[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 27, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 27CFR7.26]

[Page 93-94]
 
            TITLE 27--ALCOHOL, TOBACCO PRODUCTS AND FIREARMS
 
 CHAPTER I--ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO TAX AND TRADE BUREAU, DEPARTMENT OF THE 
                                TREASURY
 
PART 7--LABELING AND ADVERTISING OF MALT BEVERAGES--Table of Contents
 
           Subpart C--Labeling Requirements for Malt Beverages
 
Sec. 7.26  Alcoholic content [suspended as of April 19, 1993; see Sec. 7.71].

    (a) The alcoholic content and the percentage and quantity of the 
original extract shall not be stated unless required by State law. When 
alcoholic content is required to be stated, but the manner of statement 
is not specified in the State law, it shall be stated in percentage of 
alcohol by weight or by volume, and not by proof or by maximums or 
minimums. Otherwise the manner of statement shall be as specified in the 
State law.
    (b) The terms ``low alcohol'' or ``reduced alcohol'' may be used 
only on malt beverage products containing less than 2.5 percent alcohol 
by volume.
    (c) The term ``non-alcoholic'' may be used on malt beverage 
products, provided the statement ``contains less than 0.5 percent (or 
.5%) alcohol by volume'' appears in direct conjunction with it, in 
readily legible printing and on a completely contrasting background.

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    (d) The term ``alcohol-free'' may be used only on malt beverage 
products containing no alcohol.

[T.D. 6521, 25 FR 13859, Dec. 29, 1960, as amended by T.D. ATF 280, 54 
FR 3594, Jan. 25, 1989; T.D. ATF-339, 58 FR 21231, Apr. 19, 1993]

    Effective Date Note: At 58 FR 21231, Apr. 19, 1993, Sec. 7.26 was 
suspended indefinitely.