Sec. 431.222.  LICENSE REQUIRED;  LICENSING FEES.  (a)  Except as provided by Section 431.2211, a food manufacturer, food wholesaler, or warehouse operator in this state must apply for and obtain from the department every two years a license for each place of business that the food manufacturer, food wholesaler, or warehouse operator operates in this state.  The food manufacturer, food wholesaler, or warehouse operator must pay a licensing fee for each establishment.
(b)  The department shall require a food manufacturer that distributes only food manufactured by that firm to obtain only a license as a food manufacturer.  A person that does not manufacture food and serves only as a food wholesaler must obtain only a food wholesaler's license.  A person that distributes both its own manufactured food and food it does not manufacture must obtain only a food manufacturer's license.  A warehouse operator who also distributes food is required to obtain only a warehouse operator license.
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.  Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 14, Sec. 162, eff. Sept. 1, 1991;  Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 713, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993;  Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 383, Sec. 7, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Amended by: 
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0983, eff. April 2, 2015.