Bottled-in-Bond Act of 1897

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_federal_law
gptkbp:administeredBy gptkb:United_States_Department_of_the_Treasury
gptkb:Bureau_of_Internal_Revenue
gptkbp:appliesTo distilled spirits
gptkbp:category 1897 in American law
Alcohol law in the United States
gptkbp:dateEnacted 1897
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkbp:historicalSignificance first consumer protection law for distilled spirits in the United States
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Bottled-in-Bond Act of 1897
gptkbp:influencedBy adulteration of spirits in the 19th century
gptkbp:purpose regulate the quality of distilled spirits
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Scotch_whisky
American whiskey industry
gptkbp:requires spirits to be bottled at 100 proof (50% alcohol by volume)
label to identify distillery and bottling location
spirits to be produced in one distillation season
spirits to be aged in a federally bonded warehouse for at least four years
spirits to be produced by one distiller at one distillery
gptkbp:signedBy gptkb:William_McKinley
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Colonel_E.H._Taylor_Jr.
gptkb:Old_Forester_1897_Bottled_in_Bond
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6