[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 27, Volume 2]
[Revised as of April 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 27CFR41.72]

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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 41_IMPORTATION OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS AND CIGARETTE PAPERS AND TUBES--Table 
 
                           Subpart E_Packages
 
Sec.  41.72  Notice for smokeless tobacco.

    (a) Product designation. Every package of chewing tobacco or snuff 
shall, before removal subject to internal revenue tax, have adequately 
imprinted thereon, or on a label securely affixed thereto, the 
designation ``chewing tobacco'' or ``snuff.'' As an alternative, 
packages of chewing tobacco may be designated ``Tax Class C,'' and 
packages of snuff may be designated ``Tax Class M.''
    (b) Product weight. Every package of chewing tobacco or snuff shall, 
before removal subject to internal revenue tax, have adequately 
imprinted thereon, or on a label securely affixed thereto, a clear 
statement of the actual pounds and ounces of the product contained 
therein. As an alternative, the shipping cases containing packages of 
chewing tobacco or snuff may, before removal, have adequately imprinted 
thereon, or on a label securely affixed thereto, a clear statement, in 
pounds and ounces, of the total weight of the product, the tax class of 
the product, and the total number of the packages of product contained 
therein.

(Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control number 
1512-0502)

(Sec. 202, Pub. L. 85-859, 72 Stat. 1422 (26 U.S.C. 5723))

[T.D. ATF-243, 51 FR 43194, Dec. 1, 1986, as amended by T.D. ATF-446, 66 
FR 16602, Mar. 27, 2001]