Tex. Alco. Bev. Code § 101.41 · Subchapter C. CONTAINERS
CONTAINERS, PACKAGING, AND DISPENSING EQUIPMENT OF MALT BEVERAGES: LABELS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A brewer or distributor, directly or indirectly or through a subsidiary, affiliate, agent, employee, officer, director, or firm member, may not brew, sell, or otherwise introduce into commerce any container, packaging, or dispensing equipment of malt beverages that does not meet the requirements of this section.
(b) Every container of malt beverages must have a label or imprint in legible type showing the full name and address of the brewer and, if it contains a special brand brewed for a distributor, of the distributor. Any box, crate, carton, or similar device in which containers of malt beverages are sold or transported must have a label meeting the same requirements.
(c) The label of a container of malt beverages must state:
(1) the net contents in terms of United States liquor measure; and
(2) the alcohol content by volume.
(d) A container, packaging material, or dispensing equipment may not bear a label or imprint that:
(1) by wording, lettering, numbering, or illustration, or in any other manner refers or alludes to or suggests a brewing process, aging, analysis, or a scientific fact;
(2) refers or alludes to the "proof," "balling," or "extract" of the product;
(3) is untrue in any respect; or
(4) by ambiguity, omission, or inference tends to create a misleading impression, or causes or is calculated to cause deception of the consumer with respect to the product.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 493, ch. 194, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977. Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 934, Sec. 61, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
Amended by:
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1359 (H.B. 1545), Sec. 271, eff. September 1, 2021.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/AL/htm/AL.101.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
Cited by 3 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Alco. Bev. Code § 101.41. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Alcoholic Beverage Code
- Tex. Alco. Bev. Code § 61.71GROUNDS FOR CANCELLATION OR SUSPENSION: RETAIL DEALER.Printed as Section 101.41-101.43, 101.68, 102.11-102.15, 104.04, 108.01, or 108.04-108.06
- Tex. Alco. Bev. Code § 61.74GROUNDS FOR CANCELLATION OR SUSPENSION: DISTRIBUTOR.Printed as Section 101.41-101.43, 101.68, 102.11-102.15, 104.04, 108.01, or 108.04-108.06
- Tex. Alco. Bev. Code § 101.6701LABEL APPROVAL NOT REQUIRED FOR CERTAIN MALT BEVERAGES.Printed as Sections 101.41 and 101.67
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