27 CFR § 17.134 - Determination of unfitness for beverage purposes.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t27/s17.134"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "27 CFR § 17.134 - Determination of unfitness for beverage purposes."
title_number: 27
title_name: "Alcohol, Tobacco Products and Firearms"
section_number: "17.134"
section_name: "Determination of unfitness for beverage purposes."
chapter_name: "ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO TAX AND TRADE BUREAU, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "ALCOHOL"
part_number: "17"
part_name: "DRAWBACK ON TAXPAID DISTILLED SPIRITS USED IN MANUFACTURING NONBEVERAGE PRODUCTS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "26 U.S.C. 5010, 5111-5114, 5123, 5206, 5273, 6065, 6091, 6109, 7213, 7652, 7805; 31 U.S.C. 9301, 9303, 9304, 9306."
regulatory_source: "T.D. ATF-379, 61 FR 31412, June 20, 1996, unless otherwise noted."
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# 17.134 Determination of unfitness for beverage purposes.

The appropriate TTB officer has responsibility for determining whether products are fit or unfit for beverage purposes within the meaning of 26 U.S.C. 5111. This determination may be based either on the content and description of the ingredients as shown on TTB Form 5154.1, or on organoleptic examination. In such examination, samples of products may be diluted with water to an alcoholic concentration of 15% and tasted. Sale or use for beverage purposes is indicative of fitness for beverage use.

[T.D. ATF-379, 61 FR 31412, June 20, 1996, as amended by T.D. TTB-79, 74 FR 37402, July 28, 2009]