part_subject: "STANDARDS FOR THE GROWING, HARVESTING, PACKING, AND HOLDING OF PRODUCE FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION"
subpart_code: "F"
subpart_subject: "Biological Soil Amendments of Animal Origin and Human Waste"
section_number: "112.53"
section_subject: "What prohibitions apply regarding use of human waste?"
cfr_reference: "21 CFR 112.53"
title_name: "Title 21"
title_subject: "Food and Drugs"
parts_covered: "Parts 100 to 169"
revised_date: "Revised as of April 1, 2019"
publication_date: "As of April 1, 2019"
contains_description: "Containing a codification of documents of general applicability and future effect"
publication_info: "Published by the Office of the Federal Register National Archives and Records Administration as a Special Edition of the Federal Register"
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You may not use human waste for growing covered produce, except sewage sludge biosolids used in accordance with the requirements of 40 CFR part 503, subpart D, or equivalent regulatory requirements.