28-A §1402. Taste testing of wine and malt liquor products - Maine Statutes

Title 28-A: LIQUORS HEADING: PL 1987, C. 45, PT. A, §4 (NEW)

Part 3: LICENSES FOR SALE OF LIQUOR HEADING: PL 1987, C. 45, PT. A, §4 (NEW)

Subpart 3: NON-RETAIL SALES HEADING: PL 1987, C. 45, PT. A, §4 (NEW)

Chapter 55: MALT LIQUOR AND WINE WHOLESALE LICENSEES HEADING: PL 1987, C. 45, PT. A, §4 (NEW)

§1402. Taste testing of wine and malt liquor products

1. Taste testing on wholesale licensee's premises. With the bureau's written permission, a wholesale licensee may designate a special area or room on the wholesale licensee's premises for the specific purpose of taste testing wine or malt liquor products.

[ 1997, c. 373, §124 (AMD) .]

2. Taste testing on retail licensee's premises. With the bureau's written permission, a wholesale licensee may rent or lease an area or room from an on-premise retail licensee for the purpose of inviting retail licensees to taste test wine or malt liquor products.

[ 1997, c. 373, §124 (AMD) .]

3. Conditions on taste-testing activity. The following conditions apply to all taste testings.

A. The wholesale licensee or a certificate of approval holder may provide the products for taste testing only if all taxes and premiums required by this Title have been paid. [1987, c. 45, Pt. A, §4 (NEW).]

B. Taste-testing activity must be conducted only within the special designated area or room. [1987, c. 45, Pt. A, §4 (NEW).]

C. Taste-testing activity must be open only to invited retail licensees or their authorized agents and not to their family members, guests or the general public. [1987, c. 45, Pt. A, §4 (NEW).]

D. After the taste-testing activity is concluded, the wholesale licensee shall remove all products supplied for the taste-testing activity from the retail licensee's premises. [1987, c. 45, Pt. A, §4 (NEW).]

[ 1987, c. 45, Pt. A, §4 (NEW) .]

SECTION HISTORY

1987, c. 45, §A4 (NEW). 1987, c. 342, §110 (AMD). 1997, c. 373, §124 (AMD).