Wash. Admin. Code § 314-28-350 - Contract packaging services endorsement for domestic distilleries and craft distilleries

Consistent with RCW 66.24.248:

(1) There is an endorsement available to domestic breweries, mi-crobreweries, wineries, distilleries, and craft distilleries to provide contract packaging services to other domestic breweries, micro-breweries, wineries, distilleries, craft distilleries, and nonliquor licensed businesses.

(2) Contract packaging services allowed under the endorsement include:

(a) Canning, bottling, and bagging;

(b) Mixing products before packaging;

(c) Repacking of finished products into mixed consumer packs or multipacks; and

(d) Receiving and returning products to the originating liquor licensed businesses as part of a contract in which the contracting liquor licensed party for which the services are being provided retains title and ownership of the products at all times.

(3) An application for an endorsement under this section must be submitted to the board's licensing division. If a licensee is in good standing at the time of the application request, the endorsement will be issued without further requirement for additional licensing or administrative review. "Good standing" means currently licensed, not suspended, and having the proper federal alcohol and tobacco tax and trade bureau permits. The applicant must submit a copy of the proper federal permits with the application. If at any time after the endorsement is issued a licensee begins contract packaging a product for which new federal permits are required, the licensee must submit a copy of the proper federal permits to the board's licensing division.

(4) Consistent with RCW 66.08.130, endorsement holders must make a copy of any contracts and federal permits available to representatives of the board upon request.

(5) The annual fee for this endorsement is $100.

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Wash. Admin. Code § 314-28-350

Adopted by WSR 22-19-035, Filed 9/14/2022, effective 10/15/2022