Oregon Bulletin
January 1, 2011
Rule
Caption: Adopt rule prohibiting the sale of
certain alcohol energy drinks designated adulterated by the FDA.
Adm.
Order No.: OLCC 14-2010(Temp)
Filed with Sec. of
State: 11-20-2010
Certified to be
Effective: 11-20-10 thru 5-18-11
Notice Publication
Date:
Rules Adopted: 845-010-0146
Subject: Certain alcohol energy drinks were determined to be
adulterated products by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on November
17, 2010. Based on the warnings issued to the manufacturers of these alcohol
products by the FDA, as well as the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB), the Commission finds that there
is a need to promptly prohibit the sale or offering for sale of the adulterated
products to protect public safety. ORS 471.446(2) allows the Commission to
prohibit licensees from selling such adulterated products. We need to adopt
this rule on a temporary basis in order to protect the immediate health and
safety of the public.
Rules Coordinator: Jennifer Huntsman—(503) 872-5004
845-010-0146
Alcohol Energy Drinks
(1) No licensee may sell or offer for sale Core High
Gravity HG Green, Core High Gravity HG Orange, Lemon Lime Core Spiked,
Moonshot, Four Loko, Joose, and Max, which contain the “unsafe food additive”
of caffeine and which were determined to be “adulterated” products on November
17, 2010 by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration under 21 U.S.C. 342(a)(2)(C).
(2) Violation of this rule is a Category II violation.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 471, including
471.030, 471.040 & 471.730(1) & (5)
Stats. Implemented: ORS 471.446(2)
Hist.: OLCC 14-2010(Temp), f.
& cert. ef. 11-20-10 thru 5-18-11
Rule
Caption: Amend rule to allow suppliers to
exchange adulterated alcohol products.
Adm.
Order No.: OLCC 15-2010(Temp)
Filed with Sec. of
State: 12-3-2010
Certified to be
Effective: 12-3-10 thru 5-31-11
Notice Publication
Date:
Rules Amended: 845-013-0070
Subject: Certain alcohol energy drinks were determined to be
adulterated products by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on November
17, 2010. Based on the warnings issued to the manufacturers of these alcohol
products by the FDA, as well as the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB), the Commission found that these
products contain an adulterated ingredient and to protect public safety adopted
OAR 845-010-0146 prohibiting the sale or offering for sale of the adulterated
products as of November 20, 2010. However, current Oregon statutes and rules do
not allow wholesalers and manufacturers to exchange products containing
adulterated ingredients that were previously delivered to retailers for other
equivalent products that have not been banned from sale. This means that a
substantial amount of these adulterated products would remain in the state
where they might be available to the public rather than being safely returned
to the wholesalers or manufacturers. Allowing wholesalers to exchange products
containing adulterated ingredients that have been banned from sale in the state
for comparable saleable products is necessary to ensure that all of the
adulterated products are promptly removed from retail premises in the state,
thereby significantly reducing the risk that the products will be sold or
otherwise made available to be consumed. We need to adopt this rule on a
temporary basis in order to protect the immediate health and safety of the
public.
Rules Coordinator: Jennifer Huntsman—(503) 872-5004
845-013-0070
Services of
Nominal Value; ORS 471.398(5)
(1) ORS 471.398(5) prohibits a manufacturer or
wholesaler from giving a retailer any services except those described in
471.398(5) and the two categories of services of nominal value described in
this rule.
(2) A manufacturer or wholesaler may give basic
services that support products on draft such as:
(a) Inspecting draft equipment, coolers and cooling
equipment for sanitation and quality control;
(b) Performing emergency repairs on draft equipment;
(c) Instructing retail licensees in the proper use,
maintenance and care of draft and cooling equipment;
(d) Tapping kegs during regular delivery calls.
(3) A manufacturer or wholesaler may give basic
marketing support services for the manufacturer’s or wholesaler’s alcoholic
beverage products such as:
(a) Delivering to the designated place on the retailers
premises. If a retailer closes a store, the wholesaler or manufacturer may move
product to another of the retailer’s stores in the wholesaler’s territory. The
manufacturer or wholesaler may move only his/her brands;
(b) Rearranging or replenishing bottles or cans of the
manufacturer or wholesaler’s brands;
(c) Pricing packages and containers of the
manufacturer’s or wholesaler’s brands but not repricing packages and
containers. Repricing includes entering the Uniform Price Code (UPC) or pricing
information in the retailer’s system but does not include changing shelf tags;
(d) Promptly exchanging alcoholic beverages delivered
in error for the proper product, provided both businesses reflect the exchange
in their records;
(e) Exchanging products that are leaking,
deteriorating, near or past their shelf date, have damaged or missing labels,
or have damaged containers for an equal quantity of identical product, or
exchanging products that have been found to contain adulterated ingredients
(See also OAR 845-013-0020(1)(b)). If the amount exchanged is one case or less
of malt beverages or if the product contains adulterated ingredients, the
manufacturer or wholesaler may substitute another malt beverage product of similar
value. A manufacturer or wholesaler may not exchange product that the retailer
or retailer’s customer damaged;
(f) Installing, cleaning and repairing point of sale
materials allowed in OAR 845-013-0050;
(g) Providing an employee to assist in educational
seminars and wine or malt beverage tastings that a retailer conducts for the
public as long as each licensee complies with OAR 845-006-0353, 845-006-0427,
and 845-006-0450.
NOTE: ORS 471.186(4) prohibits a manufacturer or wholesaler from
providing or paying for a person to serve samples at package stores except as
provided in ORS 471.402.
(h) Providing celebrities or performers to promote the
manufacturer’s or wholesaler’s product on a retailer’s premises as long as:
(A) Neither the manufacturer/wholesaler nor retailer
advertise or promote the celebrity or performer’s visit;
(B) The celebrity or performer does only a brief
performance, if any;
(C) The manufacturer or wholesaler provides no
alcoholic beverages to the retailer’s customers;
(D) The manufacturer or wholesaler provides the
celebrities no more than once per year per retail premises.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 471, 471.030,
471.040, 471.730(1) & (5)
Stats. Implemented: ORS 471.398(5)
& 471.446(2)
Hist.: OLCC 8-1987, f. 3-13-87,
ef. 4-1-87; OLCC 7-1992, f. & cert. ef. 7-1-92; Renumbered from
845-010-0126; OLCC 8-1996, f. 5-6-96, cert. ef. 7-1-96; OLCC 8-1997, f.
2-28-97, cert. ef. 3-15-97; OLCC 17-2000, f. 11-9-00, cert. ef 12-1-00; OLCC
19-2000, f. 12-6-00, cert. ef. 1-1-01; OLCC 9-2003, f. 6-27-03, cert. ef.
7-1-03; OLCC 15-2010(Temp), f. & cert. ef. 12-3-10 thru 5-31-11
Notes
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