---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 189.301"
title: "21"
number: "189.301"
heading: "Tin-coated lead foil capsules for wine bottles."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/189.301"
---

# §189.301. Tin-coated lead foil capsules for wine bottles.

- (a) **Tin-coated lead foil is composed of a lead foil coated on one or both sides with a thin layer of tin.** Tin-coated lead foil has been used as a capsule (i.e., as a covering applied over the cork and neck areas) on wine bottles to prevent insect infestation, as a barrier to oxygen, and for decorative purposes. Information received by the Food and Drug Administration establishes that the use of such a capsule on wine bottles may reasonably be expected to result in lead becoming a component of the wine.
- (b) The capping of any bottles of wine after February 8, 1996, with a tin-coated lead foil capsule renders the wine adulterated and in violation of [section 402(a)(2)(C)](/cfr/21/402.md?p=a-2-C) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act because lead from the capsule, which is an unsafe food additive within the meaning of [section 409](/cfr/21/409.md) of the act, may reasonably be expected to become a component of the wine.

## Notes

### Amendments

[61 FR 4820, Feb. 8, 1996]

### Source

Source: 42 FR 14659, Mar. 15, 1977, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 69 FR 42273, July 14, 2004.

### Authority

Authority: 21 U.S.C. 321, 342, 348, 371, 381.

### Source

Source: 42 FR 14659, Mar. 15, 1977, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[61 FR 4820, Feb. 8, 1996]