Anyone in Missouri with a license to sell or serve alcohol must put up a warning sign at their place of business. The sign has to be at least 11 by 14 inches and say 'WARNING: Drinking alcoholic beverages during pregnancy may cause birth defects.' It must be placed where people can easily see it. If a business does not follow this rule, a liquor control worker can report it and the business owner gets a warning — but breaking this rule is not a crime.
311.299. Warning displayed, liquor licenses — violations. — 1. Any person who is licensed this chapter to sell or serve alcoholic beverages at any shall place on the of such establishment a warning sign as described in this section. Such sign shall be at least eleven inches by fourteen inches and shall read "WARNING: Drinking alcoholic beverages during pregnancy may cause birth defects.". The shall display such sign in a on the .
2. Any employee of the may report a violation of this section to the , and the supervisor shall a warning to the licensee of the violation.
3. the of section 311.880 to the contrary, no person who violates the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a crime.
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Source & history notes
(L. 2001 S.B. 130)
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