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U.S. Code of Federal Regula...
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Title 21-Food and Drugs
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CHAPTER I—FOOD AND DRUG ADM...
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PART 112—STANDARDS FOR THE GROWING, HARVESTING,...
PART 112—STANDARDS FOR THE GROWING, HARVESTING, PACKING, AND HOLDING OF PRODUCE FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION
§ 112.1 - What food is covered by this part?
§ 112.2 - What produce is not covered by this part?
§ 112.3 - What definitions apply to this part?
§ 112.4 - Which farms are subject to the requirements of this part?
§ 112.5 - Which farms are eligible for a qualified exemption and associated modified requirements based on average monetary value of all food sold and direct farm marketing?
§ 112.6 - What modified requirements apply to me if my farm is eligible for a qualified exemption in accordance with § 112.5?
§ 112.7 - What records must I establish and keep if my farm is eligible for a qualified exemption in accordance with § 112.5?
§ 112.11 - What general requirements apply to persons who are subject to this part?
§ 112.12 - Are there any alternatives to the requirements established in this part?
§ 112.21 - What requirements apply regarding qualifications and training for personnel who handle (contact) covered produce or food contact surfaces?
§ 112.22 - What minimum requirements apply for training personnel who conduct a covered activity?
§ 112.23 - What requirements apply regarding supervisors?
§ 112.30 - Under this subpart, what requirements apply regarding records?
§ 112.31 - What measures must I take to prevent ill or infected persons from contaminating covered produce with microorganisms of public health significance?
§ 112.32 - What hygienic practices must personnel use?
§ 112.33 - What measures must I take to prevent visitors from contaminating covered produce and food contact surfaces with microorganisms of public health significance?
§ 112.41 - What requirements apply to the quality of agricultural water?
§ 112.42 - What requirements apply to my agricultural water sources, water distribution system, and pooling of water?
§ 112.43 - What requirements apply to treating agricultural water?
§ 112.44 - What specific microbial quality criteria apply to agricultural water used for certain intended uses?
§ 112.45 - What measures must I take if my agricultural water does not meet the requirements of § 112.41 or § 112.44?
§ 112.46 - How often must I test agricultural water that is subject to the requirements of § 112.44?
§ 112.47 - Who must perform the tests required under § 112.46 and what methods must be used?
§ 112.48 - What measures must I take for water that I use during harvest, packing, and holding activities for covered produce?
§ 112.49 - What alternatives may I establish and use in lieu of the requirements of this subpart?
§ 112.50 - Under this subpart, what requirements apply regarding records?
§ 112.51 - What requirements apply for determining the status of a biological soil amendment of animal origin?
§ 112.52 - How must I handle, convey, and store biological soil amendments of animal origin?
§ 112.53 - What prohibitions apply regarding use of human waste?
§ 112.54 - What treatment processes are acceptable for a biological soil amendment of animal origin that I apply in the growing of covered produce?
§ 112.55 - What microbial standards apply to the treatment processes in § 112.54?
§ 112.56 - What application requirements and minimum application intervals apply to biological soil amendments of animal origin?
§ 112.60 - Under this subpart, what requirements apply regarding records?
§ 112.81 - How do the requirements of this subpart apply to areas where covered activities take place?
§ 112.83 - What requirements apply regarding grazing animals, working animals, and animal intrusion?
§ 112.84 - Does this regulation require covered farms to take actions that would constitute a “taking” of threatened or endangered species; to take measures to exclude animals from outdoor growing areas; or to destroy animal habitat or otherwise clear farm borders around outdoor growing areas or drainages?
§ 112.111 - What measures must I take if I grow, harvest, pack or hold both covered and excluded produce?
§ 112.112 - What measures must I take immediately prior to and during harvest activities?
§ 112.113 - How must I handle harvested covered produce during covered activities?
§ 112.114 - What requirements apply to dropped covered produce?
§ 112.115 - What measures must I take when packaging covered produce?
§ 112.116 - What measures must I take when using food-packing (including food packaging) material?
§ 112.121 - What equipment and tools are subject to the requirements of this subpart?
§ 112.122 - What buildings are subject to the requirements of this subpart?
§ 112.123 - What general requirements apply regarding equipment and tools subject to this subpart?
§ 112.124 - What requirements apply to instruments and controls used to measure, regulate, or record?
§ 112.125 - What requirements apply to equipment that is subject to this subpart used in the transport of covered produce?
§ 112.126 - What requirements apply to my buildings?
