[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 27, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 27CFR26.40]

[Page 694]
 
            TITLE 27--ALCOHOL, TOBACCO PRODUCTS AND FIREARMS
 
 CHAPTER I--ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO TAX AND TRADE BUREAU, DEPARTMENT OF THE 
                                TREASURY
 
PART 26_LIQUORS AND ARTICLES FROM PUERTO RICO AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS
--Table of Contents
 
   Subpart Cb_Products Coming Into the United States From Puerto Rico
 
Sec. 26.40  Marking containers of distilled spirits.

    The distiller, rectifier, or bottler shall serially number each 
case, barrel, cask, or similar container of distilled spirits filled for 
shipment to the United States. In addition to the serial number of the 
container, the distiller, rectifier, or bottler shall plainly print, 
stamp, or stencil with durable coloring material, in letters and figures 
not less than one-half inch high, on the head of each barrel, cask or 
similar container or on one side of each case, as follows:
    (a) The name of the distiller, rectifier, or bottler.
    (b) The brand name and kind of liquor;
    (c) The wine and proof gallon contents; or, for bottles filled 
according to the metric standards of fill prescribed by Sec. 5.47a, of 
this chapter, the contents in liters and the proof of the spirits; and
    (d) In the case of barrels or casks, the serial number of the permit 
to ship, Form 487-B, prefixed by the number of such form (e.g., ``487-B-
61-1'')
    (e) In the case of bulk containers shipped to the United States 
under subpart Ib, the serial number of the application and permit to 
ship, ATF Form 5110.31, instead of the serial number of Form 487-B.

[T.D. ATF-43, 42 FR 30836, June 17, 1977; as amended by T.D. ATF-62, 44 
FR 71709, Dec. 11, 1979]