27 CFR § 16.21 - Mandatory label information.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t27/s16.21"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "27 CFR § 16.21 - Mandatory label information."
title_number: 27
title_name: "Alcohol, Tobacco Products and Firearms"
section_number: "16.21"
section_name: "Mandatory label information."
chapter_name: "ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO TAX AND TRADE BUREAU, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "ALCOHOL"
part_number: "16"
part_name: "ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE HEALTH WARNING STATEMENT"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "27 U.S.C. 205, 215, 218; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note."
regulatory_source: "T.D. ATF-294, 55 FR 5421, Feb. 14, 1990, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "16"
---


# 16.21 Mandatory label information.

There shall be stated on the brand label or separate front label, or on a back or side label, separate and apart from all other information, the following statement:

GOVERNMENT WARNING: (1) According to the Surgeon General, women should not drink alcoholic beverages during pregnancy because of the risk of birth defects.

(2) Consumption of alcoholic beverages impairs your ability to drive a car or operate machinery, and may cause health problems.

(Authority: Sec. 8001, Pub. L. 100-690, 102 Stat. 4181, 27 U.S.C. 215)