311.540. Liquor inspection, labeling and gauging--requirements. - Missouri Statutes

Liquor inspection, labeling and gauging--requirements.

311.540. 1. Every person, persons or corporation who shallmanufacture or distill spirituous liquors, including brandy, rum, whiskey,and gin, and other spirituous liquors, within this state, and wholesale orretail dealers or any other person who shall import such intoxicatingliquors into this state, for the purpose of sale or offering the same forsale in this state, shall, before offering the same for sale, cause thesame to be inspected and gauged by the supervisor of liquor control. Itshall be the duty of the supervisor of liquor control to inspect and gaugesuch character of intoxicating liquor referred to in this section and toascertain whether the same is correctly labeled.

2. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection 1 of this section,the supervisor of liquor control shall not require product samples andshall not require the testing of product samples to determine alcoholcontent prior to granting approval for the sale of any such spirituousliquors product in the state if the supervisor of liquor control isprovided with a copy of a certificate of label approval issued by theFederal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms which verifies the alcoholcontent of the product.

(RSMo 1939 § 4902, A.L. 1945 p. 1043, A.L. 2000 H.B. 1631)