---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 1240.80"
title: "21"
number: "1240.80"
heading: "General requirements for water for drinking and culinary purposes."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/1240.80"
---

# §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)](/cfr/21/1250.84.md?p=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.


## Notes

### Amendments

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

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 216, 243, 264, 271.

### Source

Source: 40 FR 5620, Feb. 6, 1975, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

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