42 CFR § 71.45 - Food, potable water, and waste: U.S. seaports and airports.

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title: "42 CFR § 71.45 - Food, potable water, and waste: U.S. seaports and airports."
title_number: 42
title_name: "Public Health"
section_number: "71.45"
section_name: "Food, potable water, and waste: U.S. seaports and airports."
chapter_name: "PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
subchapter_number: "F"
subchapter_name: "QUARANTINE, INSPECTION, LICENSING"
part_number: "71"
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authority: "Secs. 215 and 311 of Public Health Service (PHS) Act. as amended (42 U.S.C. 216, 243); secs. 361-369, PHS Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 264-272)."
regulatory_source: "50 FR 1519, Jan. 11, 1985, unless otherwise noted."
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# 71.45 Food, potable water, and waste: U.S. seaports and airports.

(a) Every seaport and airport shall be provided with a supply of potable water from a watering point approved by the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, Food and Drug Administration, in accordance with standards established in title 21, Code of Federal Regulations, parts 1240 and 1250.

(b) All food and potable water taken on board a ship or aircraft at any seaport or airport intended for human consumption thereon shall be obtained from sources approved in accordance with regulations cited in paragraph (a) of this section.

(c) Aircraft inbound or outbound on an international voyage shall not discharge over the United States any excrement, or waste water or other polluting materials. Arriving aircraft shall discharge such matter only at servicing areas approved under regulations cited in paragraph (a) of this section.