---
kind: "section"
citation: "27 C.F.R. § 5.53"
title: "27"
number: "5.53"
heading: "Minimum type size of mandatory information."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/27/5.53"
---

# §5.53. Minimum type size of mandatory information.


All capital and lowercase letters in statements of mandatory information on labels must meet the following type size requirements.

- (a) **Containers of more than 200 milliliters.** All mandatory information must be in script, type, or printing that is at least two millimeters in height.
- (b) **Containers of 200 milliliters or less.** All mandatory information must be in script, type, or printing that is at least one millimeter in height.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 26 U.S.C. 5301, 7805, 27 U.S.C. 205 and 207.

### Source

Source: T.D. TTB-176, 87 7579, Feb. 9, 2022, unless otherwise noted.