---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 112.130"
title: "21"
number: "112.130"
heading: "What requirements apply for hand-washing facilities?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/112.130"
---

# §112.130. What requirements apply for hand-washing facilities?


All of the following requirements apply to hand-washing facilities:

- (a) You must provide personnel with adequate, readily accessible hand-washing facilities during growing activities that take place in a fully-enclosed building, and during covered harvest, packing, or holding activities.
- (b) Your hand-washing facilities must be furnished with:
  - (1) Soap (or other effective surfactant);
  - (2) Running water that satisfies the requirements of [§ 112.44(a)](/cfr/21/112.44.md?p=a) for water used to wash hands; and
  - (3) Adequate drying devices (such as single service towels, sanitary towel service, or electric hand dryers).
- (c) You must provide for appropriate disposal of waste (for example, waste water and used single-service towels) associated with a hand-washing facility and take appropriate measures to prevent waste water from a hand-washing facility from contaminating covered produce, food contact surfaces, areas used for a covered activity, agricultural water sources, and agricultural water distribution systems with known or reasonably foreseeable hazards.
- (d) You may not use antiseptic hand rubs as a substitute for soap (or other effective surfactant) and water.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 21 U.S.C. 321, 331, 342, 350h, 371; 42 U.S.C. 243, 264, 271.

### Source

Source: 80 FR 74547, Nov. 27, 2015, unless otherwise noted.