§ 19.769 - Package gauge record.

When required by this part and Part 28, a record shall be prepared to document the gauge of packages of spirits and to convey information on package gauges. The following information shall be recorded:

(a) Date prepared;

(b) Identification of the related transaction form or record, and its serial number;

(c) The name and plant number of the producer or processor (For blended rums or brandies enter name(s) and plant number of blending warehouseman. For spirits of 190 degrees or more of proof, name and plant number of the producer or warehouseman, as appropriate; where the packages have already been marked, the name and plant number marked thereon. For imported spirits, the name of the warehouseman who received the spirits from customs custody and name of importer. For Virgin Islands or Puerto Rican spirits, the name of the producer in the Virgin Islands or Puerto Rico);

(d) proof of distillation for spirits not over 190 degrees proof; and

(e) For each package—

(1) Serial or identification number;

(2) Designate wooden barrels as “C” for charred, “REC” for recharred, “P” for plain, “PAR” for paraffined, “G” for glued, “R” for reused, and “PS” if a barrel has been steamed or water soaked before filling;

(3) Kind of spirits;

(4) Gross weight determined at the time of original gauge, regauge, or at time of shipment;

(5) Present tare on regauge;

(6) Net weight for filling gauge or regauge;

(7) Proof;

(8) Proof gallons for regauge;

(9) Original proof gallons; and

(10) Receiving weights, when a material difference appears on receipt after transfer in bond of weighed packages.

(Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control number 1512-0250)