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27 CFR §19.599

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A proprietor who bottles or packages spirits must prepare a “bottling and packaging” record for each lot of spirits bottled or packaged. The bottling and packaging record must contain the following information:
  1. (a)Bottling tank number;
  2. (b)Serial number of the record (which must commence with “1” at the start of each calendar or fiscal year, or be a unique identifying number that is not repeated);
  3. (c)Formula number (if any) under which the batch was produced;
  4. (d)Serial number of the dump/batch record from which the spirits were received;
  5. (e)Kind of distilled spirits product (including age, if claimed);
  6. (f)Details of the tank gauge (including proof, wine gallons, proof gallons, and, if applicable, obscuration);
  7. (g)The date the bottles or packages were filled;
  8. (h)The size of the bottles or packages filled, the number of bottles per case, and the number of cases or packages filled;
  9. (i)Serial numbers by brand name of the cases or other containers filled;
  10. (j)Proof of the spirits bottled or packaged (if different from the proof recorded under paragraph (f) of this section);
  11. (k)Total quantity bottled, packaged, or otherwise disposed of in bulk;
  12. (l)Losses or gains of the distilled spirits product; and
  13. (m)If labeled as bottled in bond, a statement to that effect.