits on traffic and signage still apply within the city.
The state (not the county or city) enforces cottage-food labeling and food-safety rules; a genuine consumer-illness complaint may still be investigated by the health department despite the general local-regulation bar.
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