[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 27, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 27CFR21.21]

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            TITLE 27--ALCOHOL, TOBACCO PRODUCTS AND FIREARMS
 
 CHAPTER I--BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO AND FIREARMS, DEPARTMENT OF THE 
                                TREASURY
 
PART 21--FORMULAS FOR DENATURED ALCOHOL AND RUM--Table of Contents
 
            Subpart C--Completely Denatured Alcohol Formulas
 
Sec. 21.21  General.


    (a) Alcohol shall be completely denatured only in accordance with 
formulas prescribed in this subpart (or in accordance with Sec. 21.5).
    (b) Denaturers may be authorized to add a small quantity of an 
odorant, rust inhibitor, or dye to completely denatured alcohol. Any 
such addition shall be made only on approval by the appropriate ATF 
officer. Request for such approval shall be submitted to the appropriate 
ATF officer.
    (c) Odorants or perfume materials may be added to denaturants 
authorized for completely denatured alcohol in amounts not greater than 
1 part to 250, by weight. However, such addition shall not decrease the 
denaturing value nor change the chemical or physical constants beyond 
the limits of the specifications for these denaturants as

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prescribed in subpart E, except as to odor. Proprietors of distilled 
spirits plants using denaturants to which such odorants or perfume 
materials have been added shall inform the appropriate ATF officer, in 
writing, of the names and properties of the odorants or perfume 
materials so used.