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21 CFR 112.44(a): What requirements apply to agricultural water used as sprout irrigation water and in harvesting, packing, and holding covered produce?

PART 112-STANDARDS FOR THE GROWING, HARVESTING, PACKING, AND HOLDING OF PRODUCE FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION · Subpart E-Agricultural Water

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Citation 21 CFR 112.44(a)
Section What requirements apply to agricultural water used as sprout irrigation water and in harvesting, packing, and holding covered produce?
Part PART 112-STANDARDS FOR THE GROWING, HARVESTING, PACKING, AND HOLDING OF PRODUCE FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION
Subpart Subpart E-Agricultural Water
Subchapter 21 CFR B Food
Product types cited Food/Cosmetics
Regulation text (excerpt) (a) Microbial quality criterion. When you use agricultural water for any one or more of the following purposes, you must ensure there is no detectable generic Escherichia coli (E. coli) in 100 milliliters (mL) of agricultural water, and you must not use untreated surface water for any of these purposes: (1) Used as sprout irrigation water; (2) Used during or after harvest activities in a manner that directly contacts covered produce (for example, water that is applied to covered produce for…

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