27 CFR 7.145
§ 7.145 Malt beverages containing less than 0.5 percent alcohol by volume.
United States · 27 CFR — Alcohol, Tobacco Products and Firearms · Status: effective
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- 27 CFR 7.145, § 7.145 Malt beverages containing less than 0.5 percent alcohol by volume, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/115359
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(a) Products containing less than 0.5 percent of alcohol by volume must bear the class designation “malt beverage,” “cereal beverage,” or “near beer.”
(b) If the designation “near beer” is used, both words must appear in the same size and style of type, in the same color of ink, and on the same background.
(c) No product containing less than 0.5 percent of alcohol by volume may bear the class designations “beer,” “lager beer,” “lager,” “ale,” “porter,” “stout,” or any other class or type designation commonly applied to malt beverages containing 0.5 percent or more of alcohol by volume.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.