OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY QENERAL OF TEXAS 

AIJSYIN 

Eonorabla @eo. U. Cox 

8t6t@ Health Offiaer 

Almla, Taral 

iiealth limritea 

0r IIPPTOY~ 0f uty 

io n to the l x o lua r r eo&t Bit1 88 o p end Xlllc Or dina na8r b a p tahy d 

de, do ee th is la w a p p ly to 

any r sa tio n6 or g ror ido nle a 

ch l ro unaonrtitutioml? 

sOOtion c 0r hdm.~ mob, panal o060, lprovlaerr 
EOIcn. coo. we car, Page 8 

permitted to be l erred to tie publlo, shall 

furnish go aayproon $t illoh, roorpteolo, 

or otsnoll used in batIn&, drinking, Or .OLLreying rood if ouch dish. rea edabla, or 

otimil hca not been washed arter eaah l ervloo 

Until elcan to tke right and touch in warn water 

aontcinln~g acen or l lkoll 0leanSer. After 

ueiming, ell glK88c8, dishes, ollveruare, l ad 

other reaepttalea and otenollo ohall ba plead 

p wire rakes and fnaneroed ln a St111 bath of 

clear wetar heated to a lPiBiwur temereture of 

ppr r or a t 1 860 t tbr et tinuteo. or two tinuteo 

t 1804. Vwn remora~l rror the hot water. all 

-h ~~~l&~i,~olirerwari, uul other reaip6aolao an& otenollo shell be stored in ouch a 

mmner as not to become rontaxlaatrd. Froorlded 

that the State Board of Eealth may approve other 

rauelly errectire 16~thods of treatment by steeni 

Qr hot water thet n;ect with the Qlnimum r.aulr.- 

me&o ror the octets o? the rmbllc heolth. co 

prescribed by the 3tete BO d f Eealth. that 

are not lnccnolatent with %o’Aot when paper 

rcoeptocles. ice cream ooneo, or okcr olnglo 

oarrice utensila em used for oervlx w rood or 

drinks, they mot be ke t in a oaaitary mar, 

Eeated rrom bust, r&0, and other oont5Ielaa- 

. 

"Provided that the provi5lon0 of this 8eotion shall not apply to ouch eotabllahmento as 

described herein thet uou elootriaallT operated 

&iohwaohlo,g and glaoowoohlng omohine0, that 88- 

complioh these purposao mechnoloally.~ (Underl oor la og ur s) 4 

The requlrmento of the above quoted oootlon a ,ro 

alear and omubl~ouo. 

Dloheo rea taoleo and uhonoilo, all defined 

in 8eation 1 (i), (3, anb to) or the Aotp;Y;ytFb 

vloe, must be umshed *in mrm wet- aonta 

allcall @leanoer* berore they oan larfully be uoeb again. 

This lo a standard raqulmnant or the Aat. 

The Oeoond nqulrermnt lo that liter @leeniX% 

the dioher maoiptaeleo, and utenoilo 'be 9laoed in *in 

eases aad keroed in a still bath OS aleer watep Of PMoorlbed taeperature. This is 82.~0 a &andard roqulrement~ 
Eon4 (ko. U. Cox, Page 8 

There are ,m+msla so?tlon _- t. ~. In the first pleoo, tnere 10 we l anorlty vested lo the 

&ate Booard of Bealth to wapprete other equally erreetln 

methods of treatment 

0~8) as ray be pnr 

(lladrrooorlng 

erd or Xalth 

anb t&et tre net incons1eten: vltt, the AQt. Seoozdly 

l otobliahmenta ~81~ eleotrleall~ operated diohveoh& 

and ~asowiahlng zmohlneo arc exoapted rmc. the repuirerents of the oactlon. 

The firat quootion prepouaded is whether the +et 

requires the we by mting l otabl~obme&g cp a= car&in 

gti Of .quimnt ror 0016&dyi116 vith the iritun~:on of the 

. 

Qeotio8 I! nqulreo %ira aoges* r0r l8aeroioii or 

da8fng Purpooeo aaleon the %tate Board of Eetilth apprmeo 

Other equally effeotl~e uthedo or treatoient by atoe& or 

hot water that meet with the a113.a rswtra;;snts for the 

Mt@tT of the publla haslth. 

There oan be PO question but thet the law nakbo 

itaaadatorr to rinse 418hr8, moeptholerr, and utenollo 

‘Uter rl*aning” l If the Who Board or Boelth l pprovoo 

l oubstltute nwthod of diobwaoti5 and riaoth6 - by otoum 

or hct water treakent to tbat set out In Smat$on t, as 

it is on~owerhl to do, it In5 tbe reaponoiblll~~ of seelag 

that the prpoos~~ of the Aat aa the alntaun! r@qulrueato 

.ror the flUSty of the publio health are pot OOntroTenOd. 

