---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 874.1500"
title: "21"
number: "874.1500"
heading: "Gustometer."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/874.1500"
---

# §874.1500. Gustometer.

- (a) **Identification.** A gustometer is a battery-powered device that consists of two electrodes that are intended to be placed on both sides of the tongue at different taste centers and that provides a galvanic stimulus resulting in taste sensation. It is used for assessing the sense of taste.
- (b) **Classification.** Class I (general controls). The device is exempt from the premarket notification procedures in [subpart E of part 807](/cfr/21/part807-subpartE.md) of this chapter subject to [§ 874.9](/cfr/21/874.9.md). If the device is not labeled or otherwise represented as sterile, it is exempt from the current good manufacturing practice requirements of the quality management system regulation in [part 820](/cfr/21/part820.md) of this chapter, except for requirements concerning records and complaint files under [§ 820.35](/cfr/21/820.35.md) of this chapter.

## Notes

### Amendments

[51 FR 40389, Nov. 6, 1986, as amended at 65 FR 2316, Jan. 14, 2000; 90 FR 55985, Dec. 4, 2025]

### Authority

Authority: 21 U.S.C. 351, 360, 360c, 360e, 360j, 360 l, 371.

### Source

Source: 51 FR 40389, Nov. 6, 1986, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[51 FR 40389, Nov. 6, 1986, as amended at 65 FR 2316, Jan. 14, 2000; 90 FR 55985, Dec. 4, 2025]