Texas Cottage Food Law (TX H&S Code Ch. 437) allows Plano residents to prepare non-hazardous foods at home for direct sale. HB 1926 (2021) also permits mail, delivery, and pickup sales statewide.
Under the Texas Cottage Food Law, codified at Texas Health and Safety Code Chapter 437 and significantly expanded by HB 1926 effective September 1, 2021, Plano residents may produce certain non-hazardous foods in their home kitchen for direct sale to consumers. Permitted foods include baked goods that do not require refrigeration, candy, fruit preserves, pickled vegetables, dehydrated foods, roasted coffee, acidified canned goods with a pH of 4.6 or lower, and frozen raw produce. HB 1926 added the ability to sell through the mail, delivery, and pickup in addition to farmers markets and in-person sales. Gross annual sales are capped at $50,000. Producers must complete an accredited food handler course, label products with required disclosures including the statement that the product was made in a home kitchen not inspected by a state or local health department, and avoid sales to retailers or wholesalers. No state or Plano license is required. Home occupation zoning still applies.
TX DSHS and local enforcement; potential injunctive relief, product recall, and fines for noncompliant labeling or sale of prohibited foods. Consumer illness may trigger civil liability.
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