Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024
(a) No licensee shall
knowingly sell, offer for sale, deliver, receive or purchase, for resale in New
Jersey, any alcoholic beverage (including private label brands owned by a retailer
or exclusive brands owned by a manufacturer or wholesaler and sold by such
manufacturer or wholesaler exclusively to one New Jersey retailer or group of
affiliated retailers) unless there is first filed with the Director of the Division
of Alcoholic Beverage Control a schedule, for each separate alcoholic beverage
product, listing the following:
1. The full and
correct brand or trade name;
2. Its
nature and type;
3. Its age or vintage
and proof or percentage of alcoholic content when stated on the label;
4. The sizes of standard packaging and the
standard number of unit containers per standard case;
5. The date of label approval granted by the
Federal Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB), together with a copy of the
appropriate TTB form;
6. The names and
license numbers of each New Jersey Class B licensee designated by the filer to be an
authorized distributor of the product at wholesale;
7. The full name, address, telephone number,
taxpayer identification number and New Jersey license number (if any) of the filer;
and
8. An indication whether the
schedule is an original filing or an amendment to any existing one.
(b) The brand registration schedule
shall be filed by:
1. The manufacturer, importer or
wholesaler who owns the brand or trade name and label; or
2. An importer or a wholesaler selling such brand
who is appointed as authorized agent by the brand owner for the purpose of filing
the brand registration schedule; or
3.
In the case of private label brands, by the manufacturer or wholesaler supplying
such private label brand to the retailer or by any wholesaler having authority, in
writing, from the retailer or affiliated retailers owning such private label brand,
except where the alcoholic beverages are imported by the retailer under a special
permit issued by the director, in which case the retailer shall file the schedule
and the labels.
(c) Whenever
any change occurs, including but not limited to the addition or deletion of an
authorized wholesaler, the filer of the brand registration schedule shall file an
amended brand registration schedule within 10 days after the occurrence of such
change.
