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permitted to be sold under the retail license, to be
consumed on the premises.

 
(3)__All records of the distillery licensee must be
kept separate from the records of the retail licensee.

 
E.__A holder of a small distillery license may sell spirits
to the State or the private sector entity who acts as the
wholesaler of spirits in the State.

 
F.__A holder of a small distillery license may not sell
spirits directly to Maine retail licensees.

 
G.__A holder of a small distillery license shall submit a
monthly report to its wholesaler detailing sales made
directly from the distillery and connected establishments.__
The wholesaler shall calculate the fees for any bottle
deposit and submit an invoice to the distillery for expenses
associated with the requirements prescribed in Title 32,
chapter 28, including the retailer handling fee, state
container deposit and a mutually agreed-upon pick-up fee.__
The holder of a small distillery license shall keep and
maintain complete records on all sales to the retail
licensee.

 
H.__Notwithstanding paragraphs C and D, retail sales of
spirits produced by a small distillery must be distributed
in accordance with the spirit distribution system prescribed
in this Title.

 
I.__The holder of a small distillery license may permit
sampling of the liquor product on the premises:

 
(1)__By employees for the purpose of quality control of
the product; and

 
(2)__By wholesalers for the purpose of determining
whether to carry the distillery's product as a
wholesale product, as long as the holder of the small
distillery license pays the liquor tax on the product
sampled according to section 1652.

 
J.__A holder of a small distillery license may list on a
product's label and in its advertising the list of the
ingredients and the product's average percentage of the
recommended daily allowances of nutritional requirements.

 
K.__The small distillery must obtain a basic permit for
distilling, rectifying, blending and bottling spirits from the
federal Department of the Treasury, Bureau of Alcohol,


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