---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 180.1240"
title: "40"
number: "180.1240"
heading: "Thymol; exemption from the requirement of a tolerance."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/180.1240"
---

# §180.1240. Thymol; exemption from the requirement of a tolerance.

- (a) An exemption from the requirement of a tolerance is established for thymol (5-methyl-2-isopropyl-1-phenol) in or on all food commodities when used in accordance with good agricultural practices.
- (b) An exemption from the requirement of a tolerance for residues of the thymol (as present in thyme oil) in or on food commodities when applied/used in/on public eating places, dairy processing equipment, and/or food processing equipment and utensils.

## Notes

### Amendments

[70 FR 37696, June 30, 2005, as amended at 71 FR 2895, Jan. 18, 2006; 74 FR 12617, Mar. 25, 2009; 87 FR 54626, Sept. 7, 2022]

### Authority

Authority: 21 U.S.C. 321(q), 346a and 371.

### Source

Source: 36 FR 22540, Nov. 25, 1971, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[70 FR 37696, June 30, 2005, as amended at 71 FR 2895, Jan. 18, 2006; 74 FR 12617, Mar. 25, 2009; 87 FR 54626, Sept. 7, 2022]