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Tex. Health & Safety Code § 434.022

SELF-RISING FLOUR

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

(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.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.