Samples; regulation thereof

(a) Alcoholic liquor and cereal malt beverage for the sampling as provided for in K.S.A. 41-2637, 41-2640, 41-2641 and 41-2642, and amendments thereto, shall be withdrawn from the inventory of the licensee. Except as provided by subsection (b), a person other than the licensee or the licensee's agent or employee may not dispense or participate in the dispensing of alcoholic beverages under this section. (b) The holder of a supplier's permit or such permit holder's agent or employee may participate in and conduct product tastings of alcoholic beverages at a licensee's premises, monitored and regulated by the division of alcoholic beverage control, and may open, touch or pour alcoholic beverages, make a presentation or answer questions at the tasting. Any alcoholic beverage or cereal malt beverages sampled under this subsection must be purchased from the licensee on whose premises the sampling is held. The licensee may not require the purchase of more alcoholic beverages or cereal malt beverages than is necessary for the tasting. This section does not authorize the supplier or its agent to withdraw or purchase an alcoholic beverage or cereal malt beverage from the holder of a distributor's license or provide an alcoholic beverage or cereal malt beverage for sampling on the licensee's premises that is not purchased from the licensee.