Sherman, TX Public Health Rules: Food Handler Certification (2026)

Section 6.02.005 of the Sherman Code of Ordinances, titled food sanitation training, sits in Article 6.02 on food establishments in the City of Sherman, Grayson County, Texas. Subsection (a) is a manager rule: no person may operate a food establishment unless the manager, or the manager of each shift when multiple shifts are worked, has a valid current food service manager's certificate issued by the regulatory authority. The certificate must certify that the bearer attended the food sanitation program for managers approved by that authority. Section 6.02.001(b) defines the regulatory authority as the county health department and defines a food establishment as a food service establishment, a retail food store, a mobile food unit or a roadside food vendor.

Subsection (b) is the employer rule. It is unlawful for the owner, operator or manager of any food establishment to employ or permit any food handler to work there unless that food handler has the permit required by the section. As printed, § 6.02.005 does not name an issuing office, a fee or a course length for the food handler permit, so those details come from the regulatory authority.

The certification duty sits on top of the establishment permit. Under § 6.02.002 a person cannot operate a food establishment without a permit from the regulatory authority, permits are not transferable between persons or locations, and the permit must be posted. Section 6.02.003 requires annual renewal, an inspection before each initial or renewal permit, and fees set and collected by the regulatory authority. Section 6.02.001(a) adopts the Texas Food Establishment Rules at 25 Texas Administrative Code chapter 228.

Enforcement runs through the permit. The regulatory authority can suspend a permit without warning or hearing for an imminent hazard to public health, with a hearing offered within 20 days of a request, and can revoke it for serious or repeated violations after a ten day notice.