[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: 27CFR4.71]

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            TITLE 27--ALCOHOL, TOBACCO PRODUCTS AND FIREARMS
 
 CHAPTER I--ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO TAX AND TRADE BUREAU, DEPARTMENT OF THE 
                                TREASURY
 
PART 4_LABELING AND ADVERTISING OF WINE--Table of Contents
 
                  Subpart H_Standards of Fill for Wine
 
Sec. 4.71  Standard wine containers.

    (a) A standard wine container shall be made, formed and filled to 
meet the following specifications:
    (1) Design. It shall be so made and formed as not to mislead the 
purchaser. Wine containers shall be held (irrespective of the 
correctness of the net contents specified on the label) to be so made 
and formed as to mislead the purchaser if the actual capacity is 
substantially less than the apparent capacity upon visual examination 
under ordinary conditions of purchase or use; and
    (2) Fill. It shall be so filled as to contain the quantity of wine 
specified in one of the standards of fill prescribed in Sec. 4.72 or 
Sec. 4.73; and
    (3) Headspace. It shall be made and filled as to have a headspace 
not in excess of 6 percent of its total capacity after closure if the 
net content of the container is 187 milliliters or more, and a headspace 
not in excess of 10 percent of such capacity in the case of all other 
containers.

[T.D. ATF-12, 39 FR 45222, Dec. 31, 1974]

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