9 CFR § 166.5 - Licensed garbage-treatment facility standards.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t9/s166.5"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "9 CFR § 166.5 - Licensed garbage-treatment facility standards."
title_number: 9
title_name: "Animals and Animal Products"
section_number: "166.5"
section_name: "Licensed garbage-treatment facility standards."
chapter_name: "ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
subchapter_number: "L"
subchapter_name: "SWINE HEALTH PROTECTION"
part_number: "166"
part_name: "SWINE HEALTH PROTECTION"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "7 U.S.C. 3801-3813; 7 CFR 2.22, 2.8, and 371.4"
regulatory_source: "47 FR 49945, Nov. 3, 1982, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "166"
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# 166.5 Licensed garbage-treatment facility standards.
Garbage-treatment facilities shall be maintained as set forth in this section.
(a) Insects and animals shall be controlled. Accumulation of any material at the facility where insects and rodents may breed is prohibited.
(b) Equipment used for handling untreated garbage, except for the containers in which the garbage has been treated, may not be subsequently used in the feeding of swine unless first cleaned and disinfected as set forth in § 166.14(b).
(c) Untreated garbage that is not to be fed to swine and materials in association with such garbage shall be disposed of in a manner consistent with all applicable governmental environmental regulations and in an area inaccessible to swine.
[47 FR 49945, Nov. 3, 1982, as amended at 52 FR 4890, Feb. 18, 1987]