Texas Administrative Code
Title 26 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Part 1 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION
Chapter 748 - MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR GENERAL RESIDENTIAL OPERATIONS
Subchapter P - PHYSICAL SITE
Division 5 - FOOD PREPARATION, STORAGE, AND EQUIPMENT
Section 748.3445 - How must kitchen, dining areas, supplies, and equipment be maintained in a cottage home?
Universal Citation: 26 TX Admin Code ยง 748.3445
Current through Reg. 49, No. 38; September 20, 2024
(a) All food and drinks must be of safe quality and must be stored, prepared, and served under sanitary and safe conditions.
(b) You must keep furniture, equipment, food contact surfaces, and other areas where food is prepared, eaten, or stored clean and in good repair.
(c) Persons who handle food and/or eating utensils for the group must:
(1) Maintain
personal cleanliness;
(2) Keep
hands clean at all times;
(3) Be
free of infections commonly transmitted through the handling of food or drink
and free of communicable diseases; and
(4) Minimize food contamination through the
use of utensils.
(d) Food must be protected from contamination.
(e) When you serve an infant or toddler:
(1) If the child is capable of sitting up,
you must serve food on plates, napkins, or other sanitary holders, such as a
high chair tray; and
(2) You must
not serve food that presents a risk of choking.
(f) Utensils and containers intended for one-time use, such as paper and plastic dishes, must not be used more than once.
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