[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: 27CFR4.30]

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            TITLE 27--ALCOHOL, TOBACCO PRODUCTS AND FIREARMS
 
 CHAPTER I--BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO AND FIREARMS, DEPARTMENT OF THE 
                                TREASURY
 
PART 4--LABELING AND ADVERTISING OF WINE--Table of Contents
 
                Subpart D--Labeling Requirements for Wine
 
Sec. 4.30  General.


    (a) Application. No person engaged in business as a producer, 
rectifier, blender, importer, or wholesaler, directly or indirectly or 
through an affiliate, shall sell or ship or deliver for sale or 
shipment, or otherwise introduce in interstate or foreign commerce, or 
receive therein, or remove from customs custody, any wine in containers 
unless such wine is packaged, and such packages are marked, branded, and 
labeled in conformity with this article. Wine domestically bottled or 
packed prior to

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Dec. 15, 1936, and imported wine entered in customs bond in containers 
prior to that date shall be regarded as being packaged, marked, branded 
and labeled in accordance with this article, if the labels on such wine 
(1) bear all the mandatory label information required by Sec. 4.32, even 
though such information is not set forth in the manner and form as 
required by Sec. 4.32 and other sections of this title referred to 
therein, and (2) bear no statements, designs, or devices which are false 
or misleading.
    (b) Alteration of labels. (1) It shall be unlawful for any person to 
alter, mutilate, destroy, obliterate or remove any mark, brand, or label 
upon wine held for sale in interstate or foreign commerce or after 
shipment therein, except as authorized by Federal law, or except as 
provided in paragraph (b)(2) of this section: Provided, That the 
appropriate ATF officer may, upon written application, permit additional 
labeling or relabeling of wine for purposes of compliance with the 
requirements of this part or of State law.
    (2) No application for permission to relabel wine need be made in 
any case where there is added to the container, after removal from 
customs custody or from the premises where bottled or packed, a label 
identifying the wholesale or retail distributor thereof, and containing 
no reference whatever to the characteristics of the product.

[T.D. 6521, 25 FR 13835, Dec. 29, 1960, as amended by T.D. ATF-425, 65 
FR 11891, Mar. 7, 2000]

    Cross Reference: For customs warehouses and control of merchandise 
therein, see 19 CFR part 19.