---
kind: "section"
citation: "27 C.F.R. § 19.599"
title: "27"
number: "19.599"
heading: "Bottling and packaging records."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/27/19.599"
---

# §19.599. Bottling and packaging records.


A proprietor who bottles or packages spirits must prepare a “bottling and packaging” record for each lot of spirits bottled or packaged. The bottling and packaging record must contain the following information:

- (a) Bottling tank number;
- (b) Serial number of the record (which must commence with “1” at the start of each calendar or fiscal year, or be a unique identifying number that is not repeated);
- (c) Formula number (if any) under which the batch was produced;
- (d) Serial number of the dump/batch record from which the spirits were received;
- (e) Kind of distilled spirits product (including age, if claimed);
- (f) Details of the tank gauge (including proof, wine gallons, proof gallons, and, if applicable, obscuration);
- (g) The date the bottles or packages were filled;
- (h) The size of the bottles or packages filled, the number of bottles per case, and the number of cases or packages filled;
- (i) Serial numbers by brand name of the cases or other containers filled;
- (j) Proof of the spirits bottled or packaged (if different from the proof recorded under [paragraph (f)](#f) of this section);
- (k) Total quantity bottled, packaged, or otherwise disposed of in bulk;
- (l) Losses or gains of the distilled spirits product; and
- (m) If labeled as bottled in bond, a statement to that effect.

## Notes

### Amendments

[T.D. TTB-92, 76 FR 9090, Feb. 16, 2011, as amended by T.D. TTB-92a, 76 FR 19908, Apr. 11, 2011]

### Authority

Authority: 19 U.S.C. 81c, 1311; 26 U.S.C. 5001, 5002, 5004-5006, 5008, 5010, 5041, 5061, 5062, 5066, 5081, 5101, 5111-5114, 5121-5124, 5142, 5143, 5146, 5148, 5171-5173, 5175, 5176, 5178-5181, 5201-5204, 5206, 5207, 5211-5215, 5221-5223, 5231, 5232, 5235, 5236, 5241-5243, 5271, 5273, 5301, 5311-5313, 5362, 5370, 5373, 5501-5505, 5551-5555, 5559, 5561, 5562, 5601, 5612, 5682, 6001, 6065, 6109, 6302, 6311, 6676, 6806, 7011, 7510, 7805; 31 U.S.C. 9301, 9303, 9304, 9306.

### Source

Source: T.D. TTB-92, 76 FR 9090, Feb. 16, 2011, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[T.D. TTB-92, 76 FR 9090, Feb. 16, 2011, as amended by T.D. TTB-92a, 76 FR 19908, Apr. 11, 2011]