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Virginia Administrative Code
Title 3. Alcoholic Beverage and Cannabis Control
Agency 5. Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority
Chapter 70. Other Provisions
4/16/2025

3VAC5-70-20. Procedures for handling cider; authorized licensees; containers; labels; markup.

A. The procedures established by regulations of the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority (authority) for the handling of wine having an alcoholic content of not more than 14% by volume shall, with the necessary change of detail, be applicable to the handling of cider, subject to the following exceptions and modifications.

B. If the label of the product is subject to approval by the federal government, a copy of the federal label approval shall be provided to the authority.

C. The markup or profit charged by the board shall be $.08 per liter or fractional part thereof.

D. The provisions of subsection A and subdivision B 4 of 3VAC5-60-20 shall not be applicable to the sale of cider by wholesale wine licensees to retail licensees of the authority.

Statutory Authority

§§ 4.1-103, 4.1-111, and 4.1-213 of the Code of Virginia.

Historical Notes

Derived from VR125-01-7 § 2, eff. December 12, 1985; amended, Virginia Register Volume 3, Issue 1, eff. November 12, 1986; Volume 5, Issue 2, eff. November 24, 1988; Volume 6, Issue 2, eff. November 23, 1989; Volume 7, Issue 4, eff. December 19, 1990; Volume 8, Issue 6, eff. January 15, 1992; Volume 9, Issue 6, eff. January 13, 1993; Volume 10, Issue 11, eff. March 23, 1994; Volume 18, Issue 23, eff. August 28, 2002; Volume 33, Issue 8, eff. February 3, 2017; Errata, 33:9 VA.R. 977 December 26, 2016; amended, Virginia Register Volume 41, Issue 11, eff. February 26, 2025.

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