[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: 27CFR45.43]

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            TITLE 27--ALCOHOL, TOBACCO PRODUCTS AND FIREARMS
 
 CHAPTER I--BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO AND FIREARMS, DEPARTMENT OF THE 
                                TREASURY
 
PART 45--REMOVAL OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS AND CIGARETTE PAPERS AND TUBES, WITHOUT PAYMENT OF TAX, FOR USE OF THE UNITED STATES--Table of Contents
 
                    Subpart E--Packaging Requirements
 
Sec. 45.43  Notice for smokeless tobacco.

    (a) Product designation. Every package of chewing tobacco or snuff 
shall, before removal under this part, have adequately imprinted 
thereon, or on a label securely affixed thereto, the designation 
``chewing tobacco'' or ``snuff.'' As an alternative, packages of chewing 
tobacco may be designated ``Tax Class C,'' and packages of snuff may be 
designated ``Tax Class M.''
    (b) Product weight. Every package of chewing tobacco or snuff shall, 
before removal under this part, have adequately imprinted thereon, or on 
a label securely affixed thereto, a clear statement of the actual pounds 
and ounces of the product contained therein. As an alternative, the 
shipping cases containing packages of chewing tobacco or snuff may, 
before removal, have adequately imprinted thereon, or on a label 
securely affixed thereto, a clear statement, in pounds and ounces, of 
the total weight of the product, the tax class of the product, and the 
total number of the packages of product contained therein.

(Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control number 
1512-0502)

(Sec. 202, Pub. L. 85-859, 72 Stat. 1422 (26 U.S.C. 5723))

[T.D. ATF-232, 51 FR 28090, Aug. 5, 1986; T.D. ATF-243, 51 FR 43194, 
Dec. 1, 1986; T.D. ATF-469, 66 FR 56758, Nov. 13, 2001]