Tariff Schedules: Hearings Before and Briefs Filed with the Subcommittee of the Committee on Finance, United States Senate, Sixty-third Congress, First Session, on Paragraph 254 1/2, Pure Sweet Wines, Etc., H.R. 3321, an Act to Reduce Tariff Duties and to Provide Revenue for the Government, and for Other Purposes. [August 15-18, 1913]

Portada
U.S. Government Printing Office, 1913 - 72 páginas

Dentro del libro

Páginas seleccionadas

Otras ediciones - Ver todas

Términos y frases comunes

Pasajes populares

Página 31 - Natural wine within the meaning of this subchapter shall be deemed to be the product made from the normal alcoholic fermentation of the juice of sound, ripe grapes, without addition or abstraction, except such as may occur in the usual cellar treatment of clarifying and aging. (b) WINE. — The product made from the juice of sound, ripe grapes...
Página 41 - ... provided, however, that the addition of pure white or crystallized sugar to perfect the wine, or the using of the necessary things to clarify and refine the wine which are not injurious to health, shall not be construed as adulterations, but, such wines shall contain at least seventy-five per cent of pure grape-juice, and shall not contain any artificial flavoring whatever; and all such
Página 41 - The question has arisen whether fermented beverages made in the states of Ohio and Missouri by the addition of a solution of sugar and water to the natural juice of grapes before fermentation may be labeled, under the Food and Drugs Act, as "Ohio Wine," or "Missouri Wine," respectively, without further qualification.
Página 31 - After giving full consideration to the data submitted, the board is of the opinion that the term 'wine' without modification is an appropriate name solely for the product made from the normal alcoholic fermentation of the juice of sound ripe grapes, without addition or abstraction, either prior or subsequent to fermentation, except as such may occur in the usual cellar treatment for clarifying and aging. The addition of water or sugar, or both, to the must prior to fermentation is considered improper,...
Página 41 - Furthermore, it is permitted in some of the leading wine-producing countries of Europe to add sugar to the grape juice and wine, under restrictions, to remedy the natural deficiency in sugar or alcohol, or an excess of acidity, to such an extent as to make the quality correspond to that of wine produced, without any admixture, from grapes of the same kind and vintage in good years. It is conceived that there is no difference in principle in the adding of sugar to must in poor years to improve the...
Página 64 - Act, such grape brandy fortified wines or wine spirits unlawfully recovered therefrom, shall, on conviction, be punished for each such offense by a fine of not less than $200 nor more than $1,000.
Página 41 - It has been decided after a careful review that the previous announcement is correct and that the term "wine" without further characterization must be restricted to products made from untreated must without other addition or abstraction than that which may occur in the usual cellar treatment for clarifying and aging. However, it has been found that it is impracticable, on account of natural conditions of soil and climate, to produce a merchantable wine in the States of Ohio and Missouri without the...
Página 19 - ... may use, free of tax, in the preparation of such sweet wines, under such regulations and after the filing of such notices and bonds, together with the keeping of such records and the rendition of such reports as to materials and products, as the Commissioner of Internal Revenue with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe, so much of such wine spirits so separated by him as may be necessary to fortify the wine for the preservation of the saccharine matter contained therein...
Página 18 - ... such regulations and official supervision, and upon the execution of such entries and the giving of such bonds, bills of lading, and other security as the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury...
Página 21 - ... per centum of actual sugar, calculated on a dry basis) to the must or to the wine, to correct natural deficiencies, when such addition shall not Increase the volume of the resultant product more than...

Información bibliográfica