[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: 27CFR7.20]

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            TITLE 27--ALCOHOL, TOBACCO PRODUCTS AND FIREARMS
 
 CHAPTER I--BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO AND FIREARMS, DEPARTMENT OF THE 
                                TREASURY
 
PART 7--LABELING AND ADVERTISING OF MALT BEVERAGES--Table of Contents
 
           Subpart C--Labeling Requirements for Malt Beverages
 
Sec. 7.20  General.


    (a) Application. This subpart shall apply to malt beverages sold or 
shipped or delivered for shipment, or otherwise introduced into or 
received in any State from any place outside thereof, only to the extent 
that the law of such State imposes similar requirements with respect to 
the labeling of malt beverages not sold or shipped or delivered for 
shipment or otherwise introduced into or received in such State from any 
place outside thereof.
    (b) Marking, branding, and labeling. No person engaged in business 
as a brewer, wholesaler, or importer of malt beverages, 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 malt 
beverages in containers unless the malt beverages are packaged, and the 
packages are marked, branded, and labeled in conformity with this 
subpart.
    (c) Alteration of labels. (1) It shall be unlawful for any person to 
alter, mutilate, destroy, obliterate, or remove any mark, brand, or 
label upon malt beverages held for sale in interstate or foreign 
commerce or after shipment therein, except as authorized by Federal law. 
The appropriate ATF officer may, upon written application, permit 
additional labeling or relabeling of malt beverages in containers if, in 
his judgment, the facts show that the additional labeling or relabeling 
is for the purpose of compliance with the requirements of this subpart 
or of State law.
    (2) Application for permission to relabel shall be accompanied by 
two complete sets of the old labels and two complete sets of any 
proposed labels, together with a statement of the reasons for 
relabeling, the quantity and the location of the malt beverages, and the 
name and address of the person by whom they will be relabeled.

[T.D. 6521, 25 FR 13859, Dec. 29, 1960, as amended by T.D. ATF-66, 45 FR 
40551, June 13, 1980; T.D. ATF-425, 65 FR 11892, Mar. 7, 2000]

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