Packaging, certification, and legal definitions are separate trust mechanisms; none makes every brand claim true.
The regulatory summary duplicates stronger legal sources already in the project and is retained as corroborating synthesis only.
English distinguishes labeled bottles, which reduced tampering and enabled brand recognition, from Bottled-in-Bond certification and later truthful-content labeling, which addressed adulteration and category identity without eliminating imitation products.
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Chapter 6 — Whiskey in America
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