§ 214. — Definitions.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 27USC214]
TITLE 27--INTOXICATING LIQUORS
CHAPTER 8--FEDERAL ALCOHOL ADMINISTRATION ACT
SUBCHAPTER II--ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE LABELING
Sec. 214. Definitions
As used in this subchapter--
(1) The term ``alcoholic beverage'' includes any beverage in
liquid form which contains not less than one-half of one percent of
alcohol by volume and is intended for human consumption.
(2) The term ``bottle'' means to fill a container with an
alcoholic beverage and to seal such container.
(3) The term ``bottler'' means a person who bottles an alcoholic
beverage.
(4) The term ``commerce'' means--
(A) commerce between any State, the District of Columbia,
the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the
Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, the Virgin Islands, American
Samoa, Wake Island, the Midway Islands, Kingman Reef, or
Johnston Island and any place outside thereof;
(B) commerce between points in any State, the District of
Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of
the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, the Virgin Islands, American
Samoa, Wake Island, the Midway Islands, Kingman Reef, or
Johnston Island, but through any place outside thereof; or
(C) commerce wholly within the District of Columbia, the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the Northern
Mariana Islands, Guam, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Wake
Island, the Midway Islands, Kingman Reef, or Johnston Island.
(5) The term ``container'' means the innermost sealed container
irrespective of the material from which made, in which an alcoholic
beverage is placed by the bottler and in which such beverage is
offered for sale to members of the general public.
(6) The term ``health'' includes, but is not limited to, the
prevention of accidents.
(7) The term ``person'' means an individual, partnership, joint
stock company, business trust, association, corporation, or any
other business or legal entity, including a receiver, trustee, or
liquidating agent, and also includes any State, any State agency, or
any officer or employee thereof.
(8) The term \1\ ``sale'' and ``distribution'' include sampling
or any other distribution not for sale.
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\1\ So in original. Probably should be ``terms''.
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(9) The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of the Treasury.
(10) The term ``State'' includes any political subdivision of
any State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto
Rico, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, the
Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Wake Island, the Midway Islands,
Kingman Reef, or Johnston Island.
(11) The term ``State law'' includes State statutes,
regulations, and principles and rules having the force of law.
(12) The term ``United States'', when used in geographical
sense, includes the several States, the District of Columbia, the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the Northern
Mariana Islands, Guam, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Wake
Island, the Midway Islands, Kingman Reef, and Johnston Island.
(Aug. 29, 1935, ch. 814, title II, Sec. 203, as added Pub. L. 100-690,
title VIII, Sec. 8001(a)(3), Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4518.)
