[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 21, Volume 8]
[Revised as of April 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 21CFR874.1500]

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                        TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS
 
CHAPTER I--FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
                          SERVICES (CONTINUED)
 
PART 874--EAR, NOSE, AND THROAT DEVICES--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart B--Diagnostic Devices
 
Sec. 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 of 
this chapter subject to Sec. 874.9. If the device is not labeled or 
otherwise represented as sterile, it is exempt from the current good 
manufacturing practice regulations in part 820 of this chapter, with the 
exception of Sec. 820.180 of this chapter, with respect to general 
requirements concerning records, and Sec. 820.198 of this chapter, with 
respect to complaint files.

[51 FR 40389, Nov. 6, 1986, as amended at 65 FR 2316, Jan. 14, 2000]