7 C.F.R. § 160.2
Spirits of turpentine defined.
Cite as 7 C.F.R. § 160.2 (2026)
Spirits of turpentine, also commonly known as turpentine, is the colorless or faintly colored volatile oil consisting principally of terpene hydrocarbons of the general empirical formula C
10
H
16
and having a characteristic odor and taste. It occurs naturally in and may be recovered by distillation from the oleoresinous secretions obtained from living trees of the family
Pinaceae,
or present in the cellular structure, or wood, of species thereof.