(a) Product designation. Every package of roll-your-own tobacco, before removal subject to tax, must have adequately imprinted on it, or on a label securely affixed to it, the applicable designation “roll-your-own tobacco”, “cigarette tobacco”, “cigar tobacco”, “cigarette wrapper”, or “cigar wrapper”.
(b) Product weight. Before removal subject to tax, roll-your-own tobacco must have a clear statement of the actual weight in pounds and ounces of the product in the package. This statement must be adequately imprinted on, or on a label securely affixed to, the package.
(Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control number 1513-0091)
[T.D. ATF-429, 65 FR 57547, Sept. 25, 2000, as amended by T.D. TTB-78, 74 FR 29410, June 22, 2009]
authority: 26 U.S.C. 448,
5701,
5703,
5711,
5721,
5731,
5741,
5751,
5753,
5761,
6061,
6065,
6109,
6151,
6301,
6302,
6311,
6313,
6402,
6404,
6423,
6676,
6806,
7011,
7212,
7325,
7342,
7502,
7503,
7606,
7805;
31 U.S.C. 9301,
9303,
9304,
9306
source: 26 FR 8174, Aug. 31, 1961, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 40 FR 16835, Apr. 15, 1975; 54 FR 48839, Nov. 27, 1989, and further redesignated by T.D. ATF-460, 66 FR 39093, July 27, 2001.
cite as: 27 CFR 40.216b