QAC, LLC, d/b/a Eagle Brands; DS 2019-073.; Petitioner seeks a Declaratory Statement from the Division, and requests that the Division interpret sections 561.42(1), (7), and 561.423, F.S., as applied to the removal and replacement of out of date ...

 

DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION

Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Department of Business and Professional Regulation, Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco, has received the petition for declaratory statement from QAC, LLC, d/b/a Eagle Brands; DS 2019-073.The petition seeks the agency's opinion as to the applicability of the Beverage Law as it applies to the petitioner.

Petitioner seeks a Declaratory Statement from the Division, and requests that the Division interpret subsections 561.42(1), (7), and Section 561.423, F.S., as applied to the removal and replacement of out of date malt beverage products with no additional charge to the retailer for fresh merchandise of exact quantities of near or equal value in accordance with a brewer’s established quality control procedures permissible under section 561.423, F.S.

A copy of the Petition for Declaratory Statement may be obtained by contacting: Department of Business and Professional Regulation, Agency Clerk's Office, 2601 Blair Stone Road, Tallahassee, FL 32399-2202, [phone], [e-mail].

Please refer all comments to: Rebecca Hays, Counsel for Compliance and Regulatory Programs, Department of Business and Professional Regulation, Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco, 2601 Blair Stone Road, Tallahassee, FL 32399-2202, [e-mail], [phone], DS 2019-073, DBPR Ref # 2019-058557.

Except for good cause shown, motions for leave to intervene must be filed within 21 days of this notice.