[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 21, Volume 2]
[Revised as of April 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 21CFR129.40]

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                        TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS
 
CHAPTER I--FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
                          SERVICES (CONTINUED)
 
PART 129--PROCESSING AND BOTTLING OF BOTTLED DRINKING WATER--Table of Contents
 
                          Subpart C--Equipment
 
Sec. 129.40  Equipment and procedures.


    (a) Suitability. (1) All plant equipment and utensils shall be 
suitable for their intended use. This includes all collection and 
storage tanks, piping, fittings, connections, bottle washers, fillers, 
cappers, and other equipment which may be used to store, handle, 
process, package, or transport product water.
    (2) All product water contact surfaces shall be constructed of 
nontoxic and nonabsorbant material which can be adequately cleaned and 
sanitized and is in compliance with section 409 of the act.
    (b) Design. Storage tanks shall be of the type that can be closed to 
exclude all foreign matter and shall be adequately vented.

Subpart D [Reserved]

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