Texas Health and Safety Code 438.032 – Infected Persons; Food Handling Prohibited
(a) A person may not handle food, utensils, dishes, or serving implements that are for public sale or for the consumption or use by another if the person:
(1) is infected with a disease that is transmissible through the handling of food;
(2) resides in a household in which there is a transmissible case of a communicable disease that may be food borne;
(3) is known to be a carrier of the organisms causing a communicable disease that may be food borne; or
(4) has a local infection that is commonly transmitted through the handling of food.
(b) A person, firm, corporation, or organization operating or managing a public eating place or vehicle or other place where food is manufactured, processed, prepared, dispensed, or handled in a manner or under circumstances that would permit the probable transmission of disease from a handler to a consumer may not employ a person described in Subsection (a) to handle the food, utensils, dishes, or serving implements.
Terms Used In Texas Health and Safety Code 438.032
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005