Powdered alcohol.

The Alcoholic Beverage Control Act regulates the application for, the issuance of, the suspension of, and the conditions imposed upon, alcoholic beverage licenses, and is administered by the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control. That act requires the department to revoke the license of any licensee who manufactures, distributes, or sells powdered alcohol, as provided, and prohibits the possession, purchase, sale, offer for sale, distribution, manufacture, or use of powdered alcohol, the violation of which is punishable as an infraction. This bill would provide exceptions to the prohibitions on the manufacture, distribution, and sale of powdered alcohol to apply to bona fide manufacturers or public or private research institutions, if the powdered alcohol is possessed exclusively for manufacturing, research, or development purposes and not for retail sale. The bill would provide that the retail sale of products that contain powdered alcohol as an ingredient in a mixture printed on a substrate, if the mixture cannot be reasonably converted to a loose, powdered form, is not prohibited. The bill would provide that a product containing powdered alcohol as an ingredient in a mixture printed on a surface of a substrate is an alcoholic beverage, as specified.