Miss. Code Ann. § 67-1-52

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Miss. Code Ann. § 67-1-52

Official statutory text

A package retailer's permit issued under Section 67-1-51(b) shall be authorized to offer tastings or samplings to be conducted at the package retailer's permitted place of business during which tastes or samples of alcoholic beverages or wine may be offered or served to consumers at no cost to the consumer. During a tasting or sampling authorized by this section, limited amounts of alcoholic beverages or wine may be consumed on the permitted place of business. A tasting or sampling shall not authorize the sale of alcoholic beverages or wine for consumption on the permitted place of business, but shall only authorize the limited consumption of alcoholic beverages or wine at the permitted place of business for the sole purpose of tasting or sampling various alcoholic beverages or wine. No one under twenty-one (21) years of age may participate in a tasting or sampling. No sample may be provided to a visibly intoxicated person. No food may be served or sold at a tasting or sampling. Each sample of wine served shall not exceed one and one-fourth (1- 1 / 4 ) ounces and no more than a cumulative total of five (5) ounces of wine may be dispensed to any one (1) person during a tasting or sampling. Each sample of a distilled spirit served shall not exceed one-fourth ( 1 / 4 ) of an ounce and no more than a cumulative total of one (1) ounce of distilled spirits may be dispensed to any one (1) person during a tasting or sampling. All product tasted or sampled must be provided by the package retailer from its inventory. Such product cannot be sample product provided by a manufacturer and must have been purchased from the department warehouse or from a licensed wholesaler. Employees of the package retailer may serve any product for tasting or sampling. In addition, a third party may serve any product for tasting or sampling and may open, touch and pour product as well as make a presentation and answer questions. The package retailer shall be responsible for all such actions by the third party. Tickets for a tasting or sampling shall not be sold in the permitted place of business or any other location.

Status: in_force

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