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Code of Federal Regulations Title 27. Alcohol, Tobacco Products and Firearms § 27.5.47 Standards of fill (distilled spirits bottled before January 1, 1980)

Current as of January 02, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) Authorized standards of fill. The standards of fill for all distilled spirits, whether domestically bottled, or imported, subject to the tolerances allowed in this section, shall be as follows:

1 gallon.

4/5 pint.

1/2 gallon.

1/2 pint.

1 quart.

1/8 pint.

4/5 quart.

1/10 pint.

1 pint.

1/16 pint (brandy only).

(b) Tolerances. The following tolerances shall be allowed:

(1) Discrepancies due to errors in measuring which occur in filling conducted in compliance with good commercial practice.

(2) Discrepancies due to differences in the capacity of bottles, resulting solely from unavoidable difficulties in manufacturing such bottles to a uniform capacity:  Provided, That no greater tolerance shall be allowed in case of bottles which, because of their design, cannot be made of approximately uniform capacity than is allowed in case of bottles which can be manufactured so as to be of approximately uniform capacity.

(3) Discrepancies in measure due to differences in atmospheric conditions in various places and which unavoidably result from the ordinary and customary exposure of alcoholic beverages in bottles to evaporation. The reasonableness of discrepancies under this paragraph shall be determined on the facts in each case.

(c) Unreasonable shortages. Unreasonable shortages in certain of the bottles in any shipment shall not be compensated by overages in other bottles in the same shipment.

(d) Limitations. This section does not apply after December 31, 1979.

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

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