The answer to your rirat queotion is thst Artiolfl 

OOOb 0r tbe Penal Cots, Vtrnan~o Aoo. GriPline1 Ytatuteo, 

doer not require the uee of any oertain kind of *q&meat 

ter om~lytng ,r;ftb the pnr4mnmt objective of the law 1. l w 

the otorilloetion of dishes, ceaept4aleo, utenollo, 4th the 

eraoption OS *tire oa5eon ror lmeroing purpooeo where the 

method okplop!& ror sterilization 10 the standard ~thob Of 

washing r& rintfng pteocribed in Seotlon t of the Jet and 

where the Btcto Board oi Beclth has not unotioned a diil@roat an4 equally effective method of treatment br otmzd or 

hot aster ror aarrying cut the lntentlon of the LtglfllsfPre 

as authorized in 8eetion B of Artiole 7OOb. 

The osaond question Ia wltothor or not the atat 

Board or Health is linited under Artlale 700b to the ifloUlog of approval or anf steam or hot rater l torilioatien tc 

the excluolan of all obomiool otoano. 
Bon. oeo. u. car, Page 

wr again quote 

Vrovidab that ._ 

4 

the r ir a t p r eYhe l r 08a tfoBn r 

th8 che8e*ra 0r mhith r~ 

-_ .__ -. mrzote omer mua11y~ err~ectave aiathoaa or traata&t by steam or hct water that Qa6t with the rinl- 

'mm zeaulrtumt.8 for tba ra?ctY of the oublit htalUI, 

a8 ~raacrlba& by the State Boi& 0f~Eaei1 th, that 

art not inaonaiattnt with this h@. 

ours). 

(mldrraaorlng 

The language la olaar an? oxplialt to 't& ofroot 

that if tha Board of Raalth authgrizra a aubatituta method 

r0r the atendardmathod af waa~in"umnwater eoontalnioing 

8oap or alktli ~tlaanatP+ and rlnaln6 by lmnmralon in water 

o f a praaoribed temp a r a turl aald , a ub a titutna & h o d o f treataeat must b8 *br steam or hot water*. 

To aaoertain~thtrue intent of the Legi&letura 

l nQ to bateralne whether or not washing and l terilisatlon of 

dlahea, reorptaolaa, and utanalla by ohaxdoalauna is axoludod Wler~Artlrla ?OOb, m m8t look to tht history of the 

rtcrniretlon of JiBhas sot. 

The origlnel lawwts H. 9. I%. 645, hag. Sea., 48th 

La!. , &eta 1937, pg 667, oh. .S53 ktlale 7OOa of tha Panal 

00d0, V*~O~*S ReYlSd CriUl~l &tUtaa. 

seation 8 r ea ds l m followar 
Ron. ho. 8. Cox, Page 8 

"ProvIUeii the prwIalona 0r tbia 6aotloa 

Shall not apply to a ua l h atebllahmtnta, as deoorlbvd horein, that we l leatrleally operated 

diabmshlng, en5 glaaawaahIn6 meohlnaa, that 

l ooo?zpllsh thsae $mrpoaaa mooheDIoaU~.n 

It till be noted that In 8oatloa 8 of the sow repea108 krtlclt 700a there matho ab l toriliaatlon warn prided for: firat, washing in map or l lkal.ine solution aM 

rlnalng In clean wster; aacond, l teriliration by hbat or 

boiling waf*r; third, ~aot’klng la a ablorlno aolutlon or a 

8trangth of not leas than one htwlrad (100) parts per tillloa 

ror not leas than rive (S) minutes, aubaequent to any us..* 

&title 7008 ma rSp88ld by Art1818 1OOb. WsUon 

L: of Artiolt 7OOb 8dopt.8 tbt rfrat method of &otlorr 8 (d 

&tic18 7008, quoted above, as a #tnndar&, but authorleoa the 

Board of Health to approrc the l eo o nfl mSthob or Sectlo& 8 o? 

Article 700s as a aubatltute nethod. The new Act makes no 

reference to the third method of Article 700(a), Seetlon t, 

1. ?. ohlorlnb 8olutIon sotkIng. 

There Is no eactpe iron the oonolution that the 

~w~ayra crcluded tibia pit&hoc l lthar by Int0ntIon or br 

The wisdom of t particular law Is not far thhr 

oourtc or'tho Attornef~ kitral*a t¶epart?pant to decide. It 

ma wlthlr! the power of tba Leglalatura to l lirrilaate a8 a 

method of l agitation ~tbc 8OakIng at alahsa in a ahlorine l olutlon* 

In answer to your question Ifumber EC, thareforo, it 

Is our opinion Wit under the ergrsaa wording of SectIOn g 05 

Artlale 700b the Stats Boa& of Health 18 lImIted to the isaufng cf approml to nwthoda of trwttment by storm or hot 

water alone in lieu of the standard rcethod of treatment mot 

out In said section. 

