[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 27, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 27CFR5.33]

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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 5_LABELING AND ADVERTISING OF DISTILLED SPIRITS--Table of Contents
 
          Subpart D_Labeling Requirements for Distilled Spirits
 
Sec.  5.33  Additional requirements.

    (a) Contrasting background. Labels shall be so designed that the 
statements required by this subpart are readily legible under ordinary 
conditions, and such statements shall be on a contrasting background.
    (b) Location of statements and size of type. (1) Statements required 
by this subpart, except brand names, shall appear generally parallel to 
the base on which the bottle rests as it is designed to be displayed or 
shall be otherwise equally conspicuous.
    (2) Statements required by this subpart, except brand names and the 
declaration of sulfites in Sec.  5.32(b)(7), shall be separate and apart 
from any other descriptive or explanatory matters.
    (3) If not separate and apart from other descriptive or explanatory 
matter printed on the label, the statement declaring the presence of 
sulfites shall be of a size substantially more conspicuous than 
surrounding nonmandatory labeling information.
    (4) Statements of the type of distilled spirits shall be as 
conspicuous as the statement of the class to which it refers, and in 
direct conjunction therewith.
    (5) Statements required by this subpart, except brand names, shall 
be in script, type, or printing not smaller than 2 millimeters (or 8-
point gothic until January 1, 1983), except that, in the case of labels 
on bottles of 200 milliliters or less capacity, such script, type, or 
printing shall not be smaller than 1 millimeter (or 6-point gothic until 
January 1, 1983).
    (6) When net contents are stated either in metric measures or in 
both metric and U.S. fluid measures, statements required by the subpart, 
except brand names, shall be in script, type, or printing not smaller 
than 2 millimeters (or 8-point gothic until January 1, 1983), except 
that, in the case of labels on bottles of 200 milliliters or less 
capacity such script, type, or printing shall not be smaller than 1 
millimeter (or 6-point gothic until January 1, 1983).
    (c) English language. The requirements of this subpart shall be 
stated in the English language, except that the brand name need not be 
in English, and for products bottled for consumption within Puerto Rico 
the required information may be stated in the Spanish language if the 
net contents and, if the product is an imitation, the word ``imitation'' 
are also stated in the English language.
    (d) Location of label. Labels shall not obscure government stamps or 
be obscured thereby. Labels shall not obscure any markings or 
information required to be permanently marked in the bottle by other 
U.S. Treasury Department regulations.
    (e) Labels firmly affixed. Labels which are not an integral part of 
the bottle shall be affixed to bottles in such manner that they cannot 
be removed without thorough application of water or other solvents.
    (f) Additional information on labels. Labels may contain information 
other than the mandatory label information required by this subpart if 
the information does not conflict with, or in any manner qualify, 
statements required by this part.
    (g) Contents of bottles. A complete and accurate statement of the 
contents of the bottles to which labels are to be or have been affixed 
shall be submitted, on request, to the appropriate TTB officer.

[T.D. 7020, 34 FR 20337, Dec. 30, 1969, as amended by T.D. ATF-66, 45 FR 
40548, June 13, 1980; T.D. ATF-94, 46 FR 55096, Nov. 6, 1981; T.D. ATF-
236, 51 FR 34710, Sept. 30, 1986; T.D. ATF-425, 65 FR 11891, Mar. 7, 
2000]