[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: 27CFR24.242]

[Page 638-639]
 
            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.  24.242  Authority to use greater quantities of decolorizing material in juice or wine.

    (a) Proprietor's notice. If the proprietor desires to remove color 
from juice prior to fermentation or if color in excess of that normally 
present in wine develops during the production or storage of a 
particular lot or lots, and if the proprietor desires to use activated 
carbon in excess of twenty-five pounds per 1,000 gallons (3.0 grams per 
liter) of juice or wine to remove this color, the proprietor, prior to 
starting the treatment, shall submit to the appropriate TTB officer a 
written notice for each lot of juice or wine to be treated for 
decolorization. The written notice will state
    (1) The reason for the treatment;
    (2) The volume, kind, and type of juice or wine to be treated;
    (3) The kind and quantity of decolorizing material to be used; and,
    (4) The length of time the decolorizing material is in contact with 
the juice or wine.
    (b) Action by the appropriate TTB officer on proprietor's notice. 
Upon receipt of the proprietor's notice, the appropriate TTB officer may 
require the proprietor to submit samples representative of the lot of 
juice or wine for examination by the TTB laboratory.

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    (c) Samples and chemical analysis--(1) Samples. If the appropriate 
TTB officer requires samples under paragraph (b) of this section, the 
proprietor shall prepare samples representative of the lot of juice or 
wine for examination. The samples will consist of:
    (i) The juice or wine before treatment with decolorizing material,
    (ii) The juice or wine after treatment with decolorizing material, 
and
    (iii) The decolorizing material used.
    (2) Chemical analysis. If the TTB chemical analyses of the samples 
shows that the proposed treatment would remove only color and will not 
remove the vinous characteristics of the wine, the appropriate TTB 
officer will return an approved copy of the proprietor's written notice. 
If the TTB chemical analysis shows that the proposed treatment is not 
acceptable, the appropriate TTB officer will send the proprietor a 
letter stating the reason(s) for disallowing the proposed treatment. 
(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 numbers 
1512-0292 and 1512-0298)

[T.D. ATF-299, 55 FR 24989, June 19, 1990, as amended by T.D. ATF-409, 
64 FR 13683, Mar. 22, 1999]