Liquor inspection, labeling and gauging
Anyone who makes or imports spirits like whiskey, rum, brandy, or gin in Missouri to sell them must first have those drinks checked and measured by the state liquor control supervisor. The supervisor makes sure the bottles are labeled correctly. However, if a federal certificate of label approval is provided showing the alcohol content, the state supervisor does not need to test a sample of the product before allowing it to be sold.
311.540. Liquor inspection, labeling and — requirements. — 1. Every person, persons or who shall or distill , including , rum, whiskey, and gin, and other spirituous liquors, within this state, and or or any other person who shall import such into this state, for the purpose of sale or offering the same for sale in this state, shall, before offering the same for sale, cause the same to be inspected and by the , or his or her . It shall be the duty of the supervisor of liquor control, or his or her designee, to inspect and gauge such character of referred to in this section and to whether the same is correctly labeled.
2. the of 1 of this section, the supervisor of liquor control, or his or her designee, shall not require product samples and shall not require the testing of product samples to determine alcohol content prior to granting approval for the sale of any such spirituous liquors product in the state if the supervisor of liquor control, or his or her designee, is provided with a copy of a issued by the which verifies the alcohol content of the product.
(RSMo 1939 § 4902, A.L. 1945 p. 1043, A.L. 2000 H.B. 1631, A.L. 2017 H.B. 115)
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