Title 15 — Commerce and TradeRelease 119-73
§2057b Banning of isopropal nitrite and other nitrites
Title 15 › Chapter CHAPTER 47— - CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY › § 2057b
Summary
Volatile alkyl nitrite is treated as a banned hazardous product under federal law, but there are exceptions. It is not illegal to make, sell, distribute, or import it for most business uses or for any use the FDA approves under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. "Commercial purpose" means any business use except making consumer products meant to be inhaled or put into the body to get a high or other physical effect. The rule took effect 90 days after November 29, 1990.
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Title 15, §2057b
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(a)Except as provided in subsection (b), volatile alkyl nitrite shall be considered a banned hazardous product under section 2057 of this title.
(b)For the purposes of section 2057 of this title, it shall not be unlawful for any person to manufacture for sale, offer for sale, distribute in commerce, or import into the United States volatile alkyl nitrites for any commercial purpose or any other purpose approved under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act [21 U.S.C. 301 et seq.].
(c)For purposes of this section, the term “commercial purpose” means any commercial purpose other than for the production of consumer products containing volatile alkyl nitrites that may be used for inhaling or otherwise introducing volatile alkyl nitrites into the human body for euphoric or physical effects.
(d)This section shall take effect 90 days after November 29, 1990.
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The Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, referred to in subsec. (b), is act June 25, 1938, ch. 675, 52 Stat. 1040, which is classified generally to chapter 9 (§ 301 et seq.) of Title 21, Food and Drugs. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 301 of Title 21 and Tables. Codification Section was enacted as part of the Crime Control Act of 1990, and not as part of the Consumer Product Safety Act which comprises this chapter.
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15 U.S.C. § 2057b
Title 15 — Commerce and Trade
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73