Statement of alcoholic content of beer prohibited
Compiled text through Jul 31, 2022
Register checked through Jul 29, 2026
No later Register activity identified in this check.
Dates and status
- Compiling agency
- Executive Department
- Text status
- Source receipt
- Compiled text through
- Jul 31, 2022
- Register checked through
- July 29, 2026/Vol. XLVIII, Issue 30 (2026-07-29)
- Activity status
- No later Register activity identified in this check.
- Source snapshot
- Jun 6, 2026
(a)No person shall sell or offer for sale in this State any bottle, barrel, keg or other container of beer which shall have affixed thereto any label or statement showing the alcoholic content thereof, except as provided in subdivision (b) of this section.
(b)No person shall issue or publish, or cause to be issued or published, in this State any letter, postcard, circular, newspaper, pamphlet or publication of any kind containing any advertisement or statement of any kind whatsoever, regarding the alcoholic content of any beer sold in this State, except that malt beverages sold in this State which contain 2.5 percent or less alcoholic content by volume may contain on their labels words denoting low alcohol or reduced alcohol and may be advertised as such. Nothing in this section shall be deemed to authorize labeling, advertising or referring to the percentage alcoholic content of such malt beverage.
(c)The use of the phrase “contains less than one half of one percent alcohol by volume” or other expression authorized or recognized by Federal regulations to denote cereal beverages with less than one half of one percent alcohol by volume does not contravene the provisions of this section prohibiting the statement of alcoholic content of beer and is permissible.