Winery Records. 1. As a manufacturer producing and handling Product in British Columbia, you are also required to maintain adequate business records that clearly demonstrate your ability to account for all the Product you handle.
Winery Records. INFORMATION ONLY
Winery Records. Section 2 provides a detailed description of the regular reporting you are required to provide to the LDB. As a manufacturer producing and handling packaged beverage alcohol in British Columbia you are also required to maintain adequate business records that clearly demonstrate your ability to account for all the beverage alcohol you handle. At a minimum, the records you maintain and retain need to be sufficient so that any reasonable third party reviewing your records can determine the following regarding your packaged beverage alcohol (wine, ciders, wine-based coolers, etc.): - The amount you currently store anywhere in British Columbia, including identifying the specific Warehouses or locations where your product is stored. As a manufacturer, you are required to physically count your inventory at the close of business on March 31 each year. Also, you are required to retain your physical count sheets that clearly identify the packaged beverage alcohol you counted at each of your warehouse locations. - The amount you produced in your Licensed Establishment. - The amount a third party produced and/or bottled on your behalf. - The contents of your BC VQA Product. That is, your records need to be sufficient so that you can reasonably demonstrate that any of your wine designated as BC VQA Product contains only British Columbia grapes. - The amount you used for promotional, tasting or sampling purposes. - The amount you disposed of for quality control purposes, breakage or general destruction. - The amount that you shipped out of British Columbia including sufficient documentation to clearly evidence that this packaged beverage alcohol physically left British Columbia. - The amount that you sold to your authorized customers in British Columbia. All the records referred to above must be retained at your Licensed Establishment office(s) in British Columbia unless otherwise authorized by the LDB. These records must be kept for a period of not less than six years following the end of each calendar year. You must make all your records available if any authorized representative of the LDB conducts an inspection or audit; including allowing access to any premise wherein your packaged beverage alcohol is stored. If the inspection or audits referred to above discloses a breach of the Agreement, you must pay the costs and expenses of the inspection or audit and any payments assessed as due and owing, as determined by the LDB using reasonable audit standards. The Table b...
