---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 173.250"
title: "21"
number: "173.250"
heading: "Methyl alcohol residues."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/173.250"
---

# §173.250. Methyl alcohol residues.


Methyl 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 hops extract as a residue from the extraction of hops, at a level not to exceed 2.2 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 methyl alcohol and provides for the use of the hops extract only as prescribed by [paragraph (b)(1)](#b-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.