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Title 26 - INTERNAL REVENUE CODESubtitle E - ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, AND CERTAIN OTHER EXCISE TAXESChapter 51 - DISTILLED SPIRITS, WINES, AND BEERSubchapter H - MISCELLANEOUS PLANTS AND WAREHOUSES
Part I - VINEGAR PLANTS
Section 5504 - Operation

26 U.S.C. § 5504

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Current through P.L. 118-78 (published on www.congress.gov on 07/30/2024)
Section 5504 - Operation
(a) General

Any manufacturer of vinegar qualified under this part may, under such regulations as the Secretary shall prescribe, separate by a vaporizing process the distilled spirits from the mash produced by him, and condense the vapor by introducing it into the water or other liquid used in making vinegar in his plant.

(b) Removals

No person shall remove, or cause to be removed, from any plant established under this part any vinegar or other fluid or material containing a greater proportion than 2 percent of proof spirits.

(c) Records

Every person manufacturing vinegar by the vaporizing process shall keep such records and file such reports as the Secretary shall by regulations prescribe of the kind and quantity of materials received on his premises and fermented or mashed, the quantity of low wines produced, the quantity of such low wines used in the manufacture of vinegar, the quantity of vinegar produced, the quantity of vinegar removed from the premises, and such other information as may by regulations be required. Such records, and a copy of such reports, shall be preserved as regulations shall prescribe, and shall be kept available for inspection by any internal revenue officer during business hours.

26 U.S.C. § 5504

Added Pub. L. 85-859, title II, §201, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1391; amended Pub. L. 94-455, title XIX, §1906(b)(13)(A), Oct. 4, 1976, 90 Stat. 1834.

EDITORIAL NOTES

PRIOR PROVISIONSProvisions similar to those comprising subsecs. (a) and (b) of this section were contained in prior section 5216(a)(1)(2), act Aug. 16, 1954, ch. 736, 68A Stat. 640, prior to the general revision of this chapter by Pub. L. 85-859.

AMENDMENTS1976-Subsecs. (a), (c). Pub. L. 94-455 struck out "or his delegate" after "Secretary" wherever appearing.

Secretary
The term "Secretary" means the Secretary of the Treasury or his delegate.
person
The term "person" shall be construed to mean and include an individual, a trust, estate, partnership, association, company or corporation.
proof spirits
The term "proof spirits" means that liquid which contains one-half its volume of ethyl alcohol of a specific gravity of 0.7939 at 60 degrees Fahrenheit (referring to water at 60 degrees Fahrenheit as unity).