Section 434.022. Self-Rising Flour

TX Health & Safety Code § 434.022 (2019) (N/A)
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Sec. 434.022. SELF-RISING FLOUR. (a) In this section, "self-rising flour" means a combination of flour, salt, and chemical leavening ingredients. The flour must be at least of the "straight" grade, and the chemical leavening ingredients must be bicarbonate of soda and:

(1) calcium acid phosphate;

(2) sodium aluminum sulphate;

(3) cream of tartar;

(4) tartaric acid; or

(5) a combination of those ingredients.

(b) A self-rising flour or other compound by that name must produce when sold not less than one-half percent by weight of available carbon dioxide gas and may not contain more than 3-1/2 percent chemical leavening ingredients.

(c) A self-rising flour or other compound by that name that does not meet the requirements of Subsection (b) is adulterated.

Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.