Vehicles and transportation equipment used in transportation operations must:
- Be designed and of such material and workmanship as to be suitable and adequate cleanable for their intended use to prevent the food they transport from becoming unsafe during transportation; (21 CFR 1.906(a))
- Be maintained in such a sanitary condition for their intended use as to prevent the food they transport from becoming unsafe during transportation; and (21 CFR 1.906(b))
- Be stored in a manner that prevents their harboring pests or becoming contaminated in any other manner that could result in food for which they will be used becoming unsafe during transportation. (21 CFR 1.906(d))