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 102 STAT. 4518 Alcoholic Beverage Labeling Act of 1988 27 USC 201 note.

PUBLIC LAW 100-690—NOV. 18, 1988 "TITLE II—ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE LABELING "SHORT TITLE

"SEC. 201. This title may be cited as the "Alcoholic Beverage Labeling Act of 1988". "DECLARATION OF POLICY AND PURPOSE

Public information. 27 USC 213.

"SEC. 202. The Congress finds that the American public should be informed about the health hazards that may result from the consumption or abuse of alcoholic beverages, and has determined that it would be beneficial to provide a clear, nonconfusing reminder of such hazards, and that there is a need for national uniformity in such reminders in order to avoid the promulgation of incorrect or misleading information and to minimize burdens on interstate commerce. The Congress finds that requiring such reminders on all containers of alcoholic beverages is appropriate and necessary in view of the substantial role of the Federal Government in promoting the health and safety of the Nation's population. It is therefore the policy of the Congress, and the purpose of this title, to exercise the full reach of the Federal Government's constitutional powers in order to establish a comprehensive Federal program, in connection with the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages in or affecting interstate commerce, to deal with the provision of warning or other information with respect to any relationship between the consumption or abuse of alcoholic beverages and health, so that— "(1) the public may be adequately reminded about any health hazards that may be associated with the consumption or abuse of alcoholic beverages through a nationally uniform, nonconfusing warning notice on each container of such beverages; and "(2) commerce and the national economy may be— "(A) protected to the maximum extent consistent with this declared policy, "(B) not impeded by diverse, nonuniform, and confusing requirements for warnings or other information on alcoholic beverage containers with respect to any relationship between the consumption or abuse of alcoholic beverages and health, and "(C) protected from the adverse effects that would result from a noncomprehensive program covering alcoholic beverage containers sold in interstate commerce, but not alcoholic beverage containers manufactured and sold within a single State. "DEFINITIONS

27 USC 214.

"SEC. 203. As used in this title— "(1) The term 'alcoholic beverage' includes any beverage in liquid form which contains not less than one-half of one percent of alcohol by volume and is intended for human consumption. "(2) The term 'bottle' means to fill a container with an alcoholic beverage and to seal such container. "(3) The term 'bottler' means a person who bottles an alcoholic beverage. "(4) The term 'commerce' means—

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