21 CFR § 1240.75 - Garbage.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t21/s1240.75"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "21 CFR § 1240.75 - Garbage."
title_number: 21
title_name: "Food and Drugs"
section_number: "1240.75"
section_name: "Garbage."
chapter_name: "FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
subchapter_number: "L"
subchapter_name: "REGULATIONS UNDER CERTAIN OTHER ACTS ADMINISTERED BY THE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION"
part_number: "1240"
part_name: "CONTROL OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "42 U.S.C. 216, 243, 264, 271."
regulatory_source: "40 FR 5620, Feb. 6, 1975, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "1240"
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# 1240.75 Garbage.
(a) A person shall not transport, receive, or cause to be transported or received, garbage in interstate traffic and feed such garbage to swine unless, prior to the feeding, such garbage has received minimum heat treatment.
(b) A person transporting garbage in interstate traffic shall not make, or agree to make, delivery thereof to any person with knowledge of the intent or customary practice of such person to feed to swine garbage which has not been subjected to minimum heat treatment.