§ 112.127 - What requirements apply regarding domesticated animals in and around a fully-enclosed building?
§ 112.128 - What requirements apply regarding pest control in buildings?
§ 112.129 - What requirements apply to toilet facilities?
§ 112.130 - What requirements apply for hand-washing facilities?
§ 112.131 - What must I do to control and dispose of sewage?
§ 112.132 - What must I do to control and dispose of trash, litter, and waste in areas used for covered activities?
§ 112.133 - What requirements apply to plumbing?
§ 112.134 - What must I do to control animal excreta and litter from domesticated animals that are under my control?
§ 112.140 - Under this subpart, what requirements apply regarding records?
§ 112.141 - What commodities are subject to this subpart?
§ 112.142 - What requirements apply to seeds or beans used to grow sprouts?
§ 112.143 - What measures must I take for growing, harvesting, packing, and holding sprouts?
§ 112.144 - What testing must I do during growing, harvesting, packing, and holding sprouts?
§ 112.145 - What requirements apply to testing the environment for Listeria species or L. monocytogenes?
§ 112.146 - What actions must I take if the growing, harvesting, packing, or holding environment tests positive for Listeria species or L. monocytogenes?
§ 112.147 - What must I do to collect and test samples of spent sprout irrigation water or sprouts for pathogens?
§ 112.148 - What actions must I take if the samples of spent sprout irrigation water or sprouts test positive for a pathogen?
§ 112.150 - Under this subpart, what requirements apply regarding records?
§ 112.151 - What methods must I use to test the quality of water to satisfy the requirements of § 112.46?
§ 112.152 - What methods must I use to test the growing, harvesting, packing, and holding environment for Listeria species or L. monocytogenes to satisfy the requirements of § 112.144(a)?
§ 112.153 - What methods must I use to test spent sprout irrigation water (or sprouts) from each production batch of sprouts for pathogens to satisfy the requirements of § 112.144(b) and (c)?
§ 112.161 - What general requirements apply to records required under this part?
§ 112.162 - Where must I store records?
§ 112.163 - May I use existing records to satisfy the requirements of this part?
§ 112.164 - How long must I keep records?
§ 112.165 - What formats are acceptable for the records I keep?
§ 112.166 - What requirements apply for making records available and accessible to FDA?
§ 112.167 - Can records that I provide to FDA be disclosed to persons outside of FDA?
§ 112.171 - Who may request a variance from the requirements of this part?
§ 112.172 - How may a State, tribe, or foreign country request a variance from one or more requirements of this part?
§ 112.173 - What must be included in the Statement of Grounds in a petition requesting a variance?
§ 112.174 - What information submitted in a petition requesting a variance or submitted in comments on such a petition are publicly available?
§ 112.175 - Who responds to a petition requesting a variance?
§ 112.176 - What process applies to a petition requesting a variance?
§ 112.177 - Can an approved variance apply to any person other than those identified in the petition requesting that variance?
§ 112.178 - Under what circumstances may FDA deny a petition requesting a variance?
§ 112.179 - When does a variance approved by FDA become effective?
§ 112.180 - Under what circumstances may FDA modify or revoke an approved variance?
§ 112.181 - What procedures apply if FDA determines that an approved variance should be modified or revoked?
§ 112.182 - What are the permissible types of variances that may be granted?
§ 112.192 - What is the applicability and status of this part?
§ 112.193 - What are the provisions for coordination of education and enforcement?
§ 112.201 - Under what circumstances can FDA withdraw a qualified exemption in accordance with the requirements of § 112.5?
§ 112.202 - What procedure will FDA use to withdraw an exemption?
§ 112.203 - What information must FDA include in an order to withdraw a qualified exemption?
§ 112.204 - What must I do if I receive an order to withdraw a qualified exemption applicable to my farm?
§ 112.205 - Can I appeal or request a hearing on an order to withdraw a qualified exemption applicable to my farm?
§ 112.206 - What is the procedure for submitting an appeal?
§ 112.207 - What is the procedure for requesting an informal hearing?
§ 112.208 - What requirements are applicable to an informal hearing?
§ 112.209 - Who is the presiding officer for an appeal and for an informal hearing?
§ 112.210 - What is the timeframe for issuing a decision on an appeal?
§ 112.211 - When is an order to withdraw a qualified exemption applicable to a farm revoked?
§ 112.213 - If my qualified exemption is withdrawn, under what circumstances would FDA reinstate my qualified exemption?