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27 C.F.R. § 19.593   Package identification numbers in production and storage.

Title 27 - Alcohol, Tobacco Products and Firearms

Title 27: Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
PART 19—DISTILLED SPIRITS PLANTS
Subpart R—Containers and Marks
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§ 19.593   Package identification numbers in production and storage.

(a) General. Packages of spirits filled during production or storage operations after December 31, 1979, shall be marked with a lot identification representing the date the package is filled, and consisting, in the order shown, as follows:

(1) The last two digits of the calendar year;

(2) An alphabetical designation from “A” through “L”, representing January through December, in that order;

(3) The digits corresponding to the day of the month; and

(4) When more than one lot is filled into packages during the same day, for successive lots after the first lot, a letter suffix, in alphabetical order, with “A” representing the second lot, “B” representing the third lot, and so forth.

The first three lots filled into packages on January 2, 1980, would be identified as “80A02”, “80A02A”, “80A02B”.

(b) Packages constituting a lot. Packages of spirits received from customs custody or filled during any one day shall be given the same lot identification subject to the following conditions:

(1) They are of the same type and either are of the same rated capacity or are uniformly filled with the same quantity by weight or other method provided in §19.319;

(2) They are filled with spirits of the same kind and same proof;

(3) They are filled with spirits which are mingled in accordance with §19.346; and

(4) They are filled with imported spirits, Puerto Rican spirits, or Virgin Islands spirits, as applicable. Any remnant package shall itself constitute a lot.

(c) Serial numbers. The appropriate TTB officer may require serial numbers on packages of spirits within the same lot in conjunction with the lot identification, at the time of filling, receipt on bonded premises, or withdrawal from bond. Proprietors shall assign temporary serial numbers to packages for control purposes when they are transferred in bond in an unsecured conveyance or gauged after being tampered within the storage account.

(Sec. 201, Pub. L. 85–859, 72 Stat. 1360, as amended (26 U.S.C. 5206))

[T.D. ATF–198, 50 FR 8464, Mar. 1, 1985; 50 FR 23410, June 4, 1985]

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