(a) All food items must be:
  (1) Covered and stored off the floor;
  (2) Stored on clean surfaces;
  (3) Protected from contamination;
  (4) Stored in a container that is protected from insects and rodents;
  (5) Stored in the refrigerator, if the food requires refrigeration; and
  (6) Covered when stored in the refrigerator.
(b) You must have a thermometer in refrigerators and freezers and store:
  (1) Refrigerated food at 40 degrees Fahrenheit or below; and
  (2) Frozen food at 0 degrees Fahrenheit or below.
(c) Subsection (b) of this section does not apply to cottage homes.

Source Note: The provisions of this §748.3443 adopted to be effective January 1, 2007, 31 TexReg 7377; amended to be effective September 1, 2010, 35 TexReg 7497; transferred effective March 9, 2018, as published in the Texas Register February 16, 2018, 43 TexReg 909; amended to be effective April 25, 2022, 47 TexReg 2248