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TITLE 16ECONOMIC REGULATION
PART 3TEXAS ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE COMMISSION
CHAPTER 45MARKETING PRACTICES
SUBCHAPTER FADVERTISING AND PROMOTION
RULE §45.127Additional Prohibited Statements for Distilled Spirits

(a) An advertisement for a distilled spirit shall not contain any statement, design, or device directly or by implication concerning age or maturity of any brand or lot of the product unless a statement of age appears on the label of the advertised product.

(b) When any such statement, design, or device concerning age or maturity is contained in any advertisement, it shall include (in direct conjunction therewith and with substantially equal conspicuousness) all parts of the statement, if any, concerning age and percentages required by the TTB to be made on the label.

(c) An advertisement for any whiskey or brandy (except immature brandies) that is not required to bear a statement of age on the label or an advertisement for any rum, tequila or mescal that has been aged for not less than four years may, however, contain an inconspicuous, general representation as to age, maturity or other similar representation even though a specific age statement does not appear on the label of the advertised product and in the advertisement itself.


Source Note: The provisions of this §45.127 adopted to be effective September 1, 2021, 46 TexReg 5182

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