§5273 — Title 26 Internal Revenue Code | U.S. Code

Summary

Specially denatured distilled spirits are alcohol treated so it is not drinkable. Before using them to make a product, you must file your formulas and process details, submit samples, and get government approval of the product, formula, and process. Denatured spirits cannot be used in medicines or flavoring extracts meant to be swallowed if any of the spirits remains in the finished product, and such products cannot be sold for internal human use. Manufacturers whose process removes the spirits from the finished product may recover them and restore them for reuse in manufacturing only. No one may withdraw or sell denatured spirits, or sell any product containing them, for beverage purposes.

Title 26, §5273

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(a)Any person using specially denatured distilled spirits in the manufacture of articles shall file such formulas and statements of process, submit such samples, and comply with such other requirements, as the Secretary shall by regulations prescribe, and no person shall use specially denatured distilled spirits in the manufacture or production of any article until approval of the article, formula, and process has been obtained from the Secretary.

(b)(1)No person shall use denatured distilled spirits in the manufacture of medicinal preparations or flavoring extracts for internal human use where any of the spirits remains in the finished product.

(2)No person shall sell or offer for sale for internal human use any medicinal preparations or flavoring extracts manufactured from denatured distilled spirits where any of the spirits remains in the finished product.

(c)Manufacturers employing processes in which denatured distilled spirits withdrawn under section 5214(a)(1) are expressed, evaporated, or otherwise removed, from the articles manufactured shall be permitted to recover such distilled spirits and to have such distilled spirits restored to a condition suitable solely for reuse in manufacturing processes under such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe.

(d)No person shall withdraw or sell denatured distilled spirits, or sell any article containing denatured distilled spirits for beverage purposes.

(e)(1)For penalty and forfeiture for unlawful use or concealment of denatured distilled spirits, see section 5607.

(2)For applicability of all provisions of law relating to distilled spirits that are not denatured, including those requiring payment of tax, to denatured distilled spirits or articles produced, withdrawn, sold, transported, or used in violation of law or regulations, see section 5001(a)(5).

(3)For definition of “articles”, see section 5002(a)(14).

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

A prior section 5273, act Aug. 16, 1954, ch. 736, 68A Stat. 650, related to premises of rectifier, prior to the general revision of this chapter by Pub. L. 85–859. See section 5178(a)(1)(A), (4)(B), (D) and (c)(1) of this title. Provisions similar to those comprising this section were contained in prior sections of act Aug. 16, 1954, prior to the general revision of this chapter by Pub. L. 85–859, as follows: Present subsecs.:Prior sections (a)5331(a), (b). (b)5303, 5305, 5310(a), 5331(a)(1), (2), (b), 5647. (c)5332 (d)5303, 5305, 5310(a), 5331(a), 5647. (e)(1), (2)5334 The prior sections, act Aug. 16, 1954, ch. 736, are set out in 68A Stat. 655, 657, 658, 661, 662, 693.

Amendments

2018—Subsec. (e)(2). Pub. L. 115–141 substituted “section 5001(a)(5)” for “section 5001(a)(6)”. 1979—Subsec. (e)(3). Pub. L. 96–39 substituted “section 5002(a)(14)” for “section 5002(a)(11)”. 1976—Subsecs. (a), (c). Pub. L. 94–455 struck out “or his delegate” after “Secretary” wherever appearing.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 1979 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 96–39 effective Jan. 1, 1980, see section 810 of Pub. L. 96–39, set out as a note under section 5001 of this title.

§5273 Sale, Use, and Recovery of Denatured Distilled Spirits