In ennwer to ymr third woatIon, it IS our opinion 

tbat QaLrlea and paatmrIzIng plants fall within th6 dsfinitlon of *fsotorp In &t&on 1 (f) o?.hrti6la 9OOb rvhleh 1~ 

oludsa all plaosa In which la osrrlsd on the btaSimSS ot mmutaoturing or preparing food f?r himan oonrumption, *ad M 

thererora nubjtot to the terms, provIsIona, raqufmment~, a 

oonditlone of Article OOOb. 

Station li reads as rollowe! 
. 

Eon. Gto. 1. 00x. Pago 6 

340 pcraoas, firm, 6orporation, or 6raool6- 

tlon orerating, xuanagliry, or conducting my food 

feotory or Naee where r00t la aanuraotured ahau 

080 or keep for use cay blah 

other lnetment, or any foe d 

otsnall, ladlo, or 

grlnSlng mohine 6~~ 

implesnt that has not been mashed 6nd aterllized, 

a8 ~nmidcd in the FreOedlXW s00tion 0r this 4t 

r0r dish68 sad oth6r artlolea before each uae, of 

keep for uwt. or u6e any illah, utensil, or other 

l ticle ror r00a that 1s oreaekod, brcktn, ohipp.6, 

or othorwiao dmagod IE a mnaer to render proper 

0166nlng or aterlllzlng doubtful or lmpoa~lblo.~ 

A ml1 doaerlptloa or the word. Velr~ 16 gl~en in 

tha oaae of Aaaooaioted fndolznity Corporttion ~0. alaon (Tax.) 

51 s. w. (ma) si4, 319, at r0im8: 

The ward *dairy* 1s betine& in ~obator*a 

#aw fntornctlonnl Dlotlonery aa fcllowat The 

place, roost, ar hourr whore milk la kept and 

tooaverted into butter or oheeao; the dopartzeent 0r rsmln~ or q a rem ttit is ooncsrnod 

with t% pmluctlon of ndlk, butt6r, end ohooaot 

Ana In the century Dlctlomry end Cyalopidla 

publlahed in January, lg99,' la d6flrieC aa: 

That branoh ar ramlng which 1s 6oonoaxns& with 

the production of dlk en0 It8 oomor6ion intO 

butter annd ohesse; a house or room whore ore60 

and rnllk are kept end me&o into butter rob ohooao; 

a ahop where butter, silk, etc., era aold.* 

A m&elryw or peateurizine plnnt I6 plainly a W66e 

whore toed is mnutsaturedw under A.rtlclo 900b Sootlon 5, or 

l plsoe *in whiab 1s oerrlsd 00 the business of &BnUf6Otudag 

or preparing rood ror oormmptlon* under hrtiolo 900b (f). 

It 18 uot to bt read tat0 the 8tatUtO t?let it8 

term end pruvialona apply aloly to plaoea where the food 

preperetl or proooas6a la to be aonsuxed cn the prwidaoa. ‘I%0 

bet IS a sanitary meeaure for the 

health, ana la not aimed exolt~sl~e E 

rotootlon of the publio 

y at the rterllla6tion Of 

afahoa ln oat&~ plasoa where r00u la 008mi7iee on the pr6- 

El8.8. Furthermore, the tom8 wutenal16C and "r6osp~~l~~" 

aa roll am ~dishtaw auggeet the broad en4 all-rmbmcl~ 

860 0 or the statute which hue rar 

t6tPon 6nb should not b6 aonatrusa in 

ts purpoee publi0 awla maaaer which mulb 
. 

. 

IfOh Coo. Wb Cot, Pam 9 

Qefest its aelutsry ~-~oaca ?.I&? the obvloca intention or 

the &Fd Sleturc. There 1~ absolutely no wia roaoon ror 

aak:ng my exceytlcns urder tkt hot. 

ha for your fourth question, we dam it lnadvlaable ta answer it because bi Its gtnarcl netwe, but infom you that if there la any apecltlo Frovlclcr: of the 

A&, the mlldlty of which you heYe grcuda fcr quobtion, 

we would be glad to haYt #aEd pOffite& out to UB and 8 requo& mabe as to u ru.lfEg on its conatltutlonallty. 

Trurtlng that we have rullg nnswereE the first 

three inquirier or your request, we are 

Yours very truly 

ATTCFRZY OLrn?L. CP ?Zxh!3 

By (8) DI!X STiXJT 

Clok Stout 

Aaaiatant