---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 173.240"
title: "21"
number: "173.240"
heading: "Isopropyl alcohol."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/173.240"
---

# §173.240. Isopropyl alcohol.


Isopropyl alcohol may be present in the following foods under the conditions specified:

- (a) In spice oleoresins as a residue from the extraction of spice, at a level not to exceed 50 parts per million.
- (b) **In lemon oil as a residue in production of the oil, at a level not to exceed 6 parts per million.**
- (c) In hops extract as a residue from the extraction of hops at a level not to exceed 2.0 percent by weight: Provided, That,
  - (1) **The hops extract is added to the wort before or during cooking in the manufacture of beer.**
  - (2) The label of the hops extract specifies the presence of the isopropyl alcohol and provides for the use of the hops extract only as prescribed by [paragraph (c)(1)](#c-1) of this section.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 21 U.S.C. 321, 342, 348.

### Source

Source: 42 FR 14526, Mar. 15, 1977, unless otherwise noted.