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Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code - Section 101.41. Containers, Packaging, And Dispensing Equipment Of Beer: Labels

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§ 101.41. CONTAINERS, PACKAGING, AND DISPENSING EQUIPMENT 
OF BEER:  LABELS.  (a) No manufacturer or distributor, directly or 
indirectly or through a subsidiary, affiliate, agent, employee, 
officer, director, or firm member, may manufacture, sell, or 
otherwise introduce into commerce any container, packaging, or 
dispensing equipment of beer that does not meet the requirements of 
this section.
	(b)  Every container of beer must have a label or imprint in 
legible type showing the full name and address of the manufacturer 
and, if it contains a special brand brewed for a distributor, of the 
distributor.  Any box, crate, carton, or similar device in which 
containers of beer are sold or transported must have a label meeting 
the same requirements.
	(c)  The label of a container of beer must state the net 
contents in terms of United States liquor measure.
	(d)  No container, packaging material, or dispensing 
equipment may bear a label or imprint that:
		(1)  by wording, lettering, numbering, or 
illustration, or in any other manner refers or alludes to or 
suggests a manufacturing process, aging, analysis, or a scientific 
fact;
		(2)  refers or alludes to the "proof," "balling," or 
"extract" of the product;
		(3)  is untrue in any respect;  or                                            
		(4)  by ambiguity, omission, or inference tends to 
create a misleading impression, or causes or is calculated to cause 
deception of the consumer with respect to the product.

Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 493, ch. 194, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.  
Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 934, § 61, eff. Sept. 1, 
1993.

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