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Code of Federal Regulations Title 21. Food and Drugs § 21.112.126 What requirements apply to my buildings?

Current as of January 02, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) All of the following requirements apply regarding buildings:

(1) Buildings must be suitable in size, construction, and design to facilitate maintenance and sanitary operations for covered activities to reduce the potential for contamination of covered produce or food contact surfaces with known or reasonably foreseeable hazards. Buildings must:

(i) Provide sufficient space for placement of equipment and storage of materials;

(ii) Permit proper precautions to be taken to reduce the potential for contamination of covered produce, food contact surfaces, or packing materials with known or reasonably foreseeable hazards. The potential for contamination must be reduced by effective design including the separation of operations in which contamination is likely to occur, by one or more of the following means:  Location, time, partition, enclosed systems, or other effective means;  and

(2) You must provide adequate drainage in all areas where normal operations release or discharge water or other liquid waste on the ground or floor of the building.

(b) You must implement measures to prevent contamination of your covered produce and food contact surfaces in your buildings, as appropriate, considering the potential for such contamination through:

(1) Floors, walls, ceilings, fixtures, ducts, or pipes;  and

(2) Drip or condensate.

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Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Code of Federal Regulations Title 21. Food and Drugs § 21.112.126 What requirements apply to my buildings? - last updated January 02, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/cfr/title-21-food-and-drugs/cfr-sect-21-112-126/

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