[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 27, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 27CFR24.241]

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            TITLE 27--ALCOHOL, TOBACCO PRODUCTS AND FIREARMS
 
 CHAPTER I--ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO TAX AND TRADE BUREAU, DEPARTMENT OF THE 
                                TREASURY
 
PART 24_WINE--Table of Contents
 
           Subpart L_Storage, Treatment and Finishing of Wine
 
Sec.  24.241  Decolorizing juice or wine.

    (a) Conditions and limitations. If the proprietor wishes to use 
activated carbon or other decolorizing material to remove color from 
juice or wine, the following conditions and limitations will be met:
    (1) The wine will retain a vinous character after being treated with 
activated carbon or other decolorizing material;
    (2) The quantity of activated carbon used to treat the wine, 
including the juice from which the wine was produced, may not exceed 
twenty-five pounds per 1,000 gallons (3.0 grams per liter) (see 
paragraph (b) of this section); and
    (3) The wine treated with decolorizing material will have a color of 
not less than 0.6 Lovibond in a one-half inch cell or not more than 95 
percent transmittance per AOAC Method 11.003-11.004 (see paragraph (c) 
of this section). However, the proprietor may produce a wine having a 
color of less than 0.6 Lovibond or more than 95 percent transmittance 
per AOAC Method 11.003-11.004 by using normal methods and without the 
use of decolorizing material.
    (b) Transfer in bond. When a consignor proprietor transfers wine 
treated with activated carbon or other decolorizing material to a 
consignee proprietor, the consignor proprietor shall record on the 
shipping record:
    (1) The amount of wine which has been treated under the provisions 
of this section; and
    (2) The quantity of decolorizing material used in treating the wine, 
including the juice from which the wine was produced, before its 
transfer. The consignee proprietor may further treat the wine with 
decolorizing material as long as the consignee proprietor has a copy of 
the shipping record and complies with the requirements of this section.
    (c) Incorporation by reference. The ``Official Methods of Analysis 
of the Association of Official Analytical Chemists'' (AOAC Method 
11.003-11.004; 13th Edition 1980) is incorporated by reference in this 
part. This incorporation by reference was approved by the Director of 
the Federal Register, and is available for inspection or at the National 
Archives and Records Administration (NARA). For information on the 
availability of this material at NARA, call 202-741-6030, or go to: 
http://www.archives.gov/federal--register/code--of--federal--
regulations/ibr--locations.html. The publication is available from the 
Association of Official Analytical Chemists, 11 North 19th Street, Suite 
210, Arlington, Virginia 22209. (Sec. 201, Pub. L. 85-859, 72 Stat. 
1383, as amended (26 U.S.C. 5382))

(Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control number 
1512-0298)

[T.D. ATF-299, 55 FR 24989, June 19, 1990, as amended at 69 FR 18803, 
Apr. 9, 2004]