[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 27, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2005]
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[CITE: 27CFR5.38]

[Page 61]
 
            TITLE 27--ALCOHOL, TOBACCO PRODUCTS AND FIREARMS
 
 CHAPTER I--ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO TAX AND TRADE BUREAU, DEPARTMENT OF THE 
                                TREASURY
 
PART 5_LABELING AND ADVERTISING OF DISTILLED SPIRITS--Table of Contents
 
          Subpart D_Labeling Requirements for Distilled Spirits
 
Sec. 5.38  Net contents.

    (a) Bottles conforming to metric standards of fill. The net contents 
of distilled spirits shall be stated in the same manner and form as set 
forth in the standards of fill in Sec. 5.47a.
    (b) Bottles not conforming to the metric standards of fill. The net 
contents for distilled spirits bottled before January 1, 1980, in 
bottles not conforming to the metric standards of fill, shall be stated 
in the same manner and form as set forth in Sec. 5.47(a), except for 
cordials and liqueurs, cocktails, highballs, bitters and specialties, as 
specified by the Director. The net contents for these specialty products 
shall be stated in U.S. measure (i.e., gallons, quarts, pints, fluid 
ounces).
    (c) Net contents marked in bottles. The net contents need not be 
marked on any lable if they are legibly blown, etched, sandblasted, 
marked by underglaze coloring, or otherwise permanently marked by any 
method approved by the appropriate ATF officer on the side, front, or 
back of the container in an unobscured location. containers of 200 ml or 
greater capacity shall bear letters and figures of not less than one-
quarter inch height.
    (d) Qualifying statements. Words or phrases qualifying statements of 
net contents are prohibited.

(Sec. 5, 49 Stat. 981, as amended (27 U.S.C. 205); 26 U.S.C. 5301)

[T.D. ATF-146, 48 FR 43321, Sept. 23, 1983, as amended by T.D. ATF-249, 
52 FR 5956, Feb. 27, 1987]