[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 21, Volume 8]
[Revised as of April 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 21CFR1240.90]

[Page 666]
 
                        TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS
 
CHAPTER I--FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
                          SERVICES (CONTINUED)
 
PART 1240--CONTROL OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES--Table of Contents
 
               Subpart E--Source and Use of Potable Water
 
Sec. 1240.90  Approval of treatment aboard conveyances.

    (a) The treatment of water aboard conveyances shall be approved by 
the Commissioner of Food and Drugs if the apparatus used is of such 
design and is so operated as to be capable of producing and in fact does 
produce, potable water.
    (b) The Commissioner of Food and Drugs may base his approval or 
disapproval of the treatment of water upon investigations made by 
representatives of State departments of health or of the health 
authorities of contiguous foreign nations.
    (c) Overboard water treated on vessels shall be from areas 
relatively free of contamination and pollution.

[40 FR 5620, Feb. 6, 1975, as amended at 48 FR 11431, Mar. 18, 1983]