Regulations last checked for updates: Jun 17, 2024

Title 27 - Alcohol, Tobacco Products and Firearms last revised: May 28, 2024
§ 5.91 - Use of the term “pure.”

Distilled spirits labels, containers, or packaging may not bear the word “pure” unless it:

(a) Refers to a particular ingredient used in the production of the distilled spirits, and is a truthful representation about that ingredient;

(b) Is part of the bona fide name of a permittee or retailer for which the distilled spirits are bottled; or

(c) Is part of the bona fide name of the permittee that bottled the distilled spirits.

authority: 26 U.S.C. 5301,7805,27.S.C. 205 and 207
source: T.D. TTB-176, 87 7579, Feb. 9, 2022, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 27 CFR 5.91