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Title 7

Displaying title 7, up to date as of 8/17/2026. Title 7 was last amended 8/17/2026.
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Labeling, Advertising and Packing

§ 160.90 False, misleading, or deceitful practices.

No label or other means or practice used in connection with the sale of naval stores in commerce or of anything offered as such shall be false, misleading, or deceitful in any manner.

§ 160.91 Meaning of words “pine” and “pine tree.”

The words “pine” or “pine tree,” when used to designate the source of spirits of turpentine, shall be deemed to mean a living, growing plant of the genus Pinus, family Pinaceae, unless the words “wood of” are used in connection therewith. The terms “oleoresin of the southern pine” or “oleoresin from the southern pine” shall be deemed to mean the gum or oleoresin exuded by such living, growing trees, the source of gum spirits of turpentine.

§ 160.92 Meaning of word “gallon.”

The word “gallon,” when used on or impressed into any container of spirits of turpentine, or when used in an invoice referring to spirits of turpentine in containers of 10 gallons content or less, shall mean a United States standard gallon of 231 cubic inches of turpentine, regardless of any other definitive terms used therewith: Provided, That this shall not apply to the meaning of the words “imperial gallon”, when placed on containers intended for foreign shipment. For the purpose of these regulations a measured gallon of turpentine, or any indicated multiple or fractional part thereof, shall be such quantity when measured at a temperature of not more than 75 °Fahrenheit, and a weighed gallon shall be construed to mean 7.2 pounds of turpentine.

§ 160.93 Powdered rosin.

The classification and grade of any rosin sold in commerce in a powdered or finely broken condition shall be stated in the invoice or contract of sale in accordance with the kind and grade of the rosin before it was powdered or broken. For the purpose of preventing coalescence there may be incorporated in such article a limited and necessary quantity of inert, nonresinous foreign material: Provided, That the nature and quantity of such inert material shall be stated on the label.

§ 160.94 Spirits of turpentine for medicinal use.

Spirits of turpentine so packed, described, labeled, or sold as to indicate that it is offered as a medicament shall nevertheless be subject to the requirements of the Naval Stores Act and of the provisions in this part, as well as any requirements under any other statute.