Washington Administrative Code › Title 314 - Liquor and Cannabis Board › Chapter 314-20 - Beer - Brewers, holders, importers, etc › Section 314-20-020 - Beer labels - Certificate of label approval required - Labels to be submitted

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
(1) Every bottle
			 or can containing beer intended for sale in the state of Washington shall bear
			 a label in compliance with
			 RCW
			 66.28.120. No beer shall be imported or sold
			 within the state of Washington until the licensed brewery, or certificate of
			 approval holder, submitted to the board, one copy of the federal certificate of
			 label approval for such beer, issued by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and
			 Firearms, U.S. Treasury Department.
(2) Any change in label or product which
			 requires reissuance of federal certificate of label approval, must also be
			 submitted to the board, in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this
			 regulation.
(3) No label shall be
			 used that is misleading.
(4) Every
			 producer, importer, distributor of beer, or beer certificate of approval holder
			 shall, upon request of the board or its authorized representative, furnish
			 without cost to the board, samples of any brand of beer upon its premises for
			 the purpose of analysis in order to determine whether the beer conforms to
			 commercial standards.
(5) No label
			 will be approved which is designed to be especially appealing to children or
			 other persons under legal age to consume. Persons who appear to be under legal
			 age to consume may be depicted on a label when, in the discretion of the board,
			 the depiction is dignified and does not promote illegal consumption of
			 liquor.
(6) For strong beer, the
			 label must contain the beer's alcohol content, stated in terms of percentage of
			 alcohol by volume. Per
			 RCW
			 66.04.010, strong beer means any malt
			 beverage that contains more than eight percent of alcohol by weight, which is
			 approximately ten percent of alcohol by volume.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  66.08.030, 2004 c 160. 04-24-097, §
				  314-20-020, filed 12/1/04, effective 1/1/05. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  66.08.030,
				  66.04.010,
				  66.28.120. 04-06-007, §
				  314-20-020, filed 2/20/04, effective 3/22/04. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  66.08.030,
				  15.88.030,
				  19.126.020,
				  66.04.010,
				  66.08.180, 66.16.100,
				  66.20.010,
				  66.20.300,
				  66.20.310,
				  66.24.150,
				  66.24.170,
				  66.24.185,
				  66.24.200,
				  66.24.206,
				  66.24.210,
				  66.24.230,
				  66.24.240,
				  66.24.244,
				  66.24.250,
				  66.24.375,
				  66.24.380,
				  66.24.395,
				  66.24.400,
				  66.24.420,
				  66.24.425,
				  66.24.440,
				  66.24.450,
				  66.24.455,
				  66.24.495,
				  66.24.540, 66.28.010,
				  66.28.040,
				  66.28.050,
				  66.28.170,
				  66.28.180,
				  66.28.190,
				  66.28.200,
				  66.28.310, 66.44.190,
				  66.44.310,
				  66.98.060 and
				  82.08.150. 98-18-097, §
				  314-20-020, filed 9/2/98, effective 10/3/98. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  66.08.030. 92-03-109, § 314-20-020,
				  filed 1/21/92, effective 2/21/92. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  66.08.030 and
				  66.28.160. 91-08-022, §
				  314-20-020, filed 3/27/91, effective 4/27/91. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  66.08.030. 90-18-008, § 314-20-020,
				  filed 8/24/90, effective 1/1/92; 89-02-015 (Order 275, Resolution No. 284),
				  § 314-20-020, filed 12/28/88. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  66.08.030 and
				  66.28.120. 88-14-131 (Order 255,
				  Resolution No. 264), § 314-20-020, filed 7/6/88. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  66.28.120 and
				  66.28.110. 87-21-036 (Order 230,
				  Resolution No. 239), § 314-20-020, filed 10/13/87. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  66.28.120. 87-08-015 (Order 215, Resolution
				  No. 224), § 314-20-020, filed 3/24/87; Order 42, § 314-20-020, filed
				  11/6/75; Order 19, § 314-20-020, filed 8/10/72; Rule 38, filed
				  6/13/63.