Virginia Administrative Code (Last Updated: January 10, 2017) |
Title 3. Alcoholic Beverages |
Agency 5. Alcoholic Beverage Control Board |
Chapter 40. Requirements for Product Approval |
Section 10. Spirits; labels, definitions and standards of identity
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Spirits sold in the Commonwealth shall conform with regulations adopted by the appropriate federal agency, relating to labels, definitions, standards of identity, and standards of fill. In addition, the prior approval of the board must be obtained as to the spirits, containers and labels. The board may request a copy of the federal certificate of label approval before a product is approved for sale.
Subsequent sales under an approved label shall conform to the analysis of the spirits originally approved by the board, and be packaged in approved types and sizes of containers.
Historical Notes
Derived from VR125-01-4 § 1, eff. December 12, 1985; amended, Volume 04, Issue 06, January 21, 1988; Volume 05, Issue 02, eff. November 24, 1988; Volume 09, Issue 06, eff. January 13, 1993; Volume 10, Issue 11, eff. March 23, 1994; Volume 30, Issue 08, eff. January 15, 2014; Volume 32, Issue 21, eff. July 28, 2016.