(1) The licence to establish a brewery shall carry with it the right to bottle, in the premises of the brewery, the beer made therein.
(2) No beer shall be bottled by the licensee except in the presence of the Excise Supervisory Officer or some other officer deputed by such Excise Supervisory Officer or the purpose.
(3) After the bottles are filled with beer, they shall immediately be corked and sealed or fitted with pilfer proof printed caps and affixed with a label which shall contain the following particulars, namely:-
(i) The name of the manufacture,
(ii) brand of the beer,
(iii) The place of manufacture.
(iv) Batch number of the product and date of bottling.
(v) The alcoholic percentage,
(vi) The slogan as follows:- “Liquor - ruins country, family and life” “kJ eh£L¡F, Å£L¡F , cæU¡F nfL”
(vii) The words „For sale in Tamil Nadu only‟ or „Not for sale in Tamil Nadu‟ as the case may be, shall be printed on the front side of the label; depending on whether the stocks are intended for consumption within the State of Tamil Nadu or for export outside the State of Tamil Nadu and the words „For Export only‟ shall be printed on the front side of the labels on the beer bottles meant for export to foreign countries; and
(viii) Such other matters as may be specified by the Commissioner.
* [Provided that the labels affixed in the bottles to be exported outside the State need not contain the slogans referred to in clause
(vi)] **(3A). Before the cans are filled with beer, they shall be printed with a label which shall contain the following particulars, namely:- * Inserted by G.O.Ms.No.540, Home, P&E, dated 10.05.1990 ** Inserted by G.O.Ms.No.11, Home, P&E (III), dated
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(i) The name of the manufacture,
(ii) Brand of the beer,
(iii) The place of manufacture,
(iv) Batch number of the product and date of bottling,
(v) The alcoholic percentage,
(vi) The slogan as follows:- “Drinking liquor will ruin the family. Drinking liquor is injurious to health”.
“kJ eh£L¡F, Å£L¡F, cæU¡F nfL”.
(vii) Place of sale:
The expression „For sale in Tamil Nadu only‟ or „Not for sale in Tamil Nadu‟ as the case may be, shall be printed on the front side of the cans depending on whether the stocks are intended for consumption within the State of Tamil Nadu or for export outside the State of Tamil Nadu and the expression “For Export only” shall be printed on the front side of the cans meant for export to foreign countries; and
(viii) Such other matters as may be specified by the Commissioner.
Provided that the labels affixed in the bottles, cans, casks or kegs to be exported may contain slogans as per the requirement of the importing State or Union Territory or Country which may differ from clause (vi) above.”;
(4)*** The guaranteed fluid contents of each bottle, can, cask or keg shall be clearly indicated in bold letters on the label or printed on the cans.”;
(5) No label shall be used unless it is approved by the Commissioner.
(6) The bottles to be used for the purpose of bottling beer shall be of uniform size and properly cleansed and washed.
(7)* Immediately after the bottles, cans, casks or kegs are filled up with beer, they shall be corked, sealed, capsuled and labelled and removed to the finished store room.”;
Provided that in the case of draught beer, immediately after the casks or kegs are filled up with draught beer, they shall be corked, capsuled and labelled and removed by Five Star Hotels, who are holding FL3 licence issued under the Tamil Nadu Liquor *** Substituted by G.O.Ms.No.11, Home, P&E (III), dated 14.02.2018 * Substituted by G.O.Ms.No.11, Home, P&E (III), dated
14.02.2018 16 (Licence and Permit) Rules, 1981, on an indent for taking delivery of draught beer issued by the Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation Limited.
(8) The capsule shall bear the name of manufacturer and the brand.
* [29.A- Allowance for wastage of beer.- (1) An allowance of not more than eight and a half per cent shall be allowed for wastage in the production of beer from the stage of fermenting the wort upto bottling. Wastage shall be calculated on the quantity and not on any loss of strength that may occur. Any deficiency in excess of eight and half per cent shall be charged with Excise Duty, at the rates applicable to the beer.
(2) The measurement of wastage shall be made immediately after the batch of beer bottled and particular fermentor vessel is emptied completely.]