Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 30 - Intoxicating Liquors › 6 - Liquor Control Seating and Bathrooms › Part I - GENERAL PROVISIONS › D - Conduct of Business › Section 30-6-A35 - Labels, labeling and registration of brands

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) No
				  alcoholic beverage shall be imported into the state or manufactured and sold
				  within the state or included in any price list required to be filed with the
				  department until the label of such brand has received the approval of the
				  department.
(b) No label will be
				  approved until the label is submitted, along with the appropriate form and fee
				  to the department: nor until a list of brands with corresponding numeric brand
				  code numbers to be imported or sold within the state has been submitted to the
				  department, such list to be compiled on a form provided by the
				  department.
(c) The department may
				  require, before approval of any brand label, that a complete analysis of the
				  alcoholic beverages for which labels have been offered be submitted. A brand
				  label once approved shall not require reapproval unless such approval has been
				  revoked or unless there is a change in the contents of the container as
				  originally approved or a change in the descriptive phraseology on the label.
				  The department may waive the requirement of a reapproval if the label change
				  consists only of a new coloring, shading or label format.
(d) The department shall withhold approval of
				  any brand label if it has reasonable cause to believe that the language,
				  wording or design phraseology contained in the front label exaggerates the
				  quality or age of the alcoholic beverage for which the label has been
				  submitted, or belies its true contents, or may in any manner tend to deceive
				  the purchaser as to the real nature of such alcoholic beverage.
(e) Repealed, December 5, 1967.
(f) In selling any item requiring a special
				  label, this requirement shall be made known to the purchaser at the time of
				  solicitation of sale. When the sample bottle is shown, the label shall be on
				  the bottle. If no sample is shown, it should be made known to the purchaser
				  that a label goes on the bottle.
(g) No on-premises consumption permittee
				  shall sell, offer for sale, display, serve or dispense or mix in any drink any
				  of the " liqueurs," "types," "imitation types" or substandard whiskeys
				  described in this regulation as a substitute for whiskey when the original form
				  of such whiskey is called for. No on-premises consumption permittee shall sell,
				  offer for sale, serve, dispense or mix in any drink any substitute when a named
				  alcoholic liquor is ordered or asked for. The presence on any permit premises
				  of any container of liquor, the contents of which are at variance with the
				  federal or state label thereon, shall be prima facie evidence of
				  refilling.
(h) No off-premises
				  consumption permittee shall sell, offer for sale or display any of the
				  "liqueurs," "type," "imitation type" or substandard whiskeys described in this
				  regulation when the original form of such whiskey is called for.
(i) The permit of any permittee who violates
				  any of the provisions of this section shall be subject to revocation or
				  suspension.
(j) Regulations of the
				  federal alcohol administration currently in effect relating to labelling of
				  distilled spirits, wine and malt beverages packaged for shipments in interstate
				  or foreign commerce not inconsistent with this section are made a part hereof
				  as though fully set forth and are hereby promulgated with respect to the state
				  of Connecticut. The aforesaid regulations shall apply to distilled spirits,
				  wine and malt beverages packaged purely for intrastate shipment within
				  Connecticut to the same extent as though intended for interstate or foreign
				  shipment.
(k) No private labels
				  will be approved for registration unless the registrant when requesting such
				  approval furnishes the department with the name and address of the retailer who
				  will sell such brand. Any labels submitted for registration without such
				  accompanying information shall be considered to be for general
				  distribution.
(l) Where a liqueur
				  or cordial label is submitted for registration having the same or similar
				  format, coloring, design or brand name as a label for a previously approved
				  brand of alcoholic liquor not a cordial or liqueur, or wherever the word
				  "liqueur" is used on a front label, a special label shall be affixed to the
				  front label, a special label shall be affixed to the front of each container or
				  bottle shipped into or offered for sale in the state of Connecticut, either by
				  the bottle, container or drink. The special label shall contain the wording
				  "Not A Whiskey," "Not A Gin," or any other wording the department may deem
				  necessary to clearly designate that such brand is, in fact, a cordial or
				  liqueur. On all labels to be attached to containers of twenty-six or thirty-two
				  ounce or 750 ml. capacity or larger, these words shall be printed in thirty-six
				  point bookman style type; on pint or 500 ml. and half-pint or 200 ml.
				  containers, twenty-four point bookman style type; on containers of less than
				  one half-pint or less than 200 ml., twelve point bookman style type; printed in
				  black type on yellow paper. Such labels shall be affixed to the face of the
				  container, either below or above the regular label, where the entire special
				  label can be most easily read when viewing the face of the bottle, this
				  subsection shall not apply (1) where the word "liqueur" is used on the front
				  label as a designation of quality or (2) where the word "liqueur" is used in
				  conjunction with the word "scotch" or precedes the word "rum" or
				  "brandy."