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Business and Professions Code - BPC

DIVISION 9. ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES [23000 - 25762]

  ( Division 9 added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 152. )
  

CHAPTER 1. General Provisions and Definitions [23000 - 23047]
  ( Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 152. )

  
23004.  

“Alcoholic beverage” includes alcohol, spirits, liquor, wine, beer, and every liquid or solid containing alcohol, spirits, wine, or beer, and which contains one-half of 1 percent or more of alcohol by volume and which is fit for beverage purposes either alone or when diluted, mixed, or combined with other substances. “Alcoholic beverage” does not include “powdered alcohol,” as defined in Section 23003.1.

(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 778, Sec. 2. (SB 819) Effective January 1, 2017.)