---
kind: "section"
citation: "27 C.F.R. § 19.616"
title: "27"
number: "19.616"
heading: "Records of samples."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/27/19.616"
---

# §19.616. Records of samples.

- (a) **Required records.** A proprietor must maintain records of all samples taken under §§ [19.434](/cfr/27/19.434.md) and [19.435](/cfr/27/19.435.md). The sample record must show the:
  - (1) The date that the samples were taken;
  - (2) The account from which taken;
  - (3) The purpose for which taken;
  - (4) The size and number of samples taken;
  - (5) The kind of spirits;
  - (6) The disposition of each sample (for example, destroyed, returned to containers or the distilling system, retained for library purposes); and
  - (7) The name and address of the recipient of the sample if a sample is to be analyzed or tested elsewhere than at the distilled spirits plant where taken.
- (b) **Sample schedule.** When a proprietor takes samples pursuant to an established schedule, the proprietor may maintain the schedule as the required record if it contains the information required by [paragraphs (a)(2) through (a)(7)](#a-2..a-7).

## Notes

### 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.