21 CFR § 1240.80 - General requirements for water for drinking and culinary purposes.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t21/s1240.80"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "21 CFR § 1240.80 - General requirements for water for drinking and culinary purposes."
title_number: 21
title_name: "Food and Drugs"
section_number: "1240.80"
section_name: "General requirements for water for drinking and culinary purposes."
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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# 1240.80 General requirements for water for drinking and culinary purposes.
Only potable water shall be provided for drinking and culinary purposes by any operator of a conveyance engaged in interstate traffic, except as provided in § 1250.84(b) of this chapter. Such water shall either have been obtained from watering points approved by the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, or, if treated aboard a conveyance, shall have been subjected to treatment approved by the Commissioner of Food and Drugs.
[40 FR 5620, Feb. 6, 1975, as amended at 48 FR 11431, Mar. 18, 1983]