[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: 27CFR24.249]

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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.  24.249  Experimentation with new treating material or process.

    (a) General. The proprietor may, under the provisions of this 
section, conduct on bonded wine premises such experimentation with a 
treating material or process as the appropriate TTB officer finds may be 
conducted in a manner that will not jeopardize the revenue, conflict 
with wine operations, or be contrary to law.
    (b) Application. The proprietor who wants to conduct experimentation 
must file an application with the appropriate TTB officer setting forth 
in detail the experimentation to be conducted and the facilities and 
equipment to be used. The proposed experimentation must not be conducted 
until the appropriate TTB officer has determined that the conduct of 
such experimentation must not jeopardize the revenue, conflict with wine 
operations, or be contrary to law, and has approved the application.
    (c) Segregation of operations. Experimentation authorized under this 
section will be conducted with the degree of segregation from wine 
operations as may be required by the appropriate TTB officer under the 
provisions of Sec.  24.27.
    (d) Records. The proprietor shall, with respect to each experiment 
authorized by this section, keep records of the kind and quantity of 
materials received and used and the volume of wine treated and the 
manner by which disposed.
    (e) Disposition of the wine. The disposition of the wine subjected 
to experimental treatment will conform to the conditions stated in the 
authorization to conduct the experimentation. (Sec. 201, Pub. L. 85-859 
(72 Stat. 1383, as amended (26 U.S.C. 5361, 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, 13685, Mar. 22, 1999]