What are the Texas Food Establishment Rules (TFER)?
The TFER is a comprehensive set of rules for the regulation of retail food establishments. These rules are based on the current FDA Model Food Code. In these rules, food establishments include: restaurants, grocery stores, mobile food vendors, temporary food establishments, roadside food vendors and others. A copy of the TFER can be downloaded from http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/foodestablishments/rules.shtm.
The TFER is a comprehensive set of rules for the regulation of retail food establishments. These rules are based on the 1997 FDA Model Food Code. In these rules, food establishments include: restaurants, grocery stores, mobile food vendors, temporary food establishments, roadside food vendors and others. The Rules replace the existing Rules on Food Service Sanitation and the Rules on Retail Food Store Sanitation. Download a copy of the rules from the Texas Department of Health HERE.
