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Texas Food Truck Requirements

January 14, 2022January 17, 2022Texas Public Health Solutions

According to the Texas Food Establishment Rules, a mobile food unit (such as a food truck) is a vehicle-mounted, self-contained food service operation, designed to be readily moveable and used to store, prepare, display, serve, or sell food.

Sheesh … There is a lot to digest in that one sentence!

Food truck requirements vary greatly throughout the great State of Texas, so be sure to check with your Local Health Department for specific regulations. Below is a general list of items to consider when starting a food truck business and is not intended to be comprehensive. Read more →

2021 Texas Food Establishment Rules

September 20, 2021Texas Public Health Solutions

The 2021 Texas Food Establishment Rules, or TFER, went into effect on August 8, 2021, replacing the 2015 version.

It will be some time before municipalities throughout Texas adopt the new TFER, but it’s never too early start implementing the changes.

New Texas Pool Rules

January 8, 2021January 8, 2021Texas Public Health Solutions

Texas’ 87th legislative session isn’t scheduled to begin until January 12, 2021, but the state’s new pool rules already went into effect on January 1, 2021.

TexasPHS wrote previously about this subject in the Summer of 2020.

New Texas Swimming Pool & Spa Rules Revealed

August 1, 2020August 1, 2020Texas Public Health Solutions

The long-overdue proposed State of Texas Public Swimming Pool and Spa Rules were recently published in the July 24^th edition of the Texas Register for public comment.

These new rules would replace the existing pool and spa rules which were very confusing and burdensome for pool operators and regulatory agencies alike. Currently, there are one set of rules for swimming pools and spas constructed prior to 1999 and a completely different set of rules for those built after 1999.