14B NCAC 15A .2306      POSSESSION, CONSUMPTION, TRANSPORTATION, and disposition of homemade product

(a)  Possession and consumption of homemade product shall be limited to persons who are 21 years of age or older. Homemade product shall not be offered, given to, or consumed by the general public.

(b)  Except as limited by this Section, events may be held at locations where possession and consumption of malt beverages and unfortified wine are otherwise authorized by law.

(c)  Homemade product shall remain in possession of the homemaker, except:

(1)           at an exhibition;

(2)           when the homemade product is under the control of a retail permittee or a commercial permittee in accordance with Rules .2302 and .2304 of this Section; or

(3)           when transfer of possession is acknowledged and custody, control and liability is assumed in writing by an individual acting on behalf of the organizer or sponsor of a competition held in accordance with Rule .2302 of this Section.

Only a homemaker shall deliver that person's homemade product to the location of an event.

(d)  A homemaker may transport quantities of homemade product up to the limits set forth in G.S. 18B-303(a), provided that the maximum aggregate amount of all homemade product transported by an individual homemaker at any one time for any one event shall not exceed 80 liters.

(e)  All containers of homemade product remaining on non-permitted premises after the conclusion of an event, other than events held at a private residence, shall be removed from the premises or the contents of the container shall be disposed of by being made unsuitable for, or incapable of, being consumed at the conclusion of the event.

History Note:        Authority G.S. 18B-100; 18B-207; 18B-306;

Eff. January 1, 